When a pack of cards is opened, its value can be increased or decreased by sending a set of 8 cards based on their condition. This is how it works: you will have a binder to preserve and protect your Tetramon cards. The cards have a set of collections are somehow categorized into Tetramon Base, Destiny, Ascension, and Ghost. Based on each collection, the market will be determined by the card’s market value and as  you grow your binder, you can send the cards to be graded. The longest service woould take 12 days while the premium service will take just 2 days. You can use the 12-day service to give you enough time to collect more valuable cards in the future, worth at least $10,000.

Card trauma is something that can be felt in this game. It is the fear of missing out or the regret of selling a card too early before a price skyrockets. These things can occur since you are running a card business. You can also experience a high dopamine rush by pulling an ultra-rare ghost
card that can be valued at 10 times the market price if the condition card is grade 10, a Gem Mint. On day 140, I got lucky and managed to collect a card worth $16,000. Upon receiving my parcel from the grading company, valued at $100,000,    a Bogon Ghost Basic Legendary Foil, a Gem Mint. Now, you can imagine how I felt a that moment.

Allow me to show you a hack for a money-printing mechanism that I learned way too late in this game. In the beginning, I did not focus too much on the cards and shifted my attention to running the shop. But focusing on the cards is a running business aspect. It is important to invest your money in card machines that unpack your cards. While waiting for the machine to finish unpacking, you can monitor your business performance. Upon completion, you will receive the cards in bulk, showing you the cards’ cost and their value. Send them for grading, sell it, and make money. 

Running a business is easy but maintaining it successfully is difficult. One way of making sure you are serving your customers is to check for feedback. Just like when you dine in a 5-star restaurant and, at the end of your meal, the waiter does a final check and asks you if everything was good, that is feedback.

In TCG Card Shop Simulator, you can check for feedback either by focusing on the text above the character; they can either give you compliments by saying the prices are cheap or be frustrated by driving 5 hours to your shop and not finding what they want.

Another way is using clicking on Reviews, on your mobile phone. You must ensure your ratings are high by addressing low reviews and fixing them to keep customers happy. Whether it is priced too high or you are not getting what the customers want. 

“I’ve been looking for this card everywhere!”
— Collector Customer

Supply and Demand is a topic taught in every  Economic class, but I will keep it short and sweet. You are running a Card shop business and must have cards for sale. That is easy. But are you sure you can sell them? Well, it depends on the market.
You can purchase the products below the market price, giving you room to strategically price your products. You can be greedy and price a product above or at the market price, or you can do what
I do and set the price below the market price by 10%. This will automatically attract customers since your products are the cheapest compared to other shops. Yet, you are still making profits. Pricing is the most important part of demand
and supply and by adjusting the prices based on the products you have shall determine how long you can survive in a competitive business.