New World Selling Guide: Tips for Selling at the Trading Post

Selling things at the trading post in New World takes some finesse. There are mistakes that new players often make in the beginning. This quick selling guide should guide you in the right direction for making profits.

To start, most new players overprice their items at the start. If you’ve done this then you probably found that they didn’t sell. You have to gather a bit of intel first to figure out things like what to sell and “if” the thing that you want to sell is worth selling.

You have to first figure out the supply and demand of the market. If you study the current market that you’re in, you can get an understanding of this. One way of figuring it out is by looking at the buy orders and sell orders of the item(s) that you’re selling.

Buy Orders and Sell Orders

Let me first explain buy orders and sell orders. Buy orders are posted by people who are looking for that specific item. They state in the buy order how many they’re looking for and how much they are willing to pay for it.

Sell orders are items that people are selling. They state in the sell order the price that they are selling it for. If you check your item and you see a buy order, it’s usually because there aren’t any currently selling in the market.

If you do find one with a buy order, look at what they typically sell for and sell yours. You can raise the price a bit since you’re the only one (or a few of the ones) selling that item.

What will probably happen, is that someone will undercut you with their item. If that happens, remove it and sell it at a lower price.

Watch out for tax

For each item you sell, you must pay taxes on it. Each region has its own tax percentage. If you increase your standing in that region, you can reduce how much tax you pay when selling things in that region.

With this in mind, be careful with selling things at a low price. If you sell too low, you may not make much of a profit in the end once taxes are deducted. This is why things will find a bottom price-wise because after a while players will not be willing to sell after a certain price because it wouldn’t be worth selling it at a lower price.

Watch your surroundings to gauge what to sell

There are a few things outside of the trading post that you can look at to figure out what to sell. First, look at the current level of the players in that region. If the majority of the player base is at an average level, then they may be harvesting materials around that level.

So for example, if players are around level 30, you may want to sell materials around the 25 to 50 range. This tip is typically for early game or early expansion when most players are on a grind to increase their level. Later on, when most players get around the same level, it will become less useful.

Town Board Missions

The town board will have a quest that requires people to gather certain items in order to complete that mission. If you check to see what those items are, you can gather them and sell them. Players are usually looking for the fastest way to gain those materials so they can complete the mission. So they will most likely buy them.

Selling Usables

You can also try selling items like arrows and bullets since people who use those weapons will need to restock on those items frequently. There will probably be a lot of undercutting here so be sure to use the things I mentioned above to figure out the bottom price of those items.

This post was written before the launch date so things may be subject to change. If that happens, I’ll update this post.

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