Vehicle Sales, From Self Service Lots to Auctions

Self service or player run

This is the first decision. A self service lot is a shop the server owns: it always works, it never closes and it needs nobody. A player run lot is a business with staff, stock, pricing and a dashboard, and it only works if you have players who want that job. Most servers end up running both, with the self service lot covering cheap cars and the player run one handling anything interesting.

What separates the listings

Compare the test drive, because it is the part players remember. Some use a routing bucket so the drive happens without a showroom full of traffic. Compare stock: whether cars have to be ordered and delivered, whether display vehicles are real props on the lot, and whether stock persists a restart. Compare the money: finance, coupons, a society cut, an auction that lets players set the price themselves.

Builders and open source options

Some sellers list a builder rather than a finished lot, so you place the locations and set the rules in game. Others list an open source shop, which is the right choice if you intend to rewrite the sales flow into your own economy. Both are on this shelf beside the finished systems.

Before you buy

Confirm what it writes vehicles to and that your storage resource reads the same table. Check the target resource, the library it expects, and the server build. A sales resource that stores cars differently from your garage is the most common cause of a car that vanishes after the first restart.