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Post by K8y9 on May 2, 2012 3:21:26 GMT -5
Oh! Someone just franchised my Apple Store San Fran (in its 219 popularity only, based on my stats) ... i Got the full 50 bucks for the franchise made! thankful for the franchise... ;D But still confused with regards to having a low drop of my supposed high pop business
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Post by Yarn Goddess on May 2, 2012 6:35:32 GMT -5
I'm beginning to think that none of us will ever definitively know the answer to this, or several other, questions. Even though we think we have a handle on how much money a franchise costs before the full 50 bucks is given, that number has changed from 3000 to around 3300. I have no idea, although I do know that my lower pop businesses pay very little.
The only other thing I know for sure is that I want an ice cream bar...
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Post by Snibull on May 2, 2012 8:28:02 GMT -5
Oh! Someone just franchised my Apple Store San Fran (in its 219 popularity only, based on my stats) ... i Got the full 50 bucks for the franchise made! thankful for the franchise... ;D But still confused with regards to having a low drop of my supposed high pop business k8y9-I see what you are saying... your apple store shows up at the end of your businesses because if has a pop of 228. The RH"s won't even look at it. However, if I click on the store inside your town, I could franchise it for $5,647 bucks at a pop of 33,031. I let it sit there for a few seconds (let the wifi slow down, catch up whatever) and it didn't change. At this point, since it is one of your highest businesses, I would contact booyah and ask for help. They may offer you free bucks if you mention the number of franchises on it have gone down since you noticed it.
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Post by cmeister23 on May 2, 2012 8:44:35 GMT -5
This is a complicated topic that we did some research on in the "Frachise Discussion" thread under Tips/Hints. It seems there are two popularities. There is the one you see for your business in your town. This one usually doesn't change often but it can go up or down, and as you've noticed if the popularity monster visits it crashes. This number affects the payout on your jobs. The other number is what I call "Booyah Market Value" and is what others see when they visit and affects what they will pay for it if they wish to franchise the business. This number "should" be the same in all towns and it fluctuates all the time both up and down for unknown reasons. This is the number that affects to a point how much you receive when someone franchises your business. The other variable in the cost of a franchise is distance. The closer someone is to a business the cheaper it is. I am in DC and if I franchise a NYC business for $1 and then switch locations to San Francisco that same business will cost me about $12. Only Booyah knows the rest, and sometimes I'm not even sure that they know for sure. I'm thinking they have a wheel in their break room that they spin every day and then go and crash the popularity for that business.
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Post by Yarn Goddess on May 2, 2012 9:05:48 GMT -5
cm, that is the silliest thing I've ever heard. Everybody knows that they have all the businesses listed on individual cards which are stuck to a white board with that 3M adhesive. Then they throw computer chips with that same adhesive on them at the board and attack whichever business the chip sticks to.
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Post by cmeister23 on May 2, 2012 10:52:43 GMT -5
I FOUND THE POPULARITY MONSTER! I was very lucky to sneak a picture through the window of Booyah HQ and catch the monster in action....
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Post by kechibam on May 2, 2012 10:57:24 GMT -5
Lol. He's clearly on a mission! Someone pls give him a banana so he could leave us alone ;D
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Post by cletsky27 on May 2, 2012 11:13:00 GMT -5
Lol. He's clearly on a mission! Someone pls give him a banana so he could leave us alone ;D 103 lol. or maybe what he wants is a lovely partner. ;D would someone give him a mate. ;D
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Post by Yarn Goddess on May 2, 2012 19:12:45 GMT -5
Hahahahahahaha.....
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Post by Marville on May 3, 2012 6:19:41 GMT -5
I FOUND THE POPULARITY MONSTER! I was very lucky to sneak a picture through the window of Booyah HQ and catch the monster in action.... quote] oh my you are too funny sometimes (got the sometimes!) love the picture I do have to learn photobucket better so I can do this stuff = thanks for the laugh good karma coming your way for that
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Post by Solsville on May 4, 2012 12:40:28 GMT -5
I FOUND THE POPULARITY MONSTER! I was very lucky to sneak a picture through the window of Booyah HQ and catch the monster in action.... LOL! Awesome! You nailed it perfectly. ;D
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Post by K8y9 on May 4, 2012 21:26:15 GMT -5
Oh! Someone just franchised my Apple Store San Fran (in its 219 popularity only, based on my stats) ... i Got the full 50 bucks for the franchise made! thankful for the franchise... ;D But still confused with regards to having a low drop of my supposed high pop business k8y9-I see what you are saying... your apple store shows up at the end of your businesses because if has a pop of 228. The RH"s won't even look at it. However, if I click on the store inside your town, I could franchise it for $5,647 bucks at a pop of 33,031. I let it sit there for a few seconds (let the wifi slow down, catch up whatever) and it didn't change. At this point, since it is one of your highest businesses, I would contact booyah and ask for help. They may offer you free bucks if you mention the number of franchises on it have gone down since you noticed it. Very well said, snibull... That's exactly what im confused about Will try my luck again in writing to Booyah re this one ;D you are such a BIG help *exalted
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Post by K8y9 on May 4, 2012 21:28:50 GMT -5
I FOUND THE POPULARITY MONSTER! I was very lucky to sneak a picture through the window of Booyah HQ and catch the monster in action.... Please call the zookeeper! He has to be stopped!!!
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Post by missmag on May 8, 2012 5:39:29 GMT -5
Hi! Sorry but i really can't find the answer to my question anywere I deleted my game numerous times to change my location but I can only buy (with coins) businesses that don't even reach the popularity of 1000. Am i doing something wrong? Thanks!
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Post by Snibull on May 8, 2012 6:26:58 GMT -5
Oh! Someone just franchised my Apple Store San Fran (in its 219 popularity only, based on my stats) ... i Got the full 50 bucks for the franchise made! thankful for the franchise... ;D But still confused with regards to having a low drop of my supposed high pop business k8y9-I see what you are saying... your apple store shows up at the end of your businesses because if has a pop of 228. The RH"s won't even look at it. However, if I click on the store inside your town, I could franchise it for $5,647 bucks at a pop of 33,031. I let it sit there for a few seconds (let the wifi slow down, catch up whatever) and it didn't change. At this point, since it is one of your highest businesses, I would contact booyah and ask for help. They may offer you free bucks if you mention the number of franchises on it have gone down since you noticed it. Not sure if you did anything, but I visited your town and your Apple San Fran has recovered and is now #1 in your stats
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Post by jonniva on May 14, 2012 21:01:18 GMT -5
I have a couple of questions I hope y'all can help me with. 1. How do you find the high pop businesses at any particular place and time? 2. Once you find a high pop business, how do you find a franchise to buy?
For example I am in Paris right now. If I check-in, I see a high pop business that I have not seen in the game or here before. Of course I can't buy it from there.
If I look for nearby businesses in the store, I don't see it. But there are a couple of other biz in the "hot" list. How could I find a franchise based on a biz name? Search doesn't seem to find much. Where is it looking? I have not seen these questions and I hope I am not missing the obvious. Any insight is appreciated.
TIA
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Post by shotgunstina on May 15, 2012 10:41:03 GMT -5
When I am in a city looking for high pop businesses, I check the check in to see what is around me. In Paris, for instance, I know that Quick is one of the highest popularity businesses. I wouldn't search in the store for it, because that would cost alot of bucks. See if you can't find someone who has it by exploring in social. I have some of the high popularity businesses in Paris if you want to franchise from me. You could get them for coins that way.
Hope that helps you and answers your questions. If you have any more, feel free to message me.
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Post by Moose Town on May 15, 2012 16:25:40 GMT -5
Looks like today's update is also Popularity Monster friendly. According to my stats:
French Laundry - down to 5035 Folk Look - 7832 Google - 8176 Apple Computer - 9436
I've never seen them this low! Anyone else care to contribute their stats?
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Post by 777bonnie777 on May 15, 2012 16:46:12 GMT -5
After the new update my business are not getting the same money I was before I was getting millions, now it's just thousands. I have like 40 VIP Theaters now there useless.
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Post by Moose Town on May 15, 2012 16:48:01 GMT -5
Does this mean stacking no longer works? Well that sucks. After the new update my business are not getting the same money I was before I was getting millions, now it's just thousands. I have like 40 VIP Theaters now there useless.
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