So you wanna Trade? Guide to basic Faction trade

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"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life."
-Henry David Thoreau 

"Money doesn't buy happiness. It buys crazy-ass happiness"
-Marshal Mathers, "Eminem"

So you wanna trade, huh? Well buckle your seat-belts, cause your good friend Toast is gonna teach you a thing. 

Step 1
Research Research Build Build!

To start your magical trade journey, you need a few things built and researched to insure your trading experience is nice and smooth, easy peasy. 

First, you should have your Market Place upgraded. I would probably recommend level 12-15 to start,
but if you wanna be a pro, max out that bad boy.

Then, you gotta do the boring stuff. Research

These are the Mandatory things you have to research to do Faction Trading, the most profitable trade.

1. Guilds
2. Merchant Guild
3. Factions Market
4. Trader
6. Trade Office
7. Pocurment (Buying)
8. Selling 

These are the Mandatory building you need to build

1. Marketplace (Duh)
2. Merchants Guild
3. Trade Office

These are the mandatory units you need trained

1. Caravans
2. Trader (At least one)

Step 2
Taking Action

So, you got all of those ingredients for a perfect, trade cake! Now all you gotta do is mix that stuff
up, set the oven to 350, pull that baby out after 15 or so minutes to cool,let set for several minutes and BAM! You got a tasty Trade Cake!

So you should have a gold-hogging trader, a decent ammount of caravans, some stuff to sell, and some 
gold (Hopefully). The first thing you want to do, is send that trader to a Hub. 

I recommend Centrum, the big, scary looking one. Coordinates are at 0|0 (Pretty easy to remember)
Centrum is, in my opinion, the best, mainly because its the only really active one in Illy. Most
other hubs are just used for storing junk for later. You don't necessarily have to use Centrum, 
but trust me, you wont have much luck anywhere else. If you really wanna make some money, you sell at centrum.

So you got your fancy little trader, right? Now you just click the middle of the big, scary, spiky ball
of who knows what, and click "Send Trader". Easy, right?

While you're at it, send some caravans too. Send the stuff you wanna sell, and some extra gold for  taxes (Taxes can be a bit of a pain). So depending how much you're selling, I'd reccomend between 10k-75k. You do that by clicking the big, tower ball, and click "Send Resources". 

Now, you wait. While you're waiting, why not chat it up in GC? Theres some lovley people there

Step 3.
Making the deal

If you followed step 1 correctly, you should have everything built and researched to set a sell order
Doing that is quite simple.

Go to this little menu, the market one.

Go to the top right, and select the location your traders at, or in my case, Centrum

Click "Place Sell Order" or later you may need to buy something, you'd press "Place Buy Order"

Set the quantity, and price per/Item

S

Now the bottom half of the menu should be simple. Remember that gold you sent? That will be used for the taxes. 
The default tax rate is 5%, so it'll cost 5% of how much you're going to get from selling your stuff.

Click "Place sell order" aaaaaaand

BAM! You did it!

Thank you. This is my first guide, and I'll be posting more in the near future. Please give me feedback in the comments. I wanna make sure I did good. For all of you aspiring traders, such as myself, stay tuned. I'll definitely have more guides up. 

Edit 1: Spelling and formatting fixes.

Edited by ButteredToast - 10 Jan 2014 at 00:16

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ButteredToast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Greenhorn Joined: 07 Jan 2014 Status: Offline Points: 98	Post Options Post Reply Quote ButteredToast Report Post Thanks(3) Quote Reply Topic: So you wanna Trade? Guide to basic Faction trade Posted: 08 Jan 2014 at 06:49
	*"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life."* *-Henry David Thoreau* *"Money doesn't buy happiness. It buys crazy-ass happiness"* *-Marshal Mathers, "Eminem"* So you wanna trade, huh? Well buckle your seat-belts, cause your good friend Toast is gonna teach you a thing. Step 1 Research Research Build Build! To start your magical trade journey, you need a few things built and researched to insure your trading experience is nice and smooth, easy peasy. First, you should have your Market Place upgraded. I would probably recommend level 12-15 to start, but if you wanna be a pro, max out that bad boy. Then, you gotta do the boring stuff. Research These are the Mandatory things you have to research to do Faction Trading, the most profitable trade. 1. Guilds 2. Merchant Guild 3. Factions Market 4. Trader 6. Trade Office 7. Pocurment (Buying) 8. Selling These are the Mandatory building you need to build 1. Marketplace (Duh) 2. Merchants Guild 3. Trade Office These are the mandatory units you need trained 1. Caravans 2. Trader (At least one) Step 2 Taking Action So, you got all of those ingredients for a perfect, trade cake! Now all you gotta do is mix that stuff up, set the oven to 350, pull that baby out after 15 or so minutes to cool,let set for several minutes and BAM! You got a tasty Trade Cake! So you should have a gold-hogging trader, a decent ammount of caravans, some stuff to sell, and some gold (Hopefully). The first thing you want to do, is send that trader to a Hub. I recommend Centrum, the big, scary looking one. Coordinates are at 0\|0 (Pretty easy to remember) Centrum is, in my opinion, the best, mainly because its the only really active one in Illy. Most other hubs are just used for storing junk for later. You don't necessarily have to use Centrum, but trust me, you wont have much luck anywhere else. If you really wanna make some money, you sell at centrum. So you got your fancy little trader, right? Now you just click the middle of the big, scary, spiky ball of who knows what, and click "Send Trader". Easy, right? While you're at it, send some caravans too. Send the stuff you wanna sell, and some extra gold for taxes (Taxes can be a bit of a pain). So depending how much you're selling, I'd reccomend between 10k-75k. You do that by clicking the big, tower ball, and click "Send Resources". Now, you wait. While you're waiting, why not chat it up in GC? Theres some lovley people there Step 3. Making the deal If you followed step 1 correctly, you should have everything built and researched to set a sell order Doing that is quite simple. Go to this little menu, the market one. Go to the top right, and select the location your traders at, or in my case, Centrum Click "Place Sell Order" or later you may need to buy something, you'd press "Place Buy Order" Set the quantity, and price per/Item S Now the bottom half of the menu should be simple. Remember that gold you sent? That will be used for the taxes. The default tax rate is 5%, so it'll cost 5% of how much you're going to get from selling your stuff. Click "Place sell order" aaaaaaand BAM! You did it! Thank you. This is my first guide, and I'll be posting more in the near future. Please give me feedback in the comments. I wanna make sure I did good. For all of you aspiring traders, such as myself, stay tuned. I'll definitely have more guides up. Edit 1: Spelling and formatting fixes. Edited by ButteredToast - 10 Jan 2014 at 00:16
	He likes bread and butter He likes toast and jam

Varege Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 05 Apr 2013 Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote Varege Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jan 2014 at 16:35
	Thank you for this very helpful guide! I like the quotes at the top also. ~ V

Merlinus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Greenhorn Joined: 15 Feb 2014 Location: Tennessee USA Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote Merlinus Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 2014 at 04:30
	Thanks, Toast. I appreciate the work, and will use it.
	In Peace we reign. In War we RULE! Long live the Royal House of Merlinus!

Diomedes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 26 Mar 2012 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 208	Post Options Post Reply Quote Diomedes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 2014 at 05:35
	An excellent "Hub Trading 101" - thanks Toast. I'll be handing out the link to those who need it.
	"Walk in the way of the good, for the righteous will dwell in the land"

Dragonwort Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wordsmith Joined: 10 Feb 2014 Location: Central USA Status: Offline Points: 139	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dragonwort Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Apr 2014 at 10:46
	Nice, however some of us are newbies...you included nothing about the "harvesting mission" page that pops up when you click "send trader". AND it is NOT self-explanatory and should be about step 2.5. Thanks Dragonwort
	Just another wrench in the works..