Mizahar Express Courier Services

[Xira Hezmek]

Mizahar Express Courier Services: Riverfall

Business Type: Goods and services

Preamble: This business is designed to be a service that takes letters and parcels from one location to another, primarily within the city that it is located. It also sells goods related to the sending of letters and parcels: Writing supplies and packaging materials. From an employee's standpoint the service will also outfit couriers to take trips to delivery cross city and potentially cross region. The prices below have taken into account seasonal wages for a courier should they spend their time in transit for a season or more as well as cost of rations, the added danger of traveling in the wild, the potential necessity of hiring a guard, and/or cost of passage via ship or caravan.

Services Sold:

All locations within Riverfall: 1 GM per letter/parcel

All out of city deliveries must be negotiated, the more skilled the courier, the higher the rate. All rates doubled in winter.

Locations outside of Riverfall:
Sanctuary: 1 GM
Leth's observatory: 2 GM
Glynstein Master Station: 2 GM
Takula Outpost*: 2 GM
Coalinga Gem Mines: 4 GM
The Orchards: 2 GM

Locations in Cyphrus Region
Kenash (land, Caravan): 240 GM
Kenash (land, Express): 270 GM
Endrykas (land, Winter)*Not doubled during winter: 522 GM
Endrykas (land, Spring): 108 GM
Endrykas (land, Summer): 369 GM
Endrykas (land, Fall): 459 GM

Locations outside of the Cyphrus Region:
Syliras (sea): 225 GM
Deliveries to Svefra pods: Inquire

All other locations and requests are open to negotiation.

Miscellaneous Services sold:
Custom Signet Ring (outsourced to Beautiful Things) – Inquire

Rate modifiers:

Weight modifier:
Letter: *.75
Small parcel: Base
Medium parcel: *1.5
Large parcel: *2
Exotic parcel:This can be anything that requires special care, such as delivery of live animals or plants, or magical items that need special and specific steps to contain or otherwise while delivering *4

Packaging(optional):We can do it for you!
Sealed envelope: + 1 SM
Small Parcel: +2 SM
Medium Parcel: +4 SM
Large Parcel: + 8 SM
Exotic Parcel: + 1 GM

Anonymous delivery(optional): * 1.5
Fragile(optional): * 1.5


Wilderness Survival modifier:
Note: This is taken into account when negotiations begin, and only for deliveries outside of Riverfall
L1: Base
L2: *1.5 (rounded down)
L3: *2
L4: *4

Goods Sold:

Parchment (sheet or scroll): 2 SM
Paper (sheet or scroll): 4 SM
Scroll, waterproof, paper: 4 SM, 4 CM
Scroll, waterproof parchment: 2 SM, 2 CM
Scrollcase, leather: 1 GM
Scrollcase, watertight: 5 GM
Vial, Ink, 1 oz: 1 GM
Vial, Colored ink, 1 oz: 3 GM
Quill: 5 CM
Pen/Quill knife: 5 SM
Sealing wax: 1 GM

Packaging material:
Canvas (1 sq.yd.): 1 SM per yard
Burlap/sackcloth: 1 CM per yard
Twine , spool: 5 CM

Miscellaneous:
Map, City: 2 GM
Map Region : 10 GM

Base Income:Courier 5 GM/day

Skill Bonus: Land Navigation L1, No bonus.

Sale's Bonus: 1 GM (5 * 20%)

Employee Salary: -1 GM

Total Income:5 GM/day


Assets:

Structural:

Shop (Simple): - 600 GM for 400 sq.ft.
Stables (Simple): -1,000 GM for 400 sq.ft.
Storage (Simple): -250 GM for 400 sq.ft.
Dovecote: -800 GM for 800 sq. ft

Furniture:

2 Shelf set, Fine, Wood: - 6 GM
2 Shelf sets, fine, Glass - 360 GM ( 9 sq ft. * 20 GM/sq.ft. apiece)
1 Desk, fine: - 12 GM
1 Chair, fine: - 5 GM
1 Hutch, Fine: - 10 GM
1 Table, Fine, counter style long as two table - 16 GM (2 Tables, 8 GM apiece)

Total cost of Architecture and furniture: -2396 GM 5 SM = -3059 GM - 662 GM 5 SM (constructed all at once reduction)

Animals:

Driving and riding horse (Desertbred) -150 GM (Potential bought from the Sanctuary)
2 Homing pigeonTo be used by couriers to confirm delivery (breeding pair): - 200 GM

Gear:

Coffer, with built in lock, Average: - 41 GM
Lock (for storage room) and matching key Average: - 60 GM ( 40 for lock + 20 for key)
Large Merchant Scale: - 4 GM
Book, Blank (Ledger): - 3 GM
Bit and Bridle: - 2 GM
Saddle, pack: - 5 GM
Saddle, Riding: - 10 GM
Saddle Pad: - 1 GM
Saddlebags, Large: - 8 GM
Blanket and Hood, Horse, Medium: - 4 GM
1 Cart harness: - 2 GM
1 Cart (3 Person): - 15 GM
2 cages (small): - 10 GM
1 Season's worth of Rations: - 45 GM
1 Wagon: - 35 GM
1 Yoke, horse: - 7 GM

Total cost of Animals and Gear: -595 GM

Goods:

Paper and parchment
25 Sheets of parchment: - 5 GM
25 Scrolls of Parchment: - 5 GM
25 Sheets of paper: -10 GM
25 Scrolls of paper: - 10 GM
25 Scrolls of waterproof parchment: - 5 GM 5 SM
25 scrolls of waterproof paper: - 11 GM

Inks
10 Vials of, ink (black): - 10 GM
10 Vials of colored Ink (red): - 30 GM
10 Vials of colored Ink (Blue): - 30 GM
10 Vials of colored Ink (Green): - 30 GM

Sealing waxes - Potential deal with Kavala
5 Sealing wax sticks (red): - 5 GM
5 Sealing wax sticks (blue): - 5 GM
5 Sealing wax sticks (green): - 5 GM
5 Sealing wax sticks (gold): - 5 GM
5 Sealing wax sticks (black): - 5 GM

Other Goods:
5 Scrollcases, leather: - 5 GM
5 Scroll cases, Watertight: - 25 GM
15 Quill: – 7 SM 5 CM
5 Pen/Quill knivesUsed a standard knife as a base, 5 SM: - 2 GM 5 SM
100 yds of canvas: - 10 GM
100 yds of Burlap: 1 GM
5 Twine , spool: - 2 SM 5 CM
2 Map, City: – 4 GM
2 Map Region: – 20 GM

Total cost of Goods: 240 GM

Debt: -3238 GM 5 SM owed to The Riverfall Council of Ten

Employees:
Groom: 1 GM per day, Drykas with webbingWill not be used to teach Xira Webbing, he will not even be aware of the skill, let alone the NPC having it On the rare event that Xira travels to Endrykas he will bring this NPC along.

Employment Notes: All hired couriers are to get a 15% commission on out of city deliveries in addition to normal wages.

Kuvan will be preferred over those who are not, and Akalak over Kuvan. Horses and gear will be provided for those who do not already have them under a work lease, this means that they may use the horses or gear as necessary but the property still belongs to Mizahar Express Courier Services. Couriers who are employed for over two seasons up to a year (this depends on the price of the horse) may keep a set of gear and the horse they use regularly. Couriers who have gear and a horse of their own will be offered/given free stabling.

Edit: Somehow I edited out some original draft items in the gear section. Debt updated according.

Plans for expansion:

So here is where I would like your opinion. Rather than include this in the actual business plan I'll keep it separately so it won't interfere with the evaluation.

Xira's major ambition with this business is to be the first business in multiple cities and first to have PC created outposts in the wilderness. This is very long term, it could take years to do this and I am fine with this. Using the following rate ladder as a the core business model and expand depending on the situation of the individual city.

Here is the skeleton rate ladder that derives the city delivery rates:
Intracity messenger: 1 GM per letter/parcel
Surrounding Area (Under 7 day trip): 2 GM per day * Wilderness survival modifier
Intercity Messenger (Sea): 5 GM per day
Svefra Pod Parcel Delivery: Inquire
Intercity Messenger (Land, Caravan): 6 GM per day
Intercity Messenger (Land, Express) : 9 GM per day * Wilderness survival modifier
Animal or Kelvic messenger (avian): 1-2 GM per day *Wilderness survival modifier
Animal or Kelvic messenger(non-avian): 3 GM per day *Wilderness survival modifier
Specialty: Varies

Would this be in any way feasible? Assuming that I work with STs in the cities.

[Gillar]

You did a great job at putting this together. I am granting approval with the following condition: Your final income will be 5 gm / day instead of 6 gm / day due to the cost of the employee. Otherwise, looks great! Disclaimer: The approval of this Business Plan is only for the Business Plan itself. Final approval of the business to be located in a particular city is up to the resident Storyteller as is the final approval of NPC employees.