Reader question: How much can I sell logs for?

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Recent Reader Question:

Submitted November 16/06
"Hey, i have a pure wc'er and hes only lvl 6. =] hes 59 wc but i never seem to be able to sell them. what price should i prefferably sell them :)"

Congrats! That's a lot of chopping to get to wc59! And you're so close to being able to chop Yew, which is highly sought-after by members because bows made of Yew 'high alch' for great rates!

In a non-member world, wood is probably a lot harder to sell, simply because the 'fletching' skill is not available to the players around you.

For those who might not have read about it much, fletching is a members-only skill which allows players to whittle arrow shafts and bows from various types of logs.

My personal experience has been that regular logs sell much better than oak or willow. Maple sells better than regular logs, but their higher price is likely because there are no Maple trees on non-member worlds and thus the whole 'supply and demand' bit is imbalanced. Yew logs sell for the highest price, but also require the most dedication to be able to cut in the first place.

Note, I've been away for a bit so my prices may not be superbly accurate. They should be close, if you can find the right buyer, however:

Regular logs - 100gp per log (when selling to an arrow-maker)
Oak logs - 20gp per log
Willow logs - 30gp per log
Maple logs - 150gp per log
Yew logs - 300gp per log
Magic logs - 1000gp per log

As is standard with most things on the Player Market, transactions are done in bulk. For you, the woodchopper, that means you should be collecting at least 250 logs before advertising to other players in common meeting areas like banks, and in some cases you'd be better off to have collected 1000 logs before attempting to make a sale.

The key with making money on the player market as a 'worker' is having the patience to understand that the real buyers don't buy in 100-lot quantities of ore, wood, flax, cow hides, feathers, etc... the real buyers are players who spend serious chunks of money on raw materials so _they don't have to do the collection work themselves_ but can make use of the materials in boosting other skills or re-stocking equipment such as arrows.

Once you've found one single buyer for your stock, it's usually not that difficult to leverage the relationship to find additional buyers, or find additional "jobs" with the first buyer. Players who use the player market to buy raw materials in bulk generally buy many different raw materials from many different players, and have friends who do the same thing as well. If you serve your first client well, you should be able to get some referrals in time, to expand your "business"

Good luck with your woodcutter, I hope Yew brings you much wealth!

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