Well, we're about halfway through with the trading for this beta swap and I've been keeping a close eye on things. It seems that this has gone very smoothly with very few issues or problems. The system is working as I designed it, and everyone seems to be having no problems using it.
There are currently:
816 unique items offered.
401 wishlist items.
1,041 dibs claimed.
931 tickets still out.
Average trading ratio: 140%
Median trading ratio: 157%
Every participant in the swap currently has tickets in their inventory so I think that means that for the moment, everyone has gotten what they wanted and now they are just doing the finalizing of their swaps and keeping up with what new items are coming in as the swap is underway. I feel like the algorithm I made, where you get a set number per day that grows, along with early bonuses when people dib your items, worked perfectly.
As you can see in the trading ratio, each person is getting an average of 138% back over what they are sending out. This ratio number might not be very useful, though, because some people really bring the average up. We have one member who is getting over 500% ratio (receiving 5 times more than they are sending, which is perfectly acceptable and okay) and another member is at a 50% ratio (getting half the quantity than what they are sending.) The median is 159% which I'm going to call a certain success.
I'd be glad to hear anybody's thoughts on this entire swap, how it is going for them, etc.
