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Deep in the blazing tropics of Mystery Island lies the Trading Post, hosted by Jhuidah! This is where Neopians can go to swap their items and Neopoints. Here, you can spend larger amounts of NP than you can in people's shops, and you can also exchange items for other items—both these things make the Trading Post an excellent place to buy and sell expensive items. If you're interested to see how trading compares to auctioning, check out our guide to the Auction House here. You may also find the official Neopets Trading Post FAQ could help you out! Creating a TradeLet's start with the basics. The first thing you'll see at the Trading Post is the button to create a new trade. So what does creating a trade mean? Simply stated, it's putting some items from your inventory on display so that other Neopians can offer you their own items and Neopoints in exchange. For example, I can put up a Puppyblew for trade. Then other users can offer items and Neopoints to trade for it. One person might offer me a Caylis Lamp and 30,000 Neopoints. Another Neopian might offer me three Yellow Eyrie Yoyos...and so on. I get to choose which offer I want to accept, giving me full control over how much profit I make. You can only have a maximum of 15 trades listed at a single time.
Step 1: Choosing the Items You Want to TradeYou'll see a list of the items in your inventory (or the first 50 items, if you happen to have more than that). Check the items that you want to put up for trade. You can have up to ten items in one trade lot. You cannot put items from the NC Mall up for trade at the Trading Post, nor offer Neocash or Neocash items for other people's trades. If you want to send a NC Mall item to another user, you'll need to use a special gift box. Check out our guide to NC trading for more information.
Step 2: Writing the WishlistUnderneath the list of your inventory items, there's a box where you can type your wishlist. This is a short description of what kinds of items or Neopoints you'd be willing to receive for your item. This will give other traders ideas of what they can give you to ensure a successful trade. You can also include other information that traders should know, such as whether you'll accept the highest offer you get within ten minutes or whether you're going to wait a while and see what offers come in. If your trade is meant for a specific user, or if you'd prefer people to Neomail you to talk about possible offers, this is also the place to do it. However, your wishlist does have to stick to its intended purpose. There are some things that your wishlist is not allowed to contain:
Certain symbols will automatically be taken out of your wishlist. At the time of writing, this includes apostrophes Wishlists cannot be updated after a lot is created. If you make a mistake or want to change your wishlist, you will have to cancel the lot after 15 minutes and create a new one. If you're still unsure what to put in your wishlist, here's a generic one as an example: Highest bid wins! Looking for [insert what you want here]; no junk offers please! After you're done with your list-checking and wish-listing, click the button to create your own trade! Step 3: Receiving OffersNow you need to wait for Neopians to offer on your trade. Whenever an offer comes in, you'll receive a notification.
Depending on what items you have up for trade, people may flock to it within a few minutes, or it may take a long time for anyone to offer. You have two weeks to receive offers before the trade lot is automatically cancelled, but don't worry; if your trade lot is cancelled, there's nothing to stop you from simply putting up another trade using the same items and wishlist.
If a user offers an item on your trade, it's probably a good idea to search the Shop Wizard and Trading Post to find out what that item's currently worth before you accept. Of course, it's up to you whether you want to accept an item that's worth less than your trade, but most people want to accept an offer of equal or greater value. If you're not sure of an item's worth, try investigating in our Item Database or asking around on the Neoboards. You can, of course, specify in your wishlist that you're only interested in Neopoints, not other items. This works best for items that cost more than the maximum price allowed in user shops (999,999 NP) but less than the maximum Trading Post limit (2,000,000 NP). If you want more than this for your item, you'll either have to use the Auction House, or accept a mixture of Neopoints and items and then sell the items. One easy option is to ask for one or more Baby Paint Brushes as part of the offer; the Hidden Tower keeps these price-fixed at around 600,000 NP each, and since Baby pets are very popular, it's quick and easy to find a buyer for them once you've got them. If you don't like an offer, you have the option to reject it. There's nothing rude or unkind about doing this—in fact, it's good manners to reject offers you don't want as soon as possible, so the trader knows what you think and can make another offer or buy elsewhere. Traders can sometimes be impatient people. Occasionally a player will withdraw their offer if they don't get a response within a few minutes, usually because they are in a hurry to buy something. Don't worry too much if this happens to you; if your trade has brought in one offer, it will probably bring in more. Just be patient! Finally, if you suddenly realize you don't want to trade your item after all—or you just want to change the wishlist—you can remove your trade from the listing after fifteen minutes. Browsing LotsNow you know how to create trades, it's time to learn the other side of the Trading Post: browsing lots. Step 1: Finding the Desired Item
The first thing you should do is make sure you know the exact name of the item you're looking for. Once you have the name, you can type it into the Trading Post's search bar. You have the option of seeing the newest trades matching your search first, seeing the oldest first, or viewing trades in a random order. Most of the time, you'll probably want to see the newest; that way, you'll know the current price of the item you're looking for rather than the price from a week ago. If you really don't know what you want to trade for and just want to browse, there's also an option that will display the latest twenty trade lots. Step 2: Making an Offer
Underneath every trade lot, you'll see the "Make an Offer" button. Click on it, and you should be taken to a page that looks very similar to the "Creating a Trade" page. Here, you can choose which items you want to offer, and whether you want to include any Neopoints. The current Trading Post maximum offer is 2,000,000 NP, plus up to 10 items. There is a Battleground for the Obelisk boon that can be won to increase offered NP past the limit, however, after the TP limit was upgraded to 2,000,000 NP in March 2018, the boon was not updated and still only allows you to offer up to 2,000,000 NP, effectively making it useless. You must offer at least one item when bidding on a trade. If the owner of the trade is only interested in Neopoints, you can send them along with a cheap item, such as a boot or some seaweed. You can only offer items that are in your inventory. When making an offer, keep in mind what was written in the wishlist for the trade lot. If the trader made a vague request and you're not sure whether they will like your offer or not, it's fine to try it and see; however, don't make any offer that the trader has specifically said they don't want. Be sure to research how much your offer adds up to, and don't offer much less than what the trade lot is worth. This is an easy way to get yourself rejected and blocked from offering again! Once you've made your offer, all you have to do is wait. If the trader accepts your offer, the item(s) you bid on will be placed in your inventory; if not, you'll get whatever you offered back either when they reject it, or when the trade lot is cancelled after two weeks. Offers Over 2,000,000 NPIf the trader is seeking more than 2,000,000 NP, you'll need to either offer items of value (up to the seller), or purchase through the Auction House which has a much higher limit than 2,000,000 NP. Typically an auctioned trade (with a pre-agreed price) would be set up as Neofriends Only. Auctions are set up with an opening bid and a minimum increase; the first possible bid is the opening amount plus the minimum increase, so make sure it's set up so that they total the amount that was agreed upon! Trading Post TermsBecause of the limited amount of space available in wishlists, Trading Post users have developed a few terms of their own. Here are some of the commonest ones!
Common Trading Post ScamsUnfortunately the Trading Post—like many other things in life—is targeted by scammers who want to trick unsuspecting users like you out of Neopoints and items. Here are some evil tricks you should watch out for if you're planning to trade. If you see anyone trying to pull one of these scams, the best thing to do is to report them to the Neopets Team. Switcheroo Scam Our scammer puts up a trade containing a rare and valuable item. As soon as a user makes an offer, the scammer cancels the trade. Then they Neomail the buyer, explaining that they cancelled the trade by accident, and that they put up a new trade to replace it. Naturally, the buyer still wants to trade, so they go to the new trade and make the same offer. However, the new trade lot is not the same as the old one! It contains an item that looks a lot like the rare and expensive item the seller was originally selling, but is worth a lot less. Of course, the seller immediately accepts the offer, before the buyer can notice the difference. The result? The seller has made a lot of money without actually having to part with their rare item, and the buyer is stuck with an item they didn't want to buy. Luckily, it's easy to protect yourself against this scam. Just make sure you double-check the item in a trade lot before you make an offer. Claiming an Item Does Something It Doesn't Do
Many items in Neopia look like they should be magical or special, but are actually quite boring and useless. A common scam is to put one of these items up for trade, claiming (in the wishlist or on a page with a link to the trade) that it does something awesome, and asking for a high price. A good example would be the Cherry and Oak Wish Sticks; these are just pretty souvenirs that don't do anything, but because of their names and descriptions, you'll often find scammers claiming that they give you better luck at the Wishing Well or help you win at chance games. If a seller claims an item will change your Neopet's species or colour, you can check their claim against our article on Items That Alter Your Neopet. Remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! If you're not sure what an item is worth, use the Shop Wizard or search the rest of the Trading Post to see what other people are asking for it. Another common twist on this scam is to take one of the cheaper openable items and claim it gives out something incredibly valuable, such as Paint Brushes or rare weapons. There are a few items that really can give out expensive prizes, but most don't do anything of the sort; check our listing to establish what kind of items you might really get, and don't pay for an empty promise! Offer On This And You Win!
The scammer puts up a cheap item for trade, and tells everyone that by offering on it, they are entering to win a prize (usually a much more expensive item). Supposedly, the prize will go to the person who makes the highest offer. Of course, the scammer doesn't intend to give the prize to anyone; when they get an offer they like, they will simply accept it and then ignore any messages about the supposed competition. I'll Tell You A Secret
This is another variation on the scam above. This time, the scammer doesn't offer an item, but a "secret" that will supposedly help the buyer gain huge amounts of money. There are no secret codes or pages that will magically give you access to mountains of free Neopoints. While there have been bugs on the site in the past that have accidentally allowed people to gain lots of free stuff, taking advantage of these can get you frozen. So are only two possibilities: either it won't work, or it'll lead to you losing your account! Wishlist Chain Messages
Unlike the scams above, this kind of message is often posted by honest, naive players. It's not hard to see why. As you can see, this message promises riches and glory, and all you have to do is copy and paste it ten times. These are known as "chain messages," and whether they're in trade wishlists, in shops, or on the Neoboards, they do not work. They are just pointless, annoying messages full of fake promises. We'll say it again: there are no secret ways to magically gain huge amounts of money. Once you've copied and pasted the message ten times, you'll find that absolutely nothing happens—but by then, the message may already have fooled someone else into copying it! The Neopets Team do not like chain messages at all, and have been known to warn, silence or even freeze people who pass on too many. So don't copy that message, no matter how tempting it sounds. You won't get the NP, and you may get into serious trouble.
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Who is the owner of Goldfield trading post? ›
Jan Thyregod - Company Owner - Goldfield Trading Post | LinkedIn.
What is the maximum NP for trading post? ›This works best for items that cost more than the maximum price allowed in user shops (999,999 NP) but less than the maximum Trading Post limit (2,000,000 NP). If you want more than this for your item, you'll either have to use the Auction House, or accept a mixture of Neopoints and items and then sell the items.
What is the max amount of Neopets trading post? ›The Neopoint limit to the trading post is 2,000,000. A common form of trading for items that are higher than 2,000,000 are called split trades where a user will offer a combination of the total amount among the requested item and junk item.
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What is per day trading limit? ›What is a Daily Trading Limit? The daily trading limit refers to the maximum amount by which the price of a stock or other exchange-traded security can rise or fall during a trading session. The limits are decided by the exchange in an attempt to avoid extreme volatility or manipulation in the markets.
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Why is it called a trading post? ›Starting in the 17th century, European traders did business selling and trading wares (including furs, weapons, beads, and blankets) at trading posts, which were sometimes no fancier than a shack. These posts also acted as community centers where people could exchange news before the days of newspapers.
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