Steem Monsters - 2-Way Market Started!
As I said 2 days ago, I'm very impressed with the game that @aggroed and @yabapmatt developed call Steem Monsters. It is really cool and getting cooler by the day as they start to write the rules and distribute more information about it.
I've had success at having a relatively good tight market for commons as I have now reduced the spread from $0.03 sbd BID and $0.06 sbd OFFER... To now it is $0.04 sbd BID and $0.055 OFFER. That means the spread is only a $0.015 and it has been cut in half in 2 days.
I have now started the market also for the "Rare Monsters". You can see the prices below, but again I started with a traditional 1 x 2 market.
I Need Some Steem Or Steem Dollars (and willing to buy them direct from you)
With the recent price drop and the potential of this Steem Monster game, I am willing to buy some Steem or Steem Dollars to put some more liquidity into this 2-way market. If anyone wants to sell to me direct (and bypass the ridiculous costs of going through the blocktrades via other cryptos), then I will buy and pay using paypal to pay directly. I won't charge a mark-up and we will use the price that is listed on either steembottracker.com or coinmarketcap.com. I'm not looking to "game" the system, so we will use a reasonable price based on the going rates. Also in an effort to minimize the stress on both parties, while I am willing to buy a few hundred, I will limit each amount per transaction to say $25 per trade (pending both side confirming completion).
So if you want to sell me any Steem or Steem Dollars, just message me here or on discord and I will work with you directly!
Commons (Up to 10 commons per order) Updated June 13
Bid or "Sell Price" $0.04 sbd
Ask or "Buy Price" $0.055 sbd
Rare Monsters (New Market Listing- Updated June 13)
Bid or "Sell Price" $0.15 sbd
Ask or "Buy Price" $0.275 sbd
Rare Summoners
Bid or "Sell Price" coming soon
Ask or "Buy Price" coming soon
Epics
Bid or "Sell Price" coming soon
Ask or "Buy Price" coming soon
Finally I will be happy to work with the existing volume dealers to include their inventory and tighten the prices. If you are interested in participating, I will explain to you how that would work!
Great post Dave. As soon as I get more time I look forward to sitting down and getting my head wrapped around this whole new steem cards game. As usual, people are always coming up with amazing ideas on this platform.
I'm proud of you @mudcat36... you are getting the hang of it! ;)
You did it perfectly! :D
ps.. and thanks for the comment too!
http://monsters.steeminator.com/marjanko/cards
@davemccoy got it... :)
Hey @marjanko... here is a very fast rough estimate for you... It is not something that I did as a buyer or a seller, but to simply give you an idea of what I think things are at now... I didn't have the gold cards from that view, so this excludes that... Here you go:
75 steem on the legendaries... 46 epics roughly 20 to 25 steem... 150ish plus quite a few leveled up 40 to 60 steem.. 200ish commons and many leveled up 15 to 25 steem... I can't see the golds on that but they are at a big premium right now because the game is now going to have a gold only version... So those literally could be worth gold ;)
So totaling them all up I would say roughly 175 to 225 steem (without the golds)... but, I would also say that I could be being conservative because I am used to buying from people... I think they will be worth much more once people figure out how many they take to level up once the cards play... Plus another big factor will be that people will learn their powers and strengths soon and that will send them scrambling for sure!
https://steemit.com/steembay/@liuke96player/steem-monsters-auction-1894-cards-14-gold-cards
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I would love it if you could explain how to flat out buy cards from you, the price, and where there is a list of cards to buy. I've not been able to keep track of everything going on and everyone else selling.
Yes I will work something up for you to explain not only me, but how everyone is doing it too... complete with a list of how the cards are separated ;)
Why don't you just buy on Bittrex, I use this all the time. I think some people suggested the same in the comments. Where did you get the 10% tax from? Maybe I've been missing something!>!?
steemmonsters are cool. Kind of addictive.
ok cool... yes quite a few have mentioned that... I will try to open a bittrex account tomorrow... that is awesome! And I didn't mean a literal tax, I just mean that the 10% toll that is taken by blocktrades both in and out is like a tax... I didn't know that bittrex could go direct to steemit wallets.
Thanks for the info, I will try to get started with them tomorrow!
I think they charge a 0.1 steem flat transaction fee to withdraw. And it's almost instaneous.
I got it done... Even got a coinbase account opened too... I have to wait the 6 days to transfer the ETH over to bittrex, but I'm now able to transact... Thanks for the help and encouragement!
it looks like you timed it about right.... I am doing some myself now and learned something in this whole process too... glad to get the help from everyone.
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@ilovepoorpeople yes tomorrow is a big day... I will know how it all worked out soon!
I'm very impressed that it was as quick for you to get it all set up... you did it all in less than a week... very good turnaround imo!
Good to hear!
I tend to use Kraken to make my initial purchases. (I occasionally use coinbase but they charge much more); then I transfer to btrx then buy btc thn steem.
Its all a bit complex but we get there in the end.
@revisesociology ut ohhh I am using coin base and bittrex... Maybe I will look at karken next... Hell I don't know how everyone keeps up with all these passwords and codes... Since I started stemmit I have like 25 different sets of things I have to remember and write down, and then remember where I wrote them down 😱
Kraken has much lower fees, although you have transfer in from your bank which costs about £10, so I only use them when I can afford to buy more than £500 of crytpo.
I just have a handful of passwords and cycle them, occasionally expiring an old one and making up a new one.
Or you could get a password manager, also 2FA?
I encourage you to write an e-book about the topic. That would help newbies. :)
Thank you @mountrock! Which topic, making the market in steem monsters or doing the transfer of cash into steem from the outside world? Both are challenges that I am digging into right now ;)
Just basic stuff... tutorial on how to crypto. Start with 1st ebook "Bitcoin for newbies" and then 2nd ebook "Introduction to Steemit" and so on. If you are into it, you will probably have to spend ages writing volumes of books explaining the whole crypto space :)
@mountrock that is a great idea... I have just gone through the process so it is fresh in my mind... Thanks for the idea! :)
You're welcome. If you need a review I would be happy to do so :)
@mountrock that is a very kind offer, I will definitely consider it! :)
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Won't sell you any sbd's or steem, but you can have my vote instead :P
That's very cool @palikari123... Believe me I don't want anyone to sell that isn't already going to... But if they are going to sell this saves both of us the hassle (plus the 10% fees on both sides!)... And thanks for the upvote, even though just your approval is all I need! :)
I definitely agree that the 10% fee is way to steep of a price to pay... Glad you found a better way to do it, you helped your brother too :)
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@ilovepoorpeople ... your mom didn't raise a fool... I know because I've always admired her good kids!
haha... no she didn't... thanks for the pay back too! I appreciate you taking care of it so quickly :)
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@ilovepoorpeople of course, thanks for the loan... it was very handy :)
I look forward to seeing how this progresses. I'll likely join in eventually however right now there just isn't a lot of LIQUIDITY in the market from what I can see. Not a lot of buyers and sellers yet. But I think that will change of course.
I agree with you on this @monsterworld... It is still very early and their is very little activity on a total dollar basis, that's why I am starting somewhere to learn and help it develop (if they don't do it directly by @yabapmatt)... I am glad to see you paying attention and you are welcome to join me (or anyone) as it always makes the market better if we have more "market makers". :)
Wow this a grate idea. At least one would overcome the hastle and strees involve in buying from blocktraders.
Come to think of it, you will be using the same exchange/price rate with that of blocktraders which is good.
Thank you @maxijgcomm... I agree completely... I'm glad you notice that, it is a big factor that many don't discuss.
Yea, I look forward to seeing how it work out and I will be following up for more updates.
Regreds...
I got both the bittrex and coinbase opened today... I have a 6 day wait to move the ETH that I bought, but only had a $5 charge total on the purchase of ETH with cash... so far so good ;)
Wow good to hear. Positive result is on its way...
But for the charge don't you think it is much?
@maxijgcomm yes I think it is too much... But I'm trying a new method and so far so good... will find out the final fees tomorrow ;)
Ok that's cool. Would love to know your new discovery.
why not buy SBD and steem through blocktrades at least their price is also reasonable and ok
actually that is the problem for 2 reasons... First the way that you have to open a separate crypto account means lots of paperwork and hassle (since I'm not selling I have no need to do that)... And second is that I don't think 10% is a reasonable trading cost. In fact, it is one of the highest fees I've seen in the trading space in my 30+ year history of the markets... That is 10% to both the buyer and seller, which essentially cuts out a huge chunk of the market. In my opinion this is one major reason that steem has not achieved its potential. That is a very steep fee to trade for us common folks.
So there isn't a way to import steem from the market to your account without going through blocktrades? You can't buy on Bittrex and then send to your account?
After starting out with Blocktrades, I quickly learnt that this is the way to go!
So is there a tutorial for how to transfer from Bittrex to Steem wallet? One of the reasons I like Steem transactions internally is that they're so easy to do (other than copy/pasting the long password). It's much more complicated to do transactions outside of the confines of Steem.
Damn, the bittrex wallets for STEEM/SBD are offline!
I think it's just a case of 'withdraw', putting your Steem account name in 'account', and choosing the amount to send.
If you don't mind confirming that, I would appreciate it... I have heard about the blocktrades fees and really has stopped me... I will check into bittrex if that works seamless, thanks for the information Asher.
And ps... check to make sure I sent you all the last order... I sent them but always like you to check and make sure!
I would like to find a way to bypass the 10% tax each way... that is pretty steep and if Asher and you are right Blondie, then I would be happy to take that route!
hahahha I am so afraid that I might get addicted to it as well and go on a buying spree!
lol... I understand... That's why I am sticking to the cheaper cards and buying them direct instead of through packs... That way I have a toe in the water, but didn't fully jump in and get soaked! It does look like its going to be very promising though! ;)
That sounds like a good strategy... At least it will keep you from trying to compete with the whales... which we all know isn't possible. You were always the smart one in the family, maybe that is why no one would play you in chess!
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@ilovepoorpeople yes I have like 150 steem in this and still not even on the radar! lol
omgosh... 150 steem... you always were the type that gets going on something and just keeps getting further involved... I hope you kick some ass! Good luck!
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@ilovepoorpeople lol... started with the Bucs and Jimmy Giles and Rickey Bell! ;)
Hey Dave! How are you? I just came back from my internship and I'm already on my last year. And will be doing my thesis film within the year. I'm just passing by. Keep it up man :)
Hey @qyugmo! Its great to see you! How was the internship? And great that you are on your last year, time flies so make sure you enjoy it! And what is your thesis going to be on, what is the topic you will do your film on?
Its great to have you check in and love to know I can still stay connected to you through here even if it is months at a time in between! Make sure you get that film that you do sent to me so I can view it, I'm excited to see what you come up with ;)
Hi Sir @davemccoy! The internship was great! I'm currently doing my research for my upcoming film so that I can connect it with my thesis. I hope you can check out my recent post about a review for my favorite tv show. Do you think I can post a blog about my research for this project? :)
@qyugmo I will definitely go check out your post and when I finish up with my comments. And of course you can post a blog about this research... I think that would be fascinating and many would agree :)
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@tuanis thank you very much... that is very nice of you :)