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== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
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'''Auction Houses''' are facilities that allow heroes, villains and praetorians to buy and sell [[Enhancements]], [[Recipes]], [[Salvage]], and [[Inspirations]].
  
Where heroes go to buy and sell [[Enhancements]], [[Recipes]], all types of [[Salvage]], and [[Inspirations]]. There are four locations: [[Atlas Park]], [[Kings Row]], [[Steel Canyon]] and [[Talos Island]].
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The Auction Houses for Heroes are [[Wentworth's Fine Consignments]], located in [[Atlas Park]], [[Kings Row]], [[Steel Canyon]], and [[Talos Island]]. Villains use the [[Black Market]], located in [[Mercy Island]], [[Port Oakes]], [[Cap au Diable]], [[Sharkhead Isle]], and [[St. Martial]]. [[Praetorian (Alignment)|Praetorians]] can use the [[Trading House]] in [[Imperial City]] or the [[Underground Trader]] located in the Resistance Hub of [[Underground Imperial]].
  
(The comparable villain facility is the Blackmarket, with very similar functions.)
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The Auction House works across servers. Items being sold from any server may be purchased on any other server. Trading now exists between all factions: Heroes, Villains, and Praetorians. Prior to [[Issue 18]] trading between different factions was not allowed.
  
The consignment house is cross server.  Items for sale on any server, US or EU [http://uk.boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=AnnounceUK&Number=848200&bodyprev=#Post848200], can be purchased on any other server.
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At level 10, a contact becomes available that provides a training session similar to a story arc, to introduce the [[Invention]] system. Players may wish to wait until level 12, as the reward for the arc is an IO (level 12 allows the choice of a usable level 15 reward).
  
== NPCs ==
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A character may begin using the Auction House from level 1 (provided they can safely get to it). This allows the buying and selling of items in the event the character's personal and vault storage becomes crowded.
  
=== Introductory NPC ===
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The {{slashcommand|auctionhouse}} slash command can be used to access the auction house from almost any location, on any character on an account that has placed a token in the [[Paragon_Rewards#Reward_Level_8|Tier 8]] [[Paragon_Rewards_Program#Remote_Auction|Remote Auction]] slot of [[Paragon Rewards]].
  
Enter the Consignment House in Talos Island and an NPC in the center will give this helpful speech if you click on them.
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'''Note:''' Free and Premium players may purchase access to the auction houses if they buy an [[Auction House License]] from the [[Paragon Market]]. Each license will last 30 days. A lifetime Auction House license is also a granted to these players if they have completed [[Paragon Rewards Program#Tier 4 Bonus|Tier 4]] of the [[Paragon Rewards Program]] (eight [[Reward Token]]s).
  
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== Secret Bid System ==
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Auction Houses use a secret bid system. Here is the in-game explanation of this system as provided by the Wentworth's Employee in Talos:
  
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:At Wentworth's we use a 'secret bid' auction. To make a long story short, you set the price for your item, but the Buyer does not see it. The Buyer bids what he wishes to pay and if he meets, or exceeds, your requested price he will receive the item. You may even receive more than you asked for! In order to help the Buyer with a bid, there is a history of how much that item has sold for in the past.
Greetings, <Hero Name>. Welcome to Wentworth's Fine Consignments.
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If this is your first time in our consignment house, let me explain how it works. At Wentworth's we use a 'secret bid' auction. To make a long story short, you set the price for your item, but the Buyer does not see it. The Buyer bids what he wishes to pay and if he meets, or exceeds, your requested price he will receive the item. You may even receive more than you asked for! In order to help the Buyer with a bid, there is a history of how much that item has sold for in the past, up to 10 purchases.
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The other Auction Houses uses the same secret bid system as Wentworth's.
  
You only have 10 Transaction Slots so whether you are selling or buying, you may only participate in 10 transactions at any given time. In the beginning, you have a limited number of Transaction Slots; however, you will gain more through experience or rewards. The amount of slots you have is based on your Security Level.
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If multiple players are selling an item for different amounts, the person with the lowest list price will sell first as long as a bid is higher than their list price. Thus, if a lot of people are listing an item for 100 inf, someone who lists the same item for 10,000 inf may never sell it even if people are paying 100,000 inf for it. Likewise, it's possible for someone who lists an item for 100 inf to sell it for 100,000 inf while someone else who lists the item for 10,000 inf only sells it for 10,000 inf.
  
You may sell (or buy) Salvage (which is sold in stacks), all Enhancements, Recipes and Inspirations.  
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== Transaction Slots ==
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Each character has a limited number of transaction slots that they may use at the Auction House. A character starts with one and earns more as they advance in security/threat level (see the [[Leveling Chart]] for details). Additional transaction slots may also be earned through badges.
  
Now this consignment house is not free and we do have two types of fees. There is a Listing Fee, which is 10% of the price you sell your item for. It is refunded once the item is sold. There is also a Transaction Fee of 5% of the final sale price, which is deducted at the time of purchase. You will use your Influence to pay for these transactions.  
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One transaction slot is required for each item put up for sale or for each bid placed. Salvage and recipes may be bought or sold in stacks of up to ten. Enhancements may be bought in stacks of ten but can only be sold singly.  
  
You may only put an item up for sale for 24 hours. If it does not sell within that time frame it moves to your Transaction Inventory for 30 days. Please be aware that you will lose your posting fee if your item does not sell. Also, you may put up a 'looking to buy' order for 7 days. If no one responds in 7 days, the order is cancelled.
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The following badges increase the number of transaction slots: [[Merchant Badge|Merchant]], [[Retailer Badge|Retailer]], [[Auctioneer Badge|Auctioneer]], [[Marketer Badge|Marketer]]/[[Black Marketeer Badge|Black Marketeer]],  [[Power Seller Badge|Power Seller]] and [[Enduring Badge|Enduring]]
  
Oh, and there was that customer incentive program I wanted to mention. Badges. No matter, I'm sure I have given you too much information already and you will figure it out soon enough.
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== Fixed Price Items ==
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=== Market Teleporter ===
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The vast majority of items available in the Auction House are sold by players. However, there is also a one-use market teleporter, available either as a [[Consignment House Transporter]] (for heroes); a [[Black Market Transporter]] (for villains); a [[Trading House Transporter]] (for Praetorians); and a [[Underground Transporter]] (for Resistance).  
  
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The Market Teleporter may be purchased at a fixed price of 10,000. The teleporter will transport its user to the Auction House of their choice (if more than one of that type exists). The Auction House has an unlimited supply of this item. A character may not possess more than one of this item at a time. Using it disables all Auction House teleportation powers, including those from [[Day Jobs]], for 30 minutes. (The player may buy another copy of the power immediately. The delay only prohibits using it.)
  
=== Wentworth's Employee ===
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== Fees ==
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There are two sets of fees associated with using the Auction House. Both fees are applied to the seller, a listing fee and a transaction fee.
  
Click on this NPC to see a list of all possible items for sale, and to sell your own items.
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Because there are fees associated with selling on the Auction House, it is possible to lose money, especially when items do not sell.
  
== Fixed Price Items ==
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Notice, though, that you are essentially only charged one fee, since the second fee is never charged if an item doesn't sell, and if it does sell, the first fee is deducted from the second. If you put an item up for sale and it gets bought, '''your overall net profit is 90% of what the buyer paid for it, no matter what minimum price you asked for'''. (This is technically untrue at the extremely cheap end, where items are priced so low that they sell for less than 50 influence, but the extra charges in these cases are in the low single digits.)
  
While the vast majority of items available in Wentworth's are sold by players, Wentworth's itself also sells a Consignment House Teleporter inspiration at a fixed price of 10k, which is always available, and which will take you to any of the four Wentworth's locations. Reportedly villains have a similar Black Market Teleporter.
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=== Listing Fee ===
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When an item is put up for auction, a fee of 5% of its listed price is charged to the seller. If you do not have enough influence/infamy to cover the fee, you will not be able to list it on the Auction House.
  
==Sales Tax==
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Note that the minimum fee is 5 inf. If 5% of the list price is less than 5, you will still pay 5.
When dealing with the Consignment Houses, there are unfortunately two taxes involved, both paid by the Seller of an item.
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The first is always charged, a listing fee. This fee is taken from the sellers available [[influence]] at the time of listing, and if the seller doesn't have enough, the item won't be allowed to be listed.
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If your item sells, this amount will be refunded. The amount will not be refunded if the item does not sell, or if you cancel the auction.
  
The second fee is only charged when the item (or items, in the case of item stacks) is sold. The fee will be subtracted from the amount of influence that the buyer payed the seller, and thus, only affects the amount of incoming money, not what the seller has on hand. There is a special case where this isn't true though, if the amount paid for the item is less than the sales tax, what ever is left over will be once again charged the seller, and not the buyer. Of course, if they seller where to remove the item before it is bid on and sold, this fee will never be charged.
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=== Transaction Fee ===
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When an item sells, a transaction fee of 10% is deducted from the amount it sold for. However, the transaction fee will be reduced by the listing fee, which will be refunded since the item sold.
  
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== Inactivity ==
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Inventories, bids and items for sale remain in the Auction House indefinitely until claimed or acted on, even if the account is inactive for a long time.
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{| class="wikitable"
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Previously, at the time of server maintenance, any characters not logged in for 60 days would have their items deleted. With the release of Issue 14 (April 07, 2009), this is no longer true.
! Cost Range !! Fee
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''Characters (on active accounts) who have inventories, bids or items for sale in the Black Market or in Wentworth's Consignment House will no longer have to log into the game within 60 days to avoid item or influence/infamy expiration.''
|1 - 119 || $5
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''In-game Black Market and Wentworth's employees will still give their friendly reminder; however, if your account is "active", they won't take your "stuff".''
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|120 - 139 || $6
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'''Note:''' The definition of "inactive" now refers to an account whose subscription is no longer paid for. Yet there is still some question as to whether the item deletion for inactive accounts also has the 60 day grace period.
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|140 - 159 || $7
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|160 - 179 || $8
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|180 - 199 || $9
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|200 - 219 || $10
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|220 - 239 || $11
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|240 - 259 || $12
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|260 - 279 || $13
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|280 - 299 || $14
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|300 - 399 || $15-$19
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|400 - 499 || $20-$24
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|500 - 599 || $25-$29
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|600 - 699 || $30-$34
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! Cost Range !! Fee
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|700 - 799 || $35-$39
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|800 - 899 || $40-$44
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|900 - 999 || $45-$49
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|1,000 - 1,099 || $50-$54
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|1,100 - 1,999 || $55-$99
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|2,000 - 2,999 || $100-$149
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|3,000 - 3,999 || $150-$199
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|4,000 - 4,999 || $200-$249
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|5,000 - 5,999 || $250-$299
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|6,000 - 6,999 || $300-$349
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|7,000 - 7,999 || $350-$399
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|8,000 - 8,999 || $400-$449
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|9,000 - 9,999 || $450-$499
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|10,000 - 19,999 || $500-$999
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! Cost Range !! Fee
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|20,000 - 29,999 || $1,000-$1,499
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|30,000 - 39,999 || $1,500-$1,999
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|40,000 - 49,999 || $2,000-$2,499
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|50,000 - 59,999 || $2,500-$2,999
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|60,000 - 69,999 || $3,000-$3,499
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|70,000 - 79,999 || $3,500-$3,999
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|80,000 - 89,999 || $4,000-$4,499
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|90,000 - 99,999 || $4,500-$4,999
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|100,000 - 199,999 || $5,000-$9,999
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|200,000 - 299,999 || $10,000-$14,999
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|300,000 - 399,999 || $15000-$19,999
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|400,000 - 499,999 || $20,000-$24,999
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|500,000 - 1,000,000 || $25,000-$50,000
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It should be noted, that novice sellers should beware, due to these taxes, it is quite possible to loose money from selling things, first in the initial listing charge, and again when the selling charge goes through.
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== Influence Transfers ==
 
== Influence Transfers ==
Though not an intended use of the consignment house, it is possible via the consignment house to transfer influence between characters on the same account, cross server.
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: ''Main article: [[Influence Transfer]]''
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Influence can now be transferred to characters on your account, or to other players, using in-game [[email]]. This is the only recommended way to transfer Influence.
  
See [[Influence Transfer]] for details.
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Though not an intended use of the auction house (and is neither supported nor recommended), it is possible to use the auction house to transfer influence between characters on the same account, cross server. This system was more common before the ability to transfer via email was available. See [[Influence Transfer]] for details.
  
 
== Badges ==
 
== Badges ==
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Broker}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Inspiring}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Scrounger}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Enhancer}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Vendor}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Salesman}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Tradesman}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Merchant}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Peddler}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Retailer}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Dealer}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Auctioneer}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Businessman}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Marketer}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Black Marketeer}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Shopkeeper}}
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{{BadgeBox|left=130|Power Seller}}
  
{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller hero.png|Broker|Sell 50 [[recipe]]s at the consignment house.}}
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[[Category:Services]]
{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller villain.png|Inspiring|Sell 50 inspirations at the consignment house.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller hero.png|Scrounger|Sell 50 salvage at the consignment house.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller villain.png|Enhancer|Sell 50 enhancements at the consignment house.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 01.png|Vendor|You've sold 10 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 02.png|Salesman|You've sold 50 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 03.png|Tradesman|You've sold 100 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 04.png|Merchant|You've sold 250 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 05.png|Peddler|You've sold 500 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 06.png|Retailer|You've sold 1000 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 07.png|Dealer|You've sold 2000 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 08.png|Auctioneer|You've sold 3000 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 09.png|Businessman|You've sold 4000 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 10.png|Marketer|You've sold 5000 items on the Consignment House. (Heroes)}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 10.png|Black Marketeer|You've sold 5000 items on the Consignment House. (Villains)}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 11.png|Shopkeeper|You've sold 6000 items on the Consignment House.}} 
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{{BadgeBox|Badge auction seller 12.png|Power Seller|You've sold 7000 items on the Consignment House.}}
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Latest revision as of 23:21, 19 February 2014

Overview

Auction Houses are facilities that allow heroes, villains and praetorians to buy and sell Enhancements, Recipes, Salvage, and Inspirations.

The Auction Houses for Heroes are Wentworth's Fine Consignments, located in Atlas Park, Kings Row, Steel Canyon, and Talos Island. Villains use the Black Market, located in Mercy Island, Port Oakes, Cap au Diable, Sharkhead Isle, and St. Martial. Praetorians can use the Trading House in Imperial City or the Underground Trader located in the Resistance Hub of Underground Imperial.

The Auction House works across servers. Items being sold from any server may be purchased on any other server. Trading now exists between all factions: Heroes, Villains, and Praetorians. Prior to Issue 18 trading between different factions was not allowed.

At level 10, a contact becomes available that provides a training session similar to a story arc, to introduce the Invention system. Players may wish to wait until level 12, as the reward for the arc is an IO (level 12 allows the choice of a usable level 15 reward).

A character may begin using the Auction House from level 1 (provided they can safely get to it). This allows the buying and selling of items in the event the character's personal and vault storage becomes crowded.

The /auctionhouse slash command can be used to access the auction house from almost any location, on any character on an account that has placed a token in the Tier 8 Remote Auction slot of Paragon Rewards.

Note: Free and Premium players may purchase access to the auction houses if they buy an Auction House License from the Paragon Market. Each license will last 30 days. A lifetime Auction House license is also a granted to these players if they have completed Tier 4 of the Paragon Rewards Program (eight Reward Tokens).

Secret Bid System

Auction Houses use a secret bid system. Here is the in-game explanation of this system as provided by the Wentworth's Employee in Talos:

At Wentworth's we use a 'secret bid' auction. To make a long story short, you set the price for your item, but the Buyer does not see it. The Buyer bids what he wishes to pay and if he meets, or exceeds, your requested price he will receive the item. You may even receive more than you asked for! In order to help the Buyer with a bid, there is a history of how much that item has sold for in the past.

The other Auction Houses uses the same secret bid system as Wentworth's.

If multiple players are selling an item for different amounts, the person with the lowest list price will sell first as long as a bid is higher than their list price. Thus, if a lot of people are listing an item for 100 inf, someone who lists the same item for 10,000 inf may never sell it even if people are paying 100,000 inf for it. Likewise, it's possible for someone who lists an item for 100 inf to sell it for 100,000 inf while someone else who lists the item for 10,000 inf only sells it for 10,000 inf.

Transaction Slots

Each character has a limited number of transaction slots that they may use at the Auction House. A character starts with one and earns more as they advance in security/threat level (see the Leveling Chart for details). Additional transaction slots may also be earned through badges.

One transaction slot is required for each item put up for sale or for each bid placed. Salvage and recipes may be bought or sold in stacks of up to ten. Enhancements may be bought in stacks of ten but can only be sold singly.

The following badges increase the number of transaction slots: Merchant, Retailer, Auctioneer, Marketer/Black Marketeer, Power Seller and Enduring

Fixed Price Items

Market Teleporter

The vast majority of items available in the Auction House are sold by players. However, there is also a one-use market teleporter, available either as a Consignment House Transporter (for heroes); a Black Market Transporter (for villains); a Trading House Transporter (for Praetorians); and a Underground Transporter (for Resistance).

The Market Teleporter may be purchased at a fixed price of 10,000. The teleporter will transport its user to the Auction House of their choice (if more than one of that type exists). The Auction House has an unlimited supply of this item. A character may not possess more than one of this item at a time. Using it disables all Auction House teleportation powers, including those from Day Jobs, for 30 minutes. (The player may buy another copy of the power immediately. The delay only prohibits using it.)

Fees

There are two sets of fees associated with using the Auction House. Both fees are applied to the seller, a listing fee and a transaction fee.

Because there are fees associated with selling on the Auction House, it is possible to lose money, especially when items do not sell.

Notice, though, that you are essentially only charged one fee, since the second fee is never charged if an item doesn't sell, and if it does sell, the first fee is deducted from the second. If you put an item up for sale and it gets bought, your overall net profit is 90% of what the buyer paid for it, no matter what minimum price you asked for. (This is technically untrue at the extremely cheap end, where items are priced so low that they sell for less than 50 influence, but the extra charges in these cases are in the low single digits.)

Listing Fee

When an item is put up for auction, a fee of 5% of its listed price is charged to the seller. If you do not have enough influence/infamy to cover the fee, you will not be able to list it on the Auction House.

Note that the minimum fee is 5 inf. If 5% of the list price is less than 5, you will still pay 5.

If your item sells, this amount will be refunded. The amount will not be refunded if the item does not sell, or if you cancel the auction.

Transaction Fee

When an item sells, a transaction fee of 10% is deducted from the amount it sold for. However, the transaction fee will be reduced by the listing fee, which will be refunded since the item sold.

Inactivity

Inventories, bids and items for sale remain in the Auction House indefinitely until claimed or acted on, even if the account is inactive for a long time.

Previously, at the time of server maintenance, any characters not logged in for 60 days would have their items deleted. With the release of Issue 14 (April 07, 2009), this is no longer true.

Characters (on active accounts) who have inventories, bids or items for sale in the Black Market or in Wentworth's Consignment House will no longer have to log into the game within 60 days to avoid item or influence/infamy expiration. In-game Black Market and Wentworth's employees will still give their friendly reminder; however, if your account is "active", they won't take your "stuff".

Note: The definition of "inactive" now refers to an account whose subscription is no longer paid for. Yet there is still some question as to whether the item deletion for inactive accounts also has the 60 day grace period.

Influence Transfers

Main article: Influence Transfer

Influence can now be transferred to characters on your account, or to other players, using in-game email. This is the only recommended way to transfer Influence.

Though not an intended use of the auction house (and is neither supported nor recommended), it is possible to use the auction house to transfer influence between characters on the same account, cross server. This system was more common before the ability to transfer via email was available. See Influence Transfer for details.

Badges

File:Badge auction seller hero.pngFile:Badge auction seller villain.png Broker

You've sold 50 Recipes on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller hero.pngFile:Badge auction seller villain.png Inspiring

You've sold 50 Inspirations on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller hero.pngFile:Badge auction seller villain.png Scrounger

You've sold 50 salvage on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller hero.pngFile:Badge auction seller villain.png Enhancer

You've sold 50 Enhancements on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 01.png Vendor

You've sold 10 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 02.png Salesman

You've sold 50 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 03.png Tradesman

You've sold 100 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 04.png Merchant

You've sold 250 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 05.png Peddler

You've sold 500 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 06.png Retailer

You've sold 1000 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 07.png Dealer

You've sold 2000 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 08.png Auctioneer

You've sold 3000 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 09.png Businessman

You've sold 4000 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 10.png Marketer

You've sold 5000 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 10.png Black Marketeer

You've sold 5000 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 11.png Shopkeeper

You've sold 6000 items on the Auction House.

File:Badge auction seller 12.png Power Seller

You've sold 7000 items on the Auction House.