Item Trading Center
| Door | The Trade Broker in the Free Market |
|---|---|
| Minimum level | 10 |
| Currency | VX for prices; the listing fee is paid in Vesos |
| Listing fee | 5,000 Vesos per listing |
| Lowest price | 110 VX |
| Listings at once | 10, each for 7 days |
| Buyer pays | The price plus 100 VX plus 10% |
The Item Trading Center (the Maple Trading System, MTS) is a market that never closes: you list an item at a price, log off, and another player can buy it at any time over the next seven days. Prices are in VX, not Vesos. The Center is reached through the Trade Broker in the Free Market.
Getting in
- Go to the Free Market (for example with the TRADE button on the status bar).
- Walk to the far right-hand corner of the Entrance, next to the Anonymous Merchant, and talk to the Trade Broker.
- You need to be level 10 or higher, and alive. The Trade Broker opens the Center window. Press EXIT to leave.
The window
| Area | What it shows |
|---|---|
| My Character | Your character and account name. |
| Not yet sold | Your live listings. Click one to cancel the sale. |
| Transfer inventory | Items you bought, and items that came back (a cancelled or expired listing). Click one to move it into your bag. |
| Item inventory | Your bag in four tabs. Click an item to put it up for sale. |
| For sale | Everything listed, in tabs ALL, EQUIP, USE, SETUP and ETC, newest first, 16 to a page. Search by item name or by seller. Buttons: BUY NOW and ADD TO CART. |
| My page | Your cart and your sales and purchase history. |
| Bottom plate | Your balances: VX, MAPLE POINT and VESOS. The CHARGE button beside them does nothing. |
The WANTED tab holds buy orders; see below. The AUCTION tab is shown but nothing can be traded in it.
Selling an item
- Click an item in your Item inventory (Equip, Use, Set-up or Etc).
- Enter the price you want, in VX. It must be at least 110 and not so large that a buyer's total would exceed what a wallet can hold.
- Confirm. The 5,000 Vesos listing fee is taken at once, and the item leaves your bag. A piece of equipment goes alone; throwing stars and bullets go as their whole stack.
- You can have at most 10 listings at a time. Each runs for 7 days.
- When someone buys it, you are credited the full asking price in VX. When the 7 days run out, or you cancel, the item goes to your transfer inventory; collect it from there. The listing fee is not refunded.
The same restriction as in Trading applies: items from an official MapleStory Universe wallet and untradeable quest items cannot be listed.
Buying an item
- Search or browse the For Sale tabs.
- Click BUY NOW. The price you pay is the asking price plus 100 VX plus 10% of the asking price (rounded down). The seller receives only the asking price; the rest is the Center's commission. For example, an item listed at 1,000 VX costs the buyer 1,200 VX and pays the seller 1,000.
- The item goes to your transfer inventory. Click it there to move it into your bag, which needs a free slot.
- Use ADD TO CART to keep an eye on an item you do not want to buy yet (up to 50 items; you cannot cart your own listing).
If you do not have enough VX, nothing is bought.
Wanted: buy orders
In the WANTED tab you can ask for an item you cannot find for sale, and other players fill the order even while you are away.
Posting an order
- Open WANTED and click LIST WANTED ITEM.
- Search for the item by name (type at least 2 letters). Only tradeable items are offered.
- Choose how many you want: one piece of equipment, or up to one full stack of anything else.
- Enter your price, from 110 to 9,999,999 VX.
- Confirm. The 5,000 Vesos listing fee is taken, and the game holds the price plus 100 VX plus 10% from your VX until the order is filled. That is the same total a buyer pays for an item at that price in For Sale.
- You can have up to 10 orders at a time. Each runs for 7 days.
- Your orders are listed under MY PAGE, in OFFERS.
Filling someone's order
- Find the order in the WANTED tab and click SEND AN OFFER.
- Pick a bag slot that holds the item in the full amount asked for.
- The sale happens at once: the item leaves your bag, and you are paid the order's price in VX.
The buyer gets the item in their transfer inventory and a notice, even if they were offline.
Cancelling and expiry
Cancel an order, or let its 7 days run out, and all the held VX comes back to you (you get a notice when one expires). The 5,000 Vesos listing fee is not refunded.