If only this was about the BM instead of WW...
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On characters I play actively, I just generally avoid tying up slots with stuff that doesn't move that fast. On characters that I log onto maybe once in a great while, I can list something that will move once every couple of weeks or so. Those items I can't move in a few days, I either delete/vendor/give away. |
Originally Posted by Void Spirit
My biggest ongoing issue with WW is that my slots are usually clogged up. What rules of thumb do you use to avoid tying up slots? For example, if you list an enhancement at 75% of what looks like market value, but the next time you check the apparent market value has fallen by 50% -- do you leave up the enhancement and hope the market rebounds, or do you immediately eat the 5% relisting fee and relist it based on the new lower market value?
I think my biggest problem is with recipes/enhancements that sell for decent prices but at low volumes. Do you simply vendor low-volume recipes even if the few transactions are for decent prices? In theory, I know I could be emailing a lot to my other toons, but I personally find it too tedious to constantly relog on different toons just to move stuff around for different toons to sell. Thanks in advance for any useful advice. |
If something I've been listing has seen a sharp price drop, I will either stay with it, if I know the history of the item and am willing to ride out the temporary price drop or just sell at fire sales prices, leave the niche for a while and then do something else. It really depends on the item.
Take a look at the thread in my sig. You'll notice that I abandon some niches and re-list things when I feel things aren't moving fast enough.
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Look at the sales history. If the last five sales are weeks or months old, you are unlikely to sell that item very quickly, if ever. But check other items around the same level to be sure.|
Originally Posted by Void Spirit
What rules of thumb do you use to avoid tying up slots?
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If there are lots of the item for sale and no bids, don't bother to list it unless it's actually useful or has very good bonuses.
If there are lots of bids and few of the item for sale, it will likely go for more than the average of the last five sales.
Certain types of things rarely sell, regardless of the bonuses: most uncommon and rare holds, immobilizes, and stuns in particular. The supply of these is much greater than the demand, even though many of the rare ones have very nice bonuses.
Melee, PBAoE, Targeted AoE and Ranged attacks with specific high-demand bonuses usually sell well. Those bonuses are defense (all types, but especially S/L, which is why Reactive Armor sells well) and recharge. The less popular attack recipes (Ruin, Focused Smite, etc.) may sell to Frankenslotters, but they're going to be picky and not blow large wads of cash on them.
Basically, watch the market and what's selling for good prices and you'll get a feeling for what you should post and what you should vendor.
Remember that now we have the mail system, all your characters' slots are available. If you've got other characters, you have slots you can use to move stuff.
What's an example, for you, of a decent price and low volume? A million inf each and "last five in three weeks" is not something I'd pursue.
If the bottom falls out of a particular IO at a particular price, I usually let it sit through the next Monday. Weekend prices are not the same as midweek prices.
Edited to add: I don't deal in stacks of 10 because I get bit by price crashes all the time, and because I have 30-40 "possible good price" things rattling around in my brain. I like micromanaging and don't mind taking the time. So my experience may not match yours.
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Originally Posted by all_hell
If only this was about the BM instead of WW...
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I have created market mules to hold on to things [bids / items for sale] that I think will take a while to go away / fill.
I try not to tie up slot on my mains with things that seem slow. Slow to me means anything I cant get out of my slots in a week.
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Originally Posted by all_hell
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...wait a second!
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Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.
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If I find my slots filling up, I'll go play with another character for a week or so. I have lots of alts and I usually leave them sitting with something to buy or sell for weeks or months at a time. So I periodically go through my stable and collect, craft, and relist. When I do that, I frequently get a tell to join a team or an urge to play that character again.
Next thing you know, a week or two has gone by and I go back to the character with full slots and find that at least some of the stuff has moved. I then take a look at what's left and decide what to do based on volume of sales and prices. Did several get sold while mine sat there? Then I'm priced too high. Has the supply remained steady or grown and not a single one has sold since I listed? Chances are no one wants that item. Time to either store it or chuck it.
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Thanks for the helpful replies! As to Fulmens question of what I consider to be a decent price and low volume, that is in flux because I'm having to adjust the minimum profit up and minimum volume up in order to address the issue of clogged slots.
I actively market with 10-12 different characters. Most of those I only log in once or twice a week, a few that are not on my main server I may only log in a couple of times a month. On most of these characters, it doesn't bother me to keep stuff listed for weeks at a time, because I hate eating the listing fee. If I thought it was a good price when I listed it, I assume it will eventually be a good enough price to sell.
I'll pull stuff down and relist if space is becoming a major issue for that particular character, though.
Another practice I implemented months ago is to put out bids at relatively low prices for IOs that I like in the level 30-33 range, which is what I like to slot my characters with (and which can be hard to come by). I have quite a few slots tied up on various characters with bids like that, some of which have been up for months. But I also have 2 full storage units in my base with level 30-33 damage, defense, resist, and other IOs that I use frequently in building my toons. That's been quite useful.
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My biggest ongoing issue with WW is that my slots are usually clogged up. What rules of thumb do you use to avoid tying up slots? For example, if you list an enhancement at 75% of what looks like market value, but the next time you check the apparent market value has fallen by 50% -- do you leave up the enhancement and hope the market rebounds, or do you immediately eat the 5% relisting fee and relist it based on the new lower market value?
I think my biggest problem is with recipes/enhancements that sell for decent prices but at low volumes. Do you simply vendor low-volume recipes even if the few transactions are for decent prices?
In theory, I know I could be emailing a lot to my other toons, but I personally find it too tedious to constantly relog on different toons just to move stuff around for different toons to sell.
Thanks in advance for any useful advice.