Under Review [All Main Servers Suggestion] Changes to Trade-Shop Activity Rules

+1, I went to go buy items from a shop and the person was offline for 13 days, we need reform.

 

Ive thought about this for a bit since reading it, and tbh im sitting at a -1 for the following reasons (and potential solutions that would shift to a +1)
1. Time- this is a fairly large commitment of staff’s time to constantly monitor shop stock levels and how often its getting refilled. Do we define inactive as 2 weeks without action? What if its getting filled on Mondays, and sold out by staff check on Sundays?
Solution: Automated logs of shop owner activity, may not be worth it but this reduces effort
2- other shops- some of the current shop owners have more shops that have more space and items for sale. A user can be active and stock the shelves, but if theyre buying/selling and advertising their warps to their towns instead of their market stalls. More often than not, i see those users advertise their shop towns more often than their markets.
Solution: there really isnt one, making it illegal for shop owners to have their own market doesn’t make sense. They clear your definition of “active” either way.
3- Definition of “active”
I think you go at it a but, keeping shelves restocked and logging in don’t equate to improving market traffic. An active market needs its shop owners to advertise the market, make it have the best prices, sell unique things, advertise, etc. It’s much more than chest restocking. Otherwise, what makes the market better than a shop warp? A builder isnt inherently going to go to /warp market anymore when they see /warp everything or /warp spawner or /warp ikea being advertised.
Solution: tbh this probably goes beyond the scope of just defining “active” more specifically, not sure what a viable solution to this is

 

+1 I agree with something must be done to the rules to keep trade shops active in warp market.

I think maybe give a "number" of buy/sell per # of weeks ordered at these market shops.
For example
1 week you must have atleast 4 buy/sell at your trade shop for the week
2 weeks you must have atleast 7 buy/sell at your trade shop for the 2 weeks
3 weeks you must have atleast 13 buy/sell at your trade shop for the 3 weeks
4 weeks you must have atleast 19 buy/sell at your trade shop for the 4 weeks
*You can scale the numbers however you like but this is just an example.

Or a quota for the movement of ECD / Item Movement in these "trade shops" in regards to online members.

I also think one should define "active" I could be online and not fill my shop but have buy/sell chest signs too.

 

If I had a spawn shop, I would just put useless garbage that I can get from /kit starter for buy/sell so I can fulfill the quota.

 

@ClarinetPhoenix will look over this throughout the next few days and make a decision on how to proceed.