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Kindergarten specialization (which requires Q3 grapes to produce baby food) was less profitable than Prepare for School and Children's Art Studio in one city where I tested it. Of the three, Children's Art Studio was the most profitable although profits are quite low compared to IT centers, restaurants, and auto repair shops.

6.01.2017, 07:40

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It's interesting that additional advertising and increasing the service level didn't make any difference in sales for my IT centers:

Seoul (1 equip, Q1.02 workers):
Popularity 194.66
Number of subscribers 2 281 (max.: 35 000)
Paid minutes 22 803 (1 603.34 MB per turn)
Service level Low
Price (at the moment of update) $1 000.00 per minute ($22 803 000.00)

Seoul (1 equip, Q10.98 workers):
Popularity 267.00
Number of subscribers 2 282 (max.: 35 000)
Paid minutes 22 811 (1 603.90 MB per turn)
Service level Normal
Price (at the moment of update) $1 000.00 per minute ($22 811 000.00)

Since service level didn't appear to make any difference, I lowered worker qualification to overload top3 but this time sales tanked as the service level dropped from normal to very low

Tokio (130 wkr/ 23 equip)
Number of subscribers 14 258 (max.: 805 000)
Paid minutes 142 580 (10 025.16 MB per turn)
Service level Normal
Price (at the moment of update) $3 000.00 per minute ($427 740 000.00)

Tokio (240 wkr/ 24 equip)
Number of subscribers 770 (max.: 840 000)
Paid minutes 7 697 (541.20 MB per turn)
Service level Very low
Price (at the moment of update) $3 000.00 per minute ($23 091 000.00)

6.01.2017, 08:00. Subject: IT experiment in Seoul

Last time edited : 6.01.2017, 08:04

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Opened the smallest size IT center with 1 equip and 10 workers in Seoul. Tried various prices and these were the results:

Price	Minutes	Revenue
100	228,275	22,827,500
1,000	22,811	22,811,000
2,000	11,424	22,848,000
2,400	6,739	16,173,600
3,000	5,162	15,486,000
5,000	2,051	10,255,000

9.01.2017, 04:17

It looks like the way to expand IT revenue is to grow Qualification, so you increase Top3.

I will be adding Tower capacity in New York, Seoul, and Tokyo pretty much every day for people looking for bandwidth. I also have extra bandwidth in Fukuoka, but that is a smaller market.

I you need something, ask in the AM before I have disposed my IT and Tower Equipment.

9.01.2017, 04:26

Here is a handy table for IT qualification.

IT Qualification, Number of Employees, Max Employee Q, Max Equipment Q (Do not exceed), Top3
4, 10, 4.26, 8.79, 57
5, 10, 5.78, 13.89, 81
6, 10, 6.86, 17.96, 110
, 20, 4.80, 10.51,
, 40, 2.74, 4.53,
7, 10, 7.78, 21.70, 142
, 20, 5.72, 13.68,
, 30, 4.51, 9.57,
, 50, 2.99, 5.17,
8, 20, 6.51, 16.61, 178
, 30, 5.31, 12.23,
, 40, 4.45, 9.38,
, 50, 3.79, 7.37,
9, 20, 7.21, 19.35, 217
, 30, 6.01, 14.73,
, 40, 5.15, 9.51,

The employee Qs were determined as the maximum Q that leaves the green text "Minimum safety factor"

If someone knows how to make this look better, by all means do so.

9.01.2017, 08:55

Last time edited : 9.01.2017, 09:01

Jayman Corporation

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To make a table you just use HTML except with [tag] instead of <tag>. One easy way is to go to http://www.textfixer.com/html/csv-convert-table.php ... which creates an html table from your list then copy it to Notepad or other word processor and use Replace function to change [ to < and ] to >. I also edited the table tag to add a border to make it easier to read.

IT Qualification	Number of Employees	Max Employee Q	Max Equipment Q (Do not exceed)	Top3
4	10	4.26	8.79	57
5	10	5.78	13.89	81
6	10	6.86	17.96	110
	20	4.80	10.51
	40	2.74	4.53
7	10	7.78	21.70	142
	20	5.72	13.68
	30	4.51	9.57
	50	2.99	5.17
8	20	6.51	16.61	178
	30	5.31	12.23
	40	4.45	9.38
	50	3.79	7.37
9	20	7.21	19.35	217
	30	6.01	14.73
	40	5.15	9.51

10.01.2017, 06:33

Last time edited : 25.01.2017, 10:01

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Sulaco
Jayman
Did you try different speed?

Updated: Higher speeds increase service level which may result in more bandwidth sold. Each subscriber will still only buy 10 minutes each and the bandwidth used will be the same (about 14 minutes per MB) but you may get more subscribers. The effect is greater when service level was lower.

Sometimes, increasing your speed might not make any difference. I noticed no difference when:
1. Service level was normal
2. Service level was low AND competitors didn't sell much bandwidth at higher service levels
3. IT equipment or worker qualification was below average (which kept service level very low despite higher speed)

25.01.2017, 09:43. Subject: How to decide how much to charge for data at IT centers

Last time edited : 25.01.2017, 19:11

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Determining how much you should sell data for at IT centers is very easy because every city follows the same pattern where revenue remains the same at varying price points and drops off if the price is above a certain amount. For example, prices in a large city with moderate wealth were:

Price/Minute	Minutes Sold	Revenue (10 workers/1 equip)
100	228,275	22,827,500
1,000	22,811	22,811,000
2,000	11,424	22,848,000
2,400	6,739	16,173,600
3,000	5,162	15,486,000
5,000	2,051	10,255,000

Here are the results I got in another region with higher wealth but a lower population:

Price/Minute	Minutes Sold	Revenue (10 workers/1 equip)
10,000	1,540	15,400,000
20,000	768	15,360,000
20,000	768	15,360,000
30,000	513	15,390,000
40,000	385	15,400,000
60,000	256	15,360,000
65,000	236	15,340,000
70,000	203	14,210,000
80,000	172	13,760,000
90,000	149	13,410,000
100,000	128	12,800,000

As you can see, the pattern is exactly the same which makes it very easy to set prices.

If charging anywhere between $10K/minute and $65K/minute results in the same revenue then you obviously want to charge at least $65K/minute since lower expenses (due to needing to purchase less data) will obviously result in higher profits.

Currently, companies on Lien are selling data from their towers at extremely low prices ($300/MB which is about $20/minute) so you can easily set the price at the point just before revenue starts to drop which would be $2,000/minute in the first example and $65,000/minute in the second example. If the cost of data were much higher, then you could just subtract expenses from revenue to get profits and sell at whichever price resulted in the highest profit.

Of the 22 cities I checked, the most profitable price point was between $1,100/minute - $65,000/minute. For most of those cities, the ideal price was between $1,100/minute - $5,000/minute. I only tested larger and wealthier cities so prices may be lower in some of the poorer cities.

25.01.2017, 19:20. Subject: How competition effects prices and revenue

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Impact of increased competition

City	Price	Minutes	Revenue
Seoul - Previous market price	2,000	11,424	22,848,000
Seoul - Current market price	1,100	20,927	23,019,700

10.02.2017, 04:46. Subject: Mayor, Wages, Expanding the City

I got a request not to reduce salaries in Fukuoka. The question is what this has on the retail market. The other issue raised was that expanding the city is a waste of money.

My previous experience in Fukuoka, before I messed up and satisfied so many voters that nobody turned out for the election, was that reducing salary had no effect on the retail markets. I concede that the other project -- raising the salaries -- boosts your popularity and allows you to, possibly, boost an additional retail market.

Any other mayors have opinions on the salary question?

I am pretty sure that I have noticed an increase or decrease in the Auto Repair or Restaurant sales after the population increased or decreased. A 3% boost in total restaurant and auto repair sales would be worth the cost of the project, in my opinion.

Any other mayors have opinions on this question?

In any case, having already promised to lower salaries, I feel obligated to follow through. Otherwise, I would look like a real politician instead of a Virto-politician. I will collect data on all the retail markets before and after the changes, assuming I get elected. If my data show a decrease in retail sales, I will increase salaries in subsequent game years.

10.02.2017, 15:15

G_Money33

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gb,

I used to decrease salaries to help factories and other player businesses. My thinking was that I'd attract player businesses and that tax revenue on player production was better than any retail tax as far as supporting the city/region. However, I don't think salary expense is a major expense concern in general. raw material and taxes are better to worry about. And increasing salary does help retail. if everyone decreased salary, retail in total would shrink and we'd all loose money. So, in summary, I think higher salary is the better choice at this point.

Regarding expanding city size, I think it might reduce the number of immigrant workers. but the 3% change is so frigging small that it never really helps. so, probably a waste of money for that angle. but, it increases popularity and that is helpful.

G

19.02.2017, 15:56. Subject: Bee Pollination Data

Last time edited : 20.02.2017, 15:51

Some Pollination Data: I forgot to pollinate soybeans, so I got some figures as I was expanding the Apiary.

A T12 Apiary with 25 x Q25 Bees pollinated 9% bonus out of a maximum of 20% for a 1000 ha farm. This suggests that these bees pollinate 9/20 * 1000 /25 = 18 ha per bee.

Edit:
Increase in output from the Apiary did not change the Pollination bonus. I must be getting bonus from other corporate apiaries.

8.03.2017, 07:22

Here are the stats on Fukuoka after 1 round of expanding education, expanding the city border and decreasing salary. I was able to support 2 retail sectors.

Year Education Wealth Salary Population
51 6.08 19.80 216.75 1384
52 6.38 19.98 205.92 1425

I will report on retail trade after the update tomorrow.

9.03.2017, 03:11