Tricks of the Trade (Sublimes guide to trading revealed!)

[Chianya]

May be a good idea to add to look for members with a signifigantly smaller number of posts...this has less even to do with their knowing rarity, as so much as them actually being on here a lot and being known and already having to deal with tons of stupid trades from people on the forums Everyone knows that I am not above ninja trading, but I learned fast not to send trades to people who know of the Trade Rant Forums XD

[crazy cranky critter]

Hehe... Your guide, my spare time and a few of my own trick have lead to a rising amount of productive trades for me.
Thankies for your help!

[champeo]

Thank you very much, I will be trying this stuff out.

[Shai]

I've tried this It doesn't work that well for me (or leastwise most of it) but I'm sure it would work well for others.

[Kirimi]

its good to put what you are looking for in your sig and what you can offer. That way, people will know what you want. Also, its easier since if you underoffer and they send the trade its not really your fault is it? Thats how i got my sunjewel

[Seasonal]

its good to put what you are looking for in your sig and what you can offer. That way, people will know what you want. Also, its easier since if you underoffer and they send the trade its not really your fault is it? Thats how i got my sunjewel

I never under-offer because it embarrasses me. :S I let them pick what they want.

I got my Green Grinner by using this guide, along with some Rares for trading fodder. ^^; I used these tactics before the guide was created, though, but I never played "the number game".

[Kirimi]

they choose the pets, not me. we got our dreampets afterall

[LilMissFerret]

I absolutely love these tactics. Since starting this method of trading I have all but 17 2008 Advents, and I got them all in under a week! And I have all but 6 September 2008 dogs! I'm floored by how awesomely this works.

Plus, my wishlist is shrinking, even though I'm trading Very Rares and Rares for Uncommons from my personal collection. It's amazing how people will go about trading sometimes. Honestly, I traded three 2009 uncommons for a Very Rare Pink cake dog from 2008, and I was doing them a favor somehow.

Here's the proof!:

[Chianya]

Plus, my wishlist is shrinking, even though I'm trading Very Rares and Rares for Uncommons from my personal collection. It's amazing how people will go about trading sometimes. Honestly, I traded three 2009 uncommons for a Very Rare Pink cake dog from 2008, and I was doing them a favor somehow.

Here's the proof!:

A lot of members who don't go on the forums honestly don't care about rarity - they trade for pets that they like the design of, of for other, more personal reasons. And a lot of those members don't get many trades, so they are more than willing to trade a Sept. 08 dog that they don't care for for a handful of '09 uncommons that they couldn't find anywhere else

Also, one other thing - I always make sure I include a *nice*, semi-long, well-thought out and well-written trade message. Here's mine, but I am...copyrighting it by saying I copyright it lmao Please come up with your own:

Hey there! How are you doing today? I was wondering if I happened have any pets or any items that you would care to trade for *any* of these pets? ^_^ Thank you for your time and consideration!!

Just if you do have to cancel, please don't be cruel like some people are; there's no cause to be mean lol

Have a nice day, wherever in the world you are!! ^_^

~Chianya

PS Please feel free to take your time in responding, and don't feel like you need to cancel simply because an amount of time has passed since I sent this - I understand that random trades often take awhile to be seen and responded to, which is why I don't offer any pets to start with: so that I don't tie anything up for weeks or months ~_^ <3 Thanks again!

PPS. And remember, I don't need to trade for all of these, these are just the pets of yours that I am interested in so...don't panic XD This way, you can pick and choose what you would like to trade ^_^ And if I've chosen something that you don't want to trade, I apologize - I assume that unlocked groups means you're willing to at least consider trading the pet. I'm sorry if I'm wrong! ^_^ Thanks again <3

The reason I mention this is that 97% of my returned trades, whether cancelled or accepted, thank me for sending such a kind and long message - apparently a lot of members just say "PLEASE" or say nothing at all. I've actually had a few members either straight up accept a trade without asking for something, or send the trade back with something added for me to accept, saying "I usually never trade, but since you included such a nice message and I never get those, I'll trade/give you these guys". Trust me guys, always include some sort of really nice message. I write mine up once, and then I copy and paste it - I'll just get it from my unanswered trades the next time I go ninja trading.

And I think someone said this, but it helps SO much if you add all of the pets you would want to trade for to your wishlist - it's inconvenient for finding pets you are missing, but man, it's so much faster now that they have the "pets on your wishlist" group as the bottom pet group of your trade partners group, in every trade you do XD And make sure your best trade pets are in locked groups - if the person you are trading with is trade savvy, trust me on this too - they'll look in your locked groups to see what you've got. If the person isn't trade savvy, then you're saved the embarrassment of them asking for your VR Dragon, or VR Cake Dog, in return for a few V-Day '09 Pets

Sorry sublime, just had a few more tips to add Although, if you add something about sending a good, kind, thoughtful message to the front, I have no doubt the people who are being traded with will be happier about getting all of these random trades

~Chi

[LilMissFerret]

That's a really good point Chi! I do always try to be nice, even if I cancel. Just a few minutes ago a person wanted to trade my Zebra Gupps from last Christmas for one Zodiac dog, and when I told them I didn't feel comfortable with it they sent me a second trade with that dog and two more for nothing!

I couldn't imagine sending a horrible trade to someone, but I guess I was raised better than some of our fellow members.