Retail Store Ideas!

"stilljustme2;c-16955927" wrote:
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 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.

I'm currently working on a witchcraft-themed boutique. I made a nice witch (well, as much of a witch as one can make in TS4 without mods or CC) and she's about to open a small store in which she will sell crystals, herbs, occult books and all sorts of potion-like beverages.

Toy store, Book store, Bridal Store just for Bridal gowns I have one of them in my game. Costume store, Store that sell Home Goods like pots and pans things you would put on a Bridal register. Mens Store only selling mens items clothing etc. Art Supply store selling art supplies. Antique Shop, store selling only antique items and furniture.

Would it be possible to combine a retail store with the (City Living) street sales tables? I would like a specific lot where my sims can go to sell their small scale stuff, say they go there only one day every week. I tried on a few community lots, but visiting NPCs never payed interest to their selling table, as the lot category seems to override it. Didn't try on a retail lot, though.

Back on topic: in the past my sim had a store selling time capsules only. It was like selling surprise gifts, in a way.

Ooh, I love the idea of a Selvadoran Supplies store. Or any store for buying things you cannot get from normal buy mode.

I am currently on the lookout for interesting community lots as I am re doing my worlds.

I am currently having my sim ( not a playable game she is just making all these things for me) fix up a florist shop with all crafted flower arrangements that are scented with bluebell for timeless, writing a bunch of comic books( playful books) for the comic book shop, write a few regular books for the bookstore, and write some music using different instruments and I will save the finished copies without publishing them in hopes of adding them to maybe a case ( to look important and hopefully locked ) in the music store in my game ( so they can have music sheets from musicians in game just not for sale only as show)

> @elanorbreton said:
> 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?!

That's an excellent idea @annalephant - I remember back in TS3 days we had a thread for each of the worlds and people would come along and add Lot pics and details of their download all in one place.

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!

"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:

I've got a museum of high-quality Selvadoradan artifacts, which has a gift shop that sells artifacts that are fakes.

I'm playing Erwin Pries from StrangerVille and I'm going to use buydebug to open a retail store that sells StrangerVille items. Basically the Curio Shop on steroids.