What is Reselling?
Reselling is buying an item from other users, generally on the trading post chat, for a lot lower than you can sell it for.
Wait a minute... if I can sell it higher, why shouldn't they?
Good question! The answer is simple: they want a quick profit. It may take a while to sell it for a higher price, so they sell for cheap instead!
Alright, so what should i buy it for?
This really depends on what you're buying. If it's, for example, a r98 Painted Morphing Potion, a little less than half is what to offer. If it's the same thing except R99, offer a b it more. It all depends. Generally, the higher the rarity the less of a discount you should try to buy for.
Ange (Kitsune) has suggested to go about 50% of asking price for painted morphing potions, and about 20% on furniture.
If it's an extremely easy to sell avatar item, don't go more than 10% lower than asking price, that may be considered insulting.
For TCG's, most sellers will take about 20-30% asking price, if it's a high dollar (Asking price in the 700k+ range)
If it's a low (600k down) dollar, offer maybe 40% what others are asking. But keep in mind, these are the hardest to sell out of all.
Most BD items can get you a discount of around 60-70%, since they're relatively ETS.
What items are good to buy?
Anything, really! I like to go for Painted Morphing Potions, since they're generally quick and are an avatar item. Any avatar item you can get cheap is great! If you want a higher discount (Like, say, a 1 mil item for 200k), then you'll probably be getting some HTS furniture. This will take a while longer to sell, but there's always someone looking to buy! You'll just have to wait
Alright, so I bought my item. Now what?
Put it in the trading post with your price, and adv ertise! No one's gonna buy if they don't know about it! If you have an avatar item, advertise it in the Avatar Chat. If it's a piece of furniture, try the Neohome Chat. If it's a rare plushie, perhaps there's a gallery owner in the Spotlights Chat that needs to buy? Get out there and sell!
But... no one's coming to my boards! :cry:
Okay, this is where you've gotta get crafty. You can't have a board like "Selling ~~~~~~!" and hope to get people attracted! Spice your title up a little, first of all. Add a couple of smileys. Now, don't get out of hand! "*clap*:**lol*Selling ~~~~ *angry*~~~~*clap*" is waay too much. Keep it down to one or two simple things, probably best to be at the beginning of your title.
Now, for the inside of your post. Again, do'nt make it simply "Selling ~~~~~~~~", but don't over crowd it either. Add a few smileys, maybe a couple of jokes here and there. Be sure to mention how high your competitor's prices are and why they should buy your product. Don't be pushy, though!
You also may want to check galleries with the Shopwizard, and see if they're interested in your item.
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