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Every vendor is different. They have their own styles and techniques. I'll try and receive quotes from vendors if they want to add their own 2cents into this guide :3

To being, you must understand what vending is. Vending is simply buying an item low, and selling it for a higher price [or profit], there's just no easier way to put that. If you've no gold by which to begin vending, play games and post for gold. The ideal starting amount is any where from 2k-5k for a beginner. After you've recovered this much, start vending tickets. They sell easy and arn't expensive.
Once you reach about 10k you should start looking at vending commons.
Around 20k you should start with Monthly Collectables [MC's formally known as DI's]
Now you should be making a fair amount of gold each day, but you should know more about the items you are vending. The Next few posts describe good and bad items to vend. :3

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Exchanging
The world of exchanging is not that different from that of Vending. You constantly have to deal with n00bs though. When Exchanging, you try and get items for less then the vend prices, and the just like vending, you resell for profit.
An easy way to make profit in the Exchange is to catch a nicely valued item in the vend for cheap, and then use it to exchange with. ;3
Exchanging is veiwed as more profitable, mainly because you've access to more '04s and '03s. In the exchange you may notice people say "no all pure offers," this is simply because they will down value your items, which they can't do to gold.
In exchanging you need more pacience because the next buyer may just not be there yet :3

For those of you who are reading this and going "what on earth IS the exchange" : The Exchange
::still finishing the exchange portion::

Event Items:

Now many vendors choose to stay away from the event items. This is where you can etheir take their lead or take advantage of them not going for them. :3

The good Event Items are few but they sell well if you get your hands on them:

Christmas
Spirited '04 - the whole set - Scarves and Gloves being the best
Holly Jolly '05 - The Poinsettia Earmuffs are a nice item to go with. The Snowman Marshmallows are excelent as well :3
Spirited '06 - The Scarves are good sellers. The Hats are also good items to go with.
For more information on Past Christmas Event Items: Cl!ck

Halloween
The Halloween items aren't usually good sellers during the non-october months, but some items attract attention: [Halloween Items can take a very long time to sell and are not recomended to spend all your money on them unless it's a great deal]
The '03 Items..I'll need help on these since I myself have never dealt with them.
The Labcoats of '04 are better items to keep than to sell; their prices are never certain making them unpredictable sellers.
Grunny Slippers are nice items throughout the year since they don't lean all the way towards Halloween and match many outfits making them well sellers.
Really Jacked Up - The Capes are known to sell in a few days but are not recomended. Stay Away from the Jack-et's for they almost never sell on the first day...or week..or two weeks.. ;<< The boots are nice but the Cape is the best choice.
Jack Uniform - These items don't bring in much, if any gold, so you should just aviod them.
Jack'd '06 - These are the same as the '05's but are known better for bringing in gold. The Sweaters a desent sellers along with the Cape and Hat.
For More information on Past Halloween Event Items: Cl!ck

Easter
Easter Items are veiwed by some as the worst of the event items, not nessicarly because of the little gold they bring in, but just because of how they look:
'03 - Yeah, chances are that most of you will never deal with these pricist of Event Items, but if by some chance you do, well i've only one warning. Don't open the easter egg! There's a chance of getting a Pink Giftbox oO;;
'04 - These Hat's (Bunny & Chickie) Are excellent sellers at Easter Time because they are cute and many Gaians want them. They're good items to vend with. :3
'05 - These Masks aren't the best to vend with, but they do sell and for a bit of gold, so if you can get a good price than there's a descent profit coming your way.
'06 - Unless you buy the ties for 100g or so, stay away from the measly profit. The Bunny Ears are where the Gold's at. They're nice items to vend going for 4k at normal and of course this rises at Easter time :3
'07 - These are cute chicky plushies :3 They all sell well! and their eggs are hard to get making them worth a little more. The Cubbi chicky's sell best, and the cutie chikies are good too. :3
For more information on Past Easter Event Items: Cl!ck



St. Patty's Day
Well, first off, I was shocked that there was even a St. Patrick's Day event.
There is no real data to go off of for these except for current prices:
'06 - If you are deciding to Hoard, don't go for the lucky 4-leaf clovers, Only get the pins and the Floppy Clovers. The Floppy Clovers are the only vending-ish items of the set that actually bring in any gold since the average pin sells for 50g.

Gaiaversary Items
Well, I'm to lazy at the moment considering the time i stoped making this guide...and the fact of how many hours ago that was xD

According to the Admins, there will be several new event this year! So I will update accordingly whenever a new event arises :3

Towns
Now, last summer, towns was a very profitable place. The ink the bugs produced sold high as did the trash. However, the admins ruined this gold mine by adding the Daily Chance D:

Edit : Aside from vending Tickets, Ink is now [since It's FINALLY worth something again..] a good item to vend :3

Inks' common values are not completly set, so it may be best if you set to bid for maximum profit :3

Towns whoring can still be semi-profitable to newbies. The vast amounts you can collect in one day bring in money. And if you're no good at fishing then you can find Tin Cans and Old Boots in towns which sell good in the vend at high amounts :3 Crumpled Paper bags are great to go for as well. Never exclude any items when you go to Towns for all items are worth gold.
Try and choose a random spot far off and not near corners. This way there's a better chance that no one has been there already maximizing the amounts you can collect.

If you do 'lil quests like me to collect things like bugs and ink and flowers, here's another helpful tip:
For more blue bug/trash/flowers, go in towns during it's night time.
For more orange bugs/trash, go in twilight hours and during the day.
For more yellow and red, go during the day and evening.
Bags/cans/and old boots are always randomly abundant.

*You can still find every version of item in towns at any point in the day, but these will more profitable.

Magical Giftboxes
It is very true what the rumors say, you can find giftbox's in Towns. I've not the luck to find one floating yet but I'm still hopeful. You can find any of the three boxes. :3

If you have questions, or suggestions on what to add, post here : D

wilsons funny!!! xd nice guide though. 3nodding

Nice guide. ^^

I like it 3nodding

But how are momos and UFOs bad items, they sell so damn fast