ads and selling time

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 24.10.2007, 14:35

why when i add advertisements the selling time increase ?! .. it happened with me twice

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 24.10.2007, 14:37

My mum also thinks this is the case - she's decided not to buy ads anymore!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 24.10.2007, 14:50

A building with 40k ads points sells 2 times as fast as the same building without ads.

The only explanation for your problem is, that you put only very few ads points (<1000) in the building and the average price in the stats has reduced overnight. Or average quality has increased.

The selling time changes with average prices and qualities.

Elwood

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 24.10.2007, 15:08

My mum did a test. She was adding 100 ads to see the difference it made with time - she repeated it lots and lots and selling time went up each time more ads were added!!

Not overnight or anything these tests were seconds apart.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 24.10.2007, 15:33

I recommend the following test:

1. Buy or build 2 selling buildings of the same kind and size.
2. Add 40k ads to one of those buildings.
3. Sell the same ware, in the same amount, quality and price in both buildings.
4. Post the selling times of both buildings here in the forum.

Elwood

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 24.10.2007, 19:29

hm, @elwood: I their problem is... the selling process starts every time again when you place ads in your shops - and it is a new process
thats why you think it needs more time when you compare it with the other shops where the "old" process is still running

and you will see the effect of ads later with more points than 100. 100 is like a fart in the wind (?) - hm, hard translation of a German saying. knows somebody the English version of it?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 15.11.2007, 09:23

Nope a "fart in the wind" or "Farting in the wind" is perfect

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 15.11.2007, 09:43

A building with 40k ads points sells 2 times as fast as the same building without ads.

Taking this as being true (havent checked) Is it Fair to say Having adds in selling buildings is pointless unless the selling building is extramly large and you have product to fill?,

Example, just opened a shop where i make 160c per hr profit, if i use 40k ads it would incress to 320c per hr (wow). so 40k (asuming 40,000) adds cost ? at Q19 750 per ad = 30 mil.... I must have something wrong, or you only need to buy ads once?.

My questions,
1.Do adds only last one rack?
2.How muh does Q of an ad reduce the 40k to double sales
3. Is there any reason to have more than one sale shop
4. Is there any profit loss in having only one extended shop?

am I right to say adds are only profitable for large sales companys?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 15.11.2007, 11:54

First thing I want to say: Please read the stickies in this forum. Especially GoldenEye's "Advice of the week" and The Guide to Guides and Helpful Threads. Most of your questions could have been answered there. This advice is for all new players in kapilands: Read the stickies in the help section of the forum.

Canis wrote:Example, just opened a shop where i make 160c per hr profit, if i use 40k ads it would incress to 320c per hr (wow). so 40k (asuming 40,000) adds cost ? at Q19 750 per ad = 30 mil.... I must have something wrong, or you only need to buy ads once?.

When talking about ads, we are always talking about ads points. One ad q0 has one point, ads q1 has 2 ads points, ads qx has x+1 ads point. Q19 for 750 caps means 37,50 for one point. (750/20) 40k points would cost you 1.5 million, not 30m. But you get ads points for 33 in the sales forum (realm 1)

Canis wrote:1.Do adds only last one rack?
2.How muh does Q of an ad reduce the 40k to double sales
3. Is there any reason to have more than one sale shop
4. Is there any profit loss in having only one extended shop?

am I right to say adds are only profitable for large sales companys?

1. No, they stay forever.
2. I already answered this before, I guess.
3. Yes, to sell more wares at the same time or to sell them in different countries, because it

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 15.11.2007, 12:14

Thx elwood, yo did answer all my questions.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 16.11.2007, 19:07

Ok I think I am starting to udnerstand it.

To Double the sales you may:

1. Double the size of the sales building and double the hired employees there

or

2. Buy 40k Ad Points

So it seems to me, the new player would be most wise to double their sales building size a few times, before it becomes more cost efficient to go ahead and buy 40k ad points, no?

Anyone have any idea, given average prices of everything, how many times you should double your sales building size/staff before it becomes more expensive than buying those 40k ads?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 16.11.2007, 21:51

Maybe my post was too long to read, but I wrote it there:

An expansion of 80m