[salesman]

Well, I was really only referring to how to release businesses immediately after the reset...you could still possibly put the business up for sale if a previous owner cannot pay the bills...but initially, I don't think it's a good idea to auction them.

Basically, my idea started businesses out almost like a little quest. An NPC in the business tells players he's looking for x amount of workers, if you do some things for him, he will hire you. After accomplishing his goals, you're awarded a tag, and the people who were hired then compete (in a way) to take charge of the business. Hardest worker prevails. This could either be automatic, or manual via the Business Admin.

I can understand that you might not want "TheKings" and "Swifty G's" owning businesses, but even if you auction them, you may get the very same results.

This is a basic outline of it...I had typed up over 1000 words on how it would work, and solutions to all the potential problems I could think of. I believe I saved it in my comments on Era Dev if anyone's interested.