Let's face it. We all want to have financial security. But less
than 5% of us know how to get it. The key word is making and saving
Neopoints. I will use my own case to serve as an example. I am rich,
but I earned it through my careful planning. My shop is quite small
(size 40), and the prices are not super high. So how did I become
so rich? Read along to find out.
1. NeoPets care
I have 4 NeoPets, and they used to drain A LOT of my Neopoints.
So instead of feeding them each food items I bought, I put them
in the Neolodge. There for a combined total of 280 NP, I had my
NeoPets healthy and happy for 2 weeks. They were fed, and it does
not matter whether you put your pets in the Cockroach Towers or
Presidential Palace, since this does not effect their hunger and
happiness. Because they were happy in the Neolodge, I did not have
to buy them toys, hence another way of saving tons of Neopoints.
2. Shop
My shop contributed so much to my success. The biggest mistake people
make with their shops is they upgrade the size to a ridiculous number.
My shop size is size 40, and so it can hold 200 items. I will only
further upgrade it if I require more space for my items. Why would
I want to spend more than 100,000 NP upgrading it to size 100 when
there is no way I will require space for 500 items? People would
not want to visit my shop because it would take so long to load,
so I would be losing money, not gaining it. It is also dumb to upgrade
your shop just so that it appears on the Market Map. Consider this,
do you regularly go to the Market Map and wait a long time to view
shop descriptions? I doubt it! I once went just for a test, and
for shops 200-210 it took like 10 minutes to load because people
crammed so much HTML junk! More people use the Shop Wizard, and
shop size does not play a factor in that.
3. Noticeboard
I cannot begin to tell you that this is the biggest money draining
thing in all of NeoPets It is simply outrageous to pay upwards of
200,000 NP just to place an ad there. Most of the ads there are
for guilds and shops. If you really want a lot of people to join
your guild, why not save the 200,000 NP + it takes to place an ad
on the notice board and use it to fund prizes for your guild? I'll
bet that prizes and contests are a bigger factor in joining guilds
than popularity. Also, in order to gain money from the Noticeboard
if you placed an ad for your shop, you would need TONS of items
at fair prices. For example, if you paid 400,000 NP for a spot on
the Noticeboard, to gain a profit, you would need over 1000 items
priced fairly! No one will buy from your shop if you charge 500
NP for a carrot, even if you paid the most for your ad in the Noticeboard.
4. Scams
I have been exposed to hundreds and hundreds of scams ranging from
a shop contest claiming you can win 1,000,000 NP if you purchase
100,000 worth of items, to fake staff members asking for my password.
The only pieces of advice I can give you are these: *NEVER ever
give out your password to anyone! NeoPets staff will NEVER ask for
yours. *Always look for offers that are too good to be true. For
example, if someone claims they will give you an account worth 600,000
NP if you bid the most NP, remember that this offer is impossible
to be carried out. *ALWAYS report scammers and hackers to NeoPets
staff. That way, you can help prevent these tragic things from happening
to other less aware people. I hope you have learned something from
what I have written. It is not impossible to gain financial stability.
All it takes is some common sense and planning. If you have any
questions, do not hesitate to ask me.
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