Sometimes, in the Sims 2, you want to open up a business that doesn’t come with a regular badge such as toys, flowers or robotics. Mods on this page will help you create more unique businesses in your Sims 2 gameplay.
All mods on this page are organized alphabetically by the mod creator and not name of the mod.
Use the arrows to read more about each description but clicking the mod name will redirect you to the download.
1.) Lower Fish Prices by BoilingOil
This is part 3 of a gardening series by Boiling Oil. This brings the sales prices of Fish down to where the most expensive fish (a mounted Golden Trout) earns you §144 in stead of §691. See link for the rest of the fish prices
2.) SW Fish Packing Station Update by BoilingOil
You still need the original from SimWardrobe With this mod, crates now sell at the following prices:
– Small Bass: $214
– Jumbo Bass: $319
– Small Catfish: $266
– Jumbo Catfish: $400
– Small Trout: $319
– Jumbo Trout: $480
– Golden Trout: $639
3.) Sellable Novels by Kestrellyn
Sim-written novels made in Free Time can be placed on OFB shelves and marked as “for sale” on OFB business lots, creating a convenient way to distribute the novel to the rest of the hood. They cost about the same amount as a regular book sold off of a bookshelf that is marked as for sale, and restock like buy mode items (money disappears from the family funds, new novel appears on the shelf). Unfortunately, when they restock they show up standing upright on their bindings and are all called “Book Title”, however, when they are bought they have the correct title and are functionally equivalent to the original novel (including having the correct contents).
4.) Buyable Soap by Gdayars
A functional version of Gdayas soap bar that uses the sponge bath animations with a bar of soap. Now you can sell said soap from a cloned cologne stand
5.) Buyable Teddy Bear Stand by Gdayars
This is a buyable teddy bear stand. It is found in the shopping/miscellaneous area in the Community catalog for $150. It is also available in residential lots in general/miscellaneous, so you can use it in home businesses.
6.) Fish & Harvest Fix by Pescado
Apartment Life ll Free Time ll Bon Voyage ll Seasons
Fish caught by customers of a business lot fishing area now go to their
inventory instead of the owner’s inventory. Fish caught by employees and family members of the owner of a community lot go to the owner’s inventory.
Fruit and vegetables harvested by family and employees of an owned business go to the owner’s inventory instead of the employee’s inventory.
Ending fishing now works correctly and no longer causes a jerky “skip” with
corresponding minor-sim-reset as if you had deleted his interaction object, and should no longer erase smartness. Autonomous fishing attempts should no longer repeatedly lag the crap from your game.
7.) Hotel Podium by Sim Logical
This is a separate podium (doesn’t overwrite anything the Maxis one does) that you can use on owned business lots where you want the customers to stay and do other things as well as eating. The usual Maxis one virtually forces them to queue for a meal and then pretty much forces them to go home after eating or if they had to wait too long.
8.) Pay Arcade by Sim Logical
A collection of modified arcade games that allow Sims to earn money when visitors use them. The games can be used to create a home arcade or other entertainment business without using the Open for Business business system. When visiting Sims play the revenue-generating arcade machines, money is paid to the active household. The objects can also be used on community lots, where earnings are given to the family currently being played. Open for Business is not required.
9.) Pay Buffet by Sim Logical
Sims in current family use this for free, visitors pay 20 Simoleans per helping. Made to be slightly more attractive than normal so visitors will use in preference to any other on the lot. This buffet has inbuilt no-spoil no-empty features, which work independently of whether or not you have the EndlessBuffet patch. Also works on community lots.
10.) Pay Gym by Sim Logical
The mod changes gym/exercise machines so that visiting Sims pay your household to use them. Each time another Sim uses one of the modified gym machines, your household receives §50. Simlogical chose a relatively high payment because Sims tend to stay on exercise machines for quite a while rather than repeatedly starting new sessions.
The machines have also been made more attractive to Sims for Fun, which means visiting Sims are more likely to autonomously decide to use them. The main purpose is to let you create something resembling a home gym business without actually registering an Open for Business business.
11.) Pay Toilet by Sim Logical
The Pay Toilet is a modified toilet that allows your Sim to charge visiting Sims for using the bathroom.
🚽 Visitor needs the toilet → uses the Pay Toilet → 💰 your household receives money
That makes it useful for lots where charging for bathroom access makes sense—for example, a public restroom, campground, park, club, roadside stop, or other small home/community business.
