Selling and hoarding..??

[meonhoc]

Interesting to see how people manage their barn. Could we have a poll for "Do you stockpile items ?" as part of management strategy. I do and have tons of ores outside my mine, none mine equipment in barn.

Those are keeping mine equipment, are those for trade rather than your personal use?

[Zombiebender]

I usually focus on 3 staring my buildings and only filling boats that are fairly balanced. I do try to stock up on jams since they take so long and keep jewelry for trucks. I sell of EMs when I have too many. I prefer to consume tools on trees and bushes and use the fruits or sell them if I have too many. I'm just growing stuff for feed and sugar, I sell all the plants I have the most of and all the animal products I not going to use.

[willow]

Interesting to see how people manage their barn. Could we have a poll for "Do you stockpile items ?" as part of management strategy. I do and have tons of ores outside my mine, none mine equipment in barn.

Those are keeping mine equipment, are those for trade rather than your personal use?

Like you, I stockpile ore outside the mine. But I do keep mine equipment in my barn for personal use. I almost never sell it, and have never traded it.

[Shealie54]

I do understand you because i also have had boats for cornbread and couldn't find any on dd or friends nowadays popcorn, simple bread is hard to find, people are always expecting an event so they keep "everything".

potatos, tomatos, chili pepper also very hard for me to find

Hello, new neighbor! You're right, those are harder to find. I almost never plant them myself, especially those 8-hour strawberries, but I've learned to keep an eye on my silo, and whenever I get down to around 30 of those items I'll buy a few when I come across them while shopping for other things. Like so many other items, there's a sort of magic about them and they seem to disappear when you need them the most, so buy when you don't really need them and still have enough to plant a whole field just in case you can't find any and HAVE to plant a whole field.

Clear as mud?

[Selenegonecrazy]

Great thread for tips on barn management, thanks!

I'm Level 44 now, still expanding land and barn/silo, so I keep all those. Selling, I do a lot of fruit, in lots of 10, and the rarer sold items like jams etc in lots of 1 or 2. I do a mix of advertising and just for friends, depends if I need money for something!

I can't stockpile as much as I'd like to at this level, my barn's only at 525, but I try for 10 of sugars/syrup, milk products, and 5-7 of anything else depending on how close to an upgrade I am! Definitely sick of seeing that "barn is full" sign!

[Jaleli]

Me too, and I think that's a good strategy. I was looking for 2 blackberry muffins the other day for my boat and came across two people selling 10 of the damn things. I don't want 10! Needless to say, I didn't buy them.

I sell 10 at a time to keep space free in my boxes. I don't have a big barn so can't afford to use several slots to sell one product. If I want two of something and someone is selling ten, I buy them, use two and put the other 8 straight in my RSS - they sell quick enough

i often have a lot of wheat (at 10 for 10 or less) because I have been 'wheating' a lot to get more BEM. I sell it cheap just to get rid of it.

[Jaleli]

I would love to, but I never have barn space. As one of your neighbors, you might have noticed, I snatch up any BEM that you put for sale, lol. Darn planks have killed me since the day I started playing. I'm out of barn space as we speak, because my next boat order is all dairy items, so I have it filled right now with cream. Can't even go shopping at my neighbors until this boat comes in.

Some of these items I don't seem to have luck with selling them at full price. But these lots of 10 all seem to be at full price, so if I buy them, and then have to sell a few, it's a loser for me, as I sell them for less then full price.

We are already neighbours - I find tonnes of planks but no tapes. Let me know if you are ever keen for a trade

[Jaleli]

I do understand you because i also have had boats for cornbread and couldn't find any on dd or friends nowadays popcorn, simple bread is hard to find, people are always expecting an event so they keep "everything".

potatos, tomatos, chili pepper also very hard for me to find

I sell tonnes of cornbread because I haven't unlocked any recipes it can be used in yet

[Samba]

I thought I was hoarding my sugar and dairy stuff (I help fill boats with them as well as use them in production), but I only ever have 8-15 of each. I also like like to keep 10-20 of breads and popcorn for helping with boats. But man, some of you have truly awesome barns!

i always try to balance my need to make money for new machines with a desire to have a decent supply of most things on hand for boats - both mine and neighbors'. I also tend to sell most products in ones or twos, and sell lots of harder to find products; I put out some of the harder to find crops (cacao, coffee, potatoes, etc) a couple times a day.

I advertise a few times a day, and fill my RSS for neighbors a few times (and the LEM and SEM stuff goes unadvertised most of the time). Occasionally I go wheating, and always advertise 10 for 6 then.

last night I amused myself by loading my upper crates with brown items, and the lower ones with red/pink items. Usually I just put in whatever I have the most of, though.

[Rika]

Whoaa 😅
Really interesting reading this thread

I have a friend that once sell 50 land deeds in the same time
And that time i wonder his barn capacity
And now i can figured it out

Im at level 49
I start playing since two months ago
I already expanded all land and fishing areas
So i guess i dont need landeed etc anymore

I do wheathering. So i keep my barn and silo not in max capacity

I sell 10 wheat for 1 coin
I sell basic veggies at basic price
Hardly sell tomatoes and potatoes
Dont need indigo
I try to keep fish and lobster tail around 20
And so does sugaries and dairies
I keep axes and saws around 50 each

My barn cap 800
My silo cap 700