Merchant Archive
Thread: Give Merchants the ability to Rebrand
As a Weaponsmith and Merchant, I would like the ability to rename Factory Crates, so that when items are popped out, they have the new name. This way a Merchant can resell branded items under their own brand.
This skill is a merchant-like skill, and I believe it should be a Master Merchant skill.
What do others think of this?
especially as a weponsmith i wouldn't like rebranding. Maybe have the factories show the name of the person who created the schem instead, but I often get tells from customer's who only had my name because it was on the weapon. I'm not sure i'd like others to be changing that.
and no, i didn't one star ya 
revisoHT wrote:
especially as a weponsmith i wouldn't like rebranding. Maybe have the factories show the name of the person who created the schem instead, but I often get tells from customer's who only had my name because it was on the weapon. I'm not sure i'd like others to be changing that.
and no, i didn't one star ya
I was only suggesting it for Factory Crates, not for single weapons after they have been sold. The only reason a Merchant would have a crate of your weapons is to resell them.
scruftydog wrote:
I was only suggesting it for Factory Crates, not for single weapons after they have been sold. The only reason a Merchant would have a crate of your weapons is to resell them.
This can still be a problem with factory crates. I sell factory crates of items on my vendors, which I made. In your idea, you could buy my items, sell them at a profit and rename them to what you want them to be. Our city architects sell plants and other items in crates, I'm sure they would not want their items renamed either. Most people do not examine items and a lot of identity goes into naming items.
I doubt Ford would want Chevrolet to resell the Ford F150 at theChevrolet Silverado F-Class. If you are selling factory crates of items in your vendor, get the person making the crates to name the items what you want them called.
Skojar wrote:
You wouldnt have to give merchants the ability to change the actual Object Creator data. But it might be interesting to let merchants change the item name.
Nope, I disagree. If my name is on something as the creator, I want it to have the name I gave it. If someone bought a crate and renamed the items in a misleading, offensive, or stupid way, my name (as creator) would be the one associated with that item forever.
Branding is a huge part of the business identity of crafter/merchants. So messing with it even in a small way is risky.