Guilds as Third-party Trading Channel

#1 - March 6, 2013, 8:57 a.m.

I had this idea floating in my head. Basically, guild banks will be used as a workaround for two players trading with one another. The guild bank owner will neither be the buyer or the seller. The guild bank owner will function as an overseer for the two players, and will be compensated by a transaction fee.

So the buyer and seller cannot withdraw anything from the guild bank, but they are allowed to deposit gold and inventory to it. Buyer will deposit the agreed amount in the bank, and the seller will deposit the items in the bank. Once everything is agreed upon, the guild bank owner will mail the item to the buyer and give bank access to the seller, so the seller can withdraw the gold. Once everything is done, guild bank owner kicks the two players from the guild.

Thoughts? Would this be considered an exploit?

John Smith

#19 - March 8, 2013, 2:54 p.m.

Gold sellers and scammers would bury any of these systems. Do not underestimate them. Also the TP is awesome, just use it.

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John Smith

#61 - March 11, 2013, 1:48 p.m.

DarkSpirit.7046:
Pandemoniac.4739:
Plenty of folks have been wildly successful with ideas many told them wouldn’t work. Plenty have gotten a big bite of “I told you so” too. It’s hard to predict with certainty how things will turn out when you’ve got a strong opinion about it. What’s the harm in trying?

Plus the important fact that since I have successfully brokered before, it reinforced this notion in my mind that it can work. I am not being stubborn for no reason. People who have done it successfully before, would naturally be more optimistic that it can work than the people who have not done it before.

If you can find a trustworthy broker who is trusted by both the seller and buyer, most of that work is already done.

Grey markets are not created in vacuum. Even if you, yourself become a trusted broker, creating that market creates opportunities for players to take advantage of each other. We know that goldsellers will lie, cheat and steal to get money, this market will be no different.