Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: Weapons not selling anymore??
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BelJames
Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:55 am
#1
has anyone else notices a major dropoff in sales? i have been a master ws (10pt) for 2 months now, my first month i sold weapons faster than i could make them. now i have gone 2 weeks without selling one. all 3 of my chars are almost compleatly broke and its getting to the point where im starting to lose harvesters because i cant payy maint. i know there are a TON of WS's on tempest (it seems like there is almost one for each guild these days) and the WS corrospondant is on tempest, and sells uber weapons. but i guess what i am trying to say is sience the incleased loot drops started, i havn't been able to sell s**t.
MDEUK
Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:39 pm
#2
Most people would rather buy from an 11 or 12 point WS - have you considered upgrading 
Summerflame
Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:00 pm
#3
well theres a few aspects of this case id like to comment.
I myself have noticed a change in sales listed below:
Unenhanced, Unsliced weapons rarely sells for me anymore
Enhanced weapons made with base loot has slowed down majorly
Actually anything, but Lootenhanced weapons with highend (28% and up) damslices are near impossible to move off the vendor.
Selling lots and lots of pups
Lets analyze on that...
increased lootdrops has heightened the exspectations with the costumers as regards basic weapons stats.
People buying lootenhanced weapons, do so with their ADK in mind and thus ONLY wants the bast of the best.
People buying lootenhanced weapons rarely returns as their wepaons dont need replacement because of the ADK
I know that not every player has an ADK , but lots of players does and I have certainly felt the blow of the ADK
ROLL on CU 
BelJames
Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:16 pm
#4
i am currently am working to upgrade to 11pt, but it is hard when u dont have multi-millions to spend on the ws exp tapes, or the ws-enhanced cloths. even within my guild trying to get one ws suit for all 4 of our guild ws to use would bankrupt half of us.
and i do have alot of krayt tissues to use, but most of them are just better than base. heck, i remember 2 months ago when 200 mx dmg scatters were flying off the shelves (unsliced) and now i cant even give them away to guildies. and vk sales are abymsal. my PH's are pretty good i think, most of what i sell of those are geo-enhanced, and between 475-500 mx dmg, even with those i havn't sold one in 2 weeks. and melee weapons were what i sold the most of
Lotok
Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:57 pm
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Not had that prob on eclipse
Ive started doing more and more loot made and sales are coming in faster than ever.
Possibly you need to look at your sales figures and see whats not selling and what is in demand. Try to stock purely to the demand until your dry spell is over
everyone gets dry spells now and again
EdOWar
Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:32 pm
#6
I sell about the same number of regular weapons as I always have, but then I never was a high volume WS. Where I make my money is in grenade sales...can't put an ADK on those. If you need money to buy skill tapes, sell grenades by the crate. With the increase drop rate in mid-range CA's (making them more common, hence cheaper), you should be able to get to 11 or 12 points in a relatively short time.
If you need money to buy skill tapes, sell grenades by the crate. With the increase drop rate in mid-range CA's (making them more common, hence cheaper), you should be able to get to 11 or 12 points in a relatively short time.Slim Vargo, Corbantis
ShugFlurry
Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:45 pm
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Same if only just slightly less sales of unenhanced, a load more enhanced orders though. at 125k/weapon and probably increasing due to time constraints... wewt.
SlaserX
Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:09 pm
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I havnt sold a single weapon from my weapon vendors, with the exception of one. My scythe vendor cant keep the blades on it. I throw more on there, and they're gone (go me!) 
But still, it's been three weeks since I've sold a weapon from my vendors. I forsaw an impact in sales when the ADK was announced, but I didnt think it would be this catastrophic! Whelp, it sucks to be right :/
jrscott
Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:39 am
#9
The problem is the Anti-Decay Kit. Now people can ALWAYS use their uber weapons, even to kill Chubas. Never have to worry about buying a weapon again. So all the people with BIG appetites for weapons to grind with as opposed to PvP, don't need us anymore. Just use the one that won't decay.ADKs could very well kill many aspects of the game and definitely reduce the need for new weapons; it was an idiotic thing to do on SOE's part.
Hurlobacca
Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:31 am
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First question I'd ask is what happened to your customers? Hopefully you are using a sales program like Merchant's Friend so you know who they are or do like I did when first starting out and that was to add everyone who bought from me to my Friends list and then mail them periodically with info on new stock, special sales/promotions, requests for loot, skill tape requests (got the +12 polearm dmg i needed to make a +8 ws exp tape work that way). Send them a group mail telling them how much you miss them and ask them to consider your vendors for their next weapons purchase. You're the little guy, the underdog, lots of people are rooting for you, reach out to them and let them know you need and want their business. Make sure you are advertising on the forums so people know who you are and maybe do some sort of promotion to garner attention.
As for the ADK's, they are not the end of the world. The vast majority of players have only one or none,though it is true that the players with the most money have several or more, but that is a relatively small group.
Slickfire
Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:17 am
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ADK's have slowed down sales a bit. But I think a lot of people blow that out of proportion. As someone previously said, your average player has only one, and still many with none. Grenades still sell like crazy. They are a pain, but if you need credits, that's one easy way. You also may want to consider selling some starter/low end weapons on the bazaar and then following up with those customers. You'd be surprised how many new players are still out there. You can attract new customer bases all the time from the bazaar. Also hang in there until CU. Everybody is going to want to try out the new weapons, so that should be a nice sales boom for us. I'm personally holding on to 90% of my tissues until then.
samijx
Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:21 pm
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Ya...there are so many "Normal" weapons around...the only weapons that sell anymore are ones with terrific slices or loot enhanced. The ADK has really solidified that. It's ok though....we need to just shift with the market. Specialize in high dollar loot enhanced weapons or become a smuggler and slice your own. It may take time, but anyone that really wants to suceed can do so...it just takes time, creativity, and patience.
weaponmaster88
Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:47 am
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my weapon sales were never very high, but 2 weeks ago i couldn't keep my grenade vendor stocked. now i just finished up 2 runs of imp dets which usually sold in the first day and now i haven't sold a single crate in a week. i even resorted to spamming in c-net and it didn't help at all.
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