Secret Shop: Difference between revisions

'''Marth:''' ''"But... how do they stay in business?"''

'''Jake:''' ''"Who knows! Last I heard, they were desperate for customers."''

 

Most businesses follow a pattern: you need something to sell, you need people to buy it, and you need to make more money than you spent every time someone DOES buy it. This is pretty simple to understand.

 

[[Sister Trope]] to [[Black Market]] and [[The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In ''[[×××HOLiC]]'', the shop can only be seen by those who need it, and sells wishes for something of equal value.

== Literature ==

* Diagon Alley in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. To even see the front of the store that leads into the back alley that has one brick which must be tapped to get there, you need to be a witch or wizard. Or maybe a squib.

* The Merchants MacDoig in the ''[[Lonely Werewolf Girl]]'' books operate like this, if you don't where they are then you don't need to buy anything from them.

 

* ''[[The Unusuals]]'': the squad comes across a "Murder Store," where you can buy everything you need to kill someone. They decide to run it themselves as a sting operation.

* ''[[Dollhouse]]''

* ''[[La-Mulana]]'' has many secret [[Dungeon Shop]]s that are hidden behind pots or blocks or are only revealed by using seals or Key Fairies. In a major [[Guide Dang It]], one vital [[Plot Coupon]] is sold from a shop that only appears if you buy an obviously fake item from another shop.

 

* [[Invoked Trope|Done deliberately]] in ''[[Megatokyo]]''; when [[Cloudcuckoolander|Largo]] is asked to watch over Mega Gamers, he installs a [[Crazy Awesome|fully functional maze of cardboard robots and obstacles]]... which turns out to be outrageously popular.

* In one ''[[Bobwhite]]'' Christmas story arc, Cleo learns from her younger sister Adelaide of a secret store in their hometown selling used and super-rare videogames. It's hidden behind a shady internet cafe in order to stay secret.

 

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