Overview:
This section in particular has been driving me insane with how disorganized it is, so on THIS page there may be a couple tips but most tip will be having their own individual sections, to make things easier to find and follow.
Please view some of the completed pages, again your patience is greatly appreciated
Please view some of the completed pages, again your patience is greatly appreciated
Making Fast Cash
Want fast cash? Make a sale of at least 10% so that people will spend around $800 all at once. Also, if you win a few contests,Felicty, the journalist for Nuances, might visit your store with her model. Winning the international contest is your best bet for getting a magazine feature on your store. Since they will pay an unlimited amount for an outfit, get the most expensive pieces and as many as you can. They will buy it even if it's ugly. Plus, you can always do a few more contest the next day to make her come back and give her a prettier more put together outfit. Plus, who cares if the out fit on the cover is ugly, what matters are the items on the inside, have full stock prepared because many customers will come in asking for that specific article of clothing.
SECRETS!!
It is okay to "time travel" back or forward in this game, your game is not effected!! I've never time traveled but have heard about people who do, this is the info I've picked up:
PROBLEM:
There is only one problem with time traveling, if you travel more than a month ahead (30 days), Grace will come to your store and will "test you on your selling ability". All it takes is to make sure that you haven't lost your selling ability, try to pick a customer that you know really well because then it will be easy for you to sell them something. If you don't sell them something, you will loose a star. :(
HOW:
To time travel all you have too do is change the date on you DS/DSI (you probably know how, if not, go to your DS/I manual and it will all become clear! :)) You can sometimes get invited to go to places more than once (Like if you played the game in present time, then time traveled and saved, then changed the date back to present time and played again) and will get to collaborate again.
INFO:
One day on the game has it's settings and those won't change no matter how many times you change the date. For instant, the exclusive item doesn't change. So say, on Feb. 16 the exclusive is Card-Deck Leggings from Mad Jack. No matter what that will always stay the same. When Masquerade is at the buyers center, that stays the same too!! :)
You can buy spring clothes every day on March 1st and beyond DUHHHH!!!!!! and march 7th is when you can start to buy summer clothes at preseasons! As the seasons change not only do the clothes change, but the plants change from what is know a grayish whitish color for winter to a lightish yellowish green color. Summer has green plants and fall has a dark greenish brownish. The music when you are the map also changes for the season. Really there is winter clothes, summer clothes, and spring and fall clothes are the same. Summer is really the only time that has different clothes. Winter, spring, and fall have the same types of clothes out. Also, during other seasons you will be able to collaborate different pieces with designers and will be invited to different places. Like in fall you can go to the fairgrounds.
Birthday:- On your birthday you will recieve the complete outfit for the Masquerade Fairy Princess. You will also recieve a cake and a lot ofyour customers will wish you happy birthday!
If any of you are looking for a particular item and are wondering when you can get it, let me know and I can help you out. Any questions about time traveling? A little confused or unsure? I will be more than happy to help you out.
PROBLEM:
There is only one problem with time traveling, if you travel more than a month ahead (30 days), Grace will come to your store and will "test you on your selling ability". All it takes is to make sure that you haven't lost your selling ability, try to pick a customer that you know really well because then it will be easy for you to sell them something. If you don't sell them something, you will loose a star. :(
HOW:
To time travel all you have too do is change the date on you DS/DSI (you probably know how, if not, go to your DS/I manual and it will all become clear! :)) You can sometimes get invited to go to places more than once (Like if you played the game in present time, then time traveled and saved, then changed the date back to present time and played again) and will get to collaborate again.
INFO:
One day on the game has it's settings and those won't change no matter how many times you change the date. For instant, the exclusive item doesn't change. So say, on Feb. 16 the exclusive is Card-Deck Leggings from Mad Jack. No matter what that will always stay the same. When Masquerade is at the buyers center, that stays the same too!! :)
You can buy spring clothes every day on March 1st and beyond DUHHHH!!!!!! and march 7th is when you can start to buy summer clothes at preseasons! As the seasons change not only do the clothes change, but the plants change from what is know a grayish whitish color for winter to a lightish yellowish green color. Summer has green plants and fall has a dark greenish brownish. The music when you are the map also changes for the season. Really there is winter clothes, summer clothes, and spring and fall clothes are the same. Summer is really the only time that has different clothes. Winter, spring, and fall have the same types of clothes out. Also, during other seasons you will be able to collaborate different pieces with designers and will be invited to different places. Like in fall you can go to the fairgrounds.
Birthday:- On your birthday you will recieve the complete outfit for the Masquerade Fairy Princess. You will also recieve a cake and a lot ofyour customers will wish you happy birthday!
If any of you are looking for a particular item and are wondering when you can get it, let me know and I can help you out. Any questions about time traveling? A little confused or unsure? I will be more than happy to help you out.
Unsure Sales - UPDATED
Someone is unsure if they should buy something and you I have two choices of what to say. How do I know when to say what? If a customer seems to have low self-esteem or is very shy DON'T say "don't think, just buy" they're not impulsive, others that seem more out-going (dazies) usually say that praticallity isn't one of their strong points if you answer "if it fits your budget". When over budget, again depending on how sure a customer is sure of herself affects which answer is better suited. Self confident ones should be Consistency is key or don't you trust me? less confident ones stick with "stick with a brand you like"
Making money
Win Contests for Masquerade items. Masqerade items are expensive and very popular with in most customers. You don't have to spend any money either! You just have to give up some time.If you buy a lot of a certain brand, you might be asked to collaborate with them. If you get a collaboration offer with an expensive brand, like Alvarado, you can get items that wll sell for a lot of money but won't cost you anything! Plus, YOU get to pick the colors. How cool...Change your store interior so that it is affiliated with Alvarado. Buy the cheapest pieces of Alvarado at the beginning. That way, it saves you money and you can begin collaborating with them. Once you get more money, you can buy expensive pieces. **Don't ONLY buy Alvarado though. Sonata and AZ USA are often affiliated with interiors that Alvarado is too. You need to have diversity in your stock.Shopping Citites: If you put 3 complete Masquerade outfits on the 3 mannequins in Shopping Cities, you will make a LOT of money...trust me! I time traveled a little to get 3 complete outfits and I was raking in the money! Right now, I have 99,000 at home, store, and in shopping citites. It works, trust me.Mannequins: Mannequins in your store are great! You can put a VERY expensive, weird outfit on it and someone will eventually come along eager to buy it! If you put an outfit on all of your mannequins, you will sell more outfits on the mannequins. It also helps bring customers into your store.Nuances: Win a few contests and you will have the oportunity to be featured in Nuances! It brings more customers into your store and gets you money. How? Well, if you feature expensive Alvarado clothes in it, TONS of people will come in eager to buy it. Also, you get to design a models outift and they will pay an unlimited amount for it. Who cares how it looks...you can always redo a magazine interview later on. Just focus on the price of the outfit. The game is set so that Felicity and the model will just loveeee your outfit and will pay anything for it. This is your chance to make an outfit that is ugly, but full of pricey Alvarado and Masquerade items!Focus on the people with high price ranges. This way you can get more money from one customer. If you might notice, there are some people who will spend thousands of dollars. Usually these people come into the Alvarado affilated store. Help these people right away and make sure to make a good, expensive outfit!10% off sale: Make a sale of 10%. I know what you are thinking. "How will I make any money if I am having a sale?" Well....customers who come to sales usually have a high price range. Also, customers are more willing to buy things because its a "sale". Most of them will ask you for a whole outfit which means...LOTS OF MONEY FOR YOU!!! Sales are a great way to go!Ads: Send out ads with very expensive items on it. Make sure you have a lot in stock because these items will go flying out your store! People are always eager for the items featured in Nuances and ads.Hope these tips can help you out! If you have any more questions, please ask!