RuneScape: Two Steps to Success When Solo Merchanting

Now when studying the charts I make two lists, items which will earn a quick hundred grand and items I would want to double or even triple my money (But take slightly longer).

•  A good way to look for items which will double your cash are ones which are in the top five percentage drops. These items have have usually been merched by a number of merchant clans at once and now the price is steeply falling. Make a note of them, have a long look at the 180 day chart to see what their lowest drop in price was and also write that down. Continue to do this daily for all the potential items which are dropping in the top five and wait till one of them drops bellow its last lowest drop in price for the last 180 days.

Now providing it has been around twice its current price within the last 90 days then its the prefect time to buy into the item. A very good tip I picked up is that you can only buy so much of an item everyday per slot. So if you are a f2p and have to two slots, spilt your cash evenly between both slots and invest into the item. What price do you pay? I would recommend you pay maximum price, though most people will be selling for minimum, you want as many of these items before the price starts to rise again. At this point still remember you should still be making double your money even if you buy for maximum.

Now don’t be worried if the price of the item still continues to fall a little. As in the next few days it will slow down and level, before rising again. You just have to remember to update your offers every time the GE lowers the maximum price else your offers will become invalid. It can often take weeks, if not months, for an item to double in price but its worth it!

During this time train a skill, such as woodcutting, so you earn a bit of cash on the sideline and gives you something to do. Also try and keep an eye out if any merchant clans start merchanting your item. If they do this will be a great help at making the price rise quickly, though make sure you manage to sell all your items before they do! Be patient and once the price has reached your desired profit sell all your items for the medium market price. Now you can re-start all that researching into doubling your money again and again.

• In between merchanting items which will double your money, you will also be wanting to be making a smaller yet significant amount of money, as it would be a waste to have your money sitting around in the bank collecting dust. Though this too calls for even more extensive research.

A good level of profit to be aiming for is about 10% (i.e. you invest a million gp then you would be looking for 100k profit). There are some classic items to look fat when doing this such as gold ore, clay or ‘black’ items however only buy into these items if the price hasn’t changed over the last 2-3 days. Otherwise keeping researching till you find an item which usually varies much higher in price but hasn’t changed in the last couple of day.

Buy into this item for its minimum price, remembering to spilt your money between the available free slots. Sometimes you will be unlucky and price will rise before you have many of that item, don’t worry someone just beat you too it, sell what you have got for the a good profit and move on. Though usually after a few days you will have spent all your money on buying the item and are ready to sell. Once you are at this stage, sell the item for it’s medium price and collect the cash when they all have sold (this usually take no longer than a day to sell at medium price). Continue to do this with such items until you are ready to invest in a big one.

I wrote this guide for the many players who kept on asking me how to solo merch and what items they should merch. This guide contains the very best information and tips which has helped me to earn tens of mill’s and I would very much appreciate it if you told your friends about it. Good luck and enjoy the profits!