How to Short Sell Items on MB

[StouterTaru]

The question wasn't which items you can short sell, it's which items would. It's not about possibility, it's about practicality.

You would need items that sell regularly, are somewhat scarce, and that someone else hoards.

Liquidity is nice, but any item that your comparing weekday/weekend prices on has a pretty solid about of liquidity already.

[IIBEEFCAKESII]

The question wasn't which items you can short sell, it's which items would. It's not about possibility, it's about practicality.

You would need items that sell regularly, are somewhat scarce, and that someone else hoards.

Liquidity is nice, but any item that your comparing weekday/weekend prices on has a pretty solid about of liquidity already.

Yes there might be liquidity, but not at the new price I make available at the top end of the high trend.

It isn't limited to "items that sell regularly, are somewhat scarce, and that someone else hoards". The beauty of selling short is, as a seller, I just have to identify when an item I have in stock is over valued on MB. If the item is peaking, it does not matter WHAT it is. As a seller I can make Gil by liquidating low priced items by focusing on QUANTITY, or I can focus on high-priced scarce items and focus on QUALITY (i.e. rare sought after items).

Wal-Mart vs. Boutique Vendor.

Practicality is time dependent. Those with MORE time will find this MB strategy useful, those with less probably won't. The finite nature of time is what creates opportunity for middle men. Don't hate just cause I might have more time.

[dspguy]

P2's item is being returned, w/ potential interest.

In your initial "7-point plan" there was no mention of gains made by P2 (otherwise known as the Benefactor in your MB strategy). If P1 is splitting the profit with P2, then I can see people maybe being interested in this.

An FC member and I had our own mutually beneficial agreement. If he found a niche in the market that involved a crafted item, he bought all materials, I did the synth (0 cost to myself) and he listed the item. I got 1/2 the profit. Done. Simple. Seemed fair and it worked. This even worked if he found a direct buyer (no MB involved).

[IIBEEFCAKESII]

In your initial "7-point plan" there was no mention of gains made by P2 (otherwise known as the Benefactor in your MB strategy). If P1 is splitting the profit with P2, then I can see people maybe being interested in this.

An FC member and I had our own mutually beneficial agreement. If he found a niche in the market that involved a crafted item, he bought all materials, I did the synth (0 cost to myself) and he listed the item. I got 1/2 the profit. Done. Simple. Seemed fair and it worked. This even worked if he found a direct buyer (no MB involved).

Sure. This is optional. The Benefactor may decide the terms of essentially loaning the item. Since it is a variable that is decided between P1 and P2, and the terms can be anything, that's ultimately left up to the players. I should have made this more clear in my OP. *I edited to reflect.

The main point of OP was to bring to people's attention the concept of liquidating inventory at the right times and rebuying, at a lower price, something you plan to use in at a future date. The frequency at which this is done can yield major profits, especially with a large static inventory.