How to find fair prices on console

FlopsyPrince · January 16

Not quite crafting, but how do all of you figure out fair prices for things on a console? No TTC to look at there....

vsrs_au · January 16

There's the TTC website, that's all I can suggest. If you have a PC handy while playing the game, use the TTC web page to search for prices while running the game.

https://eu.tamrieltradecentre.com/pc/Trade

fizl101 · January 16

I usually go to a couple of central traders, mournhold, wayrest etc, and a couple of secondary places and check the prices. I also check sales history in my guilds to see what prices stuff is selling for

vsrs_au · January 16

Forgot to mention, there's also this ESO Hub website with a similar price-checking function:
https://eso-hub.com/en/trading?query="Ta"&sort=last_seen_at&sortdir=desc&server=EU

FlopsyPrince · January 16

The problem with those, especially TTC, is they rely on player entered data, not always valid.

This is a hassle I am trying to figure out how to work around.

LunaFlora · January 16

you can look at what other people list things for in Guild Stores and list your item for something close to it

FlopsyPrince · January 16

LunaFlora wrote: »

you can look at what other people list things for in Guild Stores and list your item for something close to it

True, but still may be way under or over priced.

I realize no good strategy exists that is low effort, but I was hoping I was missing something.

katanagirl1 · January 16

If you want to sell a particular item, I’d recommend checking guild trader prices in Elden Root, Wayrest, and Mournhold. That only takes less than 5 minutes. Then list on the low end or slightly less depending on how fast you want to sell. Same method for buying items except of course you will want the cheapest.

If you do this regularly for certain classes of items you get a feel for what is a good price, but always keep an eye out for depreciation over time for newer items from the latest chapter. I assume basic mats are fairly constant in price over time, but I cannot verify since I do not buy or sell them. You may of course find cheaper items in traders outside of the capital cities but that is dependent on what the item is and how much it benefits you to take extra time to search more.

CGPsaint · February 3

katanagirl1 wrote: »

If you want to sell a particular item, I’d recommend checking guild trader prices in Elden Root, Wayrest, and Mournhold. That only takes less than 5 minutes. Then list on the low end or slightly less depending on how fast you want to sell.

This is the way. If you want to add a few more cities, then you can also check Belkarth, Alinor, and Vivec City.

vsrs_au · February 3

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

The problem with those, especially TTC, is they rely on player entered data, not always valid.

This is a hassle I am trying to figure out how to work around.

They're accurate enough. When I list items at roughly 2/3 to 3/4 of the TTC recommend minimum price (as indicated by the TTC addon), they sell quickly, and both I and my buyer get a good deal. They don't have to be 100% accurate to be useful.

katanagirl1 · February 3

vsrs_au wrote: »

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

The problem with those, especially TTC, is they rely on player entered data, not always valid.

This is a hassle I am trying to figure out how to work around.

They're accurate enough. When I list items at roughly 2/3 to 3/4 of the TTC recommend minimum price (as indicated by the TTC addon), they sell quickly, and both I and my buyer get a good deal. They don't have to be 100% accurate to be useful.

Are you selling on PC or console? PC prices for certain things like mats and furnishing plans can be dramatically higher.

EDIT: typo

FlopsyPrince · February 3

vsrs_au wrote: »

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

The problem with those, especially TTC, is they rely on player entered data, not always valid.

This is a hassle I am trying to figure out how to work around.

They're accurate enough. When I list items at roughly 2/3 to 3/4 of the TTC recommend minimum price (as indicated by the TTC addon), they sell quickly, and both I and my buyer get a good deal. They don't have to be 100% accurate to be useful.

Please see the title. The addon is not on console and that was the reason for my question.

vsrs_au · February 4

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

The problem with those, especially TTC, is they rely on player entered data, not always valid.

This is a hassle I am trying to figure out how to work around.

They're accurate enough. When I list items at roughly 2/3 to 3/4 of the TTC recommend minimum price (as indicated by the TTC addon), they sell quickly, and both I and my buyer get a good deal. They don't have to be 100% accurate to be useful.

Please see the title. The addon is not on console and that was the reason for my question.

Please see my posts (#2 and #4) where I mentioned web sites, not addons. I was trying to be helpful.

MidniteOwl1913 · February 4

I will to what others have said, how much you can get also depends on where the trader doing the selling is. The bigger cities get more buyers so things sell faster and many times for a bit more. When I'm going to list something with one of my guilds I check the prices selling on that guild and my other 3 guilds. That way I get an idea of the prices of things on the seller I'll be using.

If no one has it then I check Elden Root and Mournhold for prices.

FlopsyPrince · February 5

vsrs_au wrote: »

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

The problem with those, especially TTC, is they rely on player entered data, not always valid.

This is a hassle I am trying to figure out how to work around.

They're accurate enough. When I list items at roughly 2/3 to 3/4 of the TTC recommend minimum price (as indicated by the TTC addon), they sell quickly, and both I and my buyer get a good deal. They don't have to be 100% accurate to be useful.

Please see the title. The addon is not on console and that was the reason for my question.

Please see my posts (#2 and #4) where I mentioned web sites, not addons. I was trying to be helpful.

And see my note that those have minimal help since they require people to manually update the data, something that will not happen very often.

FlopsyPrince · February 5

MidniteOwl1913 wrote: »

I will to what others have said, how much you can get also depends on where the trader doing the selling is. The bigger cities get more buyers so things sell faster and many times for a bit more. When I'm going to list something with one of my guilds I check the prices selling on that guild and my other 3 guilds. That way I get an idea of the prices of things on the seller I'll be using.

If no one has it then I check Elden Root and Mournhold for prices.

I expected I wouldn't get a good response/action, but I wanted to see if I could be wrong on that and get some good ideas.

DenverRalphy · February 7

Because I didn't see it mentioned...

After you check the 3 major alliance hubs, don't just check your own guild store. It's important that you check the other guild vendors in the same zone. You ain't gonna sell squat if the stinky orc in the next stall over is selling them much cheaper.

soelslaev · February 8

I sort by time. If something is listed at 10k but it only has 7 days left (out of 30) then I know it’s not selling at that price. If I see lots of that item at 6k all with 28 days left then I know it takes 3 days to sell at 6k.

FlopsyPrince · February 9

soelslaev wrote: »

I sort by time. If something is listed at 10k but it only has 7 days left (out of 30) then I know it’s not selling at that price. If I see lots of that item at 6k all with 28 days left then I know it takes 3 days to sell at 6k.

But how do you gather the data? Spend hours running around? Live with only a few sellers to review?