ooc: The Unofficial Guide to Creating a Storefront

[BizTechCo Industries]

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[New Riceville]

You are right about trading, trading help nations grow and be respected. Trading is what makes USA so strong. And trading can help other countries win wars. Like say that USA need weapons to win over Japan a country might help them by sending powerful machine guns or rocket lanuchers.

[Yohannes]

You are right about trading, trading help nations grow and be respected. Trading is what makes USA so strong. And trading can help other countries win wars. Like say that USA need weapons to win over Japan a country might help them by sending powerful machine guns or rocket lanuchers.

In fact mate, the answer is no. Ge&T is a place for us to roleplay our corporations, and anything economical about our nation.

It has always been there all along, however by having a "storefront", which translate literally to a place where your business/company/organisational entity/governmental entity, can show its hardware and provide its service internationally, you literally are simply roleplaying the aforementioned entity going international. (note that i cannot use the word global due to NS's unique nature).

Having a storefront does not improve your economy in any way at all. Yes, it does help in how you roleplay in that it provides a way to set a more richer roleplay background for your nation, however it does not translate to "power", at all.

It is all, at the end of the day, up to you and your IC writing skills.

[Bagawan]

I know it's possible to link to a post inside a forum but, is it possible to link to the start of a paragraph in a post?

[Globexanter]

I know it's possible to link to a post inside a forum but, is it possible to link to the start of a paragraph in a post?

If you mean by posting a link to a Wikipedia (or another Information site) to let people understand your product, it is not recommended.

[Bagawan]

I know it's possible to link to a post inside a forum but, is it possible to link to the start of a paragraph in a post?

If you mean by posting a link to a Wikipedia (or another Information site) to let people understand your product, it is not recommended.

No, Im talking about a link on my storefront to a paragraph in another post on the storefront.
I would never EVER touch wikipedia...most of the stuff there is made up

[United States of PA]

Actually no it isn't. Wikipedia is as accurate as any other encyclopedia you can get your hands on, just bother to check the citations.


And no you cant, you have to link to the start of the post.

[Globexanter]

Actually no it isn't. Wikipedia is as accurate as any other encyclopedia you can get your hands on, just bother to check the citations.


And no you cant, you have to link to the start of the post.

Yes but to stop the customer from having to open twenty odd links to get a piece of information which can be easily put under the item for sale's description is just utterly a waste of time. Posts can be big for one reason, for the GE&T case, to cram in as much information which is needed.

[United States of PA]

You still cant link to the start of a paragraph on this site, only the start of the post.

Best you can do in that case is to make clearly defined sections within the post and point them to a specific section.

[Bagawan]

Thanks for the help

[-Bederich-]

You still cant link to the start of a paragraph on this site, only the start of the post.

Best you can do in that case is to make clearly defined sections within the post and point them to a specific section.

Apparently you can. Antarctic Isles seams to know how. As seen in their storefront, and factbook.

[Antarctic Isles]

You still cant link to the start of a paragraph on this site, only the start of the post.

Best you can do in that case is to make clearly defined sections within the post and point them to a specific section.

Apparently you can. Antarctic Isles seams to know how. As seen in their storefront, and factbook.

Indeed. Use the anchor tag:

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[anchor=00][/anchor]

For each paragraph (or anything else you'd like to anchor) use a different number, and then add #NUMBER_HERE to the end of the thread link to link to the anchor.
*I think it only works on a thread you have created.

[-Bederich-]

Apparently you can. Antarctic Isles seams to know how. As seen in their storefront, and factbook.

Indeed. Use the anchor tag:

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[anchor=00][/anchor]

For each paragraph (or anything else you'd like to anchor) use a different number, and then add #NUMBER_HERE to the end of the thread link to link to the anchor.
*I think it only works on a thread you have created.

That's cool, and very useful!

[Tythyan]

How do you open a storefront?

[Samozaryadnyastan]

You create a thread for your company in the Global Economics and Trade forum, which is part of the 'Diplomacy' forum group.

[Consaria]

Hey, I decided to make a storefront and wanted some feedback before I posted it. Not just the storefront, but the concept. Would anyone help?

STATEMENT
I role play as a third world nation, and some things get on mt nerves. Some include that fact I cant mix realism with my purchases. In every storefront I look, I see the same thing: bullpup rifles with silencers and scopes, $50,000 luxury cars, M1 Abram copies. I could buy these, but no real third world country could. They're mainly meant for rich RPers. I guess I shouldn't be complaining too much about this, as these are the good storefronts. What are even worse are the products I can afford, which are usually versions of real weapons on steroids, which are ridiculously under priced and have almost no detail. So my quest is to make a good storefront that primarily serves nations that have a third world status. Notice I said good, so if you have constructive criticism on how I could improve my storefront, be happy to give it. I'm also not looking for profit in this. I'll have to charge some over manufacturing price, to keep the lights on, but I'm in this to better the NS experience. I can't say the same about the involved nations, including my own. We need to run our countries off of these. But the storefront is non-profit; more an index than a business, really. Also, we have a non discrimination policy. I don't care whether a country is communist or capitalist, slave holding or free, or even pony or anti-pony. I only care if you're godmodding. Godmodding will not be permitted.


PURCHASING
As you can tell by our name, we mainly cater to third world nations. You can still shop here if you’re a first world nation, you just probably won’t find much use for the stuff. As you age, you don’t like the same toys you did when you were younger. It’s the same thing for countries. If you are a prosperous, large nation with a high standard of living, your people probably won’t be happy if you make them eat canned fish for dinner every night. If you are a third world nation, then I hope we please you. You may have felt the same frustration I have. Also, we accept exports at a rate. If you need X barrels of oil every month, we’ll just send them monthly and charge you then. You can cancel the contract whenever you want. If you fill out the form below, we will get our order out ASAP, but there are some rules.

RULES
-I will do random calculator checks (NSEconomy) to see if people are being truthful, no offense to young nations, but I will be more inclined to check you, due to the prevalence of godmodding in that community.
-Please use your basic grammar skills. If not, just fill out the form below without any RP.
-Make realistic orders. You probably can’t afford, nor need, 1,000,000 tanks.
-Tacking on with the above rule, please don’t make huge orders, as it will take quite a bit of time to manufacture.
-Do your own math. But remember, I might check you.

PURCHASE FORM

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Nation Name:
What Do You Want to Buy? How Much?:
Total Price:
Payment Method:

IMPORT RATE FORM

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Nation Name:
What Do You Want to Buy?:
How Much Do You Want Every Month?:
Total Price:
Payment Method:

PARTNERSHIPS
We want to extend our list of products as long as we can. Since I am quite a busy person, I don't have the time to make them all. That's why I want to have your products in my store. If you have a reasonably well priced product you are trying to sell, just post the application form below filled out, and we can sell it here. It's a win for everyone! We will give your company all the credit it deserves. You don’t need a storefront to sell, though. Let’s say you planned to make the best. military storefront. EVAH! After you got through your first gun, you found out this was harder than you thought. I know the feeling. So you abandon that weapon and move on. It doesn’t have to just sit in the trash can. We sell individual products as well. Also, just mentioning, discounts would we great. There are a few ground rules, as you will see below.

PARTNER RULES
-We are a modern tech storefront. We will accept PT products, but they must be surplusesq. No FT or PMT products.
-We only sell realistic products. No $6000 nukes or $100 assault rifles that would make the Navy Seals blush.
-Effort should be put into the actual product. No selling real world products, or obvious copies of real world products. A badly done Pimp My Gun is better than an AKA-47.
-All products must have at least a decent description. No less than a list of facts and/or a small paragraph.
-You must be willing to sell to every nation, no matter the government.
-No mandatory bulk orders.
-Please only sell products that would be useful to a third world country. AKA, no aircraft carriers, sports cars, ect.
-No nuclear weapons. I’m already going to @#!*% off some people by selling landmines and chemicals to anyone that asks. Selling nukes is a death blow to credibility.
-No slaves, we're not opening that can or worms.


PARTNER APPLICATION

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Company/Nation Name:
Link to Storefront (Optional):
Products You Wish to Sell:
Discounts (Optional):

DONATIONS
When you donate money, we can keep our prices low.

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Nation Name:
Amount You Want to Donate:
Any Particular Industry You Want This to go Towards?:

Below it I will make a post for each of the following industries and put an anchor on it. I will put then put the products in the correct category. I still need to make a few, but this is the most crucial part, since it will be made up largely of other people's products. I'll also update it frequently with new ones. Another cool idea I have is marking products either WA friendly or not, since many things may be illegal for member states.

Military
Transportation
Natural Resources
Energy
Technology
Foodstuff
Medical
Finance
Misc

EDIT: More ideas! "Open Source" products. Anyone can manufacture the product if they have the resources. We probably won't sell them, as it would be a huge loss of money. R&D can be paid through the proceeds of other products. For example, I could give away the rights to produce a gun, but sell the ammunition. The customer would have to buy the ammo after they made the weapon. Widespread use would be the goal.

Corporation Council: Other dedicated nations that would help produce storefront products. Right now, I'm the only person who puts my countries exports as products sold directly by the storefront, but I don't have 9 industries on my island. (Adding a layer of depth to the RP.) A product would be developed collectively and a member would dedicate a bit of their industry to it. They would still make the profit as if they were the sole exporters, but it would have the TWI name on it. Council members would have a separate topic to discuss on. I think that most manufactures would be on board with the idea because all they have to do is say that X is being produced, and they would get membership benefits.

[Of Herbshire]

Can you critique my storefront airport: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=296272

I am worried if i breach any standards of creating a storefront.

[Professor Thomas]

Can I take over an ex-nation's store? If so how?

[Aeyariss]

Can I take over an ex-nation's store? If so how?

That would be plagiarism. No.