A tip for you gatherers who sell your mats on the market.

[Vyniea]

Dont always sell stacks of everything, it's annoying, sometimes we only need 2-3 items and we don't like being forced to buy 99.

They'll sell, I guarantee! Could even price it much higher than usual price.

I'd rather buy 5 iron sand at 100 each than 99 at 20.

Obviously that doesn't apply to everything, shards and stuff are best bought in bulk, as are most items that need to be transformed to be usable (flax, ore, etc). Just do some research on what mats are used in which recipes, and I can guarantee you'll make crafters happy, and your wallet as well!

Thank you.

[Anderian]

Well, with the limited amount of market board slots, and the rampant gathering class botting, frankly I'm surprised that anyone manages to sell anything for more than few gil at the moment.

But other than that, yes, it's a sound advice to try to sell materials in quantities that your customers require them. The biggest problem is that most people who level a gathering class have little to no interest in learning the market for the items they gather. I still see people selling Spruce in quantities of two, which makes no sense as the lumber takes three logs to make.

[xbiggixx]

I always sell my stuff in stacks of 2s or 5s an it sells quicker then the 99 stacks probably because its cheaper too. Whenever I see logs of 99 selling for 15k I just laugh they're not hard to get..an people wonder why they have Gil problems...don't sell stacks of 99 for 15k!

[DinoSlayer]

Yeah it's really troublesome when i just need a few of mats.

I usually buy cheaper stacks, use some of it, then resell it with same price
or higher >

[jewlz83]

i also sell in small stacks never large and i put what i feel is a reasonable price always.

[Shyluv]

I sell by 5, 5, 10, 15, 30, 50. Unless it is something I know they need stacks of. Like Flax.

I thought it was a no-brainer really. In stacks of 5, if something costs say.. 100g per, and almost everyone is selling full stacks, it only makes sense to make smaller stacks that sell for more individually. So put up 5 and set the price at 150 or so.

Only, the problem with that is people seem to not get it. Shortly after I do that, I see people starting to sell full stacks for 150g. That, or others come and severely undercut me by putting their full stack at only 20g.

[Memimi]

Selling stacks of 10 works well because people buy them for the Grand Company quests as well.

[Rabbio]

I'm that jerk salesman that sells in stacks of 6, 11, 101 etc. I know you want to buy my small stack, but you're going to buy 1 more than you really want. >

[Rivienne]

I agree with this frustration. And this is why I just gave up and started leveling everything so I can do it myself. Seriously. It is easier for me to just go get my own stuff. I can't afford the goods to level my carpenter otherwise because I can't afford buying stacks of 30 when I need 2. 90% of the things you can craft you only want to craft once or twice for exp, unless they give really good exp to time effort, or are easy to sell. Which means most of the things I want to buy I only need a few of. Buying in bulk has its place. But when you can only buy in bulk you effectively destroy the market. You either ensure everybody does everything, and thus nobody buys, or you ensure goods are sold for nothing, so nobody makes gil. Or with price fixing, you ensure only a handful of DoH exist, because they corner the market and are the only ones who can afford the goods.

[etheran]

I wish it was more commodities trading based like diablo 3 where you put your items up for a base price (no stacks or anything of the sort involved) and people can buy however many of an item they like. If your item is the cheapest at the time then they buy from you and so on. It works well, although my explanation needs a bit of work.