Am I missing something with trading?

[Cr4ckHorse]

Alright I'm still new to warframe trading, my experience up to this point is limited to trading primes on the market.
But I have a concern, why is it that so a of the offers for WTS are super high and so many for WTB are super low in comparison, are both prices extortionate or what?

[Valasy]

https://warframe.market/

This is the best tool for learning prices.

[Midas]

Originally posted by Cr4ck Horse:

Alright I'm still new to warframe trading, my experience up to this point is limited to trading primes on the market.
But I have a concern, why is it that so a of the offers for WTS are super high and so many for WTB are super low in comparison, are both prices extortionate or what?

Basically any prices you see in game are going to be extortionate, yes. Reasonable prices are better found on warframe market, linked by Phaelinx.

I've bought and sold hundreds of plat in items and I've never ever touched Maroo's bazaar or the trade channel, and I wince every time I glance at either.

[Ittrix]

Warframe.market will be more consistent.
Will it be fairer? If you're the buyer, maybe.
I won't say it's not fair for the seller, but I won't say it's not not fair either.

[PoolNoodle]

ingame trade chat is pretty crap, mbaye useful for rivens and mabye for prime junk

[OriLu]

Trade chat can be messy and sometimes you can get a good deal, but the market is where it's at.

[sL Ug]

trade chat is a train wreck and I am convinced it exists just to bolster the ingame economy though insanely unfair trades with new money players who don't know any better. never, ever use trade chat, not only will you waste hours and hours finding trades, but the ones that happen will be obscenely expensive to either the buyer or seller.

warframe.market is great, but you have to remember since it's a third party site and mostly unregulated, the prices will fluctuate sometimes minute to minute and players are always trying to downprice to sell asap and it's hard to tell if there are bots automatically trying to undersell you..

all in all the warframe.market site is good and you can make quick and easy plat plus they have liches and rivens, just don't get too caught up in the marketing because it's clearly not stable so staking out things for a few weeks before buying will ensure the best knowledge of pricing

[JustSmile]

WTS prices are higher, often significantly, than WTB prices because people are hoping to sell for more and buy for less.

I know, impossible complexity.

[Cr4ckHorse]

Originally posted by JustSmile:

WTS prices are higher, often significantly, than WTB prices because people are hoping to sell for more and buy for less.

I know, impossible complexity.

I understand the mentality behind it, I just want to know which ones to trust, surely no one is selling a prime part for 100 plat each when people are selling a bunch for like 5 plat. It seems so odd to me.

[Cr4ckHorse]

Originally posted by ug:

trade chat is a train wreck and I am convinced it exists just to bolster the ingame economy though insanely unfair trades with new money players who don't know any better. never, ever use trade chat, not only will you waste hours and hours finding trades, but the ones that happen will be obscenely expensive to either the buyer or seller.

warframe.market is great, but you have to remember since it's a third party site and mostly unregulated, the prices will fluctuate sometimes minute to minute and players are always trying to downprice to sell asap and it's hard to tell if there are bots automatically trying to undersell you..

all in all the warframe.market site is good and you can make quick and easy plat plus they have liches and rivens, just don't get too caught up in the marketing because it's clearly not stable so staking out things for a few weeks before buying will ensure the best knowledge of pricing

I hadn't considered people underselling to make quick plat, that kinda explains a fair few of my concerns.
Also no worries, I won't be getting too into the market and stuff, I like the game and don't want to ruin it by getting purely into chasing currency.

[Midas]

Originally posted by Cr4ck Horse:

Originally posted by JustSmile:

WTS prices are higher, often significantly, than WTB prices because people are hoping to sell for more and buy for less.

I know, impossible complexity.

I understand the mentality behind it, I just want to know which ones to trust, surely no one is selling a prime part for 100 plat each when people are selling a bunch for like 5 plat. It seems so odd to me.

People buy and sell for whatever they can get away with. You can't 'trust' any of it. You go by how much you're willing to buy/sell something for, and whether or not you can find a better price elsewhere, or are willing to wait until one shows up.

[Ammehoela]

Originally posted by Cr4ck Horse:

are both prices extortionate or what?

No.. Nobody is extorting you.
What you see is just the free liquid market.
It`s not rocket science.

[JustSmile]

Originally posted by Cr4ck Horse:

Originally posted by JustSmile:

WTS prices are higher, often significantly, than WTB prices because people are hoping to sell for more and buy for less.

I know, impossible complexity.

I understand the mentality behind it, I just want to know which ones to trust, surely no one is selling a prime part for 100 plat each when people are selling a bunch for like 5 plat. It seems so odd to me.

There's nothing to trust or distrust. All prices are out in the open and you would have to actively try to get cheated with how trading works. Check where the piece you're looking at comes from. If it's not trivial to acquire then you either take it for however much the seller is asking, or you make a buy offer and hope someone's in a hurry to sell. Or I guess you could try and haggle, some might be willing to drop the price a bit.


Some primes are better or worse, some were unvaulted recently, some are available right now, others have not been in the rotation in forever. Lots of factors affect prices, a Branton will be far cheaper than a Vectis and there's nothing odd about that.

[2GenL]

Price variation depends or the frame rarity, OP'ness, days away from vaulting and days until next unvaulting of that frame.
Plus the prime resurgence stuff causes even more fluctuation in price. But hasnt reduced prices

[JustSmile]

Originally posted by 2GenL:

Plus the prime resurgence stuff causes even more fluctuation in price. But hasnt reduced prices

Nekros went like 50 plat down in price over last few days, for example.

[Cr4ckHorse]

Thanks for the responses, I think I understand this more now.