The downside to investing is that it can take anywhere from six months to a year and a half for any particular stock to reach the 60 NP/share selling point.. sometimes less, depending on the stock and when in its cycle you purchased it. The plus side is that you are guaranteed to earn Neopoints (unless a stock goes bankrupt, which is not only rare, it *usually* only happens to stocks that have remained at insanely high prices for several months), even if you sell early. The fact of the matter is, as long as you sell the stocks for more than you purchased them for, you're going to earn more than you would have earned in interest at the National Neopian Bank.

In the meantime, however, don't forget to collect your interest at the National Neopian every day. Your interest is added to your account total, which in turn increases the interest you earn. Cool, huh?

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RESTOCKING
The Art of Shopping!

Without a doubt the fastest way to millions of Neopoints, restocking is an art unto itself. The reason that restocking is so rarely done, however, is because it requires four things - a fast Internet connect, quick reflexes, a lot of patience, and an expert knowledge of what items sold by one or more shops in particular are worth infinitely more than they're sold for.

Essentially, no item can be sold in any shop for more than 99,999 Neopoints. In official Neopets shops (e.g., the ones NOT run by Neopians), the items are sometimes worth less than they're selling for, but are sometimes worth more, and rarely worth a LOT more. Some of the rarest items sold today in Neopia's shops are worth well over 25,000,000 Neopoints (such as the ARGH! Donna Stamp, which is worth a cool 40 Million Neopoints if ever you can snatch one). Others, which are slightly easier to find can sell for hundreds of thousands of Neopoints or more, depending on the item's rarity and general demand.

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Now, as if knowing what items you were looking for wasn't hard enough, you have to wait until one of the seven or so times each hour that the shop randomly restocks with items based on their rarity. And then, if you are fortunate enough to be there when a valuable item pops up, you not only have to click on it quickly, you have to haggle with the shopkeeper by entering a price that's lower than what he/she was asking for, but high enough for him/her to accept it right away. THEN you have to click on the Neopet that appears on the image below the haggle box as quickly as possible. If you have somehow managed to do all of that before anyone else, you'll have hopefully just purchased something worth a great deal more than what you paid for it. Congratulations!

Obviously this isn't as easy as it may sound, otherwise everyone would do it. As a general rule of thumb, experts recommend new restockers practice on items that are worth a little more than what they're being sold for, as they're usually in higher quantity and less demand than the more valuable items.

Simple, right? :-) Well, there is one more thing you need to watch out for. In order to give other users a fair chance, you will sometimes be banned from shopping in the Neopian Shops because you visited them or refreshed one too many times in a shop during a short period of time. The 'restock ban' lasts a certain period of time (ten minutes or more), and generally increases if you are banned is rapid succession. Just check back later and try again if this happens to you.


PLOTS AND WARS
Earn A Prize.. If You Survive..

About twice a year or more, the Neopets Team will release a major plot, war, activity, or some combination of the three. While infrequent, these events can earn a clever or devoted player one or more prizes worth millions of Neopoints. For instance, the top participants in this year's Altador Cup tournament could have chosen a Yooyu Celebration Stamp as their prize.. and now that they are retired and are slowly getting used up, forgotten, or lost, that item in particular is worth over 15,000,000 Neopoints and rising. How's THAT for a reward?

Plots and puzzles require you to use your cunning, an intimate knowledge of previous plot/puzzle elements, and sometimes even really good timing to make it to the end and earn yourself a valuable prize at the end. Perhaps your best friend during a plot or puzzle will be sites like JellyNeo and NeoLodge, which usually post special guides with all the info you need to progress.. unless, of course, you're finishing things faster than they are :-p

The slowest and least productive way to earn Neopoints involves participating in wars. Though very infrequent, wars can be just as rewarding as other activities (or moreso), but since they involve battling increasingly difficult opponents in the Battledome, you need a VERY powerful Neopet and some VERY powerful and expensive items if you want to earn enough war points to claim a valuable reward in the end. In the long run, if you've invested a lot of Neopoints in your Neopet's training and Battledome items, then your investment will probably pay off.. years down the road, but realistically, that only happens for the most devoted of Battledome enthusiasts.


INVESTING
Finder's Keepers.. Then Sell For A Profit!!!

As you spend more and more time on Neopets, you're bound to come across potentially valuable items. Sometimes it's hard to tell which items will eventually increase in value and when, but here are some general rules of thumb.

-Good Battledome Items, Books, Foods, Stamps, Coins, and Wearable Clothes are among the most valuable items on Neopets because most of them can only be used once, and Battledome items are highly sought after (especially powerful ones). These items more so than any others are what we refer to below, especially when said items have a high rarity.
-Items only given out once as Event Prizes generally rise in value over time because they're retired afterward. EXAMPLE:Sore Throat Remedies was a prize during the 2007 Altador Cup Tournament. It was worth approximately 250,000 NP at the time of writing this, and in a year will be worth at least double that, if not several times more.
-Items only given out during the Advent Calendar will be fairly inexpensive at first and will very slowly rise in value for a year or more. As more time passes and their supply decreases, they increase in value. EXAMPLE: A Seasonal Stamp from several years ago is worth 20,000 NP now and slowly rising.
-Codestones can increase in value by 25% or more the instant the general Neopian public has reason to believe a war or plot is coming. This also holds true for Battledome items. Once a war actually starts, the prices skyrocket, but generally don't double (depending on the item). If you have lots of Codestones or an expensive Battledome item, it may be wise to wait until a war to sell it for maximum profits. EXAMPLE: A Main Codestone was worth about 8,000 NP a while back, then it was announced that TNT was planning to revamp the Battledome in the distant future, raising prices to 10,000 NP each. When a plot/war involving the Battledome does arrive, their price will probably end up somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000 NP each.
-Items that are always being released generally decrease in value over time unless they're very rare and/or are used up quickly. Items that are only given out once generally increase in value over time unless they're useless or in high supply.
-Certain Paint Brushes and Wearable Items will increase in value as the holiday they are associated with draws closer. For instance, a Christmas Paint Brush will sell for thousands more in December than it will in April.
-Smugglers Cove items are the rarest of them all. Only 120 of each item sold there can exist at any one point in time, and they almost always increase in value over time because they're practically retired within weeks of being announced in the news. They are usually sold at the Cove for far less than they're actually worth, but because of how difficult it is to get a Cove item (you have to have Dubloons, NOT be banned for going there too many times, and arrive when the item is actually available during that one brief moment of the hour or day), the item could easily be worth millions now, and hundreds of millions later. EXAMPLE: The Attack Pea and Seasonal Attack Pea.
-Items from the Hidden Tower instantly lose value when you buy them because there are always people looking to sell for just under what they paid for it. If people wanted to buy the item at price, they can usually do it themselves. HOWEVER, on very rare occassions, Hidden Tower items are retired and skyrocket in value, ESPECIALLY over time. EXAMPLE: The Ghostkersword was originally sold for 13,000,000 NP.. now that it's retired, it's worth over 85,000,000 NP. However, this is on the extreme side because the Ghostkersword is so powerful. Less powerful items will not increase in value as much when retired.

Neopets Restock Ban Online

That's pretty much all of the advice I can think of for now, but please check back regularly for updates and changes that I will no doubt need to make in the future. Until then, best of luck with earning your own small fortune :-)

COMING SOON!
Running a Shop, Mall, or Other Business

Smugglers Cove takes Dubloons not Neopoints
To stock at Smugglers Cove on Krawk Island you may want Dubloons. These are often purchased in varied quantity on the search wizard, auctions or outlet. you'll be able to conjointly win dubloons from random events, Coltzans Shrine or Treasure of the Black Pawkeet game conjointly recognize as buried treasure. every item that restocks there has had a unique asking price. the most cost effective item oversubscribed there was the 'Umbrella Shield' that oversubscribed for 3 dubloons and presently is value between 10 and fifteen million. At 600 dubloons, 'Kougra Brush' was the foremost overpriced to stock in Smugglers Cove. try {and} carry a minimum of 600 unless in fact somebody restocks an item on the boards and tells the number they required. i might carry double the value simply just in case you manage to snag 2 in an exceedingly stock.
Smugglers Cove is in contrast to the other search in Neopia as a result of it solely restocks after you see associate degree item within the Neopets news. The specially created item are going to be shown and solely one hundred twenty are going to be free before the item retires. The restocking method comes in little waves over many day amount. the primary day is once the bulk of the things square measure free in batches of 1 to 3 and every day less square measure free till they're all gone. The completion is fierce to grab these elusive things thus you've got to be quick!
Smugglers Cove Stocking Times
The smugglers cove restocks haphazardly throughout the day however continuously on the minute. the method is incredibly very like restocking the virtually Abandoned Attic. you just watch the Neopets clock and time your F5 refresh for on the minute. I even have noticed that you just tend to urge prohibited quickly if you miss the time. the most effective thanks to get the foremost refreshes before a ban is to refresh each minute on the minute precisely. I even have tried to area them out by many minutes and that i get less 'chances'. after you do get prohibited you want to be for thirty minutes to associate degree hour before you'll be able to strive once more or it'll increase the ban. With all the refreshing you may be doing make certain to hold many Pant Devil Attractors to attenuate random events which will steal your dubloons!
When the Smugglers Cove is restocking, boards can pop on battledome and facilitate chat. These boards are often a good plus in attempting to snag a stock. alternative players usually post times once they see a stock happen. It also can be nice fun chatting with some nice people whereas watching for that exciting moment.
Smugglers Cove Stuff
Previous things that stocked at the cove can ne'er restock there once more despite what some users can tell you. Once they're gone they're gone. This includes things that were lost to frozen accounts or purloined by the Pant Devil. things like 'Grapes of Wrath', 'Hammer of DEATH', '9 Pound Coconut', 'Earwax Chia', 'Battle Plunger', and 'Attack Meatball' square measure antecedently free battledome things. If you discover pretty collectables a lot of appealing cross-check 'Dr Sloth Plushie', 'Pirate Jelly', 'Pirate Ship Float Pen' and 'Ship in an exceedingly Bottle Snowglobe'.
The Neopets Team can usually place associate degree item within the cove once each six months to a year. it's been quite whereas since the last item restocked thus keep your eyes on the news if you would like to style the excitement!