How to Sell Products in Ore Factory Squad

To sell a finished product in Ore Factory Squad, put it on a physical product pallet and move the entire pallet inside the factory’s marked storage area. Then open Stock Sell, check tracked stock, Demand, and price per unit, and confirm the daytime transaction.

Stock Sell does not use the Pallet Packer and does not complete an accepted Contract.

Finished Product
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Physical Product Pallet
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Fully Inside Marked Storage
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Warehouse Computer
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Stock Sell
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Check Stock + Demand + Unit Price
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Confirm Sale

STORAGEInternal Factory Storage vs Marked Product Storage

The game uses two different inventory flows.

Raw resources

Packed Mining Box
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Sorting Station
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Internal Factory Storage
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Production Machine

The Sorting Station transfers incoming raw resources into internal Factory Storage. A machine can use those materials when the correct recipe and output are configured.

Finished products

Production Machine
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Physical Product Pallet
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Marked Storage Area
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Stock Sell / Contract Planning

Finished products remain physical. The warehouse computer does not necessarily count every pallet that is visible inside the building.

For a sale, place the whole pallet:

• inside the marked boundary;
• away from the edge;
• in a position where the current stock count updates.

A pallet beside a machine, against a wall, or partly across the boundary may not be tracked.

STEPSStep-by-Step Stock Sell

Step 1: Verify the exact product

Read the pallet label.

Related stages are different:

Limestone ≠ Limestone Block ≠ Cement

Clay ≠ Clay Block ≠ Clay Brick

Copper ≠ Copper Ingot

If the current buyer lists Cement, a Limestone Block pallet does not satisfy that Stock Sell item.

Step 2: Move the pallet into marked storage

Use the available pallet-handling method to place the entire finished-product pallet inside the marked factory storage area.

Then:

1. wait for the physical move to finish;
2. reopen or refresh the warehouse interface;
3. check whether the product and quantity now appear;
4. reposition the pallet farther inside if the count is still missing.

Do not rebuild the product until the storage boundary has been ruled out.

Step 3: Open Stock Sell

Use the warehouse computer and open the current Stock Sell interface.

For the selected item, record:

• tracked stock;
• buyer Demand;
• price per unit;
• quantity that will be sold;
• total cash before confirmation.

The displayed offer owns those numbers. A guide should not replace them with a permanent “best price” table.

Step 4: Protect Contract stock

Before confirming:

1. check active Contracts;
2. reserve every exact required product;
3. reserve intermediates needed for a current recipe;
4. sell only genuine surplus;
5. confirm that the sale will not force another mining trip before a deadline.

Stock Sell and Contracts can request the same product, but selling it does not advance the Contract.

Step 5: Confirm during daytime

A launch-week test found Stock Sell unavailable at night. Active factory work could continue after dark, but the final sale had to wait for a daytime window.

If the transaction is blocked at night:

• finish current production;
• move pallets into marked storage;
• clear outputs;
• reserve Contract products;
• check deadlines before using End Day;
• return to Stock Sell during daytime.

SAMPLEPartial Pallets Can Be Sold

One recorded launch-week sale used:

• 6 Sand;
• $11 per unit;
• $66 total.

This confirms that the tested Stock Sell did not require a full pallet.

It does not prove that:

• Sand is always worth $11;
• every buyer accepts any quantity;
• prices improve every day;
• the pallet’s tested amount is its maximum capacity.

Use the current offer.

DEMANDHow Demand Works

Another recorded sample showed:

• 90 Coal tracked;
• buyer Demand of 41;
• $12 per unit;
• 41 units sold;
• $492 returned.

In that sample, the completed quantity matched the smaller of:

• available tracked stock;
• displayed Demand.

Do not treat that as a complete market formula until repeated across multiple products and days.

The practical rule is:

Read Demand before the sale and check the remaining pallet afterward.

COMPAREStock Sell vs Contracts

Use Stock Sell when

• cash is needed immediately;
• a finished surplus is already tracked;
• available Contracts require products you cannot make;
• the current order deadline is too risky;
• selling part of the inventory does not block production.

Use a Contract when

• every exact product can be completed;
• the deadline is realistic;
• required machines and resources already exist;
• the order’s reward justifies reserving the inventory;
• you can complete the Pallet Packer and delivery flow.

Use the Contracts and Pallet Packer guide for accepted orders and delivery.

RECOVERYRecovering From Low or Negative Cash

One launch-week save reached -$18 after daily costs. Stock Sell remained available, and the documented Coal sale restored operating cash.

That is one recovery sample, not proof that every debt state behaves identically.

When cash is low:

1. inspect tracked, replaceable surplus;
2. protect active Contract quantities;
3. sell only enough to restore the next required operation;
4. avoid converting a temporary cash problem into a missing-resource problem;
5. confirm the balance after the transaction.

Do not sell every Limestone Block if Cement production or a Block Contract still needs it.

FIXWhy a Product Is Missing From Stock Sell

The v1.0.1 patch fixed a controller tutorial issue that could open the wrong application during the Stock Sell step.

DECIDEWhat Should You Sell?

There is no permanent “best item to sell” without current price, Demand, replacement difficulty, and Contract context.

Use this order:

For Cement, check both Cement demand and Limestone Block needs before converting or selling everything. The Cement and Ingot guide explains product stages.

NIGHTNighttime Preparation

If Stock Sell is closed:

• keep production running only while the current queue is understood;
• move finished pallets into marked storage;
• write down tracked quantities;
• separate Contract stock;
• clear machine outputs;
• check whether an active Contract has one day remaining;
• use End Day only after deadline review.

Night preparation is useful. It does not prove that every queue survives End Day or save/reload.

LOOPBeginner Integration

The first reliable factory milestone is:

Tutorial mining target
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Sorting Station
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First machine
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Product pallet
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Marked storage
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Stock Sell

If any earlier handoff is still unclear, return to the first-hour beginner guide.

FAQFrequently Asked Questions