Shiny Prizes

[Archon_Wing]

Eh? I just do not get the Auction House. People sell things for crazy money; I cannot seem to sell anything. Had some melee weapons drop with 7-800 DPS, and over 100 to Str/Vit and some other things. Listed them for 2K. No sale. Had some armour drop, over 100 to Str/Vit and about 20 Resist All and reduced level requirement (down to 48). Listed for 2K. No sale. I thought they were bargains!

I got kinda lucky. The starting bid was 950k (average price of worse rings was around there) and the 4 mil was sort of a troll price, that I assumed that nobody would take. I guess I was wrong.

Were the weapons 2 handed? Those usually aren't in demand. People usually desire attack speed, critical hit, double resists (all res+ some other res), or a focus on someone's primary state (+180 int for wizards for example). Demon Hunters want critical hit damage, since they have a skill that already gives them guaranteed critical hits-- so getting to know the classes and what they want helps.

Also as a sort of irony, many people filter by buyout, and it's weird but listing too low of a price makes it get overlooked under the buried mess.

Anything that lets your item stand out (higher defense ratings, or + defense ratings on jewelry) help a ton because they appear higher on the listings. The average player on softcore desires bigger numbers, particularly anything that boosts DPS.

The best way to sell is to search for items that contain similar mods and filter by buyout. If you see nothing listed that matches your item for 50k, then rest assured you can sell it for more. Then try it with 100k. If you notice everything in the 100k range trounces your item, then you know you can't really go higher than that. So go back down to 60-70k. It's not guaranteed to work, but remember, quality is relative. If you're willing to sell items of a similar quality for a little cheaper, then your item will look very desirable. So basically, try to rip people off a little less. Your goal is to be the best in a certain price range and niche.

Also, for sub-60 gear, do not set it to no buyout or a rather high one. People in that range want the item now, and may soon outgrow the stuff 36 hours later.

I often have many dud sales, where 9/10 things don't sell at times. But it's best to find something to do with stuff you aren't using. Either give it to someone, reserve it for a new character, or vendor it if it really won't sell. The more in motion your stuff is, the more the items you find get used in some way, the more productive you'll get. Just keep pushing stuff on the AH. Also consider melting down junk l60 blues/yellows and sell essences en masse to the AH for 2000 gold a pop.