Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: Weapon pricing?
I first go to the bazaar terminal and note all the values and the prices corresponding to those values. Then I take an average of all (prices + values, including SAC, DPS, DMG, speed) then if my weapon is MUCH better than this average, I charge the average price. If it's the same range, I charge around 5k lower.
But, I try not to underprice it. My HLRs aren't bad, and I'm selling them for 25k on Eclipse, for example.
Another thing to keep in mind is supply and demand. If you have too much supply, you would be inclined to price your weapons more. If, however, there is too low demand, you'll be having to charge more AGAIN. To break even, or even make a profit, you have to lower your supplies and charge high prices. If you already have too much to sell, then my advice is to price them at your cost and maybe 1k profit on each to get rid of those stocks (try to break even) and then just pump out 10 of each kind of weapon each time, and wait for them to sell at your good prices.
I made the mistake of producint 30 on one certain weapon a month or two ago for example. I tried to lower my prices, but for the time being (for another month), I'll just keep hoping, that most of them will be sold, and I'll break even, and I'll destroy the rest to make even better ones, but only 5 or 10 at a time and wait for them to be sold.
It's more work, but that's how business is.
Currently, with those weapons of mine, I'm charging 5k lower than anyone, but I can't seem to compete with this one individual on Eclipse who is just straight undercharging. Like 7-10 for a HLR that's almost as good as mine...