Talk:Roadside Shop/@comment-38450787-20190207151806/@comment-24384762-20190208133418

There are 2 main reasons that the Daily Dirt is filled with identical items.

1) Players are trying to accumulate as many coins as possible to purchase products, buildings, animals, animal shelters, trees and bushes, decorations, and customization pages.  They have found that certain items are more profitable (i.e. return the most coins per hour or the most coins when compared to the item’s ingredients) while other products can be produced rather quickly using easy-to-find ingredients.)  Items that fall into this latter category routinely include: Rustic Bouquet, Red Berry Cake, Tofu Dog, Cloche Hat, Berry Smoothie, and Carrot Pie.

2) During certain Derbies, especially those with a theme (i.e. Points Derby), there will be a large number of identical tasks presented on the Derby Task Board.  For example, during a Halloween Derby there are 13 common derby tasks, one of which is a Pumpkin Harvest task.  Players will conclude that this task is easier to complete than the Raspberry Candle task, or the Toffee task, and will produce fields of pumpkins.  They will eventually need to get rid of these excess pumpkins and put them for sale in their Roadside Shop.  After a while you’ll see many derby players doing this same thing which results in filling the Daily Dirt with nothing but Pumpkins.  Similar phenomena will occur during a Crop Bonus Event.  Everyone plants profitable crops to sell in their Roadside Shops and sooner or later the Daily Dirt is filled with nothing but Wheat, Corn, and other crops.

Fortunately, not every player is wise enough or cares to produce the most profitable or expedient crops/products. These are generally players at lower experience levels. You’ll want to attract these players to follow your shop so that they appear in your Followers tab. You can then cycle through their Roadside Shops and buy all sorts of crops, products, and especially tools. Attracting and retaining Followers is a key part of the game and will allow you a wider selection of offerings when you go shopping.