Guild Wars 2

Let me recount an epic tale of woe and loss.

One day the mighty Pink Lightning Man killed a bandit. The bandit carried on him a dye color that had yet to be discovered by Pink Lightning Man. With childish and homicidal glee, Pink Lightning Man revealed what color the dye was. It was a yellow, corn color. Outraged and ashamed, Pink Lightning Man went to the Black Lion Trading Co. to sell this object which had shattered all his childhood hopes and dreams. When he tried to sell this dye, though, he couldn’t find how to. He tried for days, begging the merchant to tell him how to sell it. With no answer he hung his head and walked away, but not before he used his magical pink lightning to vaporize the smug merchants tent/house/temporary living space.

I can’t find out how to use this trading post, which I thought to be a veritable Auction House. I searched for “tutorial” in the search bar and nothing came up so can anyone give me a rundown of how this works?

Well first off, you can access the Black Lion Trading Company from anywhere. Just click the lion head in the upper left of your screen. The only time you need to go see an NPC, is if you are picking up items/money.

But onto your question.

There is different tabs on the left side after you have opened the trading post. The first tab that opens, is the gem store (if using the lion head button). If you visit an NPC, the first tab that shows up is the shopping tab. This tab allows you to search for items you wish to purchase.

Below that tab is a sell tab. This is where you can sell items directly from your inventory. If an item is sellable, it will show up in this window. Now, important part. When you go to sell something, there is two different things. Sell for the lowest wanted price, or put the item up for sale at the lowest selling price. If you sell for the asking price, you will get your money instantly. If you sell for the listing price, you have to wait for someone to buy it (like an AH in other MMOs). Alternatively, you can sell for whatever price you wish to set it for.

Take into account, there is a listing fee for selling items. As well as a hidden fee that the trading post charges (I think it’s 15%). So be careful when selling an item for the wanted price, cause you could end up losing money.

After you have sold your item, there is another tab for Pick Up. This is where you collect whatever item/profit you have made. This tab can only be accessed via an NPC. But you can sell and buy from anywhere in the game, by just using the lion head in the upper left of your screen. Like I said, the only time you need to visit an NPC, is when you need to pick up your stuff.

Hopefully that helps.

So you’re saying that I can only sell things deemed sell-able by Guild Wars 2? I can’t go and put a dry toothpick on on the Trading Post? Only a regular toothpick because it has crafting importance?

SilverRule.7426:

So you’re saying that I can only sell things deemed sell-able by Guild Wars 2? I can’t go and put a dry toothpick on on the Trading Post? Only a regular toothpick because it has crafting importance?

I think you misunderstood.

What I was saying is, items that you can sell will appear on this tab. I didn’t say the game was picky on what you can and cannot sale.

For instance, just like in other games, you cannot sell Account Bound or Soul Bound items on the Auction House. Same goes for GW2. Anything else is fair game.

If you find a grey item, such as a used shaving razor, feel free to sell it on the Trading Post if you want to. There is no limit to what you can and cannot sell, except if the item is bound to you/your account.

SilverRule, something else to keep in mind – any time you list something for sale, there is a listing fee as SpyderArachnid mentioned above. You have to pay that listing fee up front. If you don’t have enough on your toon to cover it, the TP will not let you list the item. Once the item sells, you visit a TP NPC to pick up your profits, which will be 10% less than the sale price as there is a “tax” charged on the sale.

So let’s say you want to sell that yellow dye for 1 silver. You must have 5 copper on your toon in order to put it up for sale. The system will take that 5 copper from you and the item will disappear from your inventory and instead appear on the TP.

When another player buys your dye for 1 silver, you will see 90 copper listed on the last tab of the BLTP screen. So all total, it will cost you 15 copper to receive 90 copper for your dye.

No, you’re paying 5c, and your dye, to receive 90c.