Hello! I have a quick question. Is it against the Roblox TOS to make a Roblox Stock market? Basically, I would start a market kind of like IRL, but for Roblox, and companies can go public in these markets. This Roblox Stock Market idea will make the Roblox economy a lot more stable according to my numbers.
How would it work?
I would make the game called “Roblox Stock Market”
There will be an app, but somewhere you can invest, and also show people your ideas, and even go public.
If someone were to invest into a Roblox stock, people would be able to make a lot of robux from these companies.
Lets say that Adopt Me or even Brookhaven would be in these markets. You can invest, they can show their ideas, appeal to their investors, and have as many people invest into them as possible.
Just like the real world, people would get their money back, or even more, or less.
What are your ideas on this? I would make NO MONEY from this, and the players would make the money AND the public companies.
Please reply if something should be fixed.
Thanks! WE
P.S. This is NOT a troll. I am serious about this and want to help the Roblox economy grow even further.
I doubt that successful games would be willing to issue shares, as their upkeep costs are low relative to how much they earn, so they aren’t short on funds. Plus they wouldn’t be willing to publicly disclose their earnings and expenditure.
Games that aren’t popular yet do need funds for advertising, so they are willing to give away some ownership to investors, but it would be a huge accounting and legal hassle if percentage payments had to be constantly split and modified as the shareholders of the game change.
It’s a cool idea, but honestly, I can see trying to kickstart this and get some companies in on this would be extremely hard. The main problem I see is how do players invest? (You said like a app, but what do you mean exactly?) and where would all the robux be kept?
Ok, right now your idea is breaking the ToS and that’s pretty sad because this is a really good idea.
So here’s how you can make it allowed: Make it in roblox only, no other apps. Making it 100% inside of roblox would not only be allowed, but also probably a lot easier for you and the players.
I know it’s been 4 years since you posted but I do want to add another important thing that isn’t mentioned. Because not only are you potentially breaking Roblox’s TOS but you’re looking at facing possible regulations from SEC and many other regulators. Sorry to sound negative, I do genuinely think your idea is great in practice, but whenever we put great ideas in reality, it all begins to crumble and it always sucks when that happens.
Maybe the value can be found if this idea teaches users how stock markets work?
We kind of had that with the Currency Exchange with Tix and Robux.
At the time I barely understood it, but now I understand how currency markets work.
People think Stock Markets are a form of gambling and a lot of people treat it as such.
But actual investing involves real research and actually understanding a company and industry.
We also kind of have that Limiteds, but in order to make an actual profit you have to make sure whatever profit you make clears the 30% fee when you sell that Limited.
(Is this still true? I have not sold a limited in a long time)
Well, what is a stock? Its a small piece of ownership in a company that an investor will want to raise in value, sell, and hopefully make a profit.
I see this idea pop up every now and then and I get the impression users really like the idea of graphs going up and down going from green to red and being “OOHHH WOW, STOCK GO UP” without really understanding how they work.