How to improve your chances of a swap [gelöst]

hello,

I have completed a few swaps on here but have been turned down for others ( I do understand why) however if anyone could help me out with a suggestion for improving my chances I would appreciate it.

I only collect Irish coins from 1928 to 1969 and hope to complete date runs of these coins. I have added all the coins that I have available to swap.

I´m looking for ideas about searching for the coins that I want, who may have them and how do I make my available coins more visible.

Thanks for reading.

In my humble experience only around 1/3 of the swaps I start, or of people who contact me, actually end up in a deal. Many times it is just that there may not be enough coins in the swap to make it worth. For instance you only have 3 coins in your swap list I don't already have.
People also take into consideration the value of the exchange as, international mail from Canada costs at least $10 so if the value of the coins exchanged is low, it makes no sense to pursue it as I can easily buy those coins locally for less. So for me to exchange with EU for common coins, I only proceed if there are at least ~20 coins in the swap. Of course if there are some more valuable coins it could be less, but you get the idea. If you are looking only for Irish coins, you may find someone who has 2 or 3 you want and that may not be enough to warrant the swap. You have to be open to swapping more coins if just to add them to your swap list.
What I found seems to work is to get coins people want (rarer countries, higher NRI, latest issues) which will increase the number of people wanting those coins. Think that for most coins with NRI lower than 10, there's many people in Numista that already have those coins, so unless you find someone who collects by year and you happen to have years they are missing (low %), you'll have to work hard to get rid of those coins. I don't keep more than 1 example of coins with NRI of 4 or 5, and no more than 2 or 3 for anything up to NRI of 7, unless that particular coin is somewhat special (rare year).
Irish coins are beautiful. I hope you manage to complete your collection one day.
Best of luck,
Alex.

Thank you Alex, the postage can sometimes be a killer,
all sound advice
Regards
Sean

You have a couple ways of targeting potential swap partners

- go to the swap monitor and filter to Ireland to find fellow collectors in Ireland who most likely would have the coins you need. You can then visit their profile, check their swap list and see what they want. Additionally there will be a couple lines indicating number of “coins that interest him/her” and “coins that interest me”.

- alternately, go to the catalogue, pull up a coin you are looking for. Scroll down and see who has that coin for swap. Then visit the profile of that person and check out the swap list and read what they want.

- open a new thread under swap/trade section of the forum that you are looking for Irish Coins. Note down the details of the coins you want in your post. Maybe you might get some offers

Hopefully these will help you narrow your search for promising swap partners

Verweis : "sean96c"​hello,
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​I have completed a few swaps on here but have been turned down for others ( I do understand why) however if anyone could help me out with a suggestion for improving my chances I would appreciate it.
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​I only collect Irish coins from 1928 to 1969 and hope to complete date runs of these coins. I have added all the coins that I have available to swap.
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​I´m looking for ideas about searching for the coins that I want, who may have them and how do I make my available coins more visible.
​
​Thanks for reading.

​This is very common issue that all swappers have faced. For me, the only way to open new swap more and more. The result might come out in the near future.
for me, I always go to the coins that I am lack of. See the swapper at the bottom of the page. Open the swap and wait God to connect us.

A common problem with swaps is the inaccuracy with "number of coins that may interest him". Most often than not, I offer a swap to someone with this number showing 200, 300 or more of my coins, only to get a "not interested" reply.

Verweis : "Dejan"​A common problem with swaps is the inaccuracy with "number of coins that may interest him". Most often than not, I offer a swap to someone with this number showing 200, 300 or more of my coins, only to get a "not interested" reply.

​agree, this indicator is not an accurate measure. I never rely on it when I start the swap.

Verweis : "Dejan"​A common problem with swaps is the inaccuracy with "number of coins that may interest him". Most often than not, I offer a swap to someone with this number showing 200, 300 or more of my coins, only to get a "not interested" reply.

​I have uploaded my entire want list to Numista, so when I see the “coins that interest me” it’s actually fairly accurate. But the “coins that interest them” is a complete hit or miss depending on whether the other person has also gone through the Rigorous exercise as I have done of marking coins that he/she wants, does not want, already has etc . Either ways, something better than nothing :)

Thanks to everyone who has replied. As it happens just today I was asked for 2 swaps. I am thankful for everyone's contribution

My problem is that people want $25 worth of coins, but are only willing to swap $5 worth of coins. Frustrating.

Verweis : "Ben-jamin"​My problem is that people want $25 worth of coins, but are only willing to swap $5 worth of coins. Frustrating.

​Or others than value all their coins as if they were UNC but value the coins they ask as if they were VG. Equally frustrating.

Or the people who select all the silvers in the swaplist, also frustrating...And has nothing to offer in their swaplist apart from some very common holiday-leftovers...

If i see someone with a high ratio of wanted coins, i check their profile to see if they put more specifics about what they want. As an example, i prefer better years in high grades, so there's only a couple Italy 5 Lire from 1951-2001 that i actually want, although Numista thinks i want all 50 years, so if you have a couple of those, that'll artificially bump the "coins i want from you" number up, but i may not find much in your swaplist that i'm looking for. Also, it looks like a lot of people aren't swapping over borders, esp right now.