Our community is so small i dont think price scanners will be a problem anytime soon.
Also, as others already pointed out. Searching for good deals, creating relationships with shop owners or customers are all discouraged with a auctionhaus or price list website. I see so many players just sprinting true my store and never talk to me.
I always poke the shop owner if i see him and ask him for bulk prices or if he would trade the item minus the tax. I usual get better deals that way and also form relationships.
Yes, it can be a pain to go to all the shops in search for a rare item but i rather bite the bullet then submitting to a faceless website where the lowest price wins.
Final note. There is already so much grind in the game that i really dont need an extra grind/work just to keep my quantities / prices up to date.
I wouldnât be discouraged if shops were all listed on a single website for people to look at. There are always opportunities if one knows where to look. A playerâs reputation as a shop owner is just as valuable as the prices they list things for.
I think itâs a little more complicated of a topic than simply thinking that a centralized place to find item prices are going to discourage player interaction. Thereâs already people who just fly into a shop, look around, make a purchase and leave or just price check then leave without even saying a word to a shop owner. But thatâs just my thought on it.
Pricing is set by the shop owner selling that item. And their shop currently has that item at that price.
Pricing is input into a google sheet by the shop owner, that sheet is then read by the site and stored in a database which is queried every time the webpage is loaded.
The pricing is directly related to a shop stand or request basket in game, and not made up.
Sorry but would have to disagree here, your claim seems to be âcr@pâ (i.e. blatantly factually incorrect). Iâm listed, i report my own prices and volumes, and would only damage my own reputation if i posted âcr@pâ too.
I find it a waste of my time to wander around trying to find one that isnât offering insultingly low prices. Thatâs not a game I want to play. At this point Iâve basically opted out of the coin economy because I realized I donât really need coin for anything.
Iâm not sure about this, but as a gatherer/hunter I will always sell to the highest buyer. So it might put smaller businesses at a disadvantage. Right now it is kinda of fun for me because I go shop to shop, and I know exactly the shops with the best prices for feathers, cores, horns, and other animal products.
Iâm worried this might poorly affect a hunter/gatherâs trade because shop owners might drop prices. part of the fun for me was weighing my rewards when running between shops and looking for the best deals.
If I hunt for 3 or 4 hrs and only get 3-5 feathers, still would like to be rewarded for my efforts. Technically saving others time from grinding that part of the game, ya know?
So wouldnât this help you since you can see who is offering the most for your feathers and then go straight there rather than running around blind looking for better deals. That time would be better spent out hunting, no?
If you feel the prices are too low then set up a trade stand of your own
I feel exactly what youâre saying, which is why Iâm against a central database that pulls info from the game about every shop stand everywhere.
This site however is opt in, and the prices are set by owners themselves. So if someone isnt priced as advertised, claim a discount lol. Or use prices there as a guide to know if youâre getting a good deal. Also, not every shop is listed which is great- you still find some people paying 100c for reactive lamella or selling silver tools at 400c so bargains still rest very firmly with those willing to shop around
It wouldnât help, based on how uniform economies work. Everyone sees what everyone else is buying for and high end baskets will drop to match the median rate, so bad for hunters and gatherers.
Not knocking anyone, or diminishing anyoneâs efforts. Just stating my predicitions.
Iâm okay with a more chaotic marketplace, it can allow for more extreme opportunities that a centralized market wont. Some people have baskets buying feathers for 500c, which is super low, some are buying for 4k to 4.5k, which is fantastic for a hunter that is banking on trophies as a main source of income.
Allows for a higher profit for those on the front lines gathering, where a lot of people donât want to be.
Competition favors the customer if anything. (*)
If shops directly compete with each other selling prices will go down and buying prices will go up.
In your example more shops would start buying at 4k if the 4k is more visible, because no one would be selling for 500c anymore.
(*) In terms of pricing. In reality qualitiy often goes down with pricing which is of course is not in customerâs favor but fortunately we donât have that problem in Boundless.
Yeah, i can see the positives too â totally understand where you are envisioning. I hope itâs a benefit, like you say â and you may be right, Iâm just hoping the items I bank on dont take a down turn is all.
part of the fun for me was weighing my rewards when running between shops and looking for the best deals.