Is there a guide on auctioning?

[Thorvald_Grimbjorn]

Exactly like the title says. Has anyone written a guide on auctioning off items? And by that, I don't mean the mechanical aspects of the auction, but rather, a practical guide for newbies like me: what items are worth auctioning off, how much should I realistically charge for them, that sort of thing. And if there isn't, could anyone please give me some pointers?
Many thanks for any and all answers! :)

On a somewhat related note: a friend of mine can't seem to auction off more than a single item at a time. Is that a bug?

[Cauthey]

On a somewhat related note: a friend of mine can't seem to auction off more than a single item at a time. Is that a bug?

Free to play players are limited to only being able to auction one item off at a time. Put in a little cash for some TPs and become Premium, and that limitation will be lifted.

[RichardWood]

On a somewhat related note: a friend of mine can't seem to auction off more than a single item at a time. Is that a bug?

Not if they are free to play. Until you purchase points for the store you are limited to a single item being up for auction. Fortunately you only ever need to do so once as it will automatically upgrade your account to premium. http://ddowiki.com/page/Account_comparisons gives a comparison of what changes when you become premium.

[MrCuisinart]

Try these:

A Thelanian’s Guide to Understanding the Auction House
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=227513

Auction House Strategy for A Noobian,
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=267432

[NinjaNeed]

Items I generally think about selling are pure stat items (+2 str, con, wis etc), single bonus increase items (mainly rogue based items such as search, spot, disable device) and some weapons.

You can make money selling **** on the AH but due to the huge cut the AH takes its not normally worth it.

Generally, if you plan on posting an item, search for it first, if minimum buy it is more than 1k plat then place it on, if not then just vendor it imo.

[Impaqt]

Biggest mistake new players make on the auction house...

Not putting buy outs on low level items.

Most power gamers have more plat then sense. (Including me)

If i need a twink item (Pretty much all + stat items below +6, especially if they are RR or "Clean") I really dont care how much it costs. (Unless its insane ridiculous). But If the item doesnt have a buy out, I wont bid. I will be leveled past it before I have a chance to win it.

[alcmaeon]

Biggest mistake new players make on the auction house...

Not putting buy outs on low level items.

Most power gamers have more plat then sense. (Including me)

If i need a twink item (Pretty much all + stat items below +6, especially if they are RR or "Clean") I really dont care how much it costs. (Unless its insane ridiculous). But If the item doesnt have a buy out, I wont bid. I will be leveled past it before I have a chance to win it.

What Impaqt said. It bugs the **** outta me when I see an item I need and it has no buyout. In 3 days I will be leveled so far past that point I won't need it anymore- plus I have everything I need on my various banks. However, I am too lazy to go look for it, but if its something I can't buy right than and there I WILL go look for it and you are out the cash I would have dumped to save time.

[AZgreentea]

I normally dump the items in for 48 hours and leave them at the default min bid.

So, since I mostly use the AH to try to make some profit above what the Guild vendor will give me (16% unmodified if I remember right) would it be reasonable for me to set the min bid to 20% of base value and the buyout at 40%? Would I be ripping myself off?

I try to post things that seem to have value, like PG or + useful skill items.

[yawumpus]

Any low level gear is going to be leveled past, even by the guy watching his plat.

Higher level stuff will still want a buyout.

Just get in the habit of price=buyout and forget the auction if you have any idea what the price is. You will get a higher price by putting the market price as the buyout instead of hoping for multiple toons just showing up near the end and driving the price to market levels.

[Xenus_Paradox]

Buying:

1. Sort by buyout price and find the lowest.
2. Ensure it's not a rip-off (Ioun stone without suppressed power, Bloodstone the gem, etc.)

Selling:

1. Search for the item.
2. Sort by buyout price and find the lowest.
3. Sell for 90% of that.

[Thorvald_Grimbjorn]

First of all, thanks a lot for all the answers, folks. :)


Free to play players are limited to only being able to auction one item off at a time. Put in a little cash for some TPs and become Premium, and that limitation will be lifted.


Not if they are free to play. Until you purchase points for the store you are limited to a single item being up for auction.

But he isn't Free to Play; he's bought some Turbine Points to buy Quest Packs. Can we assume that's a bug, then?

[FlyingTurtle]

The most important thing is to understand what creates value in an item. 99% of stuff is vendor junk, but even vendor junk has value (I have no hagglebot, so I sell plain +Xs on the AH all the time, and get more money from these than I could at a pawnbroker).

For items, learn what is "clean" "mostly clean" and "unclean" is worth. Since I have no capped toons I tend to buy mostly clean (+1 unneeded mod, reduces the price massively) and sell totally clean stuff that I'm not using. Unclean stuff just gets vendored.

For weapons, unless its a more-desired combo of affixes (e.g., Metalline of PG, Wounding of Puncturing) generally you can't go wrong selling at between 80% to 110% of base depending on the desirability of the primary affix and the ML. You'll get a quick listing and a quick sale instead of wasting time figuring out what exactly that +3 Frost Battleaxe of Deception is worth.