As you spend more and more time on Neopets, you’re bound to come across potentially valuable items. Sometimes it’s hard to tell which items will eventually increase in value and when, but here are some general rules of thumb.
-Good Battledome Items, Books, Foods, Stamps, Coins, and Wearable Clothes are among the most valuable items on Neopets because most of them can only be used once, and Battledome items are highly sought after (especially powerful ones). These items more so than any others are what we refer to below, especially when said items have a high rarity.
-Items only given out once as Event Prizes generally rise in value over time because they’re retired afterward. EXAMPLE: Sore Throat Remedies was a prize during the 2007 Altador Cup Tournament. The value of this item fluctuated after this and within a year was worth over 350,000.
-Items only given out during the Advent Calendar will be fairly inexpensive at first and will very slowly rise in value for a year or more. As more time passes and their supply decreases, they increase in value. EXAMPLE: A Seasonal Stamp from several years ago is worth 20,000 NP now and slowly rising.
-Codestones can increase in value by 25% or more the instant the general Neopian public has reason to believe a war or plot is coming. This also holds true for Battledome items. Once a war actually starts, the prices skyrocket, but generally don’t double (depending on the item). If you have lots of Codestones or an expensive Battledome item, it may be wise to wait until a war to sell it for maximum profits. EXAMPLE: A Main Codestone was worth about 6,000 NP a while back, then it was announced that TNT was planning to revamp the Battledome in the distant future, raising prices to 10,000 NP each. When a plot/war involving the Battledome does arrive, their price will probably end up somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000 NP each.
-Items that are always being released generally decrease in value over time unless they’re very rare and/or are used up quickly. Items that are only given out once generally increase in value over time unless they’re useless or in high supply.
-Certain Paint Brushes and Wearable Items will increase in value as the holiday they are associated with draws closer. For instance, a Christmas Paint Brush will sell for thousands more in December than it will in April.
-Smugglers Cove items are the rarest of them all. Only 120 of each item sold there can exist at any one point in time, and they almost always increase in value over time because they’re practically retired within weeks of being announced in the news. They are usually sold at the Cove for far less than they’re actually worth, but because of how difficult it is to get a Cove item (you have to have Dubloons, NOT be banned for going there too many times, and arrive when the item is actually available during that one brief moment of the hour or day), the item could easily be worth millions now, and hundreds of millions later. EXAMPLE: The Attack Pea and Seasonal Attack Pea.
-Items from the Hidden Tower instantly lose value when you buy them because there are always people looking to sell for just under what they paid for it. If people wanted to buy the item at price, they can usually do it themselves. HOWEVER, on very rare occassions, Hidden Tower items are retired and skyrocket in value, ESPECIALLY over time. EXAMPLE: The Ghostkersword was originally sold for 13,000,000 NP… now that it’s retired, it’s worth over 85,000,000 NP. However, this is on the extreme side because the Ghostkersword is so powerful. Less powerful items will not increase in value as much when retired.
So the morale of this guide is that you can buy items in Neopia now that can be worth much more later and another option for investments is a more low profit per item so you buy a lot (thousands) of an item that is not worth much if you have a hunch that for any reason it may increase in price.
www.neopetshive.com/Hive/newbies/millions.htm
Probably the best guide i’ve found on investing.
