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Post by Zanril on Oct 15, 2018 22:50:04 GMT
There are 3 ways I've seen players sell items out of their shops in the districts. - Chests: Shop owners put the item they want to sell inside a container and have the price of the item they are selling for and for how much on a sign (a named item in an item frame also works). This is the most common, and easiest to setup.
- Redstone Machines: Shop owners setup an automated vendor to sell their items. Rare in the districts because it requires knowledge in how to make these machines and they take the most space.
- By Mail: Shop owners setup prices inside the shop on signs/item frames like the Chest shop. Players /mail the owner of the shop to order an item they like. The shop owner prepares the order and completes the transaction in person or have the customer pickup the item(s) in the shop.
phleanix was the last known person to me to use the mail based system (over a year ago). I can see a few ways why this system isn't used or maybe why it was used in the past. I want to hear it from you. Is there not enough good out of a mail based system? Please comment if you see any other ups or downs of selling items by mail. Positive
- Big Orders: Like Chest shops mail based can sell things in bulk, much more than a chest can at a time.
- Secure: Theft is nonexistent with mail, this benefit is shared with Redstone Machines.
Negative
- Activity Reliant: Players are not going to get their items if you are not online processing orders. Being offline for long periods of time isn't earning you anything unlike selling out of Chests and Redstone Machines where you don't need to be online to be making daimonds. Even if you have a co-owner they cannot help you since they cannot see mail sent to you. This can be fixed by placing orders in the shop.
- Slow: With selling out of Chests or Redstone Machines you get the items you want on the spot, thats not case with the mail based system.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2018 0:32:43 GMT
I have seen a few mail based shops, however players should be able to choose whatever shop design they would want to have. The reason why I think mail based shops are even rarer than redstone based ones are because I don't think many players are aware of this method. I remember a shop that belonged to AndyKicks16, called his "task shop," where you would /mail him requests on what you wanted to be built, and he would build it for you. jendestroy told me that he does have a mail based shop system plus his chest based one. Currently, in the Moon District, Sytze does have a mail based system for stone, which he sells currently for 2 diamonds for 27 stacks (which is one entire chest full or half a double chest). Sytze has a massive underground catacombs, and if players want to order more stone, they can /mail him:  One thing though, there's multiple ways of theft with every shop system, and by /mailing someone, you can be scammed (though this can obviously be corrected by telling staff and providing evidence). This may especially be very common with big orders. Other than that, I think more players should be aware of this system. |
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Post by phleanix on Oct 17, 2018 11:34:55 GMT
I think the chest/machine style of shop it just much more convenient.
The mail-me style shops don't let people know what's on sale / price / stock levels etc
If someone is online when you want to buy something, it's still a viable method to sell... but as a 'shop'... not so much.
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Post by cyrowind on Oct 18, 2018 1:31:11 GMT
If a player mails someone to place an order, doesn't get a response for say, 12 hours, then ends up buying the item somewhere else, do they still have to pay the person they mailed? That person would have prepared the items only to find out that their buyer isn't buying.
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Post by Zanril on Oct 18, 2018 16:55:08 GMT
If a player mails someone to place an order, doesn't get a response for say, 12 hours, then ends up buying the item somewhere else, do they still have to pay the person they mailed? That person would have prepared the items only to find out that their buyer isn't buying. Yes they would have to cause they didn't bother mailing back saying to cancel their order despite getting what they wanted elsewhere. |
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