OnlineStoreProfit
Update: Online Store Profit – Revenue Fix & Finance Integration
This update introduces a full rework of how Online Store profit is calculated and displayed in Startup Company.
The goal of this mod is to make store-based products generate consistent and visible revenue, fully integrated with the game’s financial systems.
Key Features
– New Online Store profit system
– Profit is now calculated daily based on:
– Online users
– User satisfaction
– Active store features
– Conversion rate and basket value
– Dynamic market variance
– Automatic financial transactions
– Store profit is now booked as real transactions in the finance system.
– Finance Overview integration
– Online store income now appears as a revenue source in the Finance Overview panel.
– Product dashboard fix
– Today’s Revenue and Today’s Income now correctly include store profit.
– Improved realism
– Conversion rate influenced by features such as:
– Payment System
– Item Listing
– Image Upload
– Chat System
– Landing Page
– Order size and purchase activity vary daily to simulate market fluctuations.
Technical Changes
– Patched product revenue calculation to include store income.
– Patched daily product lifecycle to generate store transactions.
– Patched product UI and finance overview UI to display store earnings correctly.
– Added internal state tracking for per-product daily store revenue.
Requirements
Online Store profit only generates if the product includes both:
– Item Listing
– Payment System
Notes
This mod does not modify the base gameplay balance directly, but scales revenue based on user activity and feature development, making store-type products viable long-term businesses.