. 50,000 simoleonsPress ctrl+alt+delete then type in motherlode and your sim will now have 50,000 more simoleons. Submitted by Nicola. 50,000 simoleonsNicola, when she added the cheat was close with the code. The real code to enter to get the cheat menu up is CTRL-SHIFT-C.
Then type in motherlode to get 50,000 simoleons. (NOTE: This doesn't count towards wants to earn 50,000 simoleons) Submitted by Magickid930. Better businessTo get a bit of an edge over your competition, make sure to impress the Reporters whenever they come around to your shop. If you manage to raise their customer loyalty enough, they will write you a good review in the local papers. This boosts customer inflow and willingness to buy. Just watch for visitors taking copious notes.
Cheat ModePress Ctrl + Shift + C during game play to display the console window.
Business Basics The Sims 2: Open For Business offers many different ways to start bringing in the simoleons. Depending on your Sims' goals, it may be easier to pick one type of business than another. A little information now can save your Sims buckets of time and money down the road. Location, Location, LocationThe adage of business is 'location, location, location.' There's a reason, for example, that IGN Entertainment isn't in Xenia, Ohio. Among other reasons, airline tickets to Japan would be a giant pain the expense account.In Sims 2: OFB, location is less about the physical location than it is the lot size and neighborhood sector. For example, whether you place your business lot in the precise center of the neighborhood or the very corner, you'll get the same number of customers.
The Sims 2: Open for Business PC Cheats. Gamerevolution Tuesday, April 06, 2010. Press Ctrl + Shift + C during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following. Singer is a profession in The Sims 3: Showtime. Sims in this career can perform on stages or in the streets with or without a guitar. However, they cannot join a band as it might conflict with their solo career. Being a singer is all about singing, and to really succeed, you need to willing to.
A business's success depends entirely on the amount of work you put into hiring employees, stocking shelves, and the efficiency of your shop. We'll get to those finer details later.Lot size also plays a large part in things. A large lot will have an extremely high initial cost (so high that you pretty much can't do it with a first-generation Sim), but it has the largest chance of expanding. Of course, as we'll talk about soon, lot size may be irrelevant for expansion; if it's your first business, smaller really is better.Now, all this information may be irrelevant if you choose to do what many Americans have started doing lately. Specifically, you can turn your house into a business lot!
Here are the facts, pros, and cons.First of all, you need to think in time. It takes loading time when you load new lots, and if you're on a weak machine, then this can grate on your nerves. Generally speaking, on a 1.8 GHz processor, loading times were tolerable. Still, this guide writer has incredible patience; you may not. The point is, every time you make a transfer from a home lot to a business lot, there will be a loading time; using the home lot as a business lot also eliminates that time. Also, your Sims will need to worry about transport time.
Even if you have an Alienware rig, your Sim will still need to walk to the car or taxi to transfer between lots. Granted, this doesn't take much time in the grand scheme of things. But, like loading times, it may grate on your nerves. Combining your house lot and business lot will eliminate this time too.Secondly, think about the cost. Even the cheapest lot that ships with the game is a fairly weighty $5,000. (We know the symbol for simoleons isn't the American dollar sign, but sue us, we're too lazy to type the special character.) The most expensive flirts with $100,000. First-generation Sims will need to be extremely lucky to afford much more than a small lot, and that's assuming he doesn't care about expanding his house.Conversely, starting a home business is free.
Yes, you read that right: there is no fee to flag your home as both a house and a business. There is the natural cost of needing to stock your shelves and so on, but that's going to happen no matter where your business is.' Wow PyroFalkon,' you're thinking, 'with all those great reasons to make it a home business, why the bloody hell would I even want to consider making an off-site business?' That's a good question, but don't swear around me, damn it.Your Sims' privacy isn't exactly a huge issue.
Still, customers will get in the way of your family, eat their food, clog the toilets. Basically it's a party, but with you needing to focus on the business, you don't get the social benefits. This is especially true as your business grows and you get more customers. Although you can lock the house, the fact is that you must commit some land to the business. Whether that means a separate floor, a separate room, or part of a current room: every tile occupied by a customer or piece of shop property is one tile your family can't use.Also, if you've got a home business going, that means you'll have to balance the time between when you deal with customers and when you deal with your family's issues. It's hard enough trying to raise a baby and/or put a kid through school already, never mind adding the business on top of it.
With an off-site business, there is a time-freeze back at the house while you're working.Finally, the game keeps track of how much your business makes or loses, but it counts anything done in Build or Buy Mode. This means the numbers will be greatly skewed if you run a home business, because buying anything from a new shower to some flowers will be tallied as an 'expense,' while selling your old shower or getting a regular paycheck from another family member will go to the 'revenue.' It's extremely hard to figure profit or loss this way, unless you do it manually.So, which is for you? If you've got a single Sim, or you have few obligations with the family, a home business is the best bet. If you're into numbers, or if your family is too large to properly take care of, go for an off-site business. Either way, you can sell the same products, do the same services, and hire the same employees no matter where you are.
The only difference is that you cannot sleep in an off-site bed; you can relax, but no sleeping. Business ModelsOnce you've decided where you want your business to be, it's time to decide what you want to sell.
(Or, perhaps, you decide this before picking a location.) There are three major types of businesses in Sims 2: OFB. We'll detail how to set any of these up and make them successful later; for now, we'll just touch on what they are.Business Model 1: Selling items for profit. By far the most common type of business model, here you buy an item, mark it up in price, and re-sell it to the morons of the world. You can sell practically anything in OFB, although some items are restricted.There are multiple ways you can do this. You can either buy an item from Buy Mode and flag it for sale, or you can make the items yourself through one of the three new Workshop Tables found in the game.
Both methods require overhead, so some of the revenue made will go to offsetting the initial cost. However, you get the biggest profits from Workshop Table items, although they take a lot of time to create.Additionally, you can sell food, which technically has no overhead, although you have to buy groceries. Profit margins are weak, but it's a good first-step business.Business Model 2: Charging an hourly fee.
Think of this like the cover charge for a bar, or maybe admission fees for a nightclub. Here, your customers will come on your lot and decide whether it's worth spending money to hang out on your lot. If they agree to, a modest amount of money (based on your lot's value) will be deducted from their accounts and added to yours on an hourly basis.
Then, as long as they're on your lot, you'll be gaining the cash.Sims will be more likely to stay and hang out if all their needs are met. If you have a wide variety of objects, then you're sure to get (and keep) some loyal customers. With a well-made lot, this can turn into an eternal party; just be sure to keep your fridges stocked!Business Model 3: Charging for a service. In theory, this is where you perform a given task for a customer, and you get money in return. In practice, there is only one such service available in OFB: the Ug-No-More Makeover Station. This is a salon chair, and you will be paid to change your customers' hairstyles and makeup.
Your success or failure is predetermined, so if your customer likes the makeover, he'll like it no matter what you do. (I love giving people the green Mohawk and camouflage makeup combo.)Although the Makeover Station is the only way to do this business model, it's a fairly good one for a new business, especially a new home business. Little overhead ($1200 for the chair), and high rate of initial success can lead to some mighty large profits.If you're working with loose definitions (and we are, 'cause it's our guide), you can also consider restaurants under this business model.
Restaurants are tough to get started because you need many employees for it even at first. Still, a talented cook and efficient service normally means some serious cashflow.Business Model 4: Real Estate Not really a business model type, you can buy and sell community lots. Obviously, buying a lot lets you use it as on off-site business location. You can then sell the lot back to the community (i.e., the city) for a percentage of what you paid.
Or, you can flag the deed for sale as if it's just an item in Business Model 1, and hope another Sim buys it for a profit. Of course, you'll have to fix it up a bit, making the whole process a little expensive. Still, for an incredibly rich Sim, this might be a doable [email protected].