Theories on Marapets Stock Market

In the stock market, it is essential to study the customer, and what the average customer's intentions are when it comes to buying stuff. Hence I will try to create theories on why certain items seem to be emphasized in the (current) stock market or not.

Armour

People are into battling, for a lot of in game points, so this is needed. But since there's not much of a need to constantly restock, it is at a lower increase. It also helps that it is the first shop people see in the shops section, and in business, the first stores coming into malls are more expensive to rent because most people are too lazy to explore the later shops.

Bakery

People need to constantly restock on food. It is not durable over time, so there is a lot of increase here. Other than being one of the first stores seen, people just like to imagine eating sweet things without actually eating them.

Balloons

Not sure why people would like this, but it is a cheap resource compared to other forms of entertainment when it comes to placing your pet's level of happiness as maxed out as possible.

Books

So far in my short time, I see that this statistic tends to vary. Sometimes people want books, and sometimes they're just not interested. Not sure what this means exactly to the Marapet player base, but oh well. Personally, I like to imagine that I have more finished books than I actually do.

CDs

So far in Marapets, I've observed people don't really enjoy collecting CDs compared to other types of collections. Not to mention the musical instruments shop tends to be low (from my experience.) I suppose other than it does not get involved in various quests, missions or goals much compared to other collectibles, I don't think people like this. Also, perhaps people don't really like imagining collecting music they can't actually hear, or maybe they prioritize other interests over music not that these people don't listen to music. I don't know anyone who doesn't. Maybe it's just not one of the major priorities in their life, so they don't want to imagine it much.

Candles

As I observed, very commonly needed for various quests, so no wonder for the high rates of buying.

Candy

As it is with the bakery, people like to imagine eating sweet things. Simple as that. I like to imagine stuff like that too.

Canned Food

Seems to vary, but I suppose it's because it's not the number one type of food people want to consume in real life to place into their imaginations.

Car Parts

People don't seem that interested in the car quests much, and I don't imagine a site targeted around the idea of cute fictional and magical animals would be also into this. Of course, personally I am into both cute stuff and mechanics, but I feel I'm a rare sample on this site. You see more artist or creative types here from studying the blogs for several pages. Not right or wrong. Just different.

Cereal

I'm guessing people just like cereal in real life, so they do it in game.

Charms

Seems to vary again. Don't know what to say here.

Cheese

Again, my theory of people enjoy taking food here they like to imagine eating is still going strong.

Chocolate

It's a drop this time, but while it's helpful for the imaginary playtime this site practices, I think the fact that the prices tend to be really high for various types of chocolate is influencing the low, but it might vary.

Cleaning Products

Needed for quests, so that's a lot.

Clothing

I would imagine with the type of creative/artist target audience of this website, a large subset of this game has players interested in fashion. So I feel like this is a stable factor here, in my opinion.

Coffee

Because. . . people like coffee in real life?

Computer parts

I suspect this has more to do with the fact that the computer parts quest offers 1 magic point for each quest completed, than people being interested in this as much as me, but I'm sure there are other tech nerds around here. Just not that really common here.

Contact Lenses

This seems to vary. I think it is because people often have more narrow tastes in eye colors, so there's no need to constantly buy so many colors all the time. But this is a common thing to visit, I imagine, if you're one of the newer players here, or if you're one of those high level fashionistas that always seem to win in various beauty contests on this site.

Cooking Interests

Not sure what to comment here.

DVDs

This seems to vary, as for some reason, there's always a very low level of DVDs being stocked at a time. I guess this is a way of the game making it so that DVDs are more difficult to find, and I guess there's not much we can do about that.

Diner

Eye Make Up

Similar reasons to eye contact lenses. People often have very similar make up preferences, so not much changes, so it varies.

Fake Costumes

Don't know what to say here.

Fast Food

This correlates with the computer quests stuff, since the engineer guy of this site seems to be into fast food.

Flowers

Beautiful, but not very useful whether in creatively expressing yourself or for useful things to do on this site, so not much, usually, I'm guessing.

Footwear

Same reason as clothes, but I suspect a lot more emphasis on the clothing store over footwear. Or maybe it's just me who thinks shoes are less important than the rest of the outfit. Don't know. . . I don't pay attention to shoes much.

Frozen Food

I don't imagine people like to imagine eating frozen food all the time, so I don't think this often gets a lot of people buying. In real life, eating a lot of this would be impossible to bite into, so it's hard to imagine a specific taste, but I guess some people are just into winter aesthetics as a type of expression. So I'm not sure. Maybe it changes.

Fruits

Since this place seems to work with imagining everything that is possible, I don't think people pay much attention to the healthy food around this site. Though I do with the fruits and vegetable stores because more of the gourmet food to collect tend to be there.

Glasses

It's a very specific store with very specific needs that not everyone would like. I don't see this getting high except for very rarely. But who am I to say? Still a newbie here after all.

Glowing Eggs

One of those collectibles people enjoy getting. Not sure why. I guess it's very visually appealing, and it helps with the fashion lovers around here with unlocking color fonts.

Gourmet Mutant Food

I think people are grossed out to imagine eating this type of food, so not very high. Maybe in certain events, it will increase, like maybe around Halloween. Like I imagine Frozen Food will increase around Christmas or winter season in general.

Hair Dye

Same reason as the contact lenses and face make up shops. People often have very similar preferences around this after all, and are less likely to experiment with this as much as people do with clothing.

Halloween Treats

Maybe it'll increase around Halloween. I bet, cause Halloween is my favorite holiday, as a horror fan, haha.

Health Tonics

???

Ice Cream

Not sure why it dropped this time. I imagine this goes to play with how people like imagining eating sweet things, but like I said, people prefer getting stuff from the stores that are "nearer the entrance."

Illegal Concoctions.

???

Jewellry

???

Lipsticks

I think out of all types of make up, people tend to enjoy variety here the most, actually.

Meat

Personally, I like this store as much as the fruits and vegetables ones, considering the extra gourmet food, but whatever.

Medicine

I guess since this is useful, it will often be regulated here and stable. But since people require less medicine compared to other pet needs like food, I imagine a lot less emphasis here.

Mining Tools

???

Minipet Food

Is it me or the Minipets don't actually need food? They seem. . . to just. . . I don't know.

Minipets

Not sure about this one.

Potato Chips

One of those junk food type imagination things again, but here it's not one of the first food shops to see, so oh well.

Potions

Yes.

Pottery

Yes.

Restaurant

Seems to vary.

School Supplies

A very big need and essential to the game play, so I imagine it gets a lot of regular visits as a need which requires restocks.

Soft Drinks

Too far down, and extra expensive.

Spells

If people can afford it.

Spices

???

Stamps

Personally I like to collect stamps here, but it doesn't seem to be one of the major things people are into here. Perhaps it feels more plain, and not as cute looking, like magical glowing eggs or cute plushies, but that's just me.

Stars

Needed for missions, and it's just an interesting magical concept for pets to play with literal stars.

Sushi

I always feel like creative artist types tend to be into sushi. Not sure why. I just get the feeling.

Tattoos

Not sure.

Toiletries

Not very interesting to people.

Tools

There's a practical need for this yes, but you don't need to restock this often.

Toys

I imagine it's more fun to collect toys here, it being a children's site, or all the older types here who just want to enjoy some childhood nostalgia. I think this is a stable factor.

Trading Cards

I think it takes a long time to develop battling abilities, so there's no need to collect everything, until you're much further into the game.

Traps

Useful, and needs restocks? Yes.

Vegetables

Slightly higher now, but it seems to vary over time. I imagine the first and last stores tend to be emphasized, since people tend to remember the first and last of things in business/economic psychology more. People don't really remember much of the middle, and while not as popular as the ones on the very top, it seems to get a lot of emphasis down here too.

Video Games

I imagine people here are gamers, so yes.

Voodoo Dolls

As a new player, I don't get this.

Wands

Expensive?

Weapons

Battles are useful, yes.

Wigs

Not a lot of strong variety here for the wigs store, and I guess that turns people off.