I have 2K guilds and that fail to get guild traders pretty regularly, maybe get it back the next week.

Thanks for these. This leads me to another question....which I'll put in another thread

$40k seems absolutely insane to me, but I guess it depends in part on how much you actually make in sales per week. I would think of it as a percentage: what percentage of your weekly income are you willing to give up? This is a very personal question, and only you know the answer, but I think one pretty obvious answer is, if the dues are more than your average weekly income, it's too much. OTOH, if you're selling hundreds of thousands in a typical week, and you feel like your dues are going to such a great trader that it really makes a difference, then maybe it's worth it to you?

Personally, I have the full number of guilds on both servers, and I don't pay weekly dues for any of them. They all have traders, albeit not premium ones, and I'm able to sell pretty much everything I want to sell at prices I can live with. I'm not making crazy sums of money, but I'm clearing out my inventory and making a steady trickle of passive income, so that works out well for what I personally want.

I was previously in one guild that was initially free, and then decided to implement a weekly dues system after a new GM took over. After scooping up everyone's money for a few weeks, they kicked out most of the members for being "inactive for more than a week." (I personally was kicked out after not adding items for 7 days and like, two hours... I usually play on the weekends, but logged in a little later that Saturday than I normally do.) Anyway, sales had already gone down dramatically during those few weeks, even for someone as casual as me, despite moving to an allegedly better trader (the reason given for the new dues). So it was no loss, and I quickly found a new guild with no dues or weekly requirements where my sales have been significantly higher.

So I guess I would say, unless you are particularly attached to the other members in a particular guild, or you are very happy with the sales results you are getting, it is usually worth looking around to see what your options are.

Is it a 40k fee, or a quota to sell for 40K? Because if it's the latter it's bonkers, but a quota for 40k isn't that weird.

Fees and stuff vary between platforms a lot, and also if you're looking for something casual or a trading guild that goes for the top traders.

I'm in two trade guilds, one asks for 6k contribution per week (a combination of taxes on your sales, raffle tickets or auction contributions).

The other one I really don't know, but I buy 10k in raffle tickets each week.

This is PC-NA

Some areas need more traders... like vakual Guard in Audrion

I have 1 trade guild in a prime spot, same spot every week for years, and their dues are 7k or 100k in sales.

I sell 750k without really trying and have had 2million weeks as well.

Thanks for the insight @Inaya ...tells me I'm making the right choice.

gariondavey wrote: »

My trade guild has no fees and has a premium spot! Rawlmart. The gm runs 4 trade guilds.

Whats the min sales requirement?

On pc my 3 trading guilds cost me nothing. On ps4 my 2 trading guilds cost 15 k

PC-NA here... have been in a few guilds depending on my needs. For me, location is critical because I flip mats from outpost locations into cities so whatever requirements they have are absolutely fine. My "toughest" guild is 15k in total contribution (can be a combination of straight gold, taxes, or prizes) - this is honestly a JOKE compared to what you are getting. My taxes alone rack up to 100k+ and I regularly throw some gold in too because bids are expensive. My next two are basically "do something" guilds where you have to put in some sum of money whether it is 1k or more just to show that you have a pulse and still care. Then there's the social guild I run that has a trader which is where most of my profits get funneled towards due to the stupid prices of these things lol. I don't personally require sales from my members because we are NOT a trading guild (just happen to hold one for 1+ years) but this means that 50% or more of the cost of this trader falls on myself and my officers which kinda sucks after awhile