So I'll set one up to encourage users to trade fairly, and highlight the common red flags which may indicate that you are being taken advantage of in trades. For users who are less active on CS apart from the Christmas periods and Events, it will be helpful to be aware of these.
There are heaps of different ways to profit and grow your collection on CS. Aside from selling new adopts for c$, the commonly-used mechanics include:
- (1) helping people collect hoard pets (difficulty: Medium)
(2) trading-down MAs for bulk OMGSC - Extremely Uncommons ("EUCs) (difficulty: Low - Medium);
(3) trading-down new stores / older rares for bulk recent rares (difficulty: Low - Medium).
(4) trading-down from non's to MA's (difficulty: Medium - High).
Method 1: Helping Out with Hoards
See: The Hoarder's Handbook] for CS' large hoarders!
Profit Margin: High (100-200% yield)
Difficulty: Medium
- Step 1: Browse the forums to find someone offering X c$ for a given pet that they hoard, or which they are looking for.
Step 2: Sell your own pets, or if you're lucky - find the pets in the CS Free Adoption page, or - if you're lucky - at other c$ stores. You can also try to trade other CS users if they are looking for littermate swaps(try browsing the "currently online" list on the index page!). Never deceive your trading partner on the pets worth though! Be transparent at all times. Honesty is a morality principle.
Step 3: Once you've collected a bulk of the pets, pass this to the hoarder for a higher price.
Step 4: Repeat
Note that this method takes a lot of time, and effort - which is compensated by the profit you can make. And let me put this here. Making additional accounts for your cat or dog to get around the adoption limits is a big no no. You will be making more than enough through your account's adopts! If you have the time to grind, you could also see adoption centres are giving some away.
This happens a lot! One example was a hoarder offering 5c$ for every Very Common punk lion, and 20c$ for the red punk lion for a very short duration in 2023 Halloween
Method 2: Trading down MAs / Old Rares for bulk OMGSC - EUCs, and re-selling these quantities individually
Hmm - why can c$ shops are sell EUC's at 2C$ - 3c$?
Hmm - why do c$ shops sell pets for "cheap" at 4 pets for 1c$?
Hmm - why do people trade down their 1MA stores (e.g. 2015 store deers) for any 250 - 300 EUC / any 1,800 pets?
The answer is for profit! These trades generate almost twice the original money.
Level of difficulty: Medium - Low (a lot of people are not aware of this loophole as of yet).
Profitability: Exceptionally High
Profit Margin: 100% - 450%
- Instructions
Step 1: Purchase a 1MA pet for 300 - 350c$
Step 2: Name the pet - For X EUC / X Pets / X VUC's
Step 3: Set up your C$ shop in the CS Trades Forum Board, and advertise yourself as trading down lists to commons & uncommons.
Step 4: Re-sell each EUC at 4c$, and each Common + Under at 3 for 1c$.
Step 5: Once sales slow down, start lowering your prices. Remember, your cost for each EUC is only 1c$.
Step 6: Rinse and repeat once you have enough c$ to buy another MA.
How much is the profit?
Rate of return (aka profit margin): 400%
Break-down of figures:
xxxsxxCost of Goods Sold: 200c$ (see trading down method 2 above) - 350c$ (1MA)
xxxsxxGross Revenue: up to 1,400c$
xxxsxxNet Yield: 600 - 1,200c$
Method 3: Trading new stores for bulk newer rares
Do people profit when they trade a new store for 6 rares?
Do people profit when they trade a 2010 rare for 4 young rares?
The answer is yes! Huge profits! [/b]
Level of difficulty: Low (a lot of people are not aware of this loophole as of yet).
Profitability: Low - Medium
Profit Margin:
- Instructions:
Step 1: Purchase a set of stores for 100c$ in the CS Shop.
Step 2: Assuming that it comes in a set of four, your cost of goods sold is 25c$ per store.
Step 3: Set up your C$ shop in the CS Trades Forum Board, and advertise yourself as trading down stores to any six rares.
Step 4: Sell each rare cheap for 7c$ (According to the CS Horror Trading Guide, rares are priced up to 8c$ each).
Step 5: Once sales slow down, lower the price to 6c$, and 5c$. Remember, your cost for each rare is 4.25c$.
Step 6: If you absolutely cannot sell each rare, then liquidate them to mass buyers who purchase any rares for 5c$ each.
Step 7: Rinse and repeat once you have enough c$ to buy another set in store.
How much is the profit?
Rate of return (aka profit margin): 20 - 68%
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Break-down of figures:
xxxsxxCost of Goods Sold: 100c$ (set of 4 store pets de minim)
xxxsxxGross Revenue: 120-168c$
xxxsxxNet Yield: 20c$ - 68c$
Method 4: Trading Down! (Difficult)
Rate of return (aka profit margin): 75%
Difficulty: Medium - High
Rule: 1 non = 10MA.
xxsxxx1 non = 2,000c$ - 2,500c$
xxxsxx1 MA = 300-350c$
Instructions
Step 1: Person A buys a 1 non pet for 2,400c$ (value based on current - 31 December 2024 C$ Buy and Sell Thread).
Step 2: Person A trades the 1 non pet to Person B for 10x MA's, or 4x 0.25 non.
Step 3: Person A sells the ten MA's for 300-350c$ each, or the 0.25 non for 800c$ (based on current C$ Buy and Sell Thread offers as per 31 December 2024).
Step 4: Rinse and repeat
How much is the profit?
Profit: 1,000 c$ - 1,500 c$
Rate of return (aka profit margin): 75%
Break-down of figures:
xxxsxxCost of Goods Sold: 2,000 c$ to 2,500c$
xxxsxxGross Revenue: 3,000 c$ to 3,500 c$+
xxxsxxNet Yield: 1,000 c$ to 1,500 c$+
Both these values are "fair" as they fall within the range of worth for the pet, albeit bearing a 10MA gap. 10MA is equivalent to 2,000 - 3,000c$ (stretch to 3,500c$).
Method 5: Flipping through Off-Site Trade Currency Exchange Rates
For simplicity, this explanation will be positioned in the context of FR (Flight Rising) offsite trades. A similar approach can be taken for other permissible off-site games.
[list] Rule: 1 non = 10,000 gems
xxsxxx1 MA = 1,600 gems (most common figure. Anything below this is generally considered "cheap" for flipping.
xxsxxxBased on USD values, 1 c$ is equal to 5.9 FR gems ('5.9g'), or 5,900 gold treasures ('5,900t')
xxsxxx In practise, a great conversion rate is 1c$ : 5g (as gems can be earned for free).
xxsxxx However, people usually sell c$ to gems at 1 c$ : 4 g. People buying c$ with gems tend to ask for 1 c$ : 3.75g.
Option 1: Direct Gem Exchange - Buy Low, Sell High
Step 1: Convert your c$ to gems at a higher ratio than the one which you sell for.
Profit Margin: Very minimal (5-6.25% yield)
Difficulty: Very High
Option 2: Laundry Cycle - Buying non's through FR gems to trade down
Rate of return (aka profit margin): 100%
Difficulty: Medium - High
Step 1: Convert 2,000 - 2,500 c$ to 10,000 FR gems.
Step 2: Purchase X non of pets at 10,000g per non.
Step 3: Apply the step 1 - 2 under Method 2 to produce 10MA.
Step 4: Re-sell each MA for 1,600 gems.
Step 5: Convert 1,600g to 350$ - 450c$.
Step 6: Rinse and repeat
How much is the profit?
Profit: up to 2,000c$
Rate of return (aka profit margin): 100%
Break-down of figures:
xxxsxxCost of Goods Sold: 2,000 to 2,500c$
xxxsxxGross Revenue: 3,500 - 4,000 c$
xxxsxxNet Yield: 1,000c$ to 2,000c$
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