# Factory owner Factory owners are citizens managing [Factories](/deepmine/deepmine-gaming-nfts/factory.md). A factory is an NFT that allows its owner to produce [Equipment](/deepmine/deepmine-gaming-nfts/equipment.md). The Factory owners are the active investors and entrepreneurs who are developing the industry. Factory owners can produce NFT packs containing equipment used by the miners to mine DME, corresponding to the factory level or lower, to sell them on the free market for profit in WAXP. * The level of the factory limits the factory productivity per unit of time. * The factory spends [DME ](/deepmine/blockchain/figure-1-core-game-economy.md)to produce equipment. It can replenish DME by buying it from the miners for WAXP. * The player needs to fund and then periodically replenish factory WAXP funds received from equipment sales to initiate and maintain factory operations. WAXP funds are used to purchase DME from other citizens. * The factory owner independently determines the cost of DME buyout and the cost of NFTs equipment they sell at the AtomicHub marketplace. ![](/files/-MhJslhT4kTo6_r4xPdP) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.deepmine.world/deepmine/deepmine-entities/game-roles/factory-owner.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.