Let’s make a list of ideas/unique ideas of retail stores, my next gen should hopefully be opening up a store and need some ideas
so far I have either :
a nerd/geek store - sell voidcritters, mysim trophies (which could act as sim pop figures), comic books etc..
a car dealership - using the size up tool of toy cars? or if somebody knows a better way for this let me know!
Let me know more of you ideas in the comments
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I can only think of things like a beauty fragrance store, as there are a lot of perfumes/aftershaves/beauty stuff in the decoration section, or
something like a toy store. :)
so far I have either :
a nerd/geek store - sell voidcritters, mysim trophies (which could act as sim pop figures), comic books etc..
a car dealership - using the size up tool of toy cars? or if somebody knows a better way for this let me know!
Let me know more of you ideas in the comments :)[/quote]
I love the idea of selling things by maximizing our skills.
Flower shop - maybe you can sell flowers that you've decorated? - different kind of flowers with different vases
Craft store selling wooden crafts - things you crafted using the wooden table
Bookstore - selling books you've written
Produce store - selling produces you grew on your own; avocados, lemons, plaintain etc
Take outs - selling varities of food you've cooked; homecook/gourmet
Pet shop/store selling pet objects, clutter, toys and treats
Maternity store selling maternity outfits (you can make mannequins look preggers), baby/toddler furniture, toys and decór
Clothes store (either general or specific like formalwear), you could add a stylist block/chair and makeover townies too.
Fishmonger
Toy store.
Small appliances, kitchen decor, decorative spices, cookbooks.
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Crystal/metal store. Has every type. If it's new-agey or themed it's a bonus.
Herbalism store. All things herbalism. Potions and salves. One of each insect type. A greenhouse off to the side with herbalism plants and related plants needed. Sometimes for some reason buying individual plants doesn't seem to work for me so...
Ambrosia cafe. Might have other items also... Sometimes you want to bring a ghost to life and don't want to get all that stuff together.
Science type store that might sell those potions from GTW but definitely has Xenopetrium. Plants from Sixam and crystals are a plus.
You could also take several of these ideas and make a shopping plaza if you have a lot with enough room.
I actually made a selvadoradian gift shop. It's on the gallery but I haven't put it my save yet because I can't put it in selvadorada and I don't know where else to put it. I was thinking oasis springs but idk yet.
Back on topic: in the past my sim had a store selling time capsules only. It was like selling surprise gifts, in a way.
I am currently on the lookout for interesting community lots as I am re doing my worlds.
> Ooh, I love the idea of a Selvadoran Supplies store. Or any store for buying things you cannot get from normal buy mode.
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> I am currently on the lookout for interesting community lots as I am re doing my worlds.
my jungle explorer sim Maya Jaguar and her housemate Anita have set up an Explorers Emporium which combines a Selvadoradian Museum and Gift Store with Barista Bar, together with a Private workspace Basement that holds their exploration office, archaeological work room, scientific research labs, herbal cookery area and insect collection and a vault to hold their finest treasures, and they also have a small garden growing foreign plants (Selvadorada and Granite falls) and an observatory, and finally a flat for them to live in on the top floor.
It is quite a large lot, and i've placed it in Oasis Springs which seems the natural location for such a building... but im finding it a bit slow to run on my laptop so maybe i need to split the shop and museum space out from the rest of it. But what i like most is that my 2 explorers go out and explore... collect treasures and insects and plant cuttings/fruits, buy up supplies from the markets and then come home and uncover their artifacts, authenticate them, uncover the fossils, brew herbal remedies from them, research the the plants, breed frogs, send off chrystals and rocks to the geocouncil, refine them etc etc and then stock their personal collections. Whatever is left over and is duplications is what stocks the gift shop alongside fruits from the plants, the supplies purchased at the markets and the home brewed herbal remedies. Its their living!
I too am doing over my worlds and wanting to set up a game save and am looking for interesting community lots. It would be really nice to set up a thread for people to share their more unusual uses for community lots, retail spaces, themes for bars/nightclubs/lounges etc that are useful and fun additions to the world beyond your basic cookie cutter pub, library, museum. Things like someone said they made a swimming pool in to a water play park for kids and toddlers and also assigned it to be a teen hangout so it was a great place for their teenage sims to visit to make new friends. Im searching for those kinds of ideas really, but maybe i just need to start a thread asking people for their input?!
Have you uploaded your Explorers Emporium to the gallery?
I do have an excellent camping store though, made by drutrubuilder called The Outdoor Pro Shop. I could just update that for the jungle items. If you haven't already, you should check this creator out on the gallery - totally awesome builds!
Little words so you know what is it : Its basecly a home with a bakery work. You have your home and your work at one place.
I have a video on my channel as how is made too.
Heres the link in case you want to see how is made or how its look like : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sU-Fs83A4A
Actually im gonna make another one for family too. Uhm, probably its gonna be the same just with another floor to it so you can have your family on it. Let me know if you like the idea.
I've got a museum of high-quality Selvadoradan artifacts, which has a gift shop that sells artifacts that are fakes.
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If it's a residential lot, how do your Sims sell their baked goods?
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