Starting a Business

Businesses are how you set up production, services, and trade in SEED. Here's how to get one running.

Create a Business Account

Open the Business Panel. Create a business account — this gives you a dedicated business wallet separate from your Seedling's personal funds. Opening a business costs 3,000 Seedcoins.

Acquire a Business Branch

Your business needs a physical location to operate from. Use your business wallet to purchase a plot or building from the Real Estate Market — this makes it a Business Branch automatically. Alternatively, if your Seedling already owns a building, you can reassign ownership to your business from the Properties Panel.

In an Anarchy society, you can build on a society-owned plot and then transfer ownership to your business.

Set Up Your Branch

Once you have a Branch, you have access to the full suite of business tools:

• Employment — create job listings with set hours, wages, and task priorities so hired Seedlings know exactly what to do
• Production — set up machines and create production tasks for your employees to work through
• Services — open your branch as a service location (eg. Kitchen) that other Seedlings can visit to meet their needs
• Market — list items for sale directly from your Business Panel inventory

Hire Your First Employee

Place the machines your business needs, stock the inbox with materials, and create a job listing in the Employment tab. Set clear task priorities — if your highest priority task isn't possible (missing materials, machine off), employees will move to the next one. Keep things stocked and machines turned on.

Tip: Start simple — one Seedling, one machine, one product. Get that loop working before you scale up.