Retail Store Ideas!

Those are great ideas, especially the one involving the Voidcritters and MySim trophies!

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. :)

I quite like the fragerence store idea! I’ve never thought to use decorative items to act as actual goods!

One of my sims has a weapons & armor store where she sells the suits of armor and CC decorative swords & shields etc

"shanls96;d-951095" wrote:
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 :smiley:

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 :)

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

Pharmacy/drugstore selling potions made in Mixology, Herbalism, Serums, herbs, etc.

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

A wellness/spa store. Selling some of the decorative items that came with Spa Day.

Toy store.

Small appliances, kitchen decor, decorative spices, cookbooks.

I want to do a Selvadoradan Supplies store, so Sims can stock up on stuff they need for the trip. Last couple of times I've traveled to Selvadorada the market sellers didn't have any machetes which limited my Sim's jungle adventures, so a store that carries machetes, Waterfall in a Bottle, Spider Repellent and such would be good. I also have one of mcrudd's rooms that has all the Herbalism potions, so I could add those as well especially the ones that really help with adventuring like the Insect Repellent Lotion and the Deodorizing Cream. I just need to find a good spot for it; I want it in the regular world not in Selvadorada. (If I take out one of the Windenburg bars it could go there.)

I don't run stores but I like stores that sell things that I might not want to go through the trouble of collecting or keeping on hand later.

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.

I just made a fancy art gallery type of store where they sell masterpiece paintings :)

A small grocery store. you can stock it with items from buydebug or have your sim make breads, fish, ice cream, etc themselves.
You could also take several of these ideas and make a shopping plaza if you have a lot with enough room.