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Here is a revised start-up taking in to account the recently changed ads and upgrade prices. In this test game, I went with 4 roll plushies. I feel these are more reliable for starting out. ***NOTE*** I use Green Cloth, Neo Cotton, Rare Gems and Velvet Bags. The guides suggest Paper Bags. Either will work with this example. Any 4 roll plushie is a good build. They are Zafaras, Kougras, Yurbles, Elephantes, Draiks, Lutari and Xweetok. Some sell faster at times than others, but all will sell in time before your remaining COH runs out. If they sell out at 70 nps per plushie, you will have 28K to do your second build with ; if they sell out at 80@. you will have 32K , and if they sell out for 85@ you will have 34,000 Cash to add to your COH. This will allow you to refill your factory, even at the cost of 4000 per job. Here are your starting 5 or 6 updates.....



Day 1
If possible start your first build during your 4pm Game time slot. This allows for overnight shipping ~ saving you warehouse expansion costs at the start and unnecessary lone manager salary, while you are waiting for plushies to load.
A Sample Price Set
cloth...............406 NP 283 NP 206 NP 141 NP
stuffing............514 NP 258 NP 187 NP 184 NP
accessories.......1,730 NP 1,320 NP 892 NP
packing............860 NP 686 NP 375 NP

I bought
6 velvet bags
6 rare gems
6 neo cotton
24 green cloth

A job of 100 / 4 roll plushies cost 3668 using the above sample prices. Build 6 jobs of 4 roll plushies. You can do all the same or you can do different species, your choice.

After paying initial base rents(factory, warehouse and
store) and buying factory expansions when putting in 6 jobs, I have the following:
Plushie Tycoon time is 04:29 PM
Cash on Hand: 21,782 NP

Hire workers
250 Trainees 3500
25 Manager 2050
Your total labour cost is 5550 NP per hour.
This should send 4/6 jobs to the warehouse
Your stats at 5:01pm on starting day

Update # 1
Cash on Hand: 16,232 NP
Plushie Tycoon time is 05:02 PM
factory rent (2940 NP) is due in 7 days
warehouse rent (940 NP) is due in 7 days
store rent (1350 NP) is due in 7 days
Prices on Cloth are down today.
You might want to stock up.
You don't have any materials to start a plushie
job with.
575 plushies manufactured.
44,224 NP in factory employee costs per day.
400 plushies in your warehouse.
You haven't sold any plushies yet.


FIRE WORKERS after updating
Check in warehouse to start overnight loading. However, please note, that I personally tested not looking in after the update on a different test group and when I checked 3 hours and 20 minutes later (when they were suppose to be loaded), they were ready to be shipped. No jump starting the warehouse was needed.
4 roll plushie Green 278 NP 100 Loading
4 roll plushie Green 278 NP 100 Loading
4 roll plushie Green 278 NP 100 Loading
4 roll plushie Green 278 NP 100 Loading

buy ads/ upgrades of these levels of each group
4-4-4-4-0-0
4-4-4-0-0
total cost of 11,680
This leaves
Account Balance: 4,584 NP

your front page will now look like this
Cash on Hand: 4,584 NP
Plushie Tycoon time is 05:25 PM
factory rent (2940 NP) is due in 7 days
warehouse rent (940 NP) is due in 7 days
store rent (1350 NP) is due in 7 days
Prices on Cloth are down today.
You might want to stock up.
You don't have any materials to start a plushie job with.
575 plushies manufactured.
400 plushies in your warehouse.
You haven't sold any plushies yet.

You will need 1112 for shipping, leaving you 3472 for lone manager salary. You can ship these anytime after they are loaded, as long as they are shipped by 9:55 game time the next gameday. It takes 5 minutes for them to make it to the shop to be ready for sales at the next update.

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Your plushies have been shipped at a cost of 1112 NP.
Shipping time to your store is 5 minutes.

Final update # 1
Cash on Hand: 3,472 NP
Plushie Tycoon time is 08:40PM
factory rent (2940 NP) is due in 7 days
warehouse rent (940 NP) is due in 7 days
store rent (1350 NP) is due in 7 days
You don't have any materials to start a plushie
job with.
575 plushies manufactured.
400 plushies in your store inventory.
You haven't sold any plushies yet.

After you ship these jobs, IF you are sure you FIRED YOUR WORKERS and you have MORE than 1000 nps Cash on hand left, You Can buy more ads/upgrades IF you want. But be sure to not to go below 1000nps COH remaining.
Now you do Nothing till ALL your plushies in your store sell out. Then you wait for recommended building prices and do a second build. As your COH increases, you can expand, buy more ads and upgrades and eventually raise your plushie building cost limit.

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Update #2
Cash on Hand: 4,502 NP
Plushie Tycoon time is 10:01 AM
factory rent (2940 NP) is due in 7 days
warehouse rent (940 NP) is due in 7 days
store rent (1350 NP) is due in 7 days
Prices on Packing are down today.
You might want to stock up.
You don't have any materials to start a plushie
job with.
575 plushies manufactured.
271 plushies in your store inventory.
You haven't sold any plushies yet.
4 roll plushie 100 84 NP 33 2772 NP
4 roll plushie 100 84 NP 36 3024 NP
4 roll plushie 100 84 NP 31 2604 NP
4 roll plushie 100 84 NP 29 2436 NP
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Update # 3
Cash on Hand: 4,420 NP
Plushie Tycoon time is 11:02 AM
factory rent (2940 NP) is due in 7 days
warehouse rent (940 NP) is due in 7 days
store rent (1350 NP) is due in 7 days
Prices on Packing are down today.
You might want to stock up.
You don't have any materials to start a plushie
job with.
575 plushies manufactured.
136 plushies in your store inventory.
You haven't sold any plushies yet.
4 roll plushie 100 84 NP 60 5040 NP
4 roll plushie 100 84 NP 76 6384 NP
4 roll plushie 100 84 NP 60 5040 NP
4 roll plushie 100 84 NP 68 5712 NP
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Update # 4
Cash on Hand: 21,538 NP
Plushie Tycoon time is 12:02 PM
factory rent (2940 NP) is due in 7 days
warehouse rent (940 NP) is due in 7 days
store rent (1350 NP) is due in 7 days
Prices on Packing are down today.
You might want to stock up.
You don't have any materials to start a plushie
job with.
575 plushies manufactured.
27 plushies in your store inventory.
373 plushies sold
17,200 NP in total sales receipts.
4 roll plushie 100 86 NP 82 7052 NP
4 roll plushie 100 86 NP 91 7826 NP
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Update # 5
Cash on Hand: 38,656 NP
Plushie Tycoon time is 01:05 PM
factory rent (2940 NP) is due in 7 days
warehouse rent (940 NP) is due in 7 days
store rent (1350 NP) is due in 7 days
Prices on Packing are down today.
You might want to stock up.
You don't have any materials to start a plushie
job with.
575 plushies manufactured.
400 plushies sold
34,400 NP in total sales receipts.
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Now that you have sold out, you wait and watch for buildable prices and start the process all over...buying enough for 4 jobs since you still have 2 partials in your factory. As your COH goes up you can increase an ad here or there or raise your factory. If you are going to expand your factory or warehouse, if possible, do it AFTER your initial opening rent time on the following days. This will get you a reduced price, and in this game, every neopoint counts!










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