Novian Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Since bots seem to be in stock right now I was considering buying one, first I have a question though: How much "work" do you put into bot.tf to make your $9.99 back, because I dont want to work 8 hours a day updating prices just to break even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tardlife Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I suggest you get a plan and research what you want to do with your bot before you buy it. Also it help to have a shit ton of keys & metal. Took some time to set my bot up but can’t say I spend that much time on it nowadays.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torb Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 26 minutes ago, Novian said: Since bots seem to be in stock right now I was considering buying one, first I have a question though: How much "work" do you put into bot.tf to make your $9.99 back, because I dont want to work 8 hours a day updating prices just to break even. I put about 6 hrs a week into pricing. Also I wouldn't buy one unless you have 100+ pure to give it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprekt Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Depends on how much you can invest. I generally spent ~7 hours a week updating prices and made back the $9.99 in just a few hours(invested 3000 keys) However, I can guess that keeping competitive with cheaper items is way more time consuming. In all honesty, I wouldn't suggest you buying one unless you are into unusual banking(or if you're very passionate) Trust me, if you are only here for the money you'll find yourself extremely bored profiting a scrap on each trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humann Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 What happen if the programmer made a big mistake on the bots and you lose all your items? And what happen if the programmer scam everyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprekt Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 24 minutes ago, human__ said: What happen if the programmer made a big mistake on the bots and you lose all your items? And what happen if the programmer scam everyone? That's a risk you have to take as well, absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torb Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, human__ said: What happen if the programmer made a big mistake on the bots and you lose all your items? And what happen if the programmer scam everyone? Fair point but the owners make alot of money by not scamming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayTuut Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 6 hours ago, Novian said: How much "work" do you put into bot.tf to make your $9.99 back, because I dont want to work 8 hours a day updating prices just to break even. Saw some guy with only a $100 backpack make the $10 back in a day. Doesn't seem to hard. I don't use one cause I don't sell anything but unusuals but it's pretty good to make profit. If you have the time, like sprekt/torb said, 6-7 hours a week, so like an hour a day into pricing, if you have that, why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbackpacktf Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 On 4/24/2018 at 4:06 PM, Torb | Elite Spell Trader™ said: Fair point but the owners make alot of money by not scamming There are currently 164 bots running on bot.tf. This means the owner is making $1640/month from the fees (assuming all 164 are paying users.) I'm guessing off bots I've seen from folks like SugarFreeCookies (this is speculation, I don't have data for this) that the total bp value in unusual bots alone on the bot.tf network is far more than $200,000. Although it would be short-sighted and stupid to do, an exit scam certainly isn't out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unstopaBULLY Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, ^v^ said: There are currently 164 bots running on bot.tf. This means the owner is making $1640/month from the fees (assuming all 164 are paying users.) I'm guessing off bots I've seen from folks like SugarFreeCookies (this is speculation, I don't have data for this) that the total bp value in unusual bots alone on the bot.tf network is far more than $200,000. Although it would be short-sighted and stupid to do, an exit scam certainly isn't out of the question. Remember, Danny has to pay for good servers for all these bots as well as backpack slots, and he also makes extra revenue from the new autopricing feature as well as the bot.tf stats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torb Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 55 minutes ago, unstopaBULLY said: Remember, Danny has to pay for good servers for all these bots as well as backpack slots, and he also makes extra revenue from the new autopricing feature as well as the bot.tf stats Also, remember axle change scamming? All his accounts got trade banned. Now imagine Danny trying to cash out 200k+ before something happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinder Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Hmm sad to see people think I'll ever pull a scam like that. However, I can understand where it's coming from. I don't think there's a good way for me to prove to you that I will never do it, but hopefully my word is worth something. I've been running Bot.tf for over 2 years now without any issues and intend to for much longer Much love, Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Alex Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I have some points to share. First, don't count on simple Item Banking. There are bots out there with autoprice scripts that will undercut you by 1 scrap every minute or two. Second, the first month was 7 keys which is more like $13 (while the bots were available). Finally, the hypothetical "exit scam" could be something to discuss with high tier traders and imho not with $100 BP user who started this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayTuut Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 18 hours ago, MasterMinder said: Hmm sad to see people think I'll ever pull a scam like that. However, I can understand where it's coming from. I don't think there's a good way for me to prove to you that I will never do it, but hopefully my word is worth something. I've been running Bot.tf for over 2 years now without any issues and intend to for much longer Much love, Danny Wow, the masterminder Its so weird going to bots profiles and seeing that they are run by you even if they dont have bot.tf in the name Is it really hard to code trading bots? Or do you allow something that you couldn't get easily by coding it yourself? Just curious because I don't see any non-bot.tf bots, at least on unusuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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