How would YOU rank the top 10 most attractive Guild Trader spots?

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Vivec
Mournhold
Craglorn
Elden Root
Rawlka
Alinor
Daggerfall
Wayrest
Ebonheart
Rimmen

winterscrolls229prerb18_ESO

Ive lived at rawlkha ever since i found it..

- Over time the population there seems to be lower, but i play at aus prime time. Its still quite busy.
- All the guild traders on na there are super expensive, id never buy there unless you're in a pinch. Elden Root, solitude and craglorn seem to have the better offers for the stuff im after.

+1 also for vivec city its old trusty.

Lysette

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Only Elden Root, Wayrest, Mournhold, Vivec City, Alinor, Rimmen are worth visiting on my server now. Belkarth used to have good traders, now not so much. Rawl’ka is always bad for me personally when our trader is there, rarely sell anything. Never found anything in Solitude, maybe a few things from Leyawiin just because I’m there a lot.

What did you offer in Rawl'ka - it has been one of my favorite locations for selling gold materials. Well, buying them as well, because a lot undercut there, because the drop off point for crafting writs is right nearby and they want money for it quickly.

Lysette

winterscrolls229prerb18_ESO wrote: »

Ive lived at rawlkha ever since i found it..

- Over time the population there seems to be lower, but i play at aus prime time. Its still quite busy.
- All the guild traders on na there are super expensive, id never buy there unless you're in a pinch. Elden Root, solitude and craglorn seem to have the better offers for the stuff im after.

+1 also for vivec city its old trusty.

Rawl'ka has been for me like that as well - when I came to it, I saw how crowded it is, that everything is conveniently nearby and that it has a marvelous house with a great outdoor area - I bought the house and never regretted it, it is my favorite.

PrimusTiberius

When I'm looking for specific item, I shop around for the best price, therefore I don't have a "go to" area. Typically the main trading spots are over priced, so once I've exhausted the less common traders not finding what I want, I'll visit the over priced traders, which at that point, I'll decided to either buy or wait for another day to shop around.

Thecompton73

If something is fairly cheap I'll go to Mournhold and maybe Elden Root then buy the lowest price for that item. If something is getting up into the 50K plus cost bracket then I"ll go Mournhold-->Elden Root-->Wayrest-->Rawlkha-->Vivec City looking for someone undercutting the established price.
Too many of the traders in other locations will come up blank too often for most things I search for to make traveling to them worthwhile.

kringled_1

vsrs_au wrote: »

WhyMustItBe wrote: »

1: Tamriel Trade Center
2: Tamriel Trade Center
3: Tamriel Trade Center
4: Tamriel Trade Center
5: Tamriel Trade Center

...honestly, guild store location doesn't matter at all if you are on PC and use Tamriel Trade Center.

You don't have to be playing ESO on PC to use TTC, do you? I thought you could just use the TTC website via any PC/phone.

You can use the web site no matter what. If someone is playing via Stadia (so on the PC servers) the web site is perfectly usable to find stuff and to estimate prices. On console, there's almost no listing data because it has to be entered manually. Console players can of course look at pc listing data to make guesses about "hey is this thing possibly valuable" but it's not nearly as useful.

Wing

TTC website.

it tells me where to go ^_^

i feel like actual kiosk location matters less then it used to if you just actually price your good decently, if your curious, price just below average but above flip profit XD

Saucy_Jack

I keep seeing so many people listing Belkarth above Rawl; how on earth is Belkarth better than Rawl as a hub when the crafting stations and bank are all over the place and the traders aren't even by the wayshrine?

kringled_1

I think Belkarth is in more serious use on PC/EU than NA. Traders aren't that far from the shrine, and a lot comes down to expectations. If buyers are used to thinking of a location as top tier and guilds are willing to bid accordingly then it will tend to go that way.
Apparently craft table accessibility isn't the end all.

Gaeliannas

Saucy_Jack wrote: »

I keep seeing so many people listing Belkarth above Rawl; how on earth is Belkarth better than Rawl as a hub when the crafting stations and bank are all over the place and the traders aren't even by the wayshrine?

It is because Belkarth is where everyone looking to PUG trials hangs out and finds groups. So the vendors stay pretty busy, which makes them desirable to sell on, and since more active trade guilds bid them, they have pretty decent stock for buyers. No offence to the folks that like Rawl, but regardless of it being convenient in numerous ways, it seems like a depressive atmosphere that I tend to avoid. I spend as little time on that entire zone as possible. Not sure what makes it feel that way to me, but it just does. I have also always had horrible luck selling there, when one of my guilds ended up in that location.

GOAT4EVAR

PC EU

1. Mournhold
2. Alinor
3. Belkarth
4. Vivec
5. Elden Root
6. Wayrest
7. Rimmen, Solitude, Leyawiin

Can't remember the last time i was in Rawl'kha, nothing in the zone that attracts me or makes me want to use the traders there unless im rly desperate.

WhyMustItBe

vsrs_au wrote: »

You don't have to be playing ESO on PC to use TTC, do you? I thought you could just use the TTC website via any PC/phone.

Yes and no. Obviously yes, anyone can browse the website. HOWEVER, the data on the website is populated only by PC players (who run the addon while they post to upload their trades).

The prices on console are typically far different than those on PC (PC has obscene levels of monopoly price fixing and inflation). So you can get a rough idea what prices are like relative to different things, but they won't be a match for your platform.

Also, the main benefit of TTC in my opinion is being able to see WHERE a particular item is right now, not just what it is going for, so you can save time and travel straight to the trader that has the item you want. Obviously that won't work for non-PC players since it is only showing where PC trades are posted.

SimonThesis

PC/NA

1. Mournhold
2. Vivec
3. Elden Root
4. Rawl'kha
5. Wayrest
6. Alinor
7. Rimmen
8. Belkarth
9. Solitude
10. Leyawiin

Mounhold is without a doubt the #1 location, the guilds there bid over 100M a week for their spot and the top guilds there make over a B a week in total sales.

katanagirl1

Lysette wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Only Elden Root, Wayrest, Mournhold, Vivec City, Alinor, Rimmen are worth visiting on my server now. Belkarth used to have good traders, now not so much. Rawl’ka is always bad for me personally when our trader is there, rarely sell anything. Never found anything in Solitude, maybe a few things from Leyawiin just because I’m there a lot.

What did you offer in Rawl'ka - it has been one of my favorite locations for selling gold materials. Well, buying them as well, because a lot undercut there, because the drop off point for crafting writs is right nearby and they want money for it quickly.

I don’t sell mats, I sell furnishing plans but not many since Blackwood released because I don’t find many there.

I’m also on PS NA.

Chiaroscuro

Gaeliannas wrote: »

Saucy_Jack wrote: »

I keep seeing so many people listing Belkarth above Rawl; how on earth is Belkarth better than Rawl as a hub when the crafting stations and bank are all over the place and the traders aren't even by the wayshrine?

It is because Belkarth is where everyone looking to PUG trials hangs out and finds groups. So the vendors stay pretty busy, which makes them desirable to sell on, and since more active trade guilds bid them, they have pretty decent stock for buyers. No offence to the folks that like Rawl, but regardless of it being convenient in numerous ways, it seems like a depressive atmosphere that I tend to avoid. I spend as little time on that entire zone as possible. Not sure what makes it feel that way to me, but it just does. I have also always had horrible luck selling there, when one of my guilds ended up in that location.

I have the oddest aversion to Rawl'ka too, and it's entirely baseless. Lovely place, tbh, but the lighting or something just makes my brain unhappy. I avoid all of the march when I can.

Anyway, OP
PC-NA for me

?- Mournhold - theoretically most likely to have what I need, so I check first. usually overpriced though so I most often end up at:
- Alinor
- Leyawiin
- Vivec
^Favored crafting areas, these 4, especially the last 3. Vivec is always prone to price gouging, bless it, but the other two can have some surprising deals, if you're lucky enough to find your item. Leyawiin especially can be a gem.

Now, the more niche actual favorites for traders in my experience:
- Stormhold (people ignore shadowfen. good. keep ignoring shadowfen! more deals for me )
- Bandaari Trading Post
- Fargrave (bit of a pain to navigate, but it's also got a cool vibe, so do you care?)

Alas, I have lost access to Fargrave since my subs run out. My loss is your gain.

Belkarth has never been my bud but it seems everyone else here has better luck there. Hollow City *used* to be great but I've had rotten luck finding anything there the last million times. Elden Roots wonderful if you actually can get your item. I've had things bought out from under me *in the menu* more than a few times, I just avoid it anymore.

And whoever placed the traders for the covenant areas is just sadistic.

Galiferno

Having had traders in Vivec, Mournhold, Elden Root, Stormhaven, and Belkarth, I've been able to sell my stuff for the highest prices in Vivec. Sure, Mournhold has the highest sales of all trader spots, but I sell my stuff for more on my Vivec trader than my Mournhold trader.

Larcomar

If I'm going shopping I'd probably prioritise

Mournhold
Rawlk'ha
Wayrest
Stormhold
Vivec City

I tend to avoid Craglorn - hope of bait and switch - and Grahtwood - it seems to take forever to load there.

Places like Alinor Leyawiin Rimmen more if I see soemthing on TTC.

Jayman1000

PC NA server. This list is from the perspective of a seller, not buyer. As a buyer it doesnt really matter much to me as I like to use TTC and jump to the location where the guild trader is that has the item.

The first two are without doubt the best places by a long stretch. The next four are still major spots, but from #7 and beyond Im not too sure of the correct order as the all become fairly low tier:

Mournhold
Vivec
Wayrest
Rawl'kha
Alinor
Elden Root
Solitude
Skywatch
Daggerfall
Leyawiin

Lysette

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Only Elden Root, Wayrest, Mournhold, Vivec City, Alinor, Rimmen are worth visiting on my server now. Belkarth used to have good traders, now not so much. Rawl’ka is always bad for me personally when our trader is there, rarely sell anything. Never found anything in Solitude, maybe a few things from Leyawiin just because I’m there a lot.

What did you offer in Rawl'ka - it has been one of my favorite locations for selling gold materials. Well, buying them as well, because a lot undercut there, because the drop off point for crafting writs is right nearby and they want money for it quickly.

I don’t sell mats, I sell furnishing plans but not many since Blackwood released because I don’t find many there.

I’m also on PS NA.

Ok, that explains it, I think as well that is not a good location for selling furnishing plans - people buy a lot of stuff to better their gear there, but stuff what is not meant for combat doesn't sell well there. I'm on PC EU, and it is not different there.

DreamyLu

I'm not sure to understand how one place can be better than another.

When I need an item, I first search with online TTC tool where it is available. I then order results per price and out of the cheapest ones, I check what one is relatively recent. I then go to that vendor. So the location is really no criteria to me. However, if I should chose a place I prefer to go to, that would be Grathwood, because the traders are straight south of the wayshrine.

As far as I recall, the only other place as practical as that would be Vvardenfell, but to me, the whole location (traders, crafters...) is quite a mess and I don't feel well there.

SimonThesis

Foot traffic is money. People make more gold and sell things quicker in traders in zones with more foot traffic. Those high traffic locations are bid very highly on. Most people are too lazy to go on ttc.

Kidgangster101

Grandchamp1989 wrote: »

From what I can tell...

1. Mournhold
2. Craglorn
3. Vivec City
4. Grahtwood
5. Rawlk'ha
6. Alinor
7. Wayrest
8. Leyawiin
9. Rimmen
10. Skywatch?

How would you rate top 10 guild trader spots?
Which is the most attractive spots?

The fact that there's a "best spot" list tells you there is a problem with the system and not allowing people to fully participate equally like the auction house system would just saying.

BloodyStigmata

In my experience, everything sells in Alinor.

Lysette

DreamyLu wrote: »

I'm not sure to understand how one place can be better than another.

When I need an item, I first search with online TTC tool where it is available. I then order results per price and out of the cheapest ones, I check what one is relatively recent. I then go to that vendor. So the location is really no criteria to me. However, if I should chose a place I prefer to go to, that would be Grathwood, because the traders are straight south of the wayshrine.

As far as I recall, the only other place as practical as that would be Vvardenfell, but to me, the whole location (traders, crafters...) is quite a mess and I don't feel well there.

Pretty simple to explain - a lot do not use any add-on at all and they shop simply by going to a guild trader and see what he/she has to offer. They role play and don't use meta tools. Like myself, I am as well not using it. And for those people location matters and if I'm selling at a location, I look what kind of people are there, what they are doing mostly and what they might need - and offer it there.

When I go for a shopping tour, I have often nothing in mind, what I would want to buy. I just visit guild traders and see what is on offer there and eventually I find something interesting and buy it and if not I go to the next one for as long as I have fun doing it. Lately for example I found quite a few interesting crafting plans in Markarth, I was not looking for crafting plans, I just checked what is on offer there and found that there were surprisingly many crafting plans on offer, and so I checked them all. A lot of local competition made for quite good prices. Not that I could say that they are objectively good prices, but to me they were quite good prices. In the end that is all what counts to me, that I am happy with my purchases and if that is really cheap or not, is irrelevant.

Edit: quite funny, after I posted this, I visited Markarth again, same guild trader, again mass amounts of crafting plans - you guys can continue doing that there on PC EU, I still need a bunch of crafting plans on several characters.

Gaeliannas

Kidgangster101 wrote: »

Grandchamp1989 wrote: »

From what I can tell...

1. Mournhold
2. Craglorn
3. Vivec City
4. Grahtwood
5. Rawlk'ha
6. Alinor
7. Wayrest
8. Leyawiin
9. Rimmen
10. Skywatch?

How would you rate top 10 guild trader spots?
Which is the most attractive spots?

The fact that there's a "best spot" list tells you there is a problem with the system and not allowing people to fully participate equally like the auction house system would just saying.

A best spot is not indicative of that by any means. The entire world (Earth) is based on best spots, ever heard of location, location, location? It's a real thing and where I live gas costs well over $6 a gallon, while my daughters pay almost half that in other parts of the country. The same goes in game, you pay a bit more for convenience in a big trade hub, you tend to have to pay less in out of the way traders. People have made an entire game out of that.

All a AH would offer is the highest possible prices to everyone, because all the lower priced ones would be snapped up instantly by bots and relisted at whatever the market would bare, never a deal to be had anywhere... no thanks, been there seen that, it isn't fun for anyone and you never get a deal. But if that's what you want, just go to Mournhold or Vivec, pay the price for whatever you are looking for and be happy. Me, I will trek the random out of the way traders and find those good deals on things I need.

WiseSky

1. Mournhold
2. Vivec
3. Rawl'kha
4. Grahtwood
5. Alinor
6. Wayrest
.... dont know

spartaxoxo

Mournhold
Elden Root
StormHaven
Vivec
R'awlkhala
Craglorn