Quote Originally Posted by Rrylia View Post
I undercut till it sells.
Indeed.

Setting the price is a mental balancing act between "What's a fair price?", "How quickly will it sell?" and "How much can I get?" If I see a lot of an item that I can manufacture for 50 gil for sale at 5,000, I post one of mine for maybe 1,500 gil, get a quick sale, and use the profits to buy up more materials.

I also like to do what an earlier poster described as profiting from the laziness or inertia of others. For instance, one of the Fishing quests requires Rat Tails, but they aren't for sale everywhere. You have to go to certain towns to get them. So I buy up a stack of 99 Rat Tails for 4 gil each, and resell them for 10 or 15 gil each. Not a huge amount of cash, but it's a simple transaction, the turnaround is fast, and if I'm in the area anyway I might as well buy up exclusive local goods and re-sell them.