ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SELL ANYTHING!

[Asiaine]

What are returning players and new players suppose to do to sell their stuff now and make some gil?

You can try selling it through other market wards. It does not have to be sold in Ul'Dah only.

If I knew there was a cap of how many retainers can be in a single market ward or if I knew all current Uldah market wards were capped with no space for any new ones, I'd of started in Limsa or something.

You do not have to start in Limsa Lominsa to have a retainer there. I started in Limsa Lominsa and have a retainer in Ul'Dah, so you can do it the opposite way. You can also commute between the two cities by teleport and airship.

But also, what are the chances that Limsa or even Grid's market wards are not 100% full as well? What are we suppose to do now?

I would say there is a 95% chance that the other markets are not 100% full. Won't be tooo hard to look, surely?

[DeadlySwordz]

You can try selling it through other market wards. It does not have to be sold in Ul'Dah only.

Ah ok. But are all starting cities linked together or are they separate? If they are separate, then I am going to have a hard time selling my stuff due to not so populated cities.

Technically you can summon your retainer anywhere and give them items. But there may be an issue that when you send them back they do not go there (probably a bug that will be fixed). Should not re-design game around this bug -- better to fix the bug.

What are the chances of that happening?

[Asiaine]

Ah ok. But are all starting cities linked together or are they separate? If they are separate, then I am going to have a hard time selling my stuff due to not so populated cities.

They are not linked, but it is not very difficult now to search all three markets.

1) If in Ul'Dah, go to Market Wards
2) Choose to go into 'Limsa Lominsa Mercantile Wards' (instead of Ul'Dah)
3) Use the search counter
4) Exit and choose to go to 'Gridania Mercantile Wards'
5) Use the search counter
6) Exit and choose to go to 'Ul'Dah Mercantile Wards'
7) Use the search counter


Yes, it takes 3x longer than checking one place. But, it can be done from one location without having to travel to every city (as it used to be). May be all we get till 2.0, so whilst not ideal, is usable.

If I'm purchasing mass quantities of items (for crafting) I check all 3.
If I do not care how much I pay and only want one item, I still check Ul'dah.

This may be a hint that you may get more customers if you are selling mass-quantity items in non-Ul'Dah locations (like stacks of wood, cloths, stones, etc).




What are the chances of that happening?

[Tagihi]

They are not linked, but it is not very difficult now to search all three markets.

1) If in Ul'Dah, go to Market Wards
2) Choose to go into 'Limsa Lominsa Mercantile Wards' (instead of Ul'Dah)
3) Use the search counter
4) Exit and choose to go to 'Gridania Mercantile Wards'
5) Use the search counter
6) Exit and choose to go to 'Ul'Dah Mercantile Wards'
7) Use the search counter

<--- This yes but do you think half the server do know how to use the fuction properly? NO
I sold items good price abit cheaper then uld stands had but took me 3 weeks to sell something yes and my retainer is in Gridania.

So found Stand spot pay 500 for 24h its only 1 day and sold direckly few items.
So this dosent work at all.

What they could do i mean so hard isent it they made in FFXI and they can do it again.
Make simpel action house or search function is connected to both Uld Lominsa and Gridania.

I mean if ur are a new player and want to start make some money. Then this game is a pain in the ass to sell the ur gathering items crafted w/e beacuse greedy gold sellers retainers blocking all spots.
How long you expect people gona accept it like it is now? its Rageing this is terrible.

[Asiaine]

What they could do i mean so hard isent it they made in FFXI and they can do it again.
Make simpel action house or search function is connected to both Uld Lominsa and Gridania.

I do not think they can do this. There used to be a time when there was no mercantile house to go to, to search other cities, then they added that. I think they did that because they could not make it so you search all 3 cities at once. It is an unfortunate limitation 1.0, and hopefully will be fixed in 2.0

The tools to do commerce in 3 cities are there, albeit primitive tools. Unfortunately this is enough to make sure people do not use those tools and everyone focuses only on Ul'dah.

[Skies]

Ah ok. But are all starting cities linked together or are they separate? If they are separate, then I am going to have a hard time selling my stuff due to not so populated cities.

Theoretically any city can access all three Market Wards, but yet all three Market Wards are still separate. All three cities have access to the three 'Mercantile Houses' from where you can search the Market Wards of the city related to that Mercantile House. So from Gridania, for example, you could check the Market Wards of all three cities. HOWEVER, each Mercantile House can only search within the city it corresponds to, so if you do a market search in Gridania's Mercantile House you will get a result from the retainers in Grid, if you do so in Ul'Dah's Mercantile House you get the results of Ul'Dah.
I've been having a fair bit of luck selling in Gridania myself, my Limsa Retainer has had pretty minimal luck. I'm on a different server, though.

What are the chances of that happening?

Just don't dispatch them to Ul'Dah. What happens is that if it has a deployment failure (that is, the ward chosen is full) it does not gives you a 'failed to deploy' report. However, if you ring the bell again the menu will tell you that your retainer is in a weird place (generally The Dunes for Ul'Dah) if it failed to deploy properly