Trade and how it works.

[DeathWave]

I am not exactly a newbie.. I have been playing Solo since I started, never even spoken to another player in game. I have decided that I want some specific items I have never managed to acquire in 2 years of playing.

So.. Utter newb in terms of trade. How does it work and what is correct etiquette?

[Ser Williamson]

Hey there, first off you probably want to hop onto google and look for poe.trade - This is where players list their items. Once you manage to search for your items, it will list everything and there will be "whisper" buttons next to each one (along with the price).

Click "whisper" and then ingame in the chat window simply press your CTRL+V keys to paste the message. Assuming the seller is online, they will send you a party invite and you are typically expected to travel to their hideout. Just have the currency on you before you send the whisper to facilitate faster trade.

Also, try not to be put-off if it takes a few whispers before you get a response. Sometimes the cheapest ones at the top of the list are people trying to manipulate prices (make others list cheaper) or are unwilling to stop what they are doing for low value trades.

If you want to make a counter offer on the price, do not edit the price in the whisper message, simply add it to the end of the message or as a (quickly typed) second whisper.

Good luck!

[The_Driver]

Typically, the etiquette is to not bother people too much, don't tell them your life story, they want to trade. And they want to do it fast.

Have the currency ready, ideally before you whisper them. Have enough free inventory to receive the item. Accept party invite and trade request quick and join their hideout quick upon party invite.

Sidenode: Do not mention latency towards the hideout server, you'll be on their turf and just accept that you connect to somewhere around the globe resulting in half a second delay, should that be the case. You don't need to move there anyways if you plan accordingly.

There typically isn't too much talking, but you do say thanks, and especially on hardcore a "ss" for "stay safe". Some traders may require you to wait a while ("after his map"), use common sense to answer, try again after a while if they don't come back to you (this is kind of varied by user and reason for delay if they will or not).

If you try to barter, make that clear, I like to append it to the whisper I send (bla... would you accept x c?), otherwise you may get an invite before you tried to and at that point you basically accepted the price on an honor system. Do NOT try to be sneaky by changing the price listed in the whisper message.

How it works:
Whisper player about trade (use the whisper function on poe.trade to copy to clipboard, ctrl+v it in ingame chat), wait for invite, join their hideout, accept trade request, check and confirm, say thanks and stay safe (as short as "ty ss" in some cases) and be gone. Leave group on your own if you're not kicked fast enough after the trade, leave hideout via wp (or by typing in /hideout to visit your own hideout).

A fair warning:
Sellers can spot newbies, and be it just by them dragging their currency somewhere into the trade window instead of ctrl-clicking it. They might be trying to scam you. CHECK the entire trade window before you hit accept, your side for mistakes and their side for each item with all specs you saw listed.

It's not uncommon for scammers to re-initiate trades to try to lower your guard and use other items in the trade then (worse rolled ones with same graphics, un-upgraded uniques when you want the upgraded one, carrion crows if you tried to get a divination card, a 6S instead of 6L, lower itemlevel, that sort of stuff). CHECK each item for ALL relevant stats.

Note that some players won't answer trade whispers, be it to manipulate the market, because they're afk or offline etc. Offline could mean in loadscreen, try again in 10 s then. Just move on, especially later in a league where supply is (theoretically) there.

[DeathWave]

Thank you for the detailed help :-)

[Qiox]

When you get into the sellers hideout DO NOT OPEN A TRADE WINDOW!!!

Let the seller send the trade request to you when they are done finding the item in their stash.

[Remy]

Originally posted by The_Driver:

Typically, the etiquette is to not bother people too much, don't tell them your life story, they want to trade. And they want to do it fast.

Have the currency ready, ideally before you whisper them. Have enough free inventory to receive the item. Accept party invite and trade request quick and join their hideout quick upon party invite.

Sidenode: Do not mention latency towards the hideout server, you'll be on their turf and just accept that you connect to somewhere around the globe resulting in half a second delay, should that be the case. You don't need to move there anyways if you plan accordingly.

There typically isn't too much talking, but you do say thanks, and especially on hardcore a "ss" for "stay safe". Some traders may require you to wait a while ("after his map"), use common sense to answer, try again after a while if they don't come back to you (this is kind of varied by user and reason for delay if they will or not).

If you try to barter, make that clear, I like to append it to the whisper I send (bla... would you accept x c?), otherwise you may get an invite before you tried to and at that point you basically accepted the price on an honor system. Do NOT try to be sneaky by changing the price listed in the whisper message.

How it works:
Whisper player about trade (use the whisper function on poe.trade to copy to clipboard, ctrl+v it in ingame chat), wait for invite, join their hideout, accept trade request, check and confirm, say thanks and stay safe (as short as "ty ss" in some cases) and be gone. Leave group on your own if you're not kicked fast enough after the trade, leave hideout via wp (or by typing in /hideout to visit your own hideout).

A fair warning:
Sellers can spot newbies, and be it just by them dragging their currency somewhere into the trade window instead of ctrl-clicking it. They might be trying to scam you. CHECK the entire trade window before you hit accept, your side for mistakes and their side for each item with all specs you saw listed.

It's not uncommon for scammers to re-initiate trades to try to lower your guard and use other items in the trade then (worse rolled ones with same graphics, un-upgraded uniques when you want the upgraded one, carrion crows if you tried to get a divination card, a 6S instead of 6L, lower itemlevel, that sort of stuff). CHECK each item for ALL relevant stats.

Note that some players won't answer trade whispers, be it to manipulate the market, because they're afk or offline etc. Offline could mean in loadscreen, try again in 10 s then. Just move on, especially later in a league where supply is (theoretically) there.

wow, is this a trade in a video game or a drug deal? lmao.

jk very good advice.