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Commissioned Player Sales to Stations

Aug 28, 2015 Tokko Bashalis link
This idea credit goes to Conflict Diamond who mentioned the idea in the new update thread.

In my recent Marketplace Idea Thread, Incarnate said he was against any UI additions or command style marketplace tweaks, but was for either a dedicated channel devoted to sales or using the mission system. This new idea plays off the new dynamic economy present in Latos N-2.

GOAL: Make it possible for a player to COMMISSION a sale to a station

USABILITY: A player can "sell" an item to a station and name their own price. That item now becomes available to purchase through the BUY tab of the PDA. If a player buys the item, credits will be transferred to the seller (minus a commission fee), upon their next time docking with the station.

LIMITATIONS: This option should only be available to goods/items not offered by the station. If the station sells Mega Posi's for 5,000cr already, there is no reason another one should be created for 20,000cr. Commissioned sales should not be permanent and should have a reasonable life-span, perhaps 1 week. If the item is not sold within the time frame, the item is returned to the players station inventory upon their next dock with the station.

EXAMPLE: Player A docks with Latos N-2 and "sells" 1x IHDPC to the station for 400,000cr(no credits are awarded for this "sale"). Player B docks with Latos N-2, notices the item, and buys the item. Sometime later, Player A returns to Latos N-2 and upon docking is awarded 360,000cr (10% commission fee = 40,000cr).

*This idea allows for the P2P economy to be less In-Your-Face and more passive. There could still be an unofficial movement crafted for a sales advertisements channel, but advertising your goods/services wouldn't NEED to be advertised in order for a sale to happen.
Aug 28, 2015 biretak link
-1 the list of things to buy would be ridiculously long especially when you factor the stuff from eventual inactive players. There are some vo players I wouldn't want to profit off my trading/purchases. Maybe to encourage things to be priced to sell, they could expire in 7 days and return to your inventory if they do not sell. But, they should still say who is selling them.
Aug 28, 2015 Tokko Bashalis link
Listing expirations is mentioned in my "limitations" section. Perhaps you missed it?
Aug 28, 2015 RoboticMechanicalJeb link
*Latos N-2

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I don't know whether to +1 this or -1
Aug 28, 2015 Tokko Bashalis link
Fixed. Good catch!
Aug 28, 2015 biretak link
sorry, I missed it
Aug 29, 2015 Darth Nihilus link
+1

This a great idea! And I have a feeling this just the sort of expansion the devs are moving towards. Those sneaky rascals with their good ideas...
Aug 29, 2015 Tokko Bashalis link
Additional info: I really don't think that station clutter will be an issue once the dynamic economy is expanded past one station. Right now N-2 is crazy because it's new and it's the only station available to participate. Once the system is expanded, an ad for an item in chat would really only be necessary to tell someone where to find it.