Market
Market
The Global Market is the commercial nerve center of Businessgame. CEOs use the market to purchase raw materials required for manufacturing or sell finished products and excess inventory for cash.
1. Dynamic Market Pricing
Prices on the market are dynamic and set automatically by the game's economic system based on macro supply and demand. Players do not set custom unit prices or create custom buyer orders. Every transaction executes instantly at the current prevailing market price.
2. How Buying Goods Works
To acquire raw materials or components on the Global Market, select the desired product and enter the quantity you wish to buy:
- Cash Validation: You cannot buy more units than your current liquid bank balance can afford.
- Warehouse Storage Limits: Purchased goods occupy warehouse volume measured in Cubic Meters (CBM). You cannot buy more volume than your remaining free warehouse CBM capacity.
- Inbound Loading Dock Processing: Purchasing goods is not instant; purchased items are queued as an inbound Shipment and processed gradually into your warehouse by your Loading Docks based on your allocated inbound CBM/hr capacity.
- Waste Certificate Limits: If purchasing waste byproducts (e.g. Trash, Wastewater, Radioactive Waste), your total stored waste volume cannot exceed your active Waste Certificates allowance.
3. How Selling Goods Works
To sell inventory for immediate capital, choose a product from your warehouse stock and specify the quantity to sell:
- Ownership Limits: You can only sell goods that you currently own in your warehouse stock. You cannot sell items you do not possess.
- Conversion into "Shipment": Selling goods converts the items into an active Shipment (outgoing cargo queue).
- Outbound Loading Dock Processing: The sold items do not disappear instantly; your warehouse CBM capacity is cleared gradually as your Loading Docks process and dispatch the outgoing shipment according to your allocated outbound CBM/hr shipping capacity.
- Cash Credit: Payment is credited directly to your bank account upon sale (minus applicable transport fees).
4. Market Transaction Limits Summary
| Operation | Primary Action | Strict System Safeguards & Logistics Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Buying Goods | Purchase materials at current market price | Cannot exceed available cash, free CBM space, or Waste Cert caps. Queued as inbound Shipment and processed via inbound loading docks. |
| Selling Goods | Sell inventory for cash credit | Cannot sell more than currently owned. Queued as outbound Shipment and processed via outbound loading docks to clear CBM space. |
5. Market Sets (Recurring Procurement Presets)
If your corporation regularly buys or sells identical bundles of raw materials or components, you can save them as a Market Set on the Global Market page:
- Creating a Set: Save a list of products and target quantities (e.g. "1,000 Iron Ore + 500 Coal") under a custom set name for fast recurring procurement.
- One-Click Bulk Execution: Click Execute Set to instantly initiate the purchase or sale of all items in the set at prevailing market prices.
- Logistics Processing: Items in an executed set are queued into your inbound/outbound Shipments and processed via your loading docks as normal.