How to Run a Successful Museum in BitLife

How to Run a Successful Museum in BitLife

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BitLife’s Black Market expansion pack allows you to dive into the deepest parts of auctioning and building a museum. While it may sound simple initially, things can quickly become complicated. To learn more, continue reading to discover how to run a successful BitLife museum.

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After buying the BitLife Black Market expansion pack and opening your museum, you can purchase goods from the Black Market and auction houses each year. Adding these items to your museum’s collection influences your traffic and appeal, the main stats affecting your income. As you make more money from your museum, you can buy more expensive exhibit items to raise your wing’s appeal, helping you increase your yearly revenue.

Generally speaking, the more appealing your museum collection is and the more items you have, the more people will buy tickets and visit. You can also change your ticket prices to try to bring in more customers or gain more money if you already have a lot of people.

Tips for Running a Successful BitLife Museum

With that said, there are some tips you can use to make your museum more successful:

  • If you’ve bought items from the BitLife Marketplace, such as the Hollywood Star or Assassin’s Blade, use their replicas to boost your museum’s appeal significantly.
  • Keep your exhibits clean. The added appeal goes a long way.
  • Be careful with black market goods. There’s a chance the police will come in and confiscate the items if they’re in your exhibit. It is usually much safer to display auction items.
  • Participate in auctions as often as possible. While the items aren’t always high-value, they’re usually safe and will help bring in visitors early.
  • As you start collecting items and making money, build more wings and add them. Although doing this is very expensive, it’ll increase your traffic and allow you to raise ticket prices.
  • Keep an eye on your monthly expenses. While your revenue will often be much greater than your costs, they’ll still add up if your cash inflow dwindles.

How to Run A Profitable BitLife Museum

After opening your museum, focus on monitoring two crucial metrics: traffic and appeal. Appeal increases with well-maintained and unique items, coupled with regular cleaning. Elevated appeal directly impacts traffic, translating to increased revenue from ticket sales.

Maintaining higher traffic is essential to offset monthly operating expenses and prevent financial losses, ensuring funds are available for acquiring exhibit items. Adjusting ticket prices based on appeal and traffic levels can optimize profits, providing a financial cushion for sustainable museum operations.

Good luck with your BitLife museum creator adventures!

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About the Author

Madison Benson

Madison was a staff writer at Prima Games who has played video games for over twenty years and written about them for over two years. Her love for video games started with turn-based strategy games like Heroes of Might and Magic and has since extended to casual farming sims, MMORPGs, and action-adventure RPGs.