 When I first began using Step-In, I made some critical mistakes. Mistakes that I literally had to pay for out of my own pocket. After spending tons of time doing research, going through trial and errors, speaking with people in the community, shout out to EliteChat. I was able to identify the top 10 mistakes that most new users make when they first begin to use the Step-In app. These mistakes not only slows down your overall progress, but it also slows down your time to break even. So in this video, I will list the top 10 mistakes that I noticed the majority of new users to the app making. Let's go ahead and dive right into the video. So the first mistake that you will want to avoid when you first get into Step-In, you want to avoid getting the wrong type of sneaker. So when you first start using Step-In and you go to buy your first sneaker, you will notice that there's walkers, joggers, runners, and trainers. Now in order to earn, you need to be within the optimal speed of each sneaker. So some people will prefer trainers so that some days they can run, some days they can walk. Trainers and runners pretty much earn about the same thing. However, you will have to pay a premium for a trainer because of that. So usually people tend to flock to the runners because they tend to earn the most, as you guys can see here. And for the most part, they tend to be the cheapest sneakers on the market. So it will make sense to get a runner. However, you need to be honest with yourself because you need to be able to run every single day between 8 to 20 kilometers per hour. And sure, anyone can do this for 10 minutes, but how about once you get to three sneakers and you have to do it for 20 minutes per day, then you get to nine sneakers and you have to do it for 45 minutes per day, every single day. So if you want to run, I would suggest probably going with the trainer instead of the runner so that on the rest days and off days, you can still earn and just go for a walk. You can avoid injuries. But if you really think that you can run every single day without a rest day for up to 20 to 45 minutes, maybe even an hour long, then go for it. I'm just letting you know what I've seen in the chats from the people that have thought the same thing and gone for runners and then had to resell it, lost money on it, and had to buy a jogger, walker, or trainer. What I usually recommend people is to go with a jogger if you don't want to pay up for the trainer. With a jogger, you can still go on jogs. You can't run super fast, but you can still go up to 10 kilometers per hour. And on rest days, you can speed walk, which will still earn you more than the walker. And for those that just want to walk, again, I recommend the jogger because you can still walk at a fast pace and earn more than you will with a walker. The next mistake that you need to avoid making that I see a lot of people making is buying a shoe at floor price with really bad base stats. So what are base stats? If we open up the app and we go down to where it says attributes, you will see here under efficiency, luck, comfort, and resilience, those numbers on the right. As long as there's no green lines within them, that means that this shoe hasn't been upgraded. So these are indeed its base stats. However, sometimes you will see a sneaker like this where it has a green line. That means that they have added upgrade points to efficiency here. So if you hit the button that says base stats, you will see its true base stat. Now, the reason that base stats are so important is because it's the three points, basically that the sneaker already comes with, right? So if your sneaker was this one right here, for example, and you had an efficiency of 1.4, and I started with this sneaker that has nine efficiency as its base stat, that means that I'm starting off with 7.6 more efficiency than you are. I did an in-depth guide on this subject called the sneaker's buyer's guide, where I go deep into all these numbers and why they're important. So if you want to know more about this in detail, watch that video. So a good rule of thumb is for both efficiency and resilience. When you put those points together, that they equal more than 10. As long as they equal more than 10 together, it's usually a pretty good shoe. I would say that the floor efficiency on the base stats that I'm looking for is at least five, so anything above five is a bonus at that point. So make sure to always check the base stats on the sneakers before you buy them. So mistake number three that you need to avoid is getting a sneaker with bad gem sockets. So what exactly is a bad gem socket? For me, a bad gem socket is a gem that is not really useful in the game right now. So for example, comfort gems are useless at this point in time in the game. Now the reason why is because comfort directly affects your earning for GMT. And as of this moment right now, you cannot earn GMT. Now I'm sure this will change once they introduce GMT earning into the game, but we still don't know when that will be and we don't know what type of earnings that will be either. Also, I probably won't recommend you to upgrade a common sneaker up to levels 29 and 30 because they're not going to be a really good GMT earner. So that means that the value of these sneakers are probably going to always be towards the floor price. So if you buy a sneaker with a lot of comfort gem sockets and then down the road you want to sell it, you're probably going to lose money on it because the value is going to be closer to that floor price than to it being at a more of a premium. So here's an example of a floor priced sneaker with bad gem sockets. As you can see, all four of these are the comfort gem sockets. So although this sneaker has really good efficiency, its gem sockets are just no good right now. So I would probably avoid this sneaker. Here's an example of a sneaker that I own and this is usually what I'm looking for. I want efficiency gem sockets the more the better. So this one here has three efficiency gem sockets. If I could find a sneaker with four efficiency gem sockets, I am definitely buying it. But those usually come at a premium. So what I try to do is use this sneaker and sneakers that look like this one to mint new sneakers with these good gem sockets. So like that, I can sell them at a premium. It doesn't have to have three efficiency gem sockets. Two or one is also fine as long as you're avoiding the comfort gem sockets. So here's another one. This one has two efficiency gem sockets, one resilience and one luck. This is what the majority of my sneakers look like. So a next mistake that you must avoid making is not paying attention to your mint count. If you look at the marketplace, you'll notice that each sneaker says mint and then has a number next to it. That is how many times that sneaker has been used to mint with another sneaker to create a new sneaker. The reason that mints are important and it's something that you should probably be aware of is because the more mints that a sneaker has, the more expensive it is to mint with another sneaker to create a third sneaker. And minting will probably be the cheapest way for you to go from one sneaker to three sneakers so you can get 20 minutes per day and from three sneakers to nine sneakers and beyond. So I usually recommend to get a sneaker with either zero or one mint on them max. But if you want to push it a little bit, it is okay to get a sneaker with two mints. Just know that if you're paying less in the front, then you're going to have to pay more in the back end. However, your second sneaker has to be between zero to one mint only. If not, it's not even going to be worth minting. It'll probably be cheaper just buying a third sneaker as well at that point. The number five mistake that you need to avoid making is leveling up before you repair your sneaker. This one's pretty simple. Every time you level up your sneaker, your repair costs also goes up higher. So because of this, you always want to make sure that you repair your sneaker before you level up. Alright, since we're talking about leveling up, we're going to stick with the same topic. And the number six mistake that you need to avoid making is leveling up all your sneakers that are not your main sneaker. I have people asking all the time if they should level up their extra sneakers. And the answer is no. You only need to level up your main sneaker. The levels on your other sneakers that you don't use do not affect you in any form or way. The only time that you're going to want to level up your other sneakers is if you're going to use them in order to make. If you want to make your sneakers have to be level five. So that's the only time you're leveling up your sneakers. You'll level them up to level five so you can use them in order to make if you're not minting or if they're already level five, then there's no reason to level them up whatsoever unless you're thinking about leveling up another shoe because it's better and you want to swap your main sneakers. And that's a different story. For the most part, you should only be leveling up your main sneaker and never leveling up any of your other sneakers. The other sneakers are only there so that you have more energy per day. The number seven mistake that you must avoid making is using your upgrade points inefficiently. So what exactly does that mean? Well, pretty much putting upgrade points anywhere that's not efficiency or resilience. If you're putting upgrade points in luck and comfort, you're probably wasting those points. So I've done a couple of videos on optimizing your sneakers and using the upgrade points efficiently. You can take a look at this video right here where I basically go through how to calculate and optimize your points. I optimize them using websites like stepin.guide for example. And honestly, if you have a shoe that has a resilience socket or two, I would probably lean towards upgrading only efficiency and then getting two level two resilience gems in those sockets. As long as your resilience is up to like 24 to 30 range, you should be fine and just max out that efficiency. Some people like luck. If that's your thing, go for it. I'm just telling you the most efficient way to use your points. So that brings us to our number seven mistake that you must avoid making. And that's mystery boxes and gems. If you know me and you've seen my videos, you will know that I really don't care for mystery boxes at this point in the game. Doesn't mean down the line, my mind will change on that. But right now the value for me just isn't there guys. You can see that I haven't opened any mystery boxes in a while. And I basically get one every run because I use so much energy per session. So for the sake of this video, I'm going to open up one mystery box just so that you can see what that cost versus its value is. So let's see, which one should I do? Any, meaning, money, mode. So we're going to do this one right here. Another thing is when you first get a mystery box is going to cost a lot more. If you do want to open your mystery boxes, always wait for the timer to run all the way down to zero. That's when the mystery box will be the cheapest to open. Depending on the level of the mystery box is what determines is cost to open. So we're going to pay nine GST to open this mystery box. Its value is $2.85. So nine times two, 85 equals $25.65 to open up this mystery box. Hit open. And this is what it looks like when you open. You see I got one gem, anything else. Nope, that's it, right? So I was actually lucky enough to get an efficiency gem. This is actually the most valuable thing that you can get in a level one mystery box unless you get like two of them, right? So if you go to the marketplace, go to gems, go to efficiency and put in level one gem, you can see that it's currently selling for 1.286 is the floor price. Solano's price is currently at 48.7. So 48.7 times 1.286 equals $62 minus the 6% fee. That's $58. We actually made a profit on this mystery box. So because of that, we're going to open a second mystery box because this is just the best case scenario when opening a level one mystery box. So we're going with this one this time, again, another nine GST to open up. As you guys already know, that's about $25. Hit open. And let's see what we get here. We got another efficiency gem. And we got a second gem, which is a luck gem. All right guys, it looks like we're running hot right now. I'm going to open a third mystery box because we just again made a profit. Eenie meenie miney moe catch a tiger by that toe. We're going with this one this time. Open it up. And it looks like we got a level one resilience gem here. And that's it. So let's see what the value of this level one resilience gem is. So the value of that is 0.239, right? That's the floor price. So the value of that, if I were to sell it right now is $11.47. Remember, we had to pay $25 to open this up. So we lost $14 by opening up this mystery box. So although I've run good right now opening up the mystery boxes, I still am leaning towards not opening them up for the moment until things change a bit. Another thing is that if you're still either leveling up your sneaker, trying to get up to level nine, level 19, whatever it may be, or you're still trying to get to three sneakers, nine sneakers, etc. Then you shouldn't really not be worrying too much about gems and about sockets. You should be more focused on getting your three and nine sneakers or getting up to that level 19. Those are all far more important before getting into gems and maybe buying level two gems, trying to get level two gems, things like that. So make sure to avoid those mistakes as you progress through your journey. So the ninth mistake that you must avoid doing is not using your energy after it's already full in the next replenish period comes around. If you look at my current sneaker, you'll notice that I'm at 7.5 out of 10.0 with the next refill coming up in 57 minutes. So I am perfectly fine because that next refill will give me 25% more and I will be capped, right? However, let's say that right now my energy was at 10 out of 10, then I would need to use at a minimum 25% of my energy before the 57 minute period ends. Because if I don't, I'm losing out on 25% more energy. That means that you're losing out on 25% more earnings that you will never get back. So make sure that you're always aware of how much energy you have and when the next replenish period is so that you don't lose earning time. The last and final mistake that you should avoid doing at all costs is selling your sneakers at the floor price level. Guys, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to ever sell your sneakers at the floor price. Right now, the floor price is 12.55 sole and if we click the sneaker, you'll see that it's at around four efficiency and it has two comfort sockets. So not really a good sneaker, right? I still would not sell this sneaker at the floor price. So I always try to be at least half a sole above the floor price. Now that's just the rule of thumb that I like to start with and then I take a look at the market to get a better idea. So basically, one of the things I'm looking for is where is there the most amount of sneakers for sale and wherever that number is. If it's a bad sneaker, then I want to probably list it just under that amount. If it's a good sneaker, then that doesn't matter to me. I'm going to be charging a premium for it at a minimum of one to two sole above floor price. So I noticed there's a lot of sneakers for sale here at 12.8. So if I had a really bad sneaker, I'd probably be aiming just before 12.8. Maybe around the 12.77 range, 12.76. I think that would be a good price for a bad sneaker with bad attributes and bad sockets. Just post it up there and don't worry about it. You know, you don't have to sell it within the hour within a few minutes. Just leave it posted. Eventually it will sell. I've had sneakers that have taken like 24 hours or so for it to sell. Now for premium sneakers, it's a little bit trickier. You have to look for comparables where they're selling at and then kind of figure out if you want to be before those or after those. That will probably depend on how fast you're trying to move off of that sneaker. So a lot of times with premium sneakers, I look, I'll look for comparables and I'll post it for like maybe one or 0.5 sole more than the comparables that I found, which a comparable is like in real estate. I'm looking for sneakers that are very similar to mine's in attributes, in sockets, what they're listed for. And then I try to list it a little bit above that. Again, these are for premium sneakers that I'm listing way above the floor prices with sneakers that are in comparable value. And even then I'm listing it above those, just a little bit above those as well to see if I can sell it up there. If not, then I'll start going down little by little, but you should never ever be selling any of your sneakers at the floor prices. That is a big mistake I see a lot of people make. So I hope you guys have enjoyed this video. If you didn't for any reason, just rewind it, watch it again. I'm sure it'll grow on you. Then after that, make sure to smash that like button, smash the subscribe button. And if you have any questions about anything that was covered on today's video, drop it in the comments. I'll see you guys on our next one. As always, peace and love.