How to Short Sell Items on MB

[Victdeus]

I get what you're saying Beef, and I can see how it would be useful. Thanks for the thread! It's a simple concept, I just never thought to do it in that "direction". I think a lot of players view game markets as simple, random, game environments and don't realize that the MB can, and typically does, react like real world markets. I'll take a stab at what you're explaining but from a less technical economic stand point.

Scenario 1:
It's Friday night and P2 has 41 unique items that he wants to sell. However, he only has 2 retainers, meaning he can only sell 40 items (20 per retainer) right now. The remaining 1 item, even though it holds a value if sold (weekday=300gil, weekend=1000gil), returns no value to P2 as it sits in his inventory. In this scenario, that 1 item will yield P2 0 gil so long as it is idle in his inventory and P1 makes 0 gil since he's not involved.

[IIBEEFCAKESII]

I get what you're saying Beef, and I can see how it would be useful. Thanks for the thread! It's a simple concept, I just never thought to do it in that "direction". I think a lot of players view game markets as simple, random, game environments and don't realize that the MB can, and typically does, react like real world markets. I'll take a stab at what you're explaining but from a less technical economic stand point.

Perfect! Sometimes I make things sound to complicated. Every scenario you posted is a great example of how short selling can be used as a tool to gain Gil. I want players to understand, this is just one of many ways to accrue value over time. Short selling should be used in addition to buying low selling high, in addition to farming, in addition to crafting, in addition to services etc... Instead of putting all of their eggs in one basket, players should diversify their Gil. But, to summarize your points, if someone is a new player and doesn't have all these options at his/her disposal, or the player sees opportunity knocking at a specific moment relative to a certain item, take advantage of the MB!

Thanks Victdeus for helping break down the concept further! Happy Gaming.