Star-Moon Kingdom, White River City, Candlelight Trading Firm.
Shi Feng had only just arrived at the entrance with Fire Dance when he noticed that even fewer players were visiting the Candlelight Trading Firm than before.
"Have we reached our limit so soon?" Shi Feng glanced at the players on the street, then looked inside the store.
Although the Candlelight Trading Firm stood in the commercial center, where foot traffic was heaviest, the number of players on the streets was steadily increasing while the number entering the store to buy items was decreasing. That alone explained many things.
Now, with a single glance down the street, one could see shops opened by major Guilds and many merchant players at various street corners.
With more shops, market competition naturally intensified. Although the Candlelight Trading Firm's position in White River City remained unshakable for now, its daily profits were steadily declining. From earning over a thousand Gold per day in the beginning, it could now barely maintain profits at around a thousand Gold. And that was with the Candlelight Trading Firm having stores not only in the mainstream cities of the Star-Moon Kingdom, but also in many other kingdoms.
The Whetstones and Advanced Whetstones that had always sold well, along with common items such as various recovery potions and mana potions, were selling less and less at the Candlelight Trading Firm. All of this was because of the continuously emerging new shops.
These new shops already had considerable foundations. Blueprints for best-selling items were no longer rare at this stage, and anyone who wanted them could grind for them themselves. Even Advanced Whetstone blueprints were already being sold at the Auction House. As long as they had Lifestyle players manufacture the items, chose a decent location, and lowered their prices slightly, it was