Buying & Selling
There are three places in which you may buy or sell items or other currency. You buy and sell all items using credits. The three places are: the Marketplace, the Flea Market and the Currency Exchange. All three locations can be located in your Quicklinks, as well as in Georgetown. Money made from sales can go into either your hand or into the bank.

To choose how much goes where, into hand or the bank, simply go to My Account in your Quicklinks, and in Game Settings, scroll down to Credit Distribution and enter the percentage of what goes where.

Marketplace | Flea Market | Currency Exchange | Secure Trades | Advertising

Marketplace
The Marketplace can be divided in the follow categories:

  • Herbs
  • Spaceship Parts
  • Fishing Items (excluding rods & bait)
  • Fresh Fish
  • Ore
  • Constructs
  • Synthetics
  • Troops
  • Bullets
  • Nanotech
  • Other Items

    Saskia is a great help when first using the marketplace. The best way to understand the marketplace is to follow her directions. After you have learned how to use the marketplace feel free to use the advanced mode in order to view more options on buying and selling.

    In the marketplace you may filter out certain items, and check their current prices so you to sell effectively and competitively. Click on the group of items you want and then click on the specific item you are looking for. From there you can see what Saskia has found. To buy an item, simply click on "buy", you may have a confirmation page before you actually buy. Simply confirm and you have brought the said item.

    Selling items is just as easy. Simply click on the marketplace link and then follow the link to where you can sell items. Follow the instructions posted and click post. Your item(s) will now be listed in the marketplace and if someone decides to buy them you will receive news and the money immediately. If someone does not buy your items within 2 days your ad will be deleted. You can sell as many items as you want, just repeat the procedure; however, remember that everytime you post an ad it will cost you 1% of the asking price.
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    Flea Market
    The Flea Market is the place where you can only sell or buy either:

  • Armor
  • Weapons

    Weapons and Armor will help and increase your defense and attack. Much like in the marketplace, the principle of buying and selling is the same. Look for your item (filter) you want and simple click on buy. You may also sort the listings out to the amount, total cost, or cost per. Simply click the words (headings).

    To sell your weapons and armor, click on the word "sell" in the top paragraph. Choose which weapon or armor you would like to sell from the drop down menu and enter the price, and click post. Each ad will cost 100 credits and it will remain for 2 days or until someone purchases it.
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    Currency Exchange
    The Currency Exchange is the place where you sell different currency (hence the name). You may buy or sell the following:

  • Marks
  • Tokens
  • Bytes

    You can see the current averages of what each currency is being sold for. Just like the Marketplace and Flea Market you can filter the ads to your choosing. Buying is the same, choose what you want, and click buy, and confirm your purchase. Selling items follows the same method as the Marketplace and Flea Market as well.
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    Secure Trades
    Another way to buy or sell items is through setting up Secure Trades with other players. To do so, go to Georgetown and click Transfer Stuff located at the bottom of your screen. There will be two text boxes to choose from. One of them is Standard Give, the other is Secure Trade. Secure is the key word here!
    Type in the person’s ID that you wish to trade with and then click Next. In the new screen you can specify what you want to trade and for how much. When you are done click Set Trade. The other player will receive a news item and if they accept the trade the items will be traded immediately. If they decline the trade you will be receive a news item. Please note that the secure trade is very secure. You will not lose any items unless you make a mistake when setting up the trade.
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    Advertising
    You may advertise your sales via the following

  • Chatbox: You may advertise/trade in the Trading Room of the Chatbox to sell or buy game related items.
  • Message Boards: Don't forget about the Trading Board which is the most common place to advertise your items to sell. Players come here often to look for deals and to barter.
  • Community News: This is located on the first page you see after you log in. At the bottom of these news, there is a link to add your own. Ads cost 200,000 credits each, and remain posted until five other people buy out space after you - this can range from a few hours to a few days depending on the demand, so beware!
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