Thoughts on online trading?

[Dunquixote]

I know I already left a comment, but I want to add something. Initially, I was very reluctant to trade back in NL when I joined the forums. I was nervous about the possibility of people stealing from me. But over time, during the year or so that I played NL and the time I spent on here, I not only got hooked on trading, but I made a bunch of friends (more recently ). As I mentioned in another thread, it really is a shame they make online play locked behind subscription; $19.99 isn’t a lot but to someone without a job or that is going to lose it thanks to the pandemic, it is. As mentioned in my previous response or in another thread, I only trade here and have had nothing but positive experiences not counting some instances of rudeness or being overcharged. I am cautious (part of it is due to severe anxiety) when trading still even though I’ve had mostly good experiences.

Just sharing this because I initially thought trading wasn’t my thing and now I love it; meeting more players, getting a peek sometimes of their towns and their creativity, helping others and getting items that I want. All of it has been very enjoyable to me in spite of my social and general anxiety .

 

[DragonLatios]

I Love tradeing but everything i need to look into cost so many tbt.

 

[Che5hire Cat]

I traded for a few months on Nookazon and while I only had one bad experience there (I had to deal with a user who scammed a bunch of other people too as it turned out later), I met overall quite friendly people and the trades went smooth as well as quick. The only issue I had was the prices for certain items, some were just way too overpriced for my taste. The majority of people only looked for NMT (I mean, it's understandable, although it's sucks when you're low on said tickets) and sometimes you even get completely ignored when you left an offer.

I think trading online is in fact helpful when you looking specific for items (like color variations for example) or villagers and I'm sure if you look at the right place, you will find good deals as well as meeting nice people. As for me, I'm not into online trading anymore for now since I got everything I need.

 

[Hilbunny]

It seems to me online trading is essential to this game. I only trade with people I know IRL or on this website. The community on this website is so incredibly sweet/polite.

 

[Hypno KK]

So many options haha.

I'm a mix when it comes to items. I trade a fair amount but I try to limit myself so I'll still have stuff to work for or look forward to in the game. That means no bug models, no fossils, no seasonal stuff for the most part, etc. The one exception to that are hybrids because I'm so bad at those. Otherwise, it's stuff like item variants, some DIYs, stuff for the fair.

I've only gotten a couple of villagers through trading so far. It's easier for me to justify getting villagers through trading since the only real way to "work" for them is island hopping. I'm way more chill about which villagers I have than I was in NL, though.

As for where I trade, I mostly just trade here or with friends. I've checked out Nookazon but it's intimidating, plus the prices for some things are ridiculous.

 

[moonlights]

it's great! very quick and easy and has def helped me get items I otherwise wouldn't have got myself

 

[hakutaku]

I've not traded for any items yet, but I do trade for villagers! When you want specific villagers online trading is definitely the best way to go about getting them in terms of saving time and (in-game) money. I've only ever had positive experiences trading online but I do limit myself to only one trade at a time so I don't get stressed out lol.

 

[WalceDony]

Most of the people I've traded with have been nice, and I do try to be nice to people I trade with.
But damn, I do HATE trading lol. I'm just awful at interacting with other people, both online and in real life. It might actually be worse online than in real life thinking about it, which is different to lots of people I believe.

 

[Louise_]

I have never done it before may try it soon

 

[KittenNoir]

I used to trade on other sites which did not go well. But on here I love trading with others it is never a bad experience

 

[Sansy]

....I'm actually too lazy to put in the effort to trade! If I'm really hard up for a certain item, I turn to my friends or my family members to see if they have what I'm looking for.

I think maybe I should try to do some trading. I have 130k Nook Miles and I think tickets still go for a nice price?

 

[Baroque]

Not necessarily gonna say that it’s a gimmick aimed at selling more Nintendo Online Subscriptions but the game is sort of built around online trading, to be honest. From the colored variants only being sold on other islands to the whole Turnips shtick to the fact that Nintendo decided to hard-lock one island per Switch console... it’s pretty obvious that you’re meant to enjoy the interactions with other players around the world, whether Nintendo intentionally did so to bolster their profits or not.

As for me, though, I only partake in online trading if there’s absolutely no way for me to get what I want on my island, if only because it’s usually simpler that way outright ^^’

 

[Laurelinde]

I've generally had good experiences so far. I don't trade loads and loads, but I've traded for variants of things when I consistently get the 'wrong' version, and I've been offering up duplicate DIYs for free lately because I figure someone may as well make use of them vs. just selling them for a teensy amount of bells. It does seem like you are pushed to trade more in NH given that it's not just a matter of patience and waiting for everything to come up in the store eventually. It's a bit odd that there are so many items with multiple variations that you can't customise now that customisation is so built into the game, but I guess Nintendo want more interaction. It's nice to see people's islands though!

 

[Tobyjgv]

All of my trading experiences have been super great so far!! (Probably because I usually only trade on here!)

For example, today I'm trading for a cherry blossom bonsai, so I can work on my little bonsai area in my town!! I would have had to wait half a year (I never got the bonsai during the cherry blossom event), so it's nice that I'm able to trade for items here!!

 

[Peach_Jam]

I definitely trade a whole lot! I can only speak from my experience on here, but everyone I've traded with thus far has been incredibly sweet and friendly.

I also feel like trading in general really helps you accomplish things in-game more easily. Before I joined tbt, my island was nowhere near as nice as it is now, because I didn't know so many items and DIYs existed. Normally, you would have to wait a really long time to accumulate everything from Nook's cranny or Ables.

 

[HappyTails]

Although I don't trade often, I've had positive experiences with trading. And people have been respective.

As a matter of fact, I had some Nook Mile Tickets sitting in front of my airport that I had forgotten about until today. They were sitting there for a few days (I don't go to my airport often) and I had about 4 people coming in to trade, and non of them took the NMT. No telling if that respect would have happened had I used any other site.

 

[Bluebellie]

I trade all the time, usually daily
I use tbt mostly and sometimes reddit.

 

[idiotdoomspiral]

i like to trade on here, places like nookazon have never appealed to me as it seems like a hellscape compared to tbt. i think more people are nice and trustworthy here because theres more of a community and the forum isnt just about trading, personally ive never had a negative trading experience, i think the worst thats happened is people going inactive after i set things up but thats not worth getting mad over

 

[Hsn97]

In the beginning I traded a lot, especially for diys. Now I just trade when I really want a specific item. My issue with online trading is that it takes way too long... between posting, waiting for offers or replies, talking to the dodo, making sure my connection is good, and the travel, it takes at least 10 to 15 min for a trade. The waiting is the worst because I don't feel like I can do anything while waiting.

I traded mostly through here, now mostly on Nookazon, but rarely, and only because it already has items listed and is faster.
All the shops and people willing to share or help out on here definitely make it a better trading experience, overall. I wish I had more time and a better connection to do more social things in the game.

I use to trade a lot when the game first came out and I was on furlough due to corona. But now I’m back at work and have less time I just can’t be bothered with the faff of it unless it’s something I really desperately want.

 

[rose star]

I've traded both here and on many different trading platforms (discords, trading sites, what have you) and I've mostly had great experiences! Some places, people will try to price gouge you (like nookazon... people want 1 NMT per star fragment, lmao....) but there's always a best place to buy something and a best place to sell it. I've bought things for decent prices on nookazon too.

I've had a couple bad experiences on Turnip Exchange but they were annoying at most and were not enough to turn me off from continuing to use the site extensively. The AC community for the most part is full of really nice people, and it's super fun to visit other people's towns!