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, Seer's Village and in sometimes Catherby. 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 receiving is exactly that they want.


 * Know how to barter. If someone wants too much or is offering too little, you need to know how to bargain. Do you just decline and go about your business till they come crawling back? Or should you beg instead? This can't be taught! You have to learn this through experience.

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.

Bowstrings
A good way to make money is to buy bowstrings in random, low amounts, for about 60%-70% of the normal price. Once you have 100-1,000(your choice) of them, sell them for a good profit. This is a method that takes a bit of time to get enough bowstrings, so merchant something that is harder to sell in the meantime.

Rune weapons and armour (20k-70krecommended)
It is recommended that players have at least 20,000 to 70,000 coins to merchant rune items. Prices:
 * Rune chain body = 20,000 to 40,000 coins
 * Rune plate body = 50,000 to 65,000 coins
 * Rune plate legs = 40,000 to 60,000 coins
 * Rune kite shield = 40,000 to 55,000 coins
 * Rune scimitar = 20,000 to 35,000 coins
 * Rune longsword = 20,000 to 30,000 coins
 * Rune two-handed sword = 45,000 to 60,000 coins
 * Rune battle axe = 35,000 to 55,000 coins

100k
These are for merchants with around 100,000 coins to 400,000 coins.

Obsidian Shields
Toktz-Ket-Xils go for 300k-350k. Buy in world 2 for 310k by the farming shed in Falador, then sell back for 350k on one of the other highly populated members worlds. Just south of the bank (across the road) in Seer's Village is a good place to sell in worlds six, nine, and twelve. Or offer 300k and make a bigger profit.

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.

Coal
Too many people forget about the stable economy of coal. While some people start to merchant it with about 1m, it is better to have nearly 2m at least. Coal has a stable price between 180-200 each on member worlds, and forums. A good way to merchant this is to buy at 180 each, as any lower will take a great deal of time longer, even on forums its often difficult to buy at 180 each. An easy, and fairly fast way to secure coal at 180 each is to buy on a populated free world in Falador east bank. Offer 180 each as most people on free worlds pay 150-170, so an offer of 180 each will nearly guarantee you a deal with most players. Once you have an amount of 1k coal or more, login to the forums and create a thread in the ore and bar forum advertising your sale. It may take as long as an hour to sell your stock, and sometimes even longer with a large stock, but the profit is not bad at about 100k profit with every 500-1000 coal sold. If you work hard enough you can make up to 500k a day in profit, allowing you to continuously buy more and more coal, quickening the time it takes to make money. Always remember, that just because the coal doesn't sell right away, doesn't mean you should give up, just keep your thread bumped, and keep an eye on it. You may also want to go in game and let players know that you are in game so they may pm you for faster service. Lastly, while you maintain your thread try searching through other threads for people who posted they are buying coal, even if they are buying cheaper, try to get them to go higher. Don't harass them, just ask, and remember always stay firm in your price, because someone will buy.

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- 1.1 million to 1.5 million coins) (Dragon scimitar- 80,000 to 100,000 coins) (Dragon dagger (P)- 30,000 coins) (Dragon dagger (p+)- 40,000 to 50,000 coins) (Dragon dagger (p++)- 40,000 to 55,000 coins) (Dragon battle axe- 140,000 to 170,000 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 6,000 coins ea, and the (4) doses go for 7,000 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 Falador 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.

Big money
All the guides above would get you, roughly 200k profit, but there are much faster ways of making money with merchanting that many do not realize. Money cannot be found on trees, and therefore, you would get any that way. What you don't know is that money can be found in trees! Willows. many high level people look to buy willows for the purpose of burning, to get to level 99 fire making. they will buy willows on the forum for 35 coins each. Now all you have to know is how to make a profit, goto a crowded f2p world and start buying willows for 25 coins each, when you get 30k of willows that way, you can sell on forums for a 300k profit. Just stand in Draynor bank and yell "buy all willows 25 ea" or for those people who want wow factor "buying 30k willows 25 ea!". Make sure the prices are firm -25 coins ea-

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