Trading and merchanting guide

Merchanting is when a player buys an item at a low price and then sells it at a high price to earn a profit. Merchanting is usually the best way to make a large amount of money in a short time. However, the amount of time depends on the demand of the item, such as if a player is trying to merchant something in low demand, there's a good chance that no one will buy it.

Tips and Tricks

 * Patience - Players must have patience if they want to merchant. It might be a long time before someone will buy/sell.
 * Stay in popular places - Merchant in Varrock, Falador, or Seer's Village. Since many players are in these cities, there's a better chance that one of them will buy/sell what you want.


 * Merchant in world 2 for member items and world 1 for nonmember items- Worlds 1 and 2 are the worlds where many players go to trade, either in Falador's park or in Varrock.


 * Always take time trading - Many players try to scam other players, such as removing some coins just before the players accept the trade. Players must always read the second trade window to be sure that what they are recieving is exactly that they want.

Starting out items
If a player is new to merchanting, listed below are some things they could first try to merchant.

Coloured gloves
Only members can purchase coloured gloves, though free players can buy them on free servers.

The member has to complete the Priest in Peril quest first, and then go to Canifis. They then must go to the Barker's Haberdashery, and buy some coloured gloves for 650 coins each. Many players prefer gold or red gloves, so it is recommended that the member purchase these gloves. The member can then switch to a free world and sell the gloves for 2,000 to 4,000 coins. This is one of the best ways to start out merchanting. Free players can also try to buy coloured gloves at a cheap price from members and then sell them high, but few members sell gloves lower than 2,000 coins.

Adamant weapons and armour
It is recommended that players have at least 5,000 to 30,000 coins to merchant adamant items.

Rune weapons and armour (20,000 - 70,000 coins recommended)
It is recommended that players have at least 20,000 to 70,000 coins to merchant rune items.

Prices: (Rune large-20,000 to 40,000 coins) (Rune plate- 60,000 to 80,000 coins) (Rune legs- 40,000 to 60,000 coins) (Rune kite- 40,000 to 55,000 coins) (Rune scimitar- 20,000 to 35,000 coins) (Rune long- 20,000 to 30,000 coins) (Rune 2h- 45,000 to 60,000 coins) (Rune B-axe- 45,000 to 60,000 coins)

Items good to merchant if have around 100,000+ coins
These are for merchants with around 100,000 coins to 400,000 coins.

Berets
Many people wear these things for their looks, thus making it popular throughout the runescape community.

Prices:

They all range from 50,000 to 100,000 coins, the black ones seem to be less popular.

Cavaliers
Similar to berrets, but semi more expensive.

Prices:

Most of them range from 100,000 to 300,000 coins, except for the black cavaliers which are worth 1 million. (DO NOT confuse the black cavalier as a dark one, they're different)

Abyssal Whip
The abyssal whip is a popular merchanted item. Not the best to merchant if you want huge amounts of money in a short period of time. Best place to merchant these things is in falador park, world 2. If you plan on merchanting them, buy 100,000 - 200,000 coins below the selling price.(The whip's price constantly changes, so its hard to name an exact price. But according to the market, they are selling for 1.85 million to 2.0 million, so for merchanting you'd want to purchase one for 1.8 or 1.85). The demand for whips is high, but the supply is high too. This makes it hard to merchant, but the rewards are high if you manage to merchant just one.

Dragon Weapons and Armor (at least 500,000 coins recommended)
These items are extremely popular among rich merchants. You could see these items being sold 24\7 in falador park world 2.

Prices: (Dragon medium helmet- 400,000 to 600,000 coins) (Dragon chain body-14.7 million to 16.1 million coins) (Dragon plate legs-2.4 million to 2.6 million coins) (Dragon square shield- 1.9 million to 2.1 million coins) (Dragom scimitar- 80,000 to 100,000 coins) (Dragon dagger (P)- 30,000 coins) (Dragon dagger (+)- 40,000 to 50,000 coins) (Dragon dagger (s)- 40,000 to 55,000 coins) (Dragon battle axe- 140,000 to 150,000 coins) (Dragon mace- 30,000 to 40,000 coins)

Amulets and Rings (at least 1 million coins recommended)
These are just as popular as dragon items. The prices range from 70,000 to 5 million coins, thus giving you a variety of things to merchant. The favorites of this group are glory amulets and fury amulets.

Prices:

(Glory amulet- 60,000 to 70,000 coins) (Ring of wealth- 40,000 to 80,000 coins) (Ring of stone- 3 million to 4 million coins) (Warrior ring- 500,000 to 800,000 coins) (Berserker ring- 3.5 million to 4 million coins) (Seers ring- 300,000 to 600,000 coins) (Archer ring- 1.5 million to 2 million coins) (Amulet of fury- 4.5 million to 5 million coins)

Potions
These are high in demand, and depending on the type of potion, can be sold extremely fast. The best potions to merchant are pray potions: the (3) doses go for 7,000 coins ea, and the (4) doses can go as high as 8,000 coins each. It is best if you can find a person who wants to get rid of these pots fast; they'll usually sell 500 coins below the price. And since the demand is high, you can easily resell the ones you bought for a huge profit.

Barrow Sets
Best place for this is forums, or Faldor park, world 2.

Barrow sets (like dharok and guthan) can be good for merchanting. Buy a set and then try to sell for 50,000-100,000 coins more. Also, it is an idea to try and get separate pieces of barrows to make a set and try to sell for more.