How to Make a Plushie Store on Animal Jam

Last Updated: May 11, 2022

Want a quick and easy way to get some cool items for cheap? Try making a plushie store! Some Jammers are avid plushie collectors and will trade items you actually want in exchange for cool plushies.

Part 1

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Collecting Your Plushies

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Get a lot of gems. The claw machines are cheap, but because you don't win every time, it can get expensive fast. Go to the Sol Arcade in Jamaa Township and try the following games to get gems fast:
- Temple of Trivia - As long as the game is full or mostly full, you have the opportunity to earn up to 200 gems
- Falling Phantoms - If you can get first place, you can earn a lot of gems. Gems sometimes pop up on the sides if you last long enough.
- Best Dressed - As long as the game is full or mostly full, you have the opportunity to earn up to 200 gems. However, this game is tricky as there's no way to be "good" at it, it all depends on what the people playing it like
- Splash and Dash - Normal Splash and Dash can earn you up to 100 gems. If you come in first 10 times, you can unlock Pro Splash and Dash, which can earn you up to 150 gems
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Start collecting common plushies. The claw machine in the Sol Arcade is always a good place to start, and you can get all of the common plushies here. Each try only costs 5 gems, but you don't win every time. At the moment, there are no glitches that make it easier to win.

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Move on to collecting plushies with accessories. These are the plushies that people will trade better items to get since they often take some time to obtain. Be patient while collecting these.
- Keep playing a regular claw machine. Eventually, you will get a plushie that has some sort of clothing or other accessories that make it rare
- Find a jammer who has "The Claw" or other plushie machines in their den. People can buy plushie machines, especially members. "The Claw" gives you the opportunity to get phantom plushies, and some claws offer plushies like eagles and goats that are rarer. Try going to a crowded place and asking "does anyone have claw machines at their den?" or something to that effect
- Consider purchasing things from Animal Jam Outfitters. Most of the things that they sell come with codes for the game and some can be redeemed for plushies
- Collect diamonds. In the Diamond Shop in Jamaa Township, there are plushie machines you can buy to get rarer plushies and giant plushies, which are worth more than most plushies you get from claws
- Go to special events, like the Summer Carnival. They often offer plushies that can only be gotten during certain times of the year, making them rarer
- Try going to other people's plushie stores and making trades there, which can be faster than trying to collect all your own

Part 2

Part 2 of 3:

Setting Up Your Store

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Get the right den. You don't want a huge den because it will be too hard to fill it with good plushies. The small den that is available to everyone (members and non-members) is actually one of the best.
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Make your den look nice. Consider buying some wallpaper, flooring, and tables (to put plushies on) that will make your store look prettier and therefore more appealing to visitors.
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Set up the plushies. You will need about 15 plushies in your store in order for you to draw customers.
- If you bought tables, put your rare plushies on the tables
- Common plushies can go on the ground or the wall
- Try to only have one of each color and type of plushie displayed (ex. don't have three purple giraffes out) otherwise it can look like you have a small stock. Remember that you can replace a plushie as soon as you sell it if you have a replacement
- Group plushies by type. They shouldn't be randomly scattered everywhere, otherwise, it gets too busy.
- Only trade plushies you are actually willing to trade away.
- Don't put out too many plushies, otherwise, it gets too busy. Stick to putting out your best and rarest ones, and you can always put out the more common ones as your stock runs out.
- If you have a beta plushie (Cami's frog or Gecko plushie), give it its own setup. These plushies are in high demand and worth up to a rare spiked wristband.

Part 3

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Running Your Store

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Go to a busy place to advertise your store. Jamaa Township is usually the best place for this. Say something like, "plushie store my den!" If you have a lot of rare plushies, you can say something like "plushie store my den! lots of rare plushies" to attract more customers.
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Go back to your store. Once there are a few people at your den - say, 3 or more - go ahead and head back. People will get impatient if they have to wait too long, and will likely leave if you don't come back pretty quickly.
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Attend to your customers. It is Animal Jam store custom to hop on an item that you want. If you can clearly tell what they're hopping on, tell them that you will put it on trade for them to try and buy. If you can't tell, ask them politely, then put it on trade.
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Start selling.
- If there are specific things that you want, consider telling your customers that you're most likely to or will only accept those things. (I advise against saying only, as you may lose customers if they don't have the things you asked for.)
- Remember that you are under no obligation to sell your plushies. If a person is not trading something that you think is fair, just tell them that politely. If they get mad, stay calm. If they ask what you want for it, give them a few suggestions.
- Make sure you're really ready to part with your plushies. If there's some that you want to keep for yourself, don't put them up for sale, as it can cause tension if you decide partway through a sale that you don't want to sell that plushie.
- If someone is giving you an overtrade, stay calm. If you start to freak out, the person might start to reconsider.
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Consider doing custom trades. Once you have a bigger shop, people might ask you to get them a certain plushie. If you choose the accept the offer, you should negotiate on what they will give you in advance and give them an estimate on how long it will take you to get the plushie.
- Don't do a custom trade if it might take over an hour to obtain the plushie
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Know what your plushies are worth. Many people will give you undertrades for your plushies. If this happens, just deny the trade and ask for their worth.
- Common Plushies are worth almost nothing.
- Plushies with accessories are worth 1 rare item monday.
- Phantom plushies are worth from 3-6 Rare Item Mondays. The Regular ones are worth 3 or 4 Rares and the Rare ones (Tiara Phantom, King Phantom and dark phantom) are worth 4-6 Rares.

Warnings

If you have items that you're using to display the plushies, some people may try to buy those. You have two option here - trade the items or politely tell them that only the plushies are for sale. Either option is acceptable.

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If you have rare plushies, people may fight over them. Try to deal with fights as calmly as possible. One method of resolving a fight is to tell both people to offer for it, which has the potential to get you a lot more cool items. You could also use the first-come, first-served rule.

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Some people may get angry or aggressive if you refuse to accept their trade. Always remember to stay calm and polite. If they threaten to report you, remember that you haven't done anything wrong and there's nothing you can be banned or suspended for.

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