Guide to Selling Webkinz Items

 Guide to Selling Items

 

 

Here is a guide for what to sell and what not to sell on Webkinz World!  Almost all items and prizes can be sold back to the W-Shop for half their original value/price, though some items are very valuable and shouldn't be sold.  

See my guide for trading and the value of Webkinz items here.

Do Sell:

Duplicates of most things (that you can easily win again or aren't worth trading)

Low value prizes/items that you don't like (from Today's Activities, daily log-in, etc)

Non-deluxe clothing that you don't like

Challenge prizes you don't like (like the smaller, less exciting prizes from the 1st or 2nd part of the challenge)

Common and uncommon Magical Forest prizes

Crown of Wonder 

Farm Fresh Food

Extra food (worth 10kc or more)

Vacation Wheel prizes

Kinzville Academy Recess prizes

Spree! Shopping Bag prizes

Wacky Snack Pack foods

Anything else that is not worth trading but that you don't want

 

Examples of what to sell: 

 

                 

 

Don't Sell:

Rare items

Exclusive items (never sell these!)

Pet Specific items (never sell these!)

Pet of the Month exclusives (never sell these!)

Deluxe prizes (Deluxe Day, Deluxe challenges, etc) 

Deluxe clothing

Most challenge prizes (these are sometimes turned into exclusive items after the challenge is over and made available at the Wish Factory)

Most click-to-win prizes

Grand prizes (Magical Forest, etc)

Some Wheel of Wow / Deluxe Wheel prizes

Most Winterfest or other seasonal prizes (with the exception of duplicates, esp. clothing)

Jumbleberry Fields Jar prizes

Kinzville Academy class prizes (never sell these!) 

Plushies (non W-shop)

Retired items (unless you can still buy it at the Curio Shop)

Spree! Mall prizes

Trophies

Webkinz Newz prizes

Foods worth less than 10 kc (just feed it to your pet, it's not valuable enough to bother selling it)

Examples of what not to sell:

Tip #1: Even if you don't want any of the items mentioned above, I still strongly recommend keeping them and trading them later. That's what I do.  I actually purposely buy extra rare items just to trade (I use my secondary accounts to do this).  Unless you are in serious need of immediate kinzcash, it's not worth it to sell these items. They are just too valuable and difficult to find, and worth a lot more than the kinzcash you will receive for them (especially exclusive items; for some reason these only sell for a couple hundred kc, though they're way more valuable than that).  It's better to trade these items for another valuable item that you do want.  You can trade in the Clubhouse obviously, but I also recommend using the Webkinz subreddit page or the Webkinz Newz trading forum to make trades.  Be patient!  Some items might sit in your storage room for awhile, but someone is likely going to want them at some point (especially as time goes by and the item becomes older and increases in value).  I have multiple storage rooms in my Webkinz house where I keep these items.  Sometimes, items from challenges are made into exclusive items after they have already been released.  Once I won several Dragonfly Wall Art pieces in a challenge and then sold them.  Now you can get them at the Wish Factory for over 30 tokens each!  I definitely regret selling them.

 

Tip #2: The only time I would ever recommend selling a rare item is if you need the money to buy a different rare item (that you want more) from the Curio Shop. Since you don't have much time to do that (>1hr), selling a rare item is a quick way to make the necessary kinzcash. However, I would recommend selling an expensive W-Shop item or two instead, as they can be repurchased far more easily.  I only recommend selling a rare item if you have a duplicate of it and haven't been able to trade it, and don't have any W-Shop items to sell.

Tip #3: As mentioned above, if you need kinzcash quickly, sell large W-Shop items (ex: a TV,  a pool, a stove, or a bed). These items cost the most kc so you will earn back more kinzcash and have to sell less things. It's better to sell one bed than two counters + a chair.  If I need to do this, I choose an item or two from an unfinished room rather than a completed one so I don't mess up any finished designs.

Tip #4: If you have multiple accounts and need kinzcash on one of them, buy three of the most expensive item you can find in the W-Shop and send them to the account that needs kinzcash (I believe the most expensive item is the Oak Paneled Pool), and then sell them on that account.  However, I only recommend doing this when you have a few W-Shop coupons, as you still technically lose kinzcash overall unless you buy the items with coupons that are worth 50% off or more.  See my post about the advantages of having more than one account here.

 

Tip #5: Again, as mentioned above, if you have an extra coupon that is worth more than 50% off (it must be worth at least 60% off or more) you can buy a really expensive W-Shop item and then sell it back right away for a small profit.

Tip #6: Some items can't be traded or sold, which is annoying. If you acquire an item that you don't like and you can't trade it or sell it, put it in a room in your house labelled "Storage" or "Stuff I Can't Sell."  I now have two rooms full of stuff I don't like but can't sell.  It doesn't matter how it looks; I just cram those rooms full of as many items as I can fit.  It's annoying, but this way those items don't take up space in my dock.  I also put wallpaper/flooring that I don't like + can't sell in these rooms.

I hope this helps!

Xoxo,

Pippa

Webkinz Room Decorating: My Favourite Rooms

Room Decorating: My Favourite Rooms

 

This is a list of my most favourite webkinz rooms I have ever designed.  I have designed a lot of rooms, so that is saying something!  Most of these rooms took a long time to make and have lots of special items in them.

My most favourite room: The Reading Room

This room is based off of the Reading Room at the Clubhouse.

Favourite Items: Signature Stately Bookshelf, Lovely Learning Bookshelf

The Conservatory

Favourite Items: Fancy Fountain, Musical Maestro Wardrobe, Black & White Checkered Flooring

The NYC Fashion Studio

Favourite Item: Dance Studio Clothing Rack

The Arcade

Favourite Item: Bowling Arcade Unit

The Grande Library

Favourite Item: Black & White Checkered Flooring

Gwendolyn's NYC Apartment

Favourite Items: Blue Avenue Window and Country Home Chair

The History Classroom

Favourite items: Legionnaire's Shield, Ionic Column

Shep's Study

Favourite Items: Fluffington's Chair, Fluffington's Bust

The Secret Garden

Favourite Item: Rainy Gazebo (E-Store)

Wisteria Lane

Favourite Item: Secluded Garden Bench

Thanks for reading!

Xoxo,

Pippa

How to Get Webkinz Rare Items

How to Get Rare Items 

You may have noticed that in many of my rooms I have rare items.  Rare items can be hard to find (hence the name rare), but they are actually not nearly as hard to find as you might think.  Lately I've been buying one every other day! There are 4 main ways to get rare items, which I will discuss below.

Rare Themes & Examples of Rare Items:

Ancient Civilization (very expensive)

Aztec (most expensive)

Medieval

Neo Gothic (least expensive)

Palace Princess (least expensive)

Persian Palace (my favorite!)

Victorian Garden

Whimsical Wonderland

There are also many rare items that are not part of a specific theme, such as these ones:

4 Ways to Get Rare Items:

1. Buy them from the Curio Shop.  This is the classic, most simple option, but it can take a looong time to complete a theme or find the specific item you want.  While it's easy to find rare items in general (you can easily buy at least one rare item every day if you go to the Curio Shop at the right time), each individual rare item only goes on sale about 5 times per year (more or less).  So if you need the Victorian Garden Apollo Fountain to complete a room, that means you will only have around 5 chances per year to buy it from the Curio Shop.  Thus, purchasing rares from the Curio Shop is one of the hardest ways to get specific rare items, though it is one of the easiest ways to get rare items in general. You will also need a lot of kinzcash.  Some of the rare themes (such as the Ancient Civilization, Aztec, and Persian themes) are very expensive, while others (such as the Neo-Gothic and Wonderland themes) are relatively inexpensive.  

I highly suggest building up rapport with Arte so that he tells you when the rare items will be for sale. If you buy stuff from him often and tip him 100 kc every day (small tips offend Arte) you will eventually reach level 6, and when you ask him about rare items he will hold up a sign that tells you what time the rare item will be on sale that day:

2. Visit the forum section on Webkinz Newz (this also works if you are looking for other non-rare items).  If you do not know what the forum section is, it is a place on Webkinz Newz where Newz members can discuss Webkinz World related topics.  In the forum section, you post topics and people can reply to them. That is essentially what the forum section is.  Here's what to do: Go to Webkinz Newz.  In the top right corner, click join, and sign up for a Newz account or just log in with your Webkinz account.  Next, click on Forums, then click on Webkinz World.  That will take you to the Webkinz World forum section.  Select the section you want to post in (i.e. 'Giveaways,' 'I Need This Item').  Scroll to the bottom of the page, where you will see two white boxes with the words "Create New Topic In "Webkinz World"".  Now, post a new topic.  If you are looking for items from the Medieval theme, for example, you would title your topic "Looking For Medieval Rares" and then, in the second box, add a bit more information, like what you are offering to trade, which Medieval items you already have, etc.  After your topic has been approved, people can start replying to it. Sometimes, if you are lucky, someone will be very generous and offer you whatever you are looking for for free.  This has happened to me two times.  I posted on Webkinz Newz about how I was looking for  Persian rares, and someone offered me a ton of the Persian items for free.  I friended them and they sent me all the items through kinzpost.  If somebody does that for you, be sure to thank them with a reply on the forums and a note through kinzpost. Don't ask people to do that for you, though!  If they want to, they will offer.  Be sure to pass on the kindness, too!  If you see someone on the forums who really needs an item you have and you don't really need it, offer it to them for free if you can.  They will be very thankful.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Use the Trading Room at the Clubhouse. I highly, highly recommend using Kinzchat Plus.  It makes trading SO much easier.  Just go to the trading room and shout out exactly what you are looking for and/or what you have for trade. You can also ask people to trade and ask if they have a specific item, and if they do they can tell you exactly what they want for it.  Using kinzchat plus makes trading easier, faster, and more efficient.

4. Visit the Webkinz subreddit and post your trading list (just search 'Webkinz' on reddit and you will find the sub).  Again, this works for non-rare items too, and you can also post ISO's if you only need one thing.  It's similar to the Newz forum section, but it isn't regulated by Ganz so you have much more freedom in terms of what you can post or comment, and you don't have to wait for posts or comments to be approved by moderators. You can also look at other user's trade / wish lists here. To make a trade list, create a Google doc and set it so that anyone with the link can view it.  Type out all of the items that you have for trade, and then all of the items that you're looking for.  It's best to include the exact names of items as well as screenshots so that people know what items you're talking about (you can find pictures of Webkinz items via Google, and if you put the item in your dock and mouse over it you can see what the exact name of it is).  If you make your trade list detailed and easy to read (pictures are a must!), people will probably want to trade with you.  You can also just make a trade room, screenshot it, and then post the screenshot (people won't be able to see the names of the items you're offering, however).  People are really nice on this subreddit, and I have never had anyone scam me or back out of a trade.

 

I hope this helps you find some rare items!

 

Xoxo,

Pippa