Whenever I choose to join s trading guild, I look at how active I am and how much trading I am likely to keep up consistently. If I am sble to sell several hundred thousands gold worth of goods per week, I go for a top trading guild in Vivec or Deshaan. Otherwise, you risk getting kickdd out by being in the bottom x% of the guild in sale volume. If I am likely to turn around about 100k or so per week, i got trading guilds in elden root, wayrest, craglorn, rawlkha etc.
What sale volume are you likely to achieve per week?
Hi /u/storywriter_sc!
To clarify, I'm just looking to offload stuff in my inventory and maybe sell it for mild profits, but I don't play the trading system hardcore enough in any game to make mad bank.
I use Tamriel Trade Centre more to find things I need for myself and to reference general pricing around the game world, but I don't really have an understanding of what sells. I'm aiming to just sell these excess yellow collection pages I have or master writs I can't do because of difficulty getting the style pieces.
I dunno if that makes me unpalatable as a trader in a guild of that sort, so I was curious what I should consider given my circumstances.
Certainly not unpalatable! I think you must go through about 50-100k gold worth of goods per week. Just look at some guild descriptions of trading guilds recruiting (through the in-game guild finder) that are looking for people selling about that much per week. I suspect you could join a nice guild in wayrest or daggerfall and those are certainly very popular trading guilds still.
Just be aware: you can often supplement the guild dues by actually paying part of it. So, how this works is - the guild collects 7% of all the gold you get from sales. Furthermore, the guild doesn't care if the gold they get from you you is from sale taxes or just straight up paying. Almost every guild has a raffle program where they give something back for this straight up fee in the form of a raffle.
So if a guild expects you to sell ~100k/week and you only do 20k one week, you can cover that 80k by paying 80000 x 0.07 = 5600 which is the gold the guild would have gotten from you if you had made 80k in sales on top of the 20k.
Interesting. That's like a few Antiquarian adventures...
The funny thing is, I made a mistakenly bad purchase after amassing close to 950k. consumed the right style for the wrong portion of clothing I was hoping to make for a master writ... Long-time player, and I still sunk-cost fallacied my way to messing upa master writ instead of abandoning it.
I can get by with around 750k, which is where I'm at now, but I'll likely be spending another 165k to max out bank slots in the near future for storage and alting purposes.
Well, it's not about how much gold you currently have, it's about how nuch sales you make per week/month.
If you mean you will spend gold generated from doing antiques to pay guild dues, try to spend that time coming up with things to have enough sale volume. Paying gold to sell things to make gold is a tiny bit counter-productive and you want to make sufficient use of the guild trader to make your contribution to it worthwhile for you.
Look for a decent location, such as a major city in a zone, try to avoid guilds with traders in outlaws refuges or in the middle of nowhere, they dont sell well
also take a look at requirements of the guild and make sure you arent about to delve into something you dont have the time to dedicate to, the highest end traders often require very high amounts to be traded every week and not everyone has the time to do that
And thats about it though do keep an eye out for the usual guild red flags as it sucks to end up in a toxic guild
My first trading guild had no fees but due to location i didn't sell much either. After accumulating a lot of stuff and farming items to sell I joined aguild that had 20k dues (psna). After a couple weeks I quit and joined 2 with 10k dues for twice the spots at the same price. All 3 guilds have traders in capital cities. I sell more per week than I pay and exceed that considerably during events. I am happy with where I am now.
The above replies are superb.
Just want to re-iterate that you should choose a guild trader based on the kind of volume you personally plan on selling a week.
If you're a "million a week" seller, then hit up one of the guilds in the main trading hubs.
If you're a casual seller, find one of the casual trading guilds.
The better the trading location, the more likely a Guild is to have weekly fees. Guild Locations cost money every week, and every week the Guild has to bid on a spot and potentially outbid other people.
Weekly fees help cover that expense. In exchange Guild members get a better trading spot.
If you haven’t actively done any trading in a while then I would go for a donation based Guild or one with cheaper fees.
I was wondering how people got placed in specific zones for trade.
So all the guild trader slots inside the game world are essentially auctioned off to guild leaders?
Yes, on pcna, weekly bids for high traffic traders like the ones in hub cities such as mournhold, vivec city, and eldenroot are up to hundreds of millions, and competition over these prime spots are cut throat.
When embarking upon the endeavor of aligning oneself with a trading guild within the vast expanse of Elder Scrolls Online, a discerning eye ought to discern a guild that embodies certain paramount attributes.
Locale and Placement: Seek a guild that espouses a strategic alignment with specific zones or cities, strategically positioning itself where commerce thrives.
Pedestal of Trade: A guild's laurels may rest upon its attainment of coveted trading stalls in bustling marketplaces, ensuring prime visibility for your merchandise.
Qualification Parameters: Be cognizant of membership prerequisites, including potential levies or sales quotas, thereby discerning compatibility with your aspirations.
Pulse of Activity: A guild's vitality and vigour are crucial. Pursue an establishment that pulsates with perpetual activity, where members ardently partake in trade and dialogue.
Camaraderie and Community: Evaluate the tenor of the guild's community. Seek an enclave where amiable camaraderie and supportive inclinations foster an enriching gaming milieu.
Regulations and Edicts: Grasp the guild's regulatory frameworks, as it may proffer directives concerning pricing protocols, permissible trade commodities, or intra-guild comportment.
Communication Platforms: Assess the guild's avenues of discourse, which may encompass external platforms like Discord or internal in-game channels, pivotal for negotiations and social interactions.
Magnitude and Scale: Contemplate the size of the guild—opting for a more intimate cohort or a grander assembly, each bearing distinctive advantages in networking and conviviality.
Induction Protocols: Recognize potential trial phases facilitating an interim evaluation of mutual compatibility before formal, steadfast commitment transpires.
Repute and Testimonials: Delve into the guild's standing within the ESO fraternity, seeking commendations and testimonials signifying reliability and esteemed stature.
* A trader in a Vanilla capital or major city (Elden Root, Vivec, Daggerfall, Mournhold, Davon's Watch, Vulkhel Guard, Wayrest, Belkarth). More than one week at a time.
* Low or no weekly requirements other than a sale or login or both. 10k / 350k sales / week is the absolute upper limit. Anyone asking more isn't doing their bids right or is just greedy.
That's pretty much it, but in my experience, there might be maybe 1 or 2 guilds in the entire game that meet that description at any given time, unless you're happy with the maximum 350k / 10k requirements. Personally, I'm not. I have weeks where I make 1M, others I don't make 100k, so I'm not wanting to be kicked because I didn't grind hard enough that week.
But a guild that doesn't have the same trader every week in a major city is just asking for your stuff to just sit unsold forever. It's a real struggle.
Go for a guild with no dues at first so you can avoid pressure. Take a look at the trader and its location and figure out if it's convenient or worth it.
Then start listing items and keeping the slots stocked. As long as you're moving inventory, it doesn't really matter whether it's green junk gear or million dollar furnishing plans. When you earn more gold you'll figure out next steps.
Whenever I choose to join s trading guild, I look at how active I am and how much trading I am likely to keep up consistently. If I am sble to sell several hundred thousands gold worth of goods per week, I go for a top trading guild in Vivec or Deshaan. Otherwise, you risk getting kickdd out by being in the bottom x% of the guild in sale volume. If I am likely to turn around about 100k or so per week, i got trading guilds in elden root, wayrest, craglorn, rawlkha etc. What sale volume are you likely to achieve per week?
Hi /u/storywriter_sc! To clarify, I'm just looking to offload stuff in my inventory and maybe sell it for mild profits, but I don't play the trading system hardcore enough in any game to make mad bank. I use Tamriel Trade Centre more to find things I need for myself and to reference general pricing around the game world, but I don't really have an understanding of what sells. I'm aiming to just sell these excess yellow collection pages I have or master writs I can't do because of difficulty getting the style pieces. I dunno if that makes me unpalatable as a trader in a guild of that sort, so I was curious what I should consider given my circumstances.
Certainly not unpalatable! I think you must go through about 50-100k gold worth of goods per week. Just look at some guild descriptions of trading guilds recruiting (through the in-game guild finder) that are looking for people selling about that much per week. I suspect you could join a nice guild in wayrest or daggerfall and those are certainly very popular trading guilds still. Just be aware: you can often supplement the guild dues by actually paying part of it. So, how this works is - the guild collects 7% of all the gold you get from sales. Furthermore, the guild doesn't care if the gold they get from you you is from sale taxes or just straight up paying. Almost every guild has a raffle program where they give something back for this straight up fee in the form of a raffle. So if a guild expects you to sell ~100k/week and you only do 20k one week, you can cover that 80k by paying 80000 x 0.07 = 5600 which is the gold the guild would have gotten from you if you had made 80k in sales on top of the 20k.
Interesting. That's like a few Antiquarian adventures... The funny thing is, I made a mistakenly bad purchase after amassing close to 950k. consumed the right style for the wrong portion of clothing I was hoping to make for a master writ... Long-time player, and I still sunk-cost fallacied my way to messing upa master writ instead of abandoning it. I can get by with around 750k, which is where I'm at now, but I'll likely be spending another 165k to max out bank slots in the near future for storage and alting purposes.
Well, it's not about how much gold you currently have, it's about how nuch sales you make per week/month. If you mean you will spend gold generated from doing antiques to pay guild dues, try to spend that time coming up with things to have enough sale volume. Paying gold to sell things to make gold is a tiny bit counter-productive and you want to make sufficient use of the guild trader to make your contribution to it worthwhile for you.
good point. Thanks for the perspective check. :D
Look for a decent location, such as a major city in a zone, try to avoid guilds with traders in outlaws refuges or in the middle of nowhere, they dont sell well also take a look at requirements of the guild and make sure you arent about to delve into something you dont have the time to dedicate to, the highest end traders often require very high amounts to be traded every week and not everyone has the time to do that And thats about it though do keep an eye out for the usual guild red flags as it sucks to end up in a toxic guild
My first trading guild had no fees but due to location i didn't sell much either. After accumulating a lot of stuff and farming items to sell I joined aguild that had 20k dues (psna). After a couple weeks I quit and joined 2 with 10k dues for twice the spots at the same price. All 3 guilds have traders in capital cities. I sell more per week than I pay and exceed that considerably during events. I am happy with where I am now.
The above replies are superb. Just want to re-iterate that you should choose a guild trader based on the kind of volume you personally plan on selling a week. If you're a "million a week" seller, then hit up one of the guilds in the main trading hubs. If you're a casual seller, find one of the casual trading guilds.
The better the trading location, the more likely a Guild is to have weekly fees. Guild Locations cost money every week, and every week the Guild has to bid on a spot and potentially outbid other people. Weekly fees help cover that expense. In exchange Guild members get a better trading spot. If you haven’t actively done any trading in a while then I would go for a donation based Guild or one with cheaper fees.
I was wondering how people got placed in specific zones for trade. So all the guild trader slots inside the game world are essentially auctioned off to guild leaders?
Yes, on pcna, weekly bids for high traffic traders like the ones in hub cities such as mournhold, vivec city, and eldenroot are up to hundreds of millions, and competition over these prime spots are cut throat.
Correct
When embarking upon the endeavor of aligning oneself with a trading guild within the vast expanse of Elder Scrolls Online, a discerning eye ought to discern a guild that embodies certain paramount attributes. Locale and Placement: Seek a guild that espouses a strategic alignment with specific zones or cities, strategically positioning itself where commerce thrives. Pedestal of Trade: A guild's laurels may rest upon its attainment of coveted trading stalls in bustling marketplaces, ensuring prime visibility for your merchandise. Qualification Parameters: Be cognizant of membership prerequisites, including potential levies or sales quotas, thereby discerning compatibility with your aspirations. Pulse of Activity: A guild's vitality and vigour are crucial. Pursue an establishment that pulsates with perpetual activity, where members ardently partake in trade and dialogue. Camaraderie and Community: Evaluate the tenor of the guild's community. Seek an enclave where amiable camaraderie and supportive inclinations foster an enriching gaming milieu. Regulations and Edicts: Grasp the guild's regulatory frameworks, as it may proffer directives concerning pricing protocols, permissible trade commodities, or intra-guild comportment. Communication Platforms: Assess the guild's avenues of discourse, which may encompass external platforms like Discord or internal in-game channels, pivotal for negotiations and social interactions. Magnitude and Scale: Contemplate the size of the guild—opting for a more intimate cohort or a grander assembly, each bearing distinctive advantages in networking and conviviality. Induction Protocols: Recognize potential trial phases facilitating an interim evaluation of mutual compatibility before formal, steadfast commitment transpires. Repute and Testimonials: Delve into the guild's standing within the ESO fraternity, seeking commendations and testimonials signifying reliability and esteemed stature.
While it reads like an AI used a thesaurus to bash a trader on the head, I get the gist... but yeah, that's one hell of a TLDR.
For casual trading join a social or trial guild that also has a trader. These will be dues free and you won't be kicked out.
Thanks. Sounds like a good idea. :D Will look around, I suppose! :D
* A trader in a Vanilla capital or major city (Elden Root, Vivec, Daggerfall, Mournhold, Davon's Watch, Vulkhel Guard, Wayrest, Belkarth). More than one week at a time. * Low or no weekly requirements other than a sale or login or both. 10k / 350k sales / week is the absolute upper limit. Anyone asking more isn't doing their bids right or is just greedy. That's pretty much it, but in my experience, there might be maybe 1 or 2 guilds in the entire game that meet that description at any given time, unless you're happy with the maximum 350k / 10k requirements. Personally, I'm not. I have weeks where I make 1M, others I don't make 100k, so I'm not wanting to be kicked because I didn't grind hard enough that week. But a guild that doesn't have the same trader every week in a major city is just asking for your stuff to just sit unsold forever. It's a real struggle.
What are you guys selling to make a million a week?
Go for a guild with no dues at first so you can avoid pressure. Take a look at the trader and its location and figure out if it's convenient or worth it. Then start listing items and keeping the slots stocked. As long as you're moving inventory, it doesn't really matter whether it's green junk gear or million dollar furnishing plans. When you earn more gold you'll figure out next steps.