ElectroFix Tycoon Money Guide: Bills, Tax, Loans and Advertising
How money works in ElectroFix Tycoon: daily rent and electricity, tax rates, what loans really cost, which ad campaign is best value, and how to earn more per customer.
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ElectroFix Tycoon is a game about staying ahead of your running costs. Bills are charged every evening and grow with both the shop and the calendar, so a shop that stops growing slowly gets squeezed. Numbers are from version 1.0.1 and can change with balance updates.
What you pay every day
A shop day lasts 10 minutes of play.
| Bill | How it is worked out |
|---|---|
| Rent | $60 a day, plus $50 for every expansion you own. Rises 10% every ten days. |
| Electricity | $10 a day, plus $8 per workbench, $4 per waiting-area comfort and $6 for the drive-through lane. |
| Wages | Every member of staff, every day. |
| Upkeep | Each waiting-area comfort has its own daily cost. |
| Tax | A share of the day’s takings (see below). |
Staying open later (the Opening Hours upgrade) lengthens the day and stretches both the electricity bill and the wage bill by the same factor.
Tax
| When | Rate |
|---|---|
| Days 1 to 4 | 0% |
| Player level 1 to 4 | 5% |
| Level 5 to 9 | 10% |
| Level 10 to 19 | 15% |
| Level 20 and up | 20% |
Tax is taken from takings, not profit, so it is charged even on a day you lose money.
Slow days and busy days
From day 6, about one day in four is a slow day with 45% of normal customers, and about one in seven is a busy day with 140%. The forecast is shown the evening before.
Advertising
With no advertising at all, the shop gets 70% of full demand. Only one campaign can run at a time.
| Campaign | Unlocks | Cost | Extra customers | Lasts | Cost per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flyers | Level 1 | $60 | +25% | 1 day | $60 |
| Social Media Ads | Level 3 | $220 | +50% | 2 days | $110 |
| Radio Spot | Level 5 | $500 | +80% | 3 days | $167 |
| Billboard | Level 8 | $1,200 | +120% | 5 days | $240 |
Flyers are the cheapest way to try advertising, but the bigger campaigns are slightly better value: per dollar spent, Flyers buy about 0.42% extra customers for a day, Social Media Ads 0.45%, Radio 0.48% and the Billboard 0.5%. That only pays off if your benches can serve the extra customers. Advertising a shop that is already at capacity just produces walkouts.
Loans
| Loan | Unlocks | You repay | Per day for 10 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | Level 1 | $625 | $62.50 |
| $2,000 | Level 5 | $2,500 | $250 |
| $8,000 | Level 10 | $10,000 | $1,000 |
You can hold one loan at a time, and interest is 25%. A loan makes sense when it buys something that earns more than the instalment, such as a new workbench with a Technician to run it. It does not make sense for covering wages.
Earning more per customer
- Premium devices pay 2.4 times the normal price and appear about 15% of the time from level 3.
- Service Reputation adds 2% to every price per level.
- Bench levels add 2% pay per level on that bench.
- Drive-through Lane ($1,500, level 6): drivers pay 30% more but will not wait long.
- Pickup & Drop Service ($600, level 4) brings in city orders, and needs a Delivery Rider.
- Vending machines in the waiting area earn from customers while they wait.
Insurance
Theft cover ($20 a day, level 3) pays back 80% of what a thief takes. Equipment cover ($25 a day, level 4) makes bench breakdowns free to fix. Equipment cover pays for itself once you have several higher-level benches, because breakdown costs rise 25% per bench level.
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ElectroFix Tycoon Money Guide: FAQ
How much is rent in ElectroFix Tycoon?
$60 a day for the first shop plus $50 for each expansion, and it rises 10% every ten days.
Are loans worth it in ElectroFix Tycoon?
Only for something that earns more than the repayments. Loans cost 25% interest over 10 days, so a $500 loan costs $62.50 a day.
What is the tax rate in ElectroFix Tycoon?
Nothing for the first 4 days, then 5% below player level 5, 10% from level 5, 15% from level 10 and 20% from level 20, charged on the day's takings.
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