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For anyone starting out in the sock game I found this reddit thread posted by Quick_Experience really helpful:

Tips for sock sellers.

More than just a buyer, it’s been my goal to try to help new sellers avoid mistakes that sellers of the past have made. Here I will list some of the most important tips I can offer from a buyer’s POV.

Don’t assume that buyers don’t talk to each other in private. We do. We warn each other about sub-par sellers any chance we get. Not all of us do public ratings, and chatting with other buyers is the second best way to get the word out.

Don’t state the duration of time you’ll wear the socks in hours, unless you’re referring to the number of hours your feet will be in shoes. For example, don’t say “48 hours” as opposed to “two days”, unless you plan to have the socks and shoes on for 48 hours straight. The only exception would be if the buyer specifically requests 48 hours of continuous wear with and without shoes, and you agree to it. Otherwise, stating 48 hours is misleading and will likely result in a bad sell. If you can only wear the socks in shoes for 6-8 hours each day, then you must be upfront about that.

Don’t cut up or rip holes in socks just to give them an artificial appearance of being worn out. It’s too fake and obvious for most of us. When that much wear does happen, the surrounding area of fabric is almost always wore visibly thin as well. A giant hole in an otherwise healthy looking sock is a turn off.

Be careful about only wearing shoes that look brand new in your pictures. Most buyers want extra stinky socks. New shoes just don’t do the trick, and we all know that. It’s okay to have pictures of some new or new-ish shoes, but make sure you include some well worn out shoes or boots as well. That’ll show that you have the ability to make some smelly socks, given that the correct shoe is worn.

Dirty doesn’t always equal smelly, at least not in the ways that we want. Most of us want that foot sweat smell. Not a dirty floor smell. Not a dirty clothes hamper smell. Exception: some buyers do want a dirty foot print from walking on the floor, but not the majority. Ask before assuming. Don’t get the sock dirty to create an illusion of something that isn’t true. Most of us would much rather get a sock that’s sweaty and stinks like your feet, even if that sock “looks” clean.

Do not, under any circumstance, use artificial odor sprays to make the socks smell more. First off, this can be dangerous given how many of us will ultimately have the socks in our mouths. Secondly, it doesn’t work! The socks will not smell genuine, and any of us that have had real world experience smelling and licking sweaty/smelly feet will know instantly. This is probably one of the worst things you can do if you want to establish a good foundation as a seller.

Make sure you have plenty of different pictures posted. You don’t have to post so many that it undermines other accounts, like OF, but if you only have the same 4 or 5 pictures posted that keep getting recycled, it makes us wonder about the legitimacy of it all; especially if you’re new. It’s easy, as a seller, to say or think “if you don’t believe I’m real, that’s on you”. And you’d be right, it is on us. But with so many other sellers, if we have to wonder about one particular seller being real or not, we will just move on to someone else. Better safe than sorry.

Understand the two primary perspectives on scent before you begin making a pair to sell. First there’s your perspective, and second there’s the seller’s perspective. Your perspective on scent comes from someone who likely is not turned on by the smell of feet. That makes you more sensitive to it. It’s common to think your own feet stink when they’re actually quite mild. The other perspective is that of the buyer. Someone with a foot fetish; who loves the smell of sweaty/stinky feet. To most of us, there’s no upper limit to the smell. There is, however, a lower limit. Often the lower limit overlaps with what sellers consider “stinky”. This is why you get buyers requesting ridiculous lengths of time, like 2-4 weeks on one wear. They want something way smellier than what you consider smelly. In reality, you could wear the same pair of socks just 3-4 times and, if done properly, produce top tier used socks without having to stumble through for several weeks. See the next tip for the definition of “done properly”.

I won’t sugar coat this one. It’s imperative that you wear the socks in shoes for a minimum of 8 hours each day with some medium duty activity (or higher). Don’t take shortcuts here. Raise your prices if you must, but your future earnings absolutely depend on this. One day of sock wear is not 4 hours in shoes and the rest lounging around at home. It’s not 5 hours at the mall and 3 hours in some house slippers that evening. It’s not sleeping with the socks on, and shoes off. One day of sock wear needs to be 8-10 hours in well worn shoes/sneakers, at minimum. 5 hours in shoes should be considered a half day. Most people with full time jobs are in their shoes a minimum of 9-10 hours per day anyway, so we will assume that’s what you mean when you give us the number of days of wear. If you take a shortcut with this, your reputation will not hold up in the long run. Fooling a few people is possible, but it’ll catch up to you quickly. Again, raise prices if you have to. You should be well compensated for your efforts, but buyers have to be able to get what they’re paying for, as well.

Communicate often enough. Some buyers are going to push the boundaries, I know that. If it’s obvious that a buyer is just trying to get free chatting/sexting sessions, then let them know that those are not free. Often we will just want information about the status of the order we placed, so try to communicate that in a timely manner. A lot of negative reviews that sellers receive are about poor communication. Orders that took weeks to complete without the buyer having any information. Avoid things like that.

Be careful about marketing “gym socks”. The phrase “gym socks” has had a long history in both cinema and in real life being associated with “stinky”, “sweaty” or otherwise gross socks. That’s partly because to the average person without a foot fetish, gym socks probably do stink. I can assure you, from vast first hand real world experience, to us gym socks do not stink very much, if at all. Two or three gym workouts will not come close to even matching a pair of socks that someone wore for an 8 hour shift as a waitress in a restaurant, for example. I’d pay twice the money for the waitress’s socks than I would the gym socks. My point is, use workouts as complimental wear rather then supplemental wear. A workout isn’t a substitute for a day’s wear, but if someone pays you a little extra for some extra stink, you could wear your work socks to the gym after a shift and that would be fine.

This one might be harsh, but it’s true nevertheless. If you cannot get comfortable wearing socks to work, school, the gym, etc over and over again each day without washing them or airing them out, then you might want to rethink this entire endeavor. That’s not to say you can’t sell socks that were only worn one time, but about 95% of the buyers who message you aren’t going to be satisfied with that. There will be times that you feet stink so badly you can smell them when you’re walking around at work (assuming you’re doing it right). That’s just part of it. That’s what you sign up for when you do this. You have to be okay with that, otherwise you’d be better off selling a different fetish item.

If you’re reading this, then one of your goals is to sell used socks. Given that, be sure to emphasize how smelly your socks are. Talk about it in some of your posts. Highlight it when you can. When it comes to sock buying, that’s what we look for. We want the socks that stink the most. Just make sure you’re being honest. Don’t oversell the stench if you haven’t figured out, yet, how to make it strong. If you’ve learned how to successfully make strong smelling used socks, let that be known.

Go easy on the oily feet, lotion feet, cum feet, ultra clean feet, and shower feet pictures if your main goal is to sell sweaty socks. Those pictures have a place and serve a purpose, and they’re great if they’re sprinkled in here and there for some variety; But a lot of us used sock guys scroll past those because it doesn’t add much to the stinky feet fantasy we try to create. So make sure those types of pictures don’t make up the majority. Be sure to include plenty of post-work, post-gym feet and sock pictures if you want to draw us in. The more realistic the better. Feet have a special appearance immediately after a socks and shoes have been removed, so I recommend taking them ASAP upon removal.

Figure out how you’re going to store the socks during the wear cycle. Most buyers will want the socks on your feet, inside of shoes, during the wear. When you’re not wearing your shoes, they’ll likely ask that you remove the socks and store them in a way that will prevent them from airing out. Socks will air out quickly, so I highly recommend finding your storage device and putting the socks inside of it AS SOON as they come off of your feet. Two suggestions for storage are double seal ziplock bags or a bowl with a lid that seals tightly. Socks go in as soon as they come off your feet and they don’t come out again until you’re ready to put them and your shoes on. Do this, and the quality of your socks will improve substantially.

Try to resist making socks in advance of a sale. You don’t know when your next sale will be, and you don’t know what that buyer will ask for. Also, the longer those pre-made socks sit idle, the lower the quality gets. It’s best to make the socks as the orders come in. There is one exception, and this is something that could help improve overall quality of your socks without any sacrifice: wear a pair of socks for a full day (remember, this is 8+ hours in smelly shoes) and tuck those into a ziplock bag when you take them off. Do that with a few pair and keep them sealed up like this. They will hold the sweat and the stench for weeks this way. The socks are not ready to be sent out by any means, but they have been primed. When someone places an order for a 5 day pair of socks. You can pull one of these out and wear them 5 more times. It’ll make the socks smell fantastic for the buyer, and because you have to wear socks every day anyway, you didn’t actually sacrifice anything during the priming process. Think of it like an insurance policy that costs nothing.

Select a pair or two of shoes that you’ll use to make the socks. You’ll want to dedicate all used sock making to these shoes. If you’re always using different shoes then the quality of socks is going to be all over the place. That’s not going to be good for return buyers, and it’s not going to be good for your reviews. Shoes make a huge difference in the scent of the socks. The best thing you can do is find some type of storage for the shoes as well. Get a box with a lid on it. Likely, you can find something at any large convenient store like Walmart. A plastic container with a lid that seals pretty well and can hold a pair of shoes inside is ideal. Keep your shoes in this when you aren’t wearing them. If your shoes can’t air out over night, you’ll be able to rapidly make stinky used socks that will bring in a lot of customers.

Include pictures of your bare feet from time to time. It can be easy to forget, especially if your primary goal is just to sell socks, but we do like to see what your feet look like under those socks. I have personally moved on from sellers if I scoured their posts and didn’t see a single picture of their bare feet. Don’t worry, we don’t care if your nails look flawless. We just like to see the feet that are making the socks you have up for sale.

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