Fastest Way for Income

[Ichy]

If you're crafting, do yourself a favor and don't sell those crystals for a pathetic 14gil... Hoard them, because players will charge you out the rear for some of them. Following that logic, if you are going to sell them, do it with Bazaar or, better yet, auction. Check your local prices there to see what the average rate of exchange is on them.

To elaborate on Lionx's post, the Crawlers also drop Silk Thread. On the server I'm on, whenever I get one of these I put it on auction right away for 400-500gil and it's always sold within 15-20 mins. It's a rare drop, but if you don't need it for crafting it's guaranteed cash.

If you're around lvl7-8 and don't mind spending an hour at it run up and down the entire river in E-Saru. and pick off every River Crab you can find. You can trade the Remi Shells at the items shop near the Damuh Farm for 200gil for a set of 2, plus a pack of 12 Rock Salt just auctioned to net me a sweet 500gil yesterday.

Finally, to save money someone said that if you're playing a melee class get to Bastok asap to buy your armor. When you're done with it be sure to auction it in Windurst, the vendors for that stuff suck there and people will pay more .

EDIT: Come to think of it, you should never really sell to the stores. No mistake, money is tight in this game. I strongly suggest that you sell at reasonable prices over auction and bazaar to keep the money circulating in the system, instead of sinking it into the NPCs where it'll never be seen again. Plus you'll get better turnover that way, anyhow.

Remember to always sell a little lower than the auction's price history. I know it's hard not to be greedy on your sales when you see how much stuff costs, but if we all work to drop it down a few notches it'll even out and, in the long run, you'll have more in your pocket after the big purchases... Not to mention, if someone bids, say, 500 on an item priced at 500, and you have it up for 400, then yours will sell instead of the other guy's and you'll get the full 500 anyway .