Store license questions

I'm thinking of getting a store license, but the in-game description doesn't provide enough detail. I hope you can answer the following questions for me, or point me at a relevant guide.

1. Is the license per character or per account?

2. The description says you can sell 16 items. What exactly is the procedure for marking which items in your inventory are for sale and at what price? Does the store have its own storage space, or do you need to transfer the items for sale from your inventory into the store every time you set it up?

3. Is there a limit on the time the store can stay open, or the number of times you can open and close it?

4. Can you trade or buy things from people or other shops in FM, while your store is open?


If I want to use a hired merchant:

1. How many items can be in the store? Does the store have its own inventory, separate from the character?

2. I understand the store runs while you are either offline or training. If you set your store up and the server goes down, does the store pop back up when the server comes up, or do you need to restart it manually?


Finally, is there anything else you think a first-time store owner should know?

TIA!

1. Is the license per character or per account?
1 per account and called a permit not license.

2. The description says you can sell 16 items. What exactly is the procedure for marking which items in your inventory are for sale and at what price? Does the store have its own storage space, or do you need to transfer the items for sale from your inventory into the store every time you set it up?
When you have a store open, you have a pop up that's similar when you enter a shop, you just drag your items into left side and there's be another pop up saying what price to sell it at and the quantity. It'd probably be easier to understand with an actual permit.

3. Is there a limit on the time the store can stay open, or the number of times you can open and close it?
Shop permits have no limit as long as you don't disconnect or the server goes down.

4. Can you trade or buy things from people or other shops in FM, while your store is open?
You can't move while using your permit.

If I want to use a hired merchant:

1. How many items can be in the store? Does the store have its own inventory, separate from the character?
I'm not sure on the exact number of items in a hired merchant but it's around the range of 16 items. And yes the store has it's own inventory.

2. I understand the store runs while you are either offline or training. If you set your store up and the server goes down, does the store pop back up when the server comes up, or do you need to restart it manually?
You need to restart it manually and reopen it every 24hours or else it'd close. There's a timer in the top right hand corner when you open it.

Finally, is there anything else you think a first-time store owner should know?
Shop permits lasts 90 days while hired merchants last depending which one you buy, varying from 1 day to 14 days.

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