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When your small-time drug-dealing business with your uncle gets compromised by the authorities, you find yourself having to go back to square one in the simulatorSchedule 1. With all the risks of managing an illegal business in a new town, you re-learn the tricks of the trade solo or with up to four friends to dominate the drug market.
As you start out, you’ll need to work your way up having lost your equipment and connections. Though your uncle can help set you up, you’ll have to do all the leg work yourself. That said, there are some tips you should know so you can grow your business with ease.
Keep Your Pockets Clean
It’s obvious that your business isn’t exactly the cleanest line of work in the city. Thepolice are a big threatto your endeavors and with you going around selling and promoting your product,you will run into themat least once or twice. When the policestop you for a search, they’ll be going throughevery slot of your inventory.
you may hide items in your inventory, but you canonly hide one item at a timebyholding itwhile in its slot.
When the officer holds their light over the inventory slot, that means they’recurrently looking at that spot, giving you time tograb your illegal item in another slotto hide it from their flashlight. It will, of course, get more difficult themore incriminating items you haveon you.
As much as possible, only have theitems you’ll be needingduring your journey outdoors in your pockets.Leave the rest of the good stuffat home, lest they get you in trouble.
Don’t Take Too Many Orders
Themore you sell, the happier your customers will be and thegreater the demandfor your wonderful products. That said, it’s easy to go overboard and accept all the orders you receive. Before you over-commit promising deliveries left and right, ensure youhave enough suppliesto begin with.
Itmay take timeto produce your goods. Don’t accept orders that you aren’t prepared for orensure that you’re scheduling orders for a later periodwhen the products will be ready.
Give yourself ample timeto get your supplies, produce your product, andmake your deliveries. You’ll take a lot of pressure off when you give yourself more room to breathe when you have justthe right amount of ordersto take care of.
Price Your Goods Fairly
The only thing you want really high in your playthrough is your customers. If a customeroffers you a price for your goodsand youmake a counter-offer that’s too high, chances are you’llscare them off. You can see what a fair price isat the bottom of your screen.
You don’t have to sacrifice your prices to secure orders, of course. You can evenraise your prices slightly, but make sure thatyou’re not going overboard.
Don’t Let Curfew Scare You
During curfew hours, the police will be out and aboutgoing after those breaking curfew. While you might prefer tostay indoorsor evenhead to bedto avoid getting into trouble, you don’t have to be entirely afraid ofgoing out during the curfew period.
Making deliveries during this time willgive you a curfew bonus, giving youmore cash per order. If you’remaking several deliveries, this amount can pile up and even add up to the price of an order. That said, you might want tolimit how many orders you takefor delivery during curfew hours.Manage the riskyou’re allowing yourself to take.
Buy Materials To Keep Yourself Busy At Night
If you want to spend your curfew hours safely but still be productive, you canwork on your product. Before curfew hits,order all the supplies you needto pull off an all-nighter.
You cantake orders during the nightwhilemaking more of your product, and have them ready fordelivery by morning. This will ensure that you’remeeting your financial objectivesas quickly as possible, allowing you toexpand your businessand move up to the big leagues.
Use The Map To Organize Your Deliveries
You canaccess your mapon your phone or bypressing Mon your keyboard. On the map you’ll seedifferent points of interestand thelayout of the area. You’ll alsosee your customersand otherpeople you’re able to promote your product to.
When making deliveries, sometimes you might find yourselfon a tight schedule. Deliveries are set to happen during aspecific period of the day or night, and when that period passes, you’llmiss the deadline.
Make sure that you’re efficient with your deliveries bychecking your map. Instead of running towards any point of interest that tickles your fancy, look for which customers areclosest to each other. Cover sections with themost customers first, then target the customers that arefurther out.
Don’t Miss Out On Marketing
Business is about two things:supply and demand. Supply is a matter ofpurchasing materials and equipment, butyou’ll need moneyto even afford these things. For that, you will need togenerate demand. While you may have a customer base to start with, you will want toexpand thisif you expect to grow your business at all.
Check out your map andhover over the different icons of peoplein your area. You’ll see that there are those who can bepotential customersif youentice them with your product. Bring these people your product andgive them a free sample. You’ll seewhat their tastes are likeand if any of your products fit their profile.
When making product,make enough to meet all your ordersbut it’s better tomake additional stacks for marketing purposes. While you’re out making your deliveries, you canoffer free samplesto potential customers you come across.
There will be arate of success depending on the productyou offer the customer. If you’re successful in convincing them, they’ll beadded to your customer base. If not, you cantry again the next day. Remember their profile so you canprepare a product that fits betterthe next time you offer a free sample.
Expand When You Need To
Every growing business should eye expansion in order toscale productionandmake more supply to meet demand. You can get bigger shelves toaccommodate more materials, getmore Grow Tentsto grow more seeds at once, orhire some helpto automate your processes, allowing you tofocus on other things.
That said,don’t expandif the demand for your product doesn’t call for it. If you use up a lot of your finances to invest in expansion straight away, you may find that thedemand is not high enoughfor the kind of supply you can provide. You’ll end upproducing more than you needat a time.
Keeppromoting your product, building a good relationship with customers, andfulfilling orders diligently. As you do,you’ll find the right time to expandand you’ll have enough finances to do it properly. It goes without saying that youshouldn’t be afraid of expanding. When you feel that you’regetting more orders than you can handle, you definitely shouldinvest in your production.
