Talk:Wonder Challenge/@comment-5098191-20120513223340/@comment-183.80.24.136-20120515061208

From my experience, do not rely on stores for making coins. TinyCo is free to change resource price at any time they want and when they do, they can make a perfectly profitable store become a burden (case in point: Tuxedo store). Some tips for making money:

- Stores are for XP. Period. I'm aware that the Apple store (lv 38) and Comfy cushion store (lv 42) currently make more money than any other common decorations, but they require more frequent visits (less than an hour). And by the time you get to those levels, money is hardly a concern anymore. Also, read my point above about TinyCo changing prices.

- Resource makers are not your source of income. If you do build them, do it for decoration purpose only. A better use of your precious land is to build a lot of storehouses, then wait until the resource price goes down and stock them up with the market.

- Decorations are what you really need. I assume you have already build all the street lamps you can. If not, do it. The stat that matters is coins/hour/square. With that in mind, the next best common decorations are the Giant Ruby (lv 26) and Giant Sapphire (lv 30). Save some money, build some of them, then save more money and build more of them! Do not worry about the initial cost, they will eventually pay back, and when they do, you'll be happy you made the effort. Another one to consider is the Venus Fly Trap, their c/h/s stat is worse than the ruby and sapphire, but their wait time is longer (8hrs vs 2hrs), so you lose less money if you don't visit your village that often.

Visit my village (ID: krashic), it's not exactly maximizing profits (I'm trying to hit a balance between making money, leveling up and completeness), but it still makes enough money that I'm comfortable with any coin demand TC throws at me, even the last expansions.