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Post by Haushinka on Feb 28, 2006 9:39:29 GMT -5
I've been running teleports this morning to make some money for that Optical Hat run that is coming up. Doing this I've found a few tips to help those that do teleports for gil. - Setup macros for everything from {Hello}{Nice to meet you} to your warp macro (and everything in between.
- When inviting somoene don't try to spell out their name. Just do a /sea followed by the first letters of the name and invite them from there.
- Be fast to invite and fast to teleport. This will help you beat your competition and build up a good reputation so that when someone wants a teleport they will actually search for oyu first and see if you're in Jeuno. It is a nice way to make friends.
- When inviting someone to join party don't wait to see the "Invite, Tell, etc" menu to come up. Instead press Enter on their name then Up then Enter and you will have just invited them without waiting for the menu to load.
- Use the F keys to lock onto your customer. This will make it easier to track them and harder for them to run past you without you knowing.
- Don't zone into your moghouse after teleporting to regain mana. Instead just /heal and by the time you get your next teleport you should have full MP. This saves you from missing a teleport shout as you zone.
- Don't shout that you are offering teleports, Jeuno really doesn't need more spam. Instead when someone else shouts just invite them quickly. There are exceptions to this: for example if it is extremly busy or you are offering rates lower than the going rates you may shout. Still, be careful and don't shout too much.
- Before you start teleporting decide on a rate to charge per teleport and don't charge less. For example if you decide on 2000g minimum and someone shouts for a 1000g teleport don't take it, this will only cause you to lower your prices eventually.
- Be polite. People still see teleporting as benefiting only the teleporter so instead of trying to fight that just accept it no matter how untrue it is. A /bow will go a long way here.
- If you are on PC and have windower running you can easily open a browser window and check differant website while you monitor your chat log for teleport requests.
- Avoid teleporting groups, they take way too long to organize and pay way too little.
- If someone doesn't offer to pay full price don't teleport them. Sometimes you will invite people and all of a suddon they are trying to pay 500g. Don't do it.
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Post by thownwh on Feb 28, 2006 11:16:59 GMT -5
those r som egood tips specially the one with /sea then the first few lettters, i never thought of that one
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Post by Vilicant on Feb 28, 2006 12:46:15 GMT -5
i always do that whenever i look for people, thats how i check people who r not anon to see wut lvl they r instead of examining them lol
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Post by Alisandra on Feb 28, 2006 13:30:33 GMT -5
i agree with almost all of that. i always do /sea all and usually the first 3 letters of the name, 2 letters if it's something uncommon. with that method i am generally faster snaggin' up ppl than the rest of the tele'ers. however i was on ps2 yesterday and i found it to be way too slow processing search. there were a few other ppl teleing and i only got about 1/10 ppl who were shouting. when i'm on the pc i normally will get about 8/10.
and i totally agree that u shouldn't shout that you're giving tele's. i used to once in a while but it really doesn't seem to get much more business. i would only have someone /t me for a tele every once in a while. and i think it looks kinda stupid to shout so i don't do that anymore.
i also will usually only tele 1 or 2 ppl at a time. when ppl shout for tele's they don't wanna wait especially when there r so many ppl around to give them. i often tele just 1 person at a time. if i get one i'll take them and only pick up other ppl if i see someone shout while i'm waiting on the first 1, but definately don't stand around trying to get a full pt.
as far as being polite i've always done that just to be nice. i always say hi, thx and wave goodbye to them before warping back to jueno. i don't know if it helps with business but it is nice and u do see a lot of ppl that you have or will pt with.
the only thing i don't do is charge a set price. i was just telling toon this yesterday. most ppl give me 2k, but i get anywhere between 1-5k and i would say i get a lot more ppl giving me 5k than 1k. most ppl don't ask what i charge and if they do i tell them just give me w/e they feel like
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Post by Missing Link on Feb 28, 2006 13:49:40 GMT -5
hia ali just saw u post while i was reading hehe... ty for the info haus. About the subject on the rise of tele prices, please don't yell at some 1 charging higher prices than 500gil. Some1 yelled at me for picking up 1 person that /sh 2k while he was only offering 500 gil & they were both going 2 the same place. I refuse to do a tele for 500 gil. My main income is not from tele's so I feel like i'm hurting the lower lvl's whm who's main income is from tele's, if i take a lower price than 1k. If after I invite them & they explane that they rly don't have the gil & they thought they did I'll do it for free though... Even so I'm happy that prices did go up, the scrolls did, why shouldn't the price of the tele's.
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Post by Haushinka on Mar 1, 2006 0:35:52 GMT -5
I notice that if I am willing to teleport people for 500g durring busy times everony will start shouting 500g. I still take 1000g teles when its slow but i usually make the people wait a few moments just to see if they will raise the price.
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Post by Mystryl on Mar 1, 2006 8:53:38 GMT -5
I used to do this alot a while back. I usually did it the way you described, Haus.
Sometimes, not stating how much you are charging for the teleport will make people offer more gil, just because you were fast to invite them/fast to teleport.
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Post by Haushinka on Mar 1, 2006 22:47:29 GMT -5
Added:
When inviting someone to join party don't wait to see the "Invite, Tell, etc" menu to come up. Instead press Enter on their name then Up then Enter and you will have just invited them without waiting for the menu to load.
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Post by Alisandra on Mar 1, 2006 23:31:52 GMT -5
ah so that's how u were beating me... punk =P jk  |
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Post by Vilicant on Mar 1, 2006 23:44:01 GMT -5
only 2 more lvls on my whm and i can do the 3 initial teles! ooo awesome im a Knight now  |
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Post by Paman on Mar 2, 2006 9:28:57 GMT -5
hehe congrats on being able to teleport soon vili, i was really excited when i got the scrolls but i havnt used the spells much... and congrats on becoming a knight too  |
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Post by thownwh on Mar 3, 2006 11:41:40 GMT -5
hehe yea being on ps2 it dont take more then a blink of an eye for the menu to load ^^ just gotta hit X twice there mine hehe
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