Merchanting has gone on Runescape, Long live merchanting
Posted on 2008 under runescape money |
1 Jul
I have heard on many fan sites that merchanting has been destroyed since the introduction of the Grand Exchange, my opinion is it has only changed since the GE, not only is it still possible it is a lot easier and more players are able to do it, the profit margins have been reduced greatly but the fact that it is much easier more than makes up for it.
There are many ways to merchant you need to find a way that suits you, I will give a description of the way I have and still do it.
The easiest way is to see what the market wants, stand in the GE and have a look at what people are after for top price, you may see players for example repeating “buying dark bow GE at max price” or “buying Nats on GE max” this gives you the clue that they have tried to buy these items but are unable to get, you need to make sure its not a one off request and that they get it quickly after asking so stay a while and watch, perhaps you can train another skill while waiting and watching.
When you find an item that someone or some people have had trouble getting try to buy on GE for minimum price, you may need to leave it there overnight or for a day or 2 but you should be able to buy eventually, when and if you get it just put it back at max price and they should sell eventually, if there was a true demand they should sell quite quickly.
There are many things this can happen with, items I have done it with include black dragon hide bodies and rune boots, but the market changes so you may end up with a lot of stock you cant sell, if that happens keep it until it sells or sell for a small loss or no profit.
I am currently buying a product using it for xp selling the result for more than purchase price, its very expensive currently investing 20m on stock to buy and then sell but it is giving me some good xp, I will only tell you what it is when I reach 99 in that skill.
Another use of the GE for cash generation is speculating
Before the GE was out and just speculation about its use I anticipated a sudden and dramatic price drop across the board, with everything being able to be sold easily and likewise everything being able to be bought easily my speculation was correct, I had anticipated this so withheld buying my dragon bones for 99 prayer until GE was introduced, I bought the bones for 1.55k each, after getting 99 prayer I sold the remaining bones for 2.5k.
There are ways to speculate, the one I prefer is to use the behind the scenes and updates information on the Runescape website, have a look and guess what skills or items are going to be used for that update.
When summoning came out I noticed that guam leaves were used for low level summoning as well as iron ore, I also anticipated that there would be a summoning pot so I bought thousands of all herbs, I guessed the price would go up quickly for the herb used for that pot, as it happened there was a herb introduced for the summoning pot, its a low level herb but a very rare (I have never had one) drop for some reason, all was not lost I used the herbs for training herblaw and sold the ones I don’t use for the same price, as soon as the skill came out before other people had chance I went to GE and bought as many guams and iron ore as possible at minimum price (I would have paid max if needed because the price was sure to rise when players go to the summoning level to use the item), Iron ore went up a little in price and guams over doubled, I could have sold then and made 2m profit in a few hours.
We don’t get new skills very often or updates like the GE but the latest quest “Smoking Kills” had a similar effect on the black mask, it was a slayer based quest and brought out a new use for the black mask as a multi purpose slayer helmet because of this the price shot up over night, the first to buy the mask (In bulk even) could have sold for a good profit very quickly.
You may speculate incorrectly but even if you do there is a good chance you can sell for as much or more than you purchased for anyway.
There are many ways these are the ways I tried and still do, find a way that suits you and money just rolls in.

















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