The Player Market is a feature through which many resources are traded for coins. Players can put two types of items on the Market to sell at any time (or three items, with the Extra Trading Slot Donor perk). Once sold, one has to claim their coins by clicking on the "collect" button. The Player Market is ONLY accessible to regular accounts (i.e. not Hardcore or Teams)!
Not all items can be sold on the market. Example of things that can't be sold are:
- Basic metal ores (e.g. Copper, Tin, and Silver; however, their Bar forms can be sold)
- Most crafted items (e.g. Furnaces, Oil Storages, Vials of Water, Cannon Balls)
- Potions
- Armours
- Legendary items
- Certain foods from the Cook's Book and many food-related resources (e.g. carrots, cheese, chickens, shiny fish)
- Basic non-processed loot (e.g. Spider Web)
When players put items up for sale, they are required to input the quantity to be sold, as well as their selling price. If there are currently no sellers of a particular item, the game defaults to the minimum and maximum prices set by the game developer(s) and moderators. For instance, Blue Orbs have a default minimum price of 9,000,000 and a maximum of 19,000,000. However, when item of that type is currently being sold, the minimum price is set at 60% of the lowest current listing, while the maximum is 130% of the lowest current listing. For example, if the lowest current offer for a Blue Fishing Orb is 12,000,000, other players may set their own offers between 7,200,000 and 15,600,000.
Flipping technique[]
The 'Flipping' term refers to the technique to buy low and sell high, that way making money by 'playing the market'. It is legal, though must be approached with certain caution. Using this technique between alts is NOT allowed, as trading between alts is forbidden anyway.