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What is Producers & Traders?

Producers & Traders is an economic simulation with long-term motivation. The game offers constant new challenges through its tier system and the ability to act as both producer and seller. Currently, it is a purely recreational project in the public beta testing phase.

Office

Buildings

Here you will find all your buildings listed in numerical order according to building ID. The filter shows only the desired building types.

Each production and sales building can be expanded. The building size (increased number of potential employees) and storage size can be subsequently increased as desired. Employee wages must be paid even when the building is closed.

The shelf life of all products decreases by 2 hours every two hours. Coolable products stored in cold storage lose only 1 hour of durability per hour. The personnel costs for 2 hours are only deducted when the building is not closed for longer than 2 hours and the staff have not been dismissed.

On the overview page, you will find information about transports, building values, quantities, and inputs and outputs of each building. At the bottom, there is also the option to sell buildings. If the last login was more than 72 hours ago, all the manager's buildings are closed.

From level 2 onwards, the condition of buildings deteriorates periodically and they need to be repaired regularly at no cost. Training employees is only meaningful in the later stages of the game.

You can browse the FAQ to view a list of action options in the Building view.

Shops

If a storage space is free, goods will be stored automatically. To offer goods for sale, a selling price must be entered and at least one seller must be assigned.

One employee can be hired per 50 m² of retail space. Sales run from 8:05 to 23:50, every 15 minutes. The first sale resets the sales counters in the stores.

In addition to the current inventory (quantity), three smaller numbers are displayed one above the other: - The top number is the quantity sold today - The middle number is the amount you would sell if enough sellers were assigned - The lower number is the percentage deviation between these two values

The cash book is important, where you can check when and how much of each product has been sold.

In the shops, you will also find information about the factor and range of the shops.

Each newly built shop has 2 shelves and a range of 6.

Production Facilities

You can only store as much goods as you have storage spaces (note that produced goods also need a storage space!).

You can set up as many production lines as you have researched. Production lines must be started.

One employee can be hired per 50 m² of production area, in factories per 20 m² of production area.

Here you can find information on production price calculation, quality calculation, and advertising for product reputation.

Each newly built production facility has 4 storage spaces and one production line.

Company Buildings

One employee can be hired per 100 m².

Advertising agency: Maximum of 10+5 advertising campaigns per level possible per agency. Advertising values are recalculated every 30 minutes. You can advertise your self-produced end products and your own shops. Maximum of 40 employees per slot.

Research laboratory: Maximum of 10+5 research projects per level possible simultaneously. Here, quality research and research for new products are possible. You receive 2 free products at the start; all other products must be researched. Maximum of 40 employees per slot.

Finances

Balance Sheet

Here you will find the financial report on your business performance for today and the total time. More information here: Financial System.

Here you will find important data on general business development over the last 10 days. Every night at midnight, all statistics are shifted by one day. Revenue, profit, and profit margin are current; company value is updated at 0:01 am on the last night.

Account Statement

Here you will find all money transactions from the last few days.

Vehicle Fleet

Here you can buy and sell vehicles, see where which vehicles are located, what they have loaded, etc. Repairs are also possible. From a company value of 1 million onwards, vehicles begin to deteriorate.

Without vehicles, it is not possible to send goods. Goods purchased in the wholesale market must also be transported by your own vehicles.

The transport time between buildings depends on: - The distance between the buildings - The condition of the vehicle - The driver's training

The vehicles have pallets (e.g., transporter: 2, small vehicle: 4, large vehicle: 8, articulated truck: 12) and each pallet holds approximately 400 kg. Through the park option, you can combine different goods on one truck.

For Plus users, it is possible to perform automatic transports, create delivery contracts (from level 1), and view the delivery lists of past days.

Vehicle status colors: - Green: Vehicle is free - Yellow: Vehicle is en route - Blue: Vehicle has arrived, still needs to be unloaded - Yellow/Green: Vehicle is in parking position

At the beginning of the game, you must purchase a vehicle in the depot in the city where you start.

Vehicle Status

Image	Meaning
	Vehicle is unused and free
	Vehicle is currently en route
	Vehicle has reached its destination and can be unloaded
	Vehicle is parked and (partially) loaded
	Vehicle is being repaired

Purchasable Vehicles

Type	Image	Price	Capacity	Requirement
Transporter		20,000€	2 Pallets (2VE)	-
Small Truck		40,000€	4 Pallets (4VE)	-
Large Truck		80,000€	8 Pallets (8VE)	-
Articulated Truck		120,000€	12 Pallets (12VE)	Level 1

Organizer

Here you can save your business contacts.

Personnel

Here you will find everything related to personnel. You can find more information under Personnel within the Company in the FAQ.

Private

This is the manager area. You can pay yourself a manager salary and buy new status symbols.

Account

Here you can change your password or email address. It is also possible to delete the account or start over.

Here you will also find the company ID, which should be provided when reporting bugs.

You can also upload a company logo and a manager logo. The maximum size is 150 x 150 pixels and 50 KB.

Here you can also find the vacation mode, more information under Vacation. You can also turn off the info boxes here - simply remove the checkmark!

City

Offer / Search

Here is the bulletin board where you can post short-term information. However, the same rules apply as in the chat. Inappropriate entries will be deleted without notice.

Map P/S

Here you will find the map of Reibach and the production and sales buildings of the players. The colors have a meaning, especially for raw material production, as there is a time bonus for raw materials on darker cultivation areas.

Map C/C

Here you will find the map of Reibach and the company and consortium buildings of the players.

Wholesale Market

In the wholesale market, you can buy goods and offer them for sale. Every 2 hours, the warehouses of the local traders in the city are replenished. To purchase goods, you need your own vehicles. Note the capacity of the vehicles. You can also send different goods in the same vehicle to the same building.

Your own storage space in the wholesale market depends on the storage area of your own buildings in the city (excluding shops) plus a flat-rate basic area. The rule is: City Storage / 4 + 1000

At the top left, you can sort by product, and at the top right by product group (Green = raw material, Red = intermediate product, and Black = end product) and sales building.

Your own goods placed in the wholesale market can be sent back to the building from which they were delivered. The goods can be sold to the local trader at lower prices, you can change your wholesale market selling price, and you can move goods to the consortium marketplace.

The consortium leader must first set up the marketplace. The setup price is 10,000 €. After that, each member of the consortium can access it. You'll find it in the wholesale market at the bottom right! The running costs are 500 € for the consortium! To send goods to the consortium marketplace, use ID 10.

Town Hall

Here you will find the most important data of the city, such as population, number of employees, number of buildings of the players, and the economic barometer, which regulates the reference prices of the local seller in the shops. Access to the consortium can also be found here.

Bank

If you have more month left at the end of your money, you can take out a loan here. The bank only grants loans 10 days after company founding. The loan interest is calculated per day and deducted at 23:45 in the morning. The credit interest and overdraft interest are calculated per day and credited or debited at 23:45. The credit limit depends on the company value and level and starts at 50% of the average company value of the last 10 days.

Newspaper

Here you will find the current internal newspaper for Reibach, the Reibach Times. It is published every 3-4 months. If you are interested in writing something, contact Valley AG.

Business Directory

Only for Plus users: Here you will find an overview of the producers of the individual products and the owners of the individual shops.

Product Overview

Sales Figures

Here you will find the sales overview of the goods (only accessible with Flash Player). Total sales of the last 10 days, market shares of the manufacturers, and market shares of the shops of the current day are always available. The 2nd Flash chart can be changed by clicking on shop name, trader name, or brand name. All shops currently selling this product are also listed. You can also access these sales figures of your product via the images in the shops.

Overview

Here you will find the product overview and the initial products you need for the production of your goods.

Own Products

Here you will find the product overview of your own products, their quality, their reputation, their quantities currently in circulation (for end products), as well as the marking for quality research or reputation expansion. On the far right, there is "active" or "inactive," which allows you to set a filter for goods in 2 categories. "Inactive" also means that the goods are no longer visible in the business directory.

Shopping Statistics

Here you will find an overview of which residents have shopped. Every day, half of the population shops. At the end of the day, the chessboard is full.

Market Overview

Here you will find the percentage distribution of player-produced goods listed by specialty shop. Goods in other buildings also flow into the responsible specialty shop. The values correspond to the percentages of the previous day. - Red = over 75% - Yellow = between 50% and 75% - Green = under 50%

Rankings

Here are the rankings sorted by company value, profit, revenue, profit divided by company value, and the consortium ranking. (Gray-marked players have received a warning, red-marked players have been banned)

Records

Here are lists of the largest factories, most revenue, etc. in many different categories.

Managers Online

List of all managers currently in the game.

Yellow Pages

List of all managers. After 50 days of inactivity, these managers are deleted. By entering names, you can search for company names.

Building Menu

At the start, you can research the first two building permits (BP) within 5 seconds each. City and type of BP don't matter. The first building you construct can be erected in a short time. Note the land prices.

Building Permits

Here you can apply for building permits to erect new buildings. At the beginning, you have 2 building permits that you can freely choose, regardless of type or city.

Production Buildings

Production buildings can be erected here depending on level and available building permits. The minimum size is 30 m² and the maximum size is 10,000 m² (+10,000 m² per player level). From level 5 onwards, the upper limit for building size is removed. Buildings from 1,500 m² are profitable.

Shops

Shops can be erected here depending on level and available building permits. The minimum size is 50 m² and the maximum size is 10,000 m² (+10,000 m² per player level). From level 5 onwards, the upper limit for building size is removed.

Company Buildings

Company buildings can be erected here depending on level and available building permits. The minimum size is 100 m² and the maximum size is 10,000 m² (+10,000 m² per player level). From level 5 onwards, the upper limit for building size is removed. These buildings should not be built as the first building, as you cannot earn money with them.

Warehouse

From level 1 and with an available building permit, a warehouse or cold storage can be erected here. The minimum size is 100 m² and the maximum size is 10,000 m² (+10,000 m² per player level). From level 5 onwards, the upper limit for building size is removed.

Generally: You can change the warehouse at any time or even downsize the buildings (minimum size 100 m²). Buildings can also be converted within their type (e.g., farm to livestock breeding). These functions, however, are within the buildings (Office / Building).

Plus

Services

Here you will find the individual currently available services for Plus.

Top Up

Here you can buy Schottertaler (premium currency).

Account

Here you will find an overview of your Schottertaler (which you can receive through top-ups or by voting at the top left). You can see your current Plus duration, convert your Schottertaler into Plus days (minimum 48 = 1 day), or pass Schottertaler on to other fellow players (manager name required)!

Settings

Only for Plus users: Here you can change your profile.

Help

Quick Start

Here you can find the first steps.

Manual

This is the link to the manual here in the Wiki.

FAQs

This is the link to the most frequently asked questions: Game-FAQ.

Sales

Here is the overview of the sales buildings with the products that can be sold there.

Products

Here is the overview of the production buildings with the products that can be produced there.

Support

Here you can find a direct email connection to P&T Support.

Level

Here you will find the conditions for the next level and the challenges that come into play from a certain company value! All conditions for the next level must be met for 10 days. (The days do not have to be consecutive). Progress is shown at the top in the overview (number in parentheses).

Forum

Here you will find the link to the forum. You must register separately there to be able to write anything. Some of the pages in the forum are only readable if you are registered.

P & T Forum

Chat

Here you will find the link to the P&T chat. You will be logged in with your manager name. If you want to enter the chat with a chat program, you can read about it in the FAQ. Consortium members will also automatically have a consortium chat opened.

News

As soon as "News" is displayed in red, there is a message for you in one of the lower fields. This remains red until you have read it.

Mailbox

Here you can receive or send messages. In the overview, you can also see when you have received new messages.

Company News

Here you will find all news from the company collected for reading.

Production News

Here you will find all news from the production area.

Game News

Here is a link to the Changelog.

Voting

Here you can vote for the game. As long as the display is blue, it is possible to receive Schottertaler for yourself. Please help the game and vote!