[Lorelai]

No, every player being able to OOC know who owns a shop is a terrible idea that will lead to metagame and toxic undercutting, and bullying them to give it up is .......... not ..................... a solution lol. Admins can see who owns shops, and it should stay that way.

It isnt a terrible idea its an RP idea. Its not metagame to know who owns a shop, you usually cant secretly run a business. Someone knows whos supplying it and whos taking the money. And undercutting isnt toxic its RP, thats called competition and hard business practices. Stuff thats happening anyways even if you dont know who owns the shop
and bullying is a solution too, we literally have people trying to start mafias IC and your way literally gives them no option to have that RP

instead of extorting and being a mafia who charges protection they would instead be a merchant guild who just tries to get more people to buy up everything which would just turn the current problem into a multi-person version of the same problem. And the extortion and the undercutting gives the guards more things to do because it can become lawful issues.

Anyone should be able to see the owner so they can further their business and rp