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BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GW2 BLOG KREWE!
Guild Wars 2 Marketplace
The Guild Wars 2 design team have certainly brightened the day for many of the GW2 Krewe with the announcement of a GW2 Marketplace! One great new feature of the Guild Wars 2 marketplace is the "on-demand" option that let's you say "I'm looking for this item and I'm willing to pay this much for it", and then if anyone has that item they can accept that price and complete the sale. The prices in the Marketplace will be global, drawing data from all servers.
Curtis Johnson, one of the GW2 game designers explains...
"Guild Wars 2 includes a full Marketplace for players, which will differ from the usual MMO auction house in a number of ways. The biggest and most important difference is GW2’s Marketplace supports postings from both buyers and sellers. You might put your sword up for sale, then offer 100 gold for the specific axe you’re looking for without having to find any specific seller. The market can display the history of average value and trends for an item, making it easy to determine a fair value for your goods. It might be worth waiting to sell your item, depending if the price is rising or falling." |
The in-game Marketplace will also be available out of game through your web browser, so while you must be in-game to put a new item up for sale, you'll be able to browse the market, make bids, or even cancel your own auctions and offers without running the game.If you place a bid for an item and it is successful, even if you're offline at the time, the amount you bid will be withdrawn from your bank account and deposited into the seller's bank account and the item will be waiting for you in your storage when you next log in. Similarly, when you sell an item, the funds will be deposited in your Guild Wars 2 bank account and the item removed from your inventory and placed in the buyer's storage.
Another huge step forward for Guild Wars 2 fans to look forward to. 
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