Albion Online Market And Black Market Flipper

What is a Flip?

A flip involves purchasing an item from a standard market and selling it to a buy order, usualy on the Black Market, for profit. These are single-use, instant transactions.

Data Sources

Price data is sourced from The Albion Online Data Project (AODP). To contribute data, use the official AODP client or the Albion Free Market Data Client, which offers a graphical interface. You need to use a data client to succesfully flip!

Finding Flips

• Market Scanning: Use the data client to upload current market prices. The system compares sell orders from standard markets with buy orders on the Black Market to identify profitable flips.
• Data Freshness: Sell orders are held for 60 minutes and buy orders for 30 minutes to minimize false positives.
• Three Steps: Flipping involves three key steps:
  • Scanning the City Market: Scan the market in your chosen city.
  • Scanning the Black Market: Scan the Black Market.
  • Executing the Flip: Purchase items from the standard market and sell them to the Black Market as quickly as possible to capitalize on identified opportunities.

Consuming Flips

• Marking as Consumed: When you execute a flip, mark it as consumed to track your transactions and update the system.
• Visibility: Consumed flips remain visible to all users to prevent misuse and ensure transparency.

Safe Flipping

Caerleon Only: Buy items in Caerleon and sell directly to the Black Market. This method avoids red zones and is safer but typically yields lower profits (e.g., 100k profit flips are common; 1M+ are rare).

Riskier Flipping

Royal Cities to Black Market: Purchase items in royal cities and transport them to the Black Market. This approach involves traversing red zones, increasing risk but also potential profit. Brecilien offers high profitability but with significant danger.

Activity Monitoring

The flipper page displays a chart of total value of consumed flips per hour. Highlighted areas represent weekends. Use this to gauge recent flipping activity and identify optimal times for profitable flips.