NBW Pricing: A very, very, very rough guide.

NBW Pricing: A very, very, very rough guide.
Posted 2023-10-26 19:27:09 #1084049 DISCLAIMER: I am so not an expert on this. This is my personal advice, and, also, I didn't put it together all that well. Here are those tips! I'll start off by saying that I personally don't sell any wolves other than chased NBWs, because they're in the highest demand. Anyway, I'll try to make these into sections so it's easy to read! Hope it helps! (And sorry it's so darn long. I'm trying to include all the important bits. I guess I think too many pieces of info are important ) *Finding a chased wolf.* So the first thing I generally do when I come across a chased wolf is make sure I'm going to get the personality moves right. Before I kind of memorized the different moves for each personality, I used to pull up a guide on this in a different tab and look at it. Super helpful if you don't feel like wasting GC to automatically befriend the wolf. (And generally you don't want to lose a wolf if it's chased, just in case there's something special about it. Here's the guide: Befriending Cheat Sheet After befriending chased wolves, I always gene test them just in case they're a carrier. I don't always do this when befriending regular NBWs, but that's a personal preference. Even though carriers are really dang rare, you never know when one will show up. I've found one in my entire wolvden career, a hereditary cataracts carrier, but it sold for about 120 GC in value (and it wasn't even one of the most valued types of carriers: I'd say that NBW Albinism or Melanism carriers sell for a lot more. I just saw one sell for 200 GC.) After gene testing, I post any chased wolves I find on the "Chased Wolf Spotting!!!" forum. I consider it the first step in advertising, because that's where many people, including myself, look for chased wolves to buy. Sometimes you get to find the wolf's chaser, too. Figuring out a price. Before I get into looks, here are the two non-physical aspect things that can affect price: For one, carrier status. Carrier status will lead to the biggest bump in price. Stats can also affect price, not by much, but if you have a wolf with really good looks, high stats could help it sell for an extra couple GC. Now on to looks: —Teir is huge: TI wolves without any other defining features generally sell for pretty low. TII wolves can sell for a decent amount more than TIs. TIII wolves sell for the MOST out of all the tiers. Especially if they have a good base. I'll get into that in a sec. T* wolves can sell for about as much as TIIIs (but remember that the applicators for those bases exist.) —Base color is tied in with teir. Bases that cannot be applied via applicator are worth more than those that can be applied. This is why TIIIs are worth the most: only 3 of the many TIII bases can be applied, and those applicators are difficult to obtain. The rest of those bases can only happen through breeding. You'll have to look into which bases are breed only. It also matters if a base is VERY new. If your chased wolf has a base that was released recently, then people will generally be willing to pay more for it than for a base that's been released for a while. —Eye color. It's pretty simple: Eye colors that can only be bred (for example Dust, Novus, and Husky), are worth a LOT more than any applicable eye colors. Eye colors that come from event applicators are also decent, but are generally not worth as much as the breed only eyes that come from raffle studs. (And if you happen to find a wolf with raffle eyes that's also a TIII… boy is it worth a lot.) —Markings: If a wolf has LOTS of markings, that's good. If a wolf has combo markings (combo marks can only be bred), that's worth a bit more than a regular marking. Markings have tiers now, so they're a bit easier to identify. Markings that come from raffle studs are also worth some (like the wing markings for example). Lastly, markings that are originally from special NBWs are valued a bit when they're on a chased wolf. —Now, ALL of these physical aspects can be mixed and matched to make a very high value or very low value wolf. THE BIGGEST POINT: RESEARCH. If you're trying to determine an approximate value that a wolf is worth, look up wolves like them in the trading center. If there are a couple wolves like them, that's probably a pretty good estimate for what they're worth. If there aren't any wolves like it for sale, and you have no clue how to figure out their value, ASK AROUND! (You really don't want to lowball a wolf by accident.) The main chat can usually help out with things like that. Setting up a trade Setting up a trade well does matter. If a wolf is worth more than the average 1 star NBW, I generally try to list the wolf's key features in the trade title. If I was listing a TIII wolf with 5 markings and smoke eyes, I'd make sure to include the Tier, the eye color, and possibly the amount of markings (or the name of a marking if it's really notable.) That way people have some idea of what they're going to be looking at. Another important thing is: I wouldn't add in a buyout price if you don't have a single clue as to what the wolf is worth. Let people offer! Maybe write down items you're interested in. That's it! Hope this helps you out. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I think I'm going to post this in a forum as well. Might as well make good use of the effort I put into this. -Misty I was originally going to send this as a private message, but then I decided to do this instead. Even though it's not a message anymore, the part about questions still stands! If you have a question, reply here and ask it! I'd be more than happy to pass of the little bit of sense I have around. And if anyone sees a typo…. let me know. I wrote this at the wrong hour.	Misty [Semi-Hiatus] #34623

Posted 2023-10-26 19:27:09

#1084049

DISCLAIMER: I am so not an expert on this. This is my personal advice, and, also, I didn't put it together all that well.

Here are those tips! I'll start off by saying that I personally don't sell any wolves other than chased NBWs, because they're in the highest demand.

Anyway, I'll try to make these into sections so it's easy to read! Hope it helps! (And sorry it's so darn long. I'm trying to include all the important bits. I guess I think too many pieces of info are important

)

Finding a chased wolf.
So the first thing I generally do when I come across a chased wolf is make sure I'm going to get the personality moves right. Before I kind of memorized the different moves for each personality, I used to pull up a guide on this in a different tab and look at it. Super helpful if you don't feel like wasting GC to automatically befriend the wolf. (And generally you don't want to lose a wolf if it's chased, just in case there's something special about it. Here's the guide: Befriending Cheat Sheet

After befriending chased wolves, I always gene test them just in case they're a carrier. I don't always do this when befriending regular NBWs, but that's a personal preference. Even though carriers are really dang rare, you never know when one will show up. I've found one in my entire wolvden career, a hereditary cataracts carrier, but it sold for about 120 GC in value (and it wasn't even one of the most valued types of carriers: I'd say that NBW Albinism or Melanism carriers sell for a lot more. I just saw one sell for 200 GC.)

After gene testing, I post any chased wolves I find on the "Chased Wolf Spotting!!!" forum. I consider it the first step in advertising, because that's where many people, including myself, look for chased wolves to buy. Sometimes you get to find the wolf's chaser, too.

Figuring out a price.
Before I get into looks, here are the two non-physical aspect things that can affect price: For one, carrier status. Carrier status will lead to the biggest bump in price. Stats can also affect price, not by much, but if you have a wolf with really good looks, high stats could help it sell for an extra couple GC.

Now on to looks:
—Teir is huge: TI wolves without any other defining features generally sell for pretty low. TII wolves can sell for a decent amount more than TIs. TIII wolves sell for the MOST out of all the tiers. Especially if they have a good base. I'll get into that in a sec. T* wolves can sell for about as much as TIIIs (but remember that the applicators for those bases exist.)
—Base color is tied in with teir. Bases that cannot be applied via applicator are worth more than those that can be applied. This is why TIIIs are worth the most: only 3 of the many TIII bases can be applied, and those applicators are difficult to obtain. The rest of those bases can only happen through breeding. You'll have to look into which bases are breed only. It also matters if a base is VERY new. If your chased wolf has a base that was released recently, then people will generally be willing to pay more for it than for a base that's been released for a while.
—Eye color. It's pretty simple: Eye colors that can only be bred (for example Dust, Novus, and Husky), are worth a LOT more than any applicable eye colors. Eye colors that come from event applicators are also decent, but are generally not worth as much as the breed only eyes that come from raffle studs. (And if you happen to find a wolf with raffle eyes that's also a TIII… boy is it worth a lot.)
—Markings: If a wolf has LOTS of markings, that's good. If a wolf has combo markings (combo marks can only be bred), that's worth a bit more than a regular marking. Markings have tiers now, so they're a bit easier to identify. Markings that come from raffle studs are also worth some (like the wing markings for example). Lastly, markings that are originally from special NBWs are valued a bit when they're on a chased wolf.
—Now, ALL of these physical aspects can be mixed and matched to make a very high value or very low value wolf.

THE BIGGEST POINT: RESEARCH. If you're trying to determine an approximate value that a wolf is worth, look up wolves like them in the trading center. If there are a couple wolves like them, that's probably a pretty good estimate for what they're worth. If there aren't any wolves like it for sale, and you have no clue how to figure out their value, ASK AROUND! (You really don't want to lowball a wolf by accident.) The main chat can usually help out with things like that.

Setting up a trade
Setting up a trade well does matter. If a wolf is worth more than the average 1 star NBW, I generally try to list the wolf's key features in the trade title.

If I was listing a TIII wolf with 5 markings and smoke eyes, I'd make sure to include the Tier, the eye color, and possibly the amount of markings (or the name of a marking if it's really notable.) That way people have some idea of what they're going to be looking at.

Another important thing is: I wouldn't add in a buyout price if you don't have a single clue as to what the wolf is worth. Let people offer! Maybe write down items you're interested in.

That's it! Hope this helps you out. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I think I'm going to post this in a forum as well. Might as well make good use of the effort I put into this.

-Misty

I was originally going to send this as a private message, but then I decided to do this instead. Even though it's not a message anymore, the part about questions still stands! If you have a question, reply here and ask it! I'd be more than happy to pass of the little bit of sense I have around.

And if anyone sees a typo…. let me know. I wrote this at the wrong hour.

Misty [Semi-Hiatus]
#34623

Posted 2023-10-26 19:45:36

#1084056

Saving this in case I need it.

Misty [Semi-Hiatus]
#34623

NBW Pricing: A very, very, very rough guide.

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