Business accounts and money#

Your firm can hold money in one or more accounts — for example, separate pots for wages, supplies, and profit. This guide covers funding them, moving money around, and deciding who's allowed to spend. Examples use a firm called Acme.

The default account#

When you created your firm it got one account automatically — its corporate account. The simple money commands act on whichever account is the default:

/business deposit Acme 5000     # move your money into the firm
/business balance Acme          # what the firm is holding
/business withdraw Acme 1000    # take money back out

List and create accounts#

See all of the firm's accounts:

/business account list Acme

Each row shows the account's ID, whether it's the default, and a short shop code (you'll use that to point a ChestShop at the account — see ChestShops for your firm).

Open another account, and switch the default if you like:

/business account create Acme Wages
/business account setdefault Acme <accountId>

Use the account ID from account list wherever a command asks for <accountId>.

Move money to and from a specific account#

/business account deposit Acme <accountId> 2000
/business account withdraw Acme <accountId> 500

Pay people and other firms#

Pay a wage from a firm account straight to a player:

/business account pay player Acme <accountId> Steve 1000

Pay another business:

/business account pay business Acme <accountId> RivalCorp 2500

NOTE

Spending the firm's money — withdrawing or paying out — needs the FINANCIAL or ADMIN permission (or being the owner), and being an authorizer on the account (see below).

Who can see vs. who can spend#

Each account has two kinds of access:

Members can see the account and its history.
Authorizers can also take money out of it.

Your staff are kept in sync with each account automatically based on their roles: ADMIN-role staff become members and authorizers (view and spend), while FINANCIAL-role staff become members only. To let a FINANCIAL employee actually spend, add them as an authorizer by hand. Only the firm's owner can change an account's members or authorizers:

/business account members Acme <accountId>
/business account addauthorizer Acme <accountId> Steve
/business account removeauthorizer Acme <accountId> Steve

TIP

A good pattern: keep most staff as plain members so they can see the books, and make only a trusted few authorizers who can actually spend.

Review the firm's spending#

History for one account, or for the whole firm at once:

/business account transactions Acme <accountId>
/business transactions Acme

Where to go next#

Route shop sales into a firm account: ChestShops for your firm.
The complete list: the Business reference.
Background on the different kinds of accounts: Accounts & money.