On the right hand side of every page, there exists a link to the profit calculator. This is the calculator I use to aid in my merchanting and it does many of the tedious calculations for you. All of the boxes where you input numbers are colored and the output boxes are all directly below. The area that involves just buying gold and selling items from the boutique has green boxes. Just below that is a mini calculator for calculating how much a single item from a stack of 100 packs or 50 rep badges from the boutique would cost so you can find the total number of items and the break-even price of each. The calc is currently set for buying 9 gold worth of rep badges at 45 silver each for 50.
To modify the calculator, you will have to click file and make a copy if you have your own google account or if not, hover over download and save it to your computer in a format you can use. Make sure you don’t open it in read only or protected view or you won’t be able to edit it.
How to use for buying gold and selling items
Starting from the top left, input the price you bought or will buy your gold for. Do not worry about the 2% fee because the calculator takes care of that for you. If you already know the rest of the information, simply input that and the numbers you want to know will appear below. If you don’t, use the unit cost calculator below to find that out.
If you are confused as to what bundle means, 50 rep badges from the boutique at 45 silver is a single bundle. The gold cost of that bundle is 45 silver, there are 50 items in that bundle, and lets say that I want to buy twenty bundles because two bundles is 90 silver and ten times more is 9 gold. Once you put those numbers in the unit cost calc, it will tell you what numbers need to be plugged in above. Of course, you always want to substitute a unit sell price above the minimum or you will be losing money. So take those numbers and write them in the green boxes and you’ll see every number you need to know.
The break-even price is included there because not everyone needs to use the unit cost calculator. The profit per item is simply the amount of coin you will make from each individual item. The total profit is self-explanatory and the percent profit shows how well your coin worked for you. I’d avoid doing anything if this number is under 2% unless you are selling out fast because changing market conditions can easily cause you to lose money.
How to use for buying and selling gold
Like last time, you also input the price you bought or will buy gold for in the top left. Then all you do is put the gold selling price in the leftmost yellow box and how many gold you wish to sell. The numbers are often negative because gold prices are often too close together to do this. Profit per gold is the same as profit per item was before, total profit explains itself, and the percent profit is also the same concept as before. If the percent profit is above a positive 3% and it looks like gold is selling and buying decently quickly, do it as many times as you can because its good profit with little extra effort on your part.
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