One thing I have noticed about nearly all the
nodes and
write ups about
Neopets, is that no one has yet mentioned the "
shop" or the "
Stock Market" features.
Neopets, while based primarily on the raising of ones
pets, is also about making
Neopoints, or NP, as has been said. The
shop feature allows the
owner to
sell items that has no
use to the them, or so that he or she can make a nice little
profit, therefore, raising the amount of
neopoints they have.
I myself, have a
shop and use it to
generate a nice
profit.
This could quite possibly be why
neopets is so
successful and
popular. One isn't
forced to
play games to
earn "
money". You can use your
skills as a
buyer or
seller to make
profits. It definitely adds to the
appeal.
The stock market feature is also a profit making venture for any owner, although quite often playing the stock market results in the loss of neopoints if one isn't constantly in the neopetss site.
Based on "real life" Stock markets, one buys a certain amount of shares (limited to 1000 per day) at a low price then sells them if they go higher.
Unfortunately, as I said, if one isn’t in the site at the right times, the particular stocks that have been bought often plummet in value, causing the loss of quite a lot of neopoints.