Businesses: buying and managing companies

One holding (or possession) in BELLOCCO is a money machine that also works while you are offline. Where separate crimes demand constant attention, companies give you a stream of passive to semi-passive income. All companies operate according to the same basic principle: customers use your service, pay you, and the money accumulates in the safe of the company. You enter that safe when it suits you through the central hub My possessions. That makes companies the backbone of a serious criminal empire and a logical next step once your first capital is in via making money.

Which companies are there?

Each country knows exactly one copy of each type of business. That makes ownership scarce and strategically valuable. The four main types are:

• Hospital The cost of treatment that injured players pay to recover is at the expense of.
• Bullet factory It makes money from selling bullets, indispensable to anyone who wants to fight.
• Redlight district You'll get 10% commission on the pay of all the hookers who work there.
• Casino tables 6 separate tables per country (number game, fruit machine, roulette, blackjack, stone-paper scissors and lottery), each with its own owner taking advantage of the house.

How do you buy a company?

In the meantime, a company without its owner is going crazy under the control of The State You don't normally buy such a state-owned company by travelling there. There are two real routes to ownership: in Market place, where players put their own businesses for sale, and the State auction, where the State periodically automatically auctiones one ownerless company to the highest bidder. Because there is only one copy of each type per country, a desired company can be very expensive; look at the prices and valuation Before you strike.

Important: You can total up to 5 properties at the same time. That limit forces you to make choices. Are you going for a row of stable service companies with predictable income, or for one or two expensive casino tables with a higher but more erratic return?

Earn, stock and collect

At service companies, every customer directly pays your safe. A hospital collects the treatment fairy, a bullet factory the bullet price and the redlight district your 10% commission. At a casino it works something else: There you grow Cash (the bankroll) along with the house advantage you win on players. Some companies ask for active management bullets to be produced, windows built in the redlight. You get the accumulated profit through My possessions; At a casino, you take on winnings above your start-bankroll, whereby taxes as sink a part skim.

Set and sell prices

On the detail page of each company, you determine the price of your service within the limits set by the valuation (between -20% and +20% of the land base). If you ask too much, customers descend to a cheaper country or to a state-owned company; You ask too little, you lose your winnings. In addition, you will carry out type-specific actions here and put the company on the market if you wish. You can always sell, so a possession is never a prison: You see a better chance elsewhere, then cash out and reinvest.

Strategy

A successful company is also a target. Other players can empty your safe via robbing companies, so don't let money pile up endlessly.... int regularly and protect your cash. Spread your risk by owning companies in different countries, and align your prices with the competition. Those who exploit the scarcity cleverly build a revenue stream on that day and night.

Frequently asked questions

How many companies can I own?

Up to five possessions at a time. If you want to buy something new when you already have 5, then first sell an existing possession at the marketplace.

Where do I buy a company?

Via the Market place, where players put their businesses for sale, or through the State auction, where the State periodically auctiones an ownerless company to the highest bidder.

How do I make money with a company?

Customers pay for your service and that money collects in the safe. You collect the profits whenever you want via My possessions. At a casino, you deserve the house advantage.

Can someone steal my corporate profits?

Yes. Players can loot your safe by robbing your company. Therefore, int regularly and do not accumulate large amounts.

What if a company doesn't own?

Then the State runs it at the standard country price, so that the service is always available. Such state-owned companies can be taken over via the marketplace or the state auction.

Can I sell my company again?

Always. Turn it off on the marketplace and cash; After that, space will be released within your 5.

Play for free and build your first company in the underworld of BELLOCCO.