Running a home business isn't too difficult. You won't make a lot of money off of a salon, though, especially if you're hiring employees. What I tend to do is put up one fairly expensive item up for sale, (only one!) and sell that on the side.

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Something like a statue or an expensive painting. That way, you can have the business you want and still earn a bit of cash, plus if there's only one object for sale you can have the same Sim run back and forth from the item, to the cashier, and back to restock it again haha. To simply OPEN a business, all you need is to call on the phone and click business and make your house lot a business lot unless you have enough money to buy a community lot. But I'd say make your house a business lot to start off and get a feel for what you have to do. Then you need an open/closed sign you can get from Buy Mode through the OFB collection folders. And of course a beauty salon chair.

After you make the lot a business lot, click on the open/closed sign and click on the open business option and then you will have customers come. This is the simple opening of a business. But later after you get the hang of it, make a floor or building for the salon, add a bathroom and some entertainment for your customers/employees (if you decide to get employees which should later especially if you get more customers than you can handle). And that's basically it.

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Get Outta My House!!! I love making home businesses, its easier than off the home lot businesses because you can keep an eye on the family at the same time! The only problem is, sims come and eat your food and watch your tv and are really annoying! My solution is to build a fence along the front of the lot and put in a gate and lock it for 'household only'.

Just make sure sims can get to your business, and I'll leave it up to you to decide how. Be careful when doing your first haircuts! Sims can look TERRIBLE! Hair Salon is my favorite type of home business, and it's the first type I ever did when I got OFB. For the sims who have had the business I've done like what others here have said, the business is in a separate part from the home and the home is locked for only household.

For me doing makeovers was all my sims were doing at the time for their home businesses. Usually the spouse was going to work at the time so they had steady income. But I do prefer community lot salons only because you can sell townies new clothes - something you can't do in the home business. Never get tired of playing venues! Just a few tips. Make sure to lock any doors to rooms you don't want other Sims to use.

You can mark them to allow household or me only, or household and employees. One of the best features of OFB EP.

I would have at least 2 chairs to start and have another family member or playable Sim work the other chair. A tip I learned a long time ago, when you first place the OFB sign it will be on the open side.so Sims are all ready in route to your home or business before you can click close. You might see a few wander around or stand on your property etc.

Make sure to click closed then open again when you are ready to open. This will get rid of any Sims already in route to your lot (home or community) that won't buy anything if you weren't already set up for them. If you have more then one chair do you still get to customize the sims that your sim isn't personally working on? When Nina Caliente had her home salon while still living with Dina I was focusing on Dina's needs and Nina was still styling sims and giving good results but nothing on the sims changed. Is that suppose to happen? Because if so I don't see the need for employess for that particular style of business if you keep having to redo the sims they did over again anyways.

Just charge high on a gold badge and have your awards displayed and that will draw them in anyways. If you have more then one chair do you still get to customize the sims that your sim isn't personally working on? When Nina Caliente had her home salon while still living with Dina I was focusing on Dina's needs and Nina was still styling sims and giving good results but nothing on the sims changed. Is that suppose to happen? Because if so I don't see the need for employess for that particular style of business if you keep having to redo the sims they did over again anyways. Just charge high on a gold badge and have your awards displayed and that will draw them in anyways. The selected sim will get the option to actually do changes.

So if Nina is cutting hair, then switch to her POV to be able to make changes. This is so you can run the business on auto-pilot if you'd rather just focus on doing other things than cutting hair while still making money.

To balance this, I have a sim go do what she needs to do, but periodically change to the beautician in question if I want to make personal changes to the sim they're working on. A hair salon isn't too difficult to get going off the ground naturally. It's just takes steps.

First, if it's a home business, make sure the room or building (I started with a garage once) is completely locked off from the rest of the house, except maybe a bathroom. Guests will complain, but I think there may be a hack out there that makes them stop being stupid and only come on the lot for what's being allotted for them.

If sim knows she wants to work with hair in college, do the next steps there!! Someone mentioned doing free makeovers until you get badge skills - they are exactly right.

If you're sim is starting from scratch with no skills, start doing free makeovers until you get at least a bronze badge. At home or on a community lot, you offer a free makeover to everyone that walks. Even if in the end you don't change a thing on them, the experience will help build your talents and start earning loyal clientele. When you finally get a bronze badge, start charging - cheaply. So cheap you shouldn't need to hire someone to pressure them it's a good idea. If your sim needs money to support themselves, get a side job (there's a Business Owner job on MTS that's pretty good with hours and wages), have their spouse/bf/roommate be the breadwinner for awhile, or if you have AL, get a roommate or 3 to help pay rent.

When you get a silver/gold badge you can start charging more. Hire a seller to justify this and maybe add a ticket booth but again, charge a low amount, so they won't need convincing to buy a ticket. Offer some food to keep them sticking around, so if they won't get a makeover, they're giving you something for being on the property.

When you have enough money buy another chair and hire another beautician. Charge low for their services if they're low in talent. Eventually hire another seller to justify your ticket prices (which should be moderately priced for 2 gold level stylists) and your services. Key to a good Beauty Salon is not to let it get too huge and give it a focus. One of my successful ones was small but had 3 chairs, with only 2 beauticians at a time, 1 full-time and 1 part-time seller, a massage therapist that came 3 times a week and a vending machine.

My sim also sold jewelry or clothes some days (which means either your sim or a seller has to have cashiering skills too). If you're focused on making serious cash, with any type of business, all you really need is a talented seller and someone who has a gold flower making badge or a witch. You need a seller who can sell an outrageous ticket price and then have something addictive (a la a bubble blower) to keep customers there. The flower maker can make those flowers that ups motives and a witch can go around filling motives as well. This way, all you need is 4-5 customers that stay all day to get enough money to buy a vacation home xD.

My problem with beauty parlors is that they cost so cheaply you can't profit. If you hire employees, then tend to earn as much as the profit is, so your own profit is zero. An average makeover costs 57, and if you set it to ridiculously expensive, then you won't profit more because it will take a hell lot of time to convince customers to pay, so it better just be set at average.

However, you still need a sales person to speed up the process, unless your sim does it. Anyway, I can't see how to profit from a beauty parlor with employees at all. I guess it's only ok if it's home business or only your own sims work in it, but that's boring. I'm running a salon right now that seems to be doing pretty well. Granted, it's only been a few days, but still.

My main sim Emma House had a home makeover business before, so she's got a Silver Cosmetology badge and runs the makeover station, but I added a few extras to make a few more $$. Massage table (upstairs) The only problem is I can't figure out how to assign employees to give massages, so I just have Emma do it in-between haircuts. Retail area (she has one cashier and one salesperson and sells clothes, jewelry, and perfume from the little displays. Turns out you DO have to restock them!) - I will eventually (probably) expand to include a hot tub and sauna, but I will likely have to add the Bandatron for that. I'd like to have it set to where you only need to buy a Bandatron ticket if you are going to that 'area' and don't need to pay it if you are just getting a haircut.

I don't know if you can do that, though. Perhaps I will set the Bandatron to be fairly cheap?

- I'm also considering having her start the Show Business career just long enough to get the plastic surgery station so she can give 'botox' and other beauty services to the larger-jawed Sims that Maxxis is so fond of creating. Making Belladonna Cove more beautiful.one Sim at a time! Regardless, the most annoying part is having my sim's needs decay so quickly while she's at work. However, because she has no kids/pets/spouse, it is quite easy for her to wake up, put in a full days' work, then come home super tired (and have the clock reset to 9am) then sleep until about 4pm (i.e. 'normal' work hours) and continue her escort services (which is how she made her money before the salon) in the evening. She has quite a lot of friends (i.e. 'lovers,' i.e.

'clients') so her reputation is pretty good!

Running a home business isn't too difficult. You won't make a lot of money off of a salon, though, especially if you're hiring employees. What I tend to do is put up one fairly expensive item up for sale, (only one!) and sell that on the side. Something like a statue or an expensive painting. That way, you can have the business you want and still earn a bit of cash, plus if there's only one object for sale you can have the same Sim run back and forth from the item, to the cashier, and back to restock it again haha.

To simply OPEN a business, all you need is to call on the phone and click business and make your house lot a business lot unless you have enough money to buy a community lot. But I'd say make your house a business lot to start off and get a feel for what you have to do. Then you need an open/closed sign you can get from Buy Mode through the OFB collection folders. And of course a beauty salon chair. After you make the lot a business lot, click on the open/closed sign and click on the open business option and then you will have customers come. This is the simple opening of a business. But later after you get the hang of it, make a floor or building for the salon, add a bathroom and some entertainment for your customers/employees (if you decide to get employees which should later especially if you get more customers than you can handle).

And that's basically it. Get Outta My House!!! I love making home businesses, its easier than off the home lot businesses because you can keep an eye on the family at the same time! The only problem is, sims come and eat your food and watch your tv and are really annoying! My solution is to build a fence along the front of the lot and put in a gate and lock it for 'household only'. Just make sure sims can get to your business, and I'll leave it up to you to decide how.

Be careful when doing your first haircuts! Sims can look TERRIBLE! Hair Salon is my favorite type of home business, and it's the first type I ever did when I got OFB. For the sims who have had the business I've done like what others here have said, the business is in a separate part from the home and the home is locked for only household.

For me doing makeovers was all my sims were doing at the time for their home businesses. Usually the spouse was going to work at the time so they had steady income. But I do prefer community lot salons only because you can sell townies new clothes - something you can't do in the home business. Never get tired of playing venues!

Just a few tips. Make sure to lock any doors to rooms you don't want other Sims to use.

You can mark them to allow household or me only, or household and employees. One of the best features of OFB EP. I would have at least 2 chairs to start and have another family member or playable Sim work the other chair. A tip I learned a long time ago, when you first place the OFB sign it will be on the open side.so Sims are all ready in route to your home or business before you can click close.

You might see a few wander around or stand on your property etc. Make sure to click closed then open again when you are ready to open. This will get rid of any Sims already in route to your lot (home or community) that won't buy anything if you weren't already set up for them. If you have more then one chair do you still get to customize the sims that your sim isn't personally working on?

When Nina Caliente had her home salon while still living with Dina I was focusing on Dina's needs and Nina was still styling sims and giving good results but nothing on the sims changed. Is that suppose to happen? Because if so I don't see the need for employess for that particular style of business if you keep having to redo the sims they did over again anyways. Just charge high on a gold badge and have your awards displayed and that will draw them in anyways.

If you have more then one chair do you still get to customize the sims that your sim isn't personally working on? When Nina Caliente had her home salon while still living with Dina I was focusing on Dina's needs and Nina was still styling sims and giving good results but nothing on the sims changed.

Is that suppose to happen? Because if so I don't see the need for employess for that particular style of business if you keep having to redo the sims they did over again anyways. Just charge high on a gold badge and have your awards displayed and that will draw them in anyways.

The selected sim will get the option to actually do changes. So if Nina is cutting hair, then switch to her POV to be able to make changes. This is so you can run the business on auto-pilot if you'd rather just focus on doing other things than cutting hair while still making money. To balance this, I have a sim go do what she needs to do, but periodically change to the beautician in question if I want to make personal changes to the sim they're working on.

A hair salon isn't too difficult to get going off the ground naturally. It's just takes steps. First, if it's a home business, make sure the room or building (I started with a garage once) is completely locked off from the rest of the house, except maybe a bathroom.

Guests will complain, but I think there may be a hack out there that makes them stop being stupid and only come on the lot for what's being allotted for them. If sim knows she wants to work with hair in college, do the next steps there!! Someone mentioned doing free makeovers until you get badge skills - they are exactly right. If you're sim is starting from scratch with no skills, start doing free makeovers until you get at least a bronze badge.

At home or on a community lot, you offer a free makeover to everyone that walks. Even if in the end you don't change a thing on them, the experience will help build your talents and start earning loyal clientele. When you finally get a bronze badge, start charging - cheaply. So cheap you shouldn't need to hire someone to pressure them it's a good idea.

If your sim needs money to support themselves, get a side job (there's a Business Owner job on MTS that's pretty good with hours and wages), have their spouse/bf/roommate be the breadwinner for awhile, or if you have AL, get a roommate or 3 to help pay rent. When you get a silver/gold badge you can start charging more. Hire a seller to justify this and maybe add a ticket booth but again, charge a low amount, so they won't need convincing to buy a ticket. Offer some food to keep them sticking around, so if they won't get a makeover, they're giving you something for being on the property.

When you have enough money buy another chair and hire another beautician. Charge low for their services if they're low in talent. Eventually hire another seller to justify your ticket prices (which should be moderately priced for 2 gold level stylists) and your services. Key to a good Beauty Salon is not to let it get too huge and give it a focus. One of my successful ones was small but had 3 chairs, with only 2 beauticians at a time, 1 full-time and 1 part-time seller, a massage therapist that came 3 times a week and a vending machine.

My sim also sold jewelry or clothes some days (which means either your sim or a seller has to have cashiering skills too). If you're focused on making serious cash, with any type of business, all you really need is a talented seller and someone who has a gold flower making badge or a witch. You need a seller who can sell an outrageous ticket price and then have something addictive (a la a bubble blower) to keep customers there.

The flower maker can make those flowers that ups motives and a witch can go around filling motives as well. This way, all you need is 4-5 customers that stay all day to get enough money to buy a vacation home xD. My problem with beauty parlors is that they cost so cheaply you can't profit. If you hire employees, then tend to earn as much as the profit is, so your own profit is zero. An average makeover costs 57, and if you set it to ridiculously expensive, then you won't profit more because it will take a hell lot of time to convince customers to pay, so it better just be set at average.

However, you still need a sales person to speed up the process, unless your sim does it. Anyway, I can't see how to profit from a beauty parlor with employees at all.

I guess it's only ok if it's home business or only your own sims work in it, but that's boring. I'm running a salon right now that seems to be doing pretty well. Granted, it's only been a few days, but still. My main sim Emma House had a home makeover business before, so she's got a Silver Cosmetology badge and runs the makeover station, but I added a few extras to make a few more $$. Massage table (upstairs) The only problem is I can't figure out how to assign employees to give massages, so I just have Emma do it in-between haircuts.

Retail area (she has one cashier and one salesperson and sells clothes, jewelry, and perfume from the little displays. Turns out you DO have to restock them!) - I will eventually (probably) expand to include a hot tub and sauna, but I will likely have to add the Bandatron for that. I'd like to have it set to where you only need to buy a Bandatron ticket if you are going to that 'area' and don't need to pay it if you are just getting a haircut. I don't know if you can do that, though.

Perhaps I will set the Bandatron to be fairly cheap? - I'm also considering having her start the Show Business career just long enough to get the plastic surgery station so she can give 'botox' and other beauty services to the larger-jawed Sims that Maxxis is so fond of creating. Making Belladonna Cove more beautiful.one Sim at a time! Regardless, the most annoying part is having my sim's needs decay so quickly while she's at work. However, because she has no kids/pets/spouse, it is quite easy for her to wake up, put in a full days' work, then come home super tired (and have the clock reset to 9am) then sleep until about 4pm (i.e. 'normal' work hours) and continue her escort services (which is how she made her money before the salon) in the evening. She has quite a lot of friends (i.e.

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'lovers,' i.e. 'clients') so her reputation is pretty good!