why is nookazon so expensive????

[chocosongee]

So I just recently found out about nookazon but the prices are soooo fricken high??? like why can't ppl make fair trades like people do on bell tree forums?

 

[kojuuro]

I think a lot of the prices there seem to parrot some of the ones on discord which are super pricey. I've wanted to trade on Nookazon but looking at the prices there, I gotta be desperate. I've heard if you search around there's still some things that are reasonably priced, but I don't really use it so idk.

 

[Dormire]

TBH, never trust Nookazon prices since most of them are sketchy and weird. I do contact peoole with high ratings more though.

 

[Blink.]

If you wanna sell/buy/trade fast, I would prefer using the Nookazon or ACC discord servers. Actually found a lot of mats/villagers there for friends and what not. The prices are heavily influenced by the discord community though. TBT is more relaxed c:

 

[Khte]

I'm guilty of expecting and pricing things really high here because I've been using Nookazon and the Discord for quite a while.
I'm always a bit iffy about trading prices now because I just don't know what is a fair price and what is too much.
I've been trading on sites for a LONG, long time and on all of them, it was a bit of a haggling system.
This whole "I want this for this exactly" is new and uncomfortable for me.
For example, I bought Audie on Discord for 80 NMT. Come to find out she is being sold here for 50 or so.
I just sold her on Discord again for 100 NMT even though I was asking for 80 just to get my NMT back.

Anyway, I went off on a tangent. But I believe Nookazon and Discord are so high priced is because there are so many people.
Say over 100 people want Audie. 20 or so are selling her. There's a lot of competition and so people overpay to get her.
Those prices stick and just get pricier over time. At least, that's what I think.

 

[senbeiiscool]

Probably speed, availability and the number of users. Things tend to go fast (since it has a discord as well) and there's a bunch of people using it so even if things are priced super pricy, if you aren't willing to shell out the bells, NMT or whatever, someone else will

 

[Licorice]

It really depends. I’ve gotten lucky on there but yeah most people charge prices that are almost hilarious. I’ve had people try to charge me multiple nmts for a basic shirt from ables. My best deal so far was a moai statue for 7,000 bells.

 

[drinkmyrivers]

Echoing others here that it's mostly influenced by the fact that there are so many people there 24/7. And there's not enough supply at any given time so someone will always just try to outbid you for something because they want it now. On the other hand, if you check the Auction listings on the site, some of them end up on the lower end because of the wait involved. The convenience of getting something right away adds to the price tag.

I got lucky there once when I posted that I was in search of either Audie or Stitches, not expecting to get any real response. But a user messaged me to take his Audie for just some gold and rusted parts. I thought for sure I was getting scammed, but nope! Just a random nice dude. Doesn't happen all the time, but there are some chill folks in there.

 

[mayorsami]

Echoing others here that it's mostly influenced by the fact that there are so many people there 24/7. And there's not enough supply at any given time so someone will always just try to outbid you for something because they want it now. On the other hand, if you check the Auction listings on the site, some of them end up on the lower end because of the wait involved. The convenience of getting something right away adds to the price tag.

I got lucky there once when I posted that I was in search of either Audie or Stitches, not expecting to get any real response. But a user messaged me to take his Audie for just some gold and rusted parts. I thought for sure I was getting scammed, but nope! Just a random nice dude. Doesn't happen all the time, but there are some chill folks in there.

True! I've seem lots of insane prices on Nookazon, but there are a few nice people. One guy literally just gave away one of my dreamies to me, and another gave me freebies when I bought hybrids from him. I guess it just depends!

 

[mayortiffany]

I guess the notion of what a 'fair trade' means can vary to everyone since we all value things differently. I haven't tried Nookazon yet, partially because I prefer to trade items rather than purchase them outright, but I'd guess that the prices are very much influenced by the supply/demand of that community. People mentioned that listings tend to go quite quickly, and I'd imagine that they have a much bigger user base than this forum does. I remember seeing one article (on the Washington Post, of all places!) talking about how they got somewhere around 250,000 users a day.

With that kind of traffic, items are more likely to go quickly, especially deals that are generally perceived to be quite good. I'd guess that since there are more users, there's more of a chance that your item will go for the desired price. Here, the forums move much slower so if your prices are too high, people won't be buying. I suspect that on Nookazon, there are so many users that proportionally, we see that more are willing to pay higher prices compared to here. If it moves as fast as people say, you might not just be coming across the exceptionally good deals because they're snatched up so fast.

 

[Brookie]

Personally, I'm not sure why everyone is saying it's so expensive... When I want on a shopping spreee a couple weeks ago, I found 30+ furniture and clothing items for 1-2 NMT each, a few other being 3 NMT, and crafting services being like 3-4 nmt. Where are the insane prices you're talking about? I'm not trying to be rude and am genuinely curious

PS: For example, take this tuxedo dress for instance. Most sellers are asking for 1 NMT...I think that's reasonable!

 

[meggtheegg]

In response to above, I think for people who didn't collect a ton of NMT, asking 1-3 NMT for reorderable cheap items is honestly super expensive and strange to me. It's not extortionate by any means, i just definitely dont have 100+ NMT to spend on reorderable and cheap things (of course unorderables and more expensive items are different). Granted, I go through spurts where i trade a lot. Not just one or two trades every few days.

Not saying it's anyone's fault that I chose not to amass tons of NMT, but I didn't, and so trading for EVERYTHING with NMT (which is what a lot of things are priced at on nookazon now) just isn't accessible for me

and nookazon didn't used to be that way. when it first came out, i far prefered nookazon to here. but as it got more popular, there were scarier and sketchier listings and experiences, and now i pretty much never open it

 

[Jessi]

I ask this all the time. Its ridiculous how much people want for things. I try to be reasonable, but its hard with how much people want sometimes

 

[mirukushake]

Personally, I'm not sure why everyone is saying it's so expensive... When I want on a shopping spreee a couple weeks ago, I found 30+ furniture and clothing items for 1-2 NMT each, a few other being 3 NMT, and crafting services being like 3-4 nmt. Where are the insane prices you're talking about? I'm not trying to be rude and am genuinely curious

PS: For example, take this tuxedo dress for instance. Most sellers are asking for 1 NMT...I think that's reasonable!

Pretty much all clothing can be bought from Able's and reordered for less than 3,000 bells. In most places I frequent, the NMT to bell conversion rate is at least 100k to 1 NMT. I guess you could argue you're paying for convenience but... that's over a 4000% price increase if you're looking at it from a bell standpoint.

 

[tybalt_cake]

That is probably because , the items/villagers that have a lower and better price end up selling real fast , while the people who ask for a ridiculous amount of stuff for another one stay there because , well , no one is desperate enough to buy that!

Best thing you can do is constantly visit the Nookazon page to see if there's a good price for the thing you are searching , try also checking the Nookazon discord to trade stuff.

keep in mind that , if you start your trades on the nookazon discord server and someone offers you something for a reasonable price , search their discord tag in the Nookazon webpage so you can see if you can trust them or not.

 

[chocosongee]

That is probably because , the items/villagers that have a lower and better price end up selling real fast , while the people who ask for a ridiculous amount of stuff for another one stay there because , well , no one is desperate enough to buy that!

Best thing you can do is constantly visit the Nookazon page to see if there's a good price for the thing you are searching , try also checking the Nookazon discord to trade stuff.

keep in mind that , if you start your trades on the nookazon discord server and someone offers you something for a reasonable price , search their discord tag in the Nookazon webpage so you can see if you can trust them or not.

oooo ok thanks for the advice!

 

[Meggy124124]

I went browsing on there and someone was selling a flimsy net for 60,000,000 bells. You can easily make it!

 

[soomi]

It matches discord pricing, and discord is insanity lol. I never buy from there unless I find a good deal, but everyone on Nookazon/Discord is asking for a blood sacrifice or your newborn for an item they got from TTing.

 

[Knviess]

I used Nookzaon once and never wanted to use that junk. It works for some but reddit is faster and a massive open market. Bell tree is my personal favorite since everyone is more invested in the AC community as a whole and encourages fair trading

 

[juneau]

I use it for the speed and availability, so when I really want something right away, I'll go there because it moves much quicker. People definitely tend to overcharge there, and I knew I was overpaying for some of the DIYs I bought, but yeah it was just because I wanted them now.

There are a lot of reasonable traders too, I've done a few touch trades there that were just quick and easy. And free, which is honestly a better deal than we get even here sometimes, a lot of people charge to catalog here and I encountered a few traders on Nookazon who just did 1:1 cataloging for free.

So it really depends. The marketplace is HUGE on Nookazon, when so many people use it, you are going to see a lot of bad deals and good deals. The good news is, with how fast it moves, if you see a bunch of prices you don't like for something you want, just check back in a little bit and there will be more people listing the item already with different prices. I still prefer to trade here if I can, because I like the community and level of direct communication we have here, but when I want a single item that is kind of obscure and no one has a thread selling that one thing I need, I'll hop on Nookazon to see if there's a decent deal there so I can get it quick.