$ Merchant Tycoon
Cash $0
Income / sec $0
Multiplier x1.00

One-time upgrades. Marketing and logistics boost every shop, expansions boost one shop.

How to play

  1. Buy a shop. Each shop has a rising cost and a fixed payout per cycle. Owning more of a shop raises its payout.
  2. Run a cycle. Click a shop tile to start its timer. When the bar fills, you collect the payout.
  3. Hire a Manager. A one-time cost that makes a shop collect itself forever. This is how you earn while idle and offline.
  4. Upgrades. Reach 25, 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400 owned for automatic x2 payout milestones. Buy Marketing, Logistics and Expansion upgrades for more.
  5. Reinvest. Once your empire is large enough, reinvest to reset shops and cash in exchange for permanent Investors. Each Investor adds +2% to every payout, forever.

Controls

  • Keys 1 to 9 and 0: run a cycle for shops 1 to 10.
  • Key B: cycle the purchase amount (x1, x10, x100, Max).
  • Buy amount button: same as key B, in the top bar.
  • Progress saves automatically to this browser. Close and return: offline earnings from managed shops are credited, capped at 8 hours.

Tips

  • Managers first: passive income compounds while you focus on the next tier.
  • Milestones double a shop, so pushing one shop to 25 or 50 often beats spreading thin.
  • Do not reinvest too early. The Reinvest tab shows exactly how many Investors you would gain.