Building a successful network in Schedule 1 requires more than just hiring dealers and setting prices. Even with an automated setup, fine-tuning strategy is key. This Schedule 1 Dealer guide provides complete dealer configs, pricing tips, and game myths explained clearly for anyone serious about scaling profits efficiently.

Smart Dealer Optimization for Maximum Gains

Dealers are essential in Schedule 1 for passive income, but random customer assignments weaken profits. The best strategy involves selective customer management: assigning low and medium spenders to dealers while keeping high spenders for personal handling. This approach maximizes revenue and XP gain without additional risk.

Players who prefer a hands-on approach can focus on high-value clients themselves, while others can build dealer-centric systems for automated, uninterrupted earnings. Matching dealers properly to customers ensures high transaction satisfaction and keeps inventory moving without waste.

Leaving some customer slots empty is intentional in strategic configurations. It allows premium clients to contact players directly, creating opportunities for larger profits.

Lazy Seller Method: Fully Automated Income Setup

For players preferring a relaxed experience, the lazy seller setup assigns all customer types—low, medium, and high spenders—to dealers. This method removes the need for constant phone checks while maintaining steady cash flow.

Efficient dealer management under this setup still requires monitoring inventory and ensuring customer assignment matches for smooth operations. Although less personal involvement is required, profits remain high with correctly applied configurations.

The guide credited to Uncle Nelson’s Steam research provides extended setups for even deeper optimization for those seeking additional strategies.

Myth Busting: Teleportation and Customer Preferences

Contrary to belief, dealer performance in Schedule 1 is not tied to client proximity. Dealers “teleport” between clients, allowing strategic groupings based on client product preferences rather than location.

By aligning dealers to customers’ preferred product types—such as euphoric goods—sales happen faster and satisfaction rates soar. However, this method requires crafting multiple product variants, a more advanced but time-consuming approach.

Those preferring simplicity can achieve strong results without complex specialization, maintaining high satisfaction through consistent product quality.

The 1.4 Pricing Rule: Unlocking Massive Profits

Pricing strategy makes or breaks success in Schedule 1. Top players consistently use the 1.4 multiplier rule: taking the suggested product price and multiplying it by 1.4 for optimal markup.

This approach balances aggressive pricing with customer retention. While multiplying by 1.5 or 1.6 is possible, it significantly increases customer dropout risk. Keeping to 1.4 ensures steady, reliable profits.

Setting dealer prices correctly in the product app is crucial. Dealers sell at whatever price is configured—leaving products at default rates means forfeiting large earnings.

Experiments in-game confirm the effectiveness of this strategy, resulting in noticeably higher returns without extra effort.

Essential Dealer and Selling Tips

  • Unmarked products: Dealers can sell unlisted items. Stock them fully to maximize inventory turnover.

  • Unpack products: Use packaging stations to reverse package goods, allowing redistribution based on current needs.

  • Full inventory sales: Dealers work fine with all inventory slots filled. If issues occur, knock out the dealer, save, quit, and reload the game.

  • Jar logic: One jar equals five baggies. Up-sell customers asking for three baggies to five and deliver with a single jar.

  • Upgrade inventory: Transition from baggies to jars, then to bricks. Bricks minimize refill frequency, maximizing dealer uptime.

XP Farming: Keeping Progress Flowing

Dealers generate money, not significant XP. To continue unlocking content, players must engage in direct street sales. Opening up the store, answering customer texts, and manually delivering orders revives XP flow.

Choosing late-night meetup times grants extra XP through curfew bonuses. Post-4:00 a.m., customers can also be visited at their homes for additional late-night sales, further accelerating XP gain.