Home Business SYSN

This mod is still a work in progress, so if you run into any issues or notice something that needs tweaking, please let me know! Everyone plays differently, and your feedback really helps.

UPDATE
- New: at home, click your Zoi > Smartphone > Open Store to start a business. Your home then appears under Empty Property in the Business Manager.

How to open a business at home

1. Start with your household's home on one of the supported house lots.
2. Open the Business Manager on your phone. Your home shows up there as an empty property. You can also register the business from the property itself.
3. Pick your business type and register it, the same way you would on a business lot.
4. Set it up like any other business: opening hours, prices, and any employees you want to hire.
5. Choose which doors customers can use. The base game's door options (Business Hours Only, Operator Only and so on) all work, so you can keep customers to the ground floor and the rest of the house private.
6. Open for the day and let the customers in. When you close, your family can still walk through every door of their own home, and customers and other Zois stay out.

After that, it is the base game's own business system: customers, reviews, statistics and employees all work as usual.

Tips for running it day to day

• Lock the shop doors, not your family out. Put the front door and any customer doors on a business setting like Business Hours Only. After closing, your household still comes and goes freely, so you never have to unlock anything just to get home.
• Employees stay employees. They work shifts for you without joining your family, so they won't take up beds or show up on your household.
• Plan the layout first. Customers can only reach the doors you open to them, so a shop floor near the entrance with the living space further in keeps everything running smoothly.
• Make the most of the property. Your whole lot counts as the business, so a cafe with a kitchen, a salon with a styling corner or a studio with a front room all work.

Good to know

• Daily fee: the base game charges a daily business fee based on the property's value. A furnished home is worth more than a starter business lot, so the fee runs slightly higher, but it stays close to what other businesses pay.
• Before removing the mod: sell your home business (Manage Business > Sell Business). If you remove it without selling, the business stays in your Business Manager and your doors keep their business locks; just pick a new lock on each door.
• Not Included: Apartments, the penthouse and the resort villas.

This mod is still a work in progress, so if you run into any issues or notice something that needs tweaking, please let me know! Everyone plays differently, and your feedback really helps.

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