A day of news and developments just keeps unfolding before us! This is pretty big news right here:
Want to know more about Diablo III’s new auction house feature? We’ve just updated the Diablo III web site with a comprehensive Auction House guide that walks you through the ins and outs of Diablo III’s in-game item marketplace, including details on buying and selling, a breakdown of how the real-money auction house works (in regions where available), and more. You’ll also find some important information on Battle.net account-security requirements that players interested in using the real-money auction house will need to know about.
The gold-based auction house opens its doors worldwide on May 15 with the launch of Diablo III, and we plan to bring the real-money auction house online approximately one week after that. This is a new service that includes lots of complex elements, so we are going to take a little extra time to ensure the game gets off to a good start before we flip the switch and open the real-money auction house for business.
For more information, head to the freshly minted Diablo III Auction House website, or check out the updated Auction House FAQ.
This isn’t bad news. It isn’t good news. It simply means the market won’t be as erratic as it potentially would have been. It also means a few strategies that would have worked (for a single week) won’t. It means we can all work on a strategy for RMAH domination AND simply enjoy playing the game for a week too (with gold auctions flowing).
I’m quite excited by this change at first glance. I think it will have huge implications – What do you guys think?
Ray
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I’m not sure if I read the guide correctly (hope I did), but it seems, that they cancelled the listing fee.
Selling, point 4: “Before you post your auction, you’ll see any fees that apply to your listing displayed in the center section of the Sell tab. These fees will only be charged if your auction successfully sells, and will automatically be deducted from the item’s final selling price.”
That is great news, isnt’t it? It’s going to be 1USD for equipment and 15% for commodities. Plus 15% for transfer to PP or similar, which would leave us at 72,25% with commodities. I think it’s great, because if your items don’t sell, you don’t have to pay anything, plus it allows you to start earning without investing money yourself. This will probably catch attention of many people, so the market will grow, let’s hope that’s a good thing…
wow really interesting! Im glad the first week is only the gold AH will give me time to get prepared for the real thing and do a few experiments with the gold AH
FOR EQUIPMENT : Transaction Fee (Real-Money Auction House): $1.00 USD per item / $1.00 AUD per item
Transfer Fee (when sending proceeds to PayPal or other authorized payment-service provider): 15% of amount being transferred
FOR COMMODITIES : Transaction Fee (Real-Money Auction House): 15% of final sale price
Transfer Fee (when sending proceeds to PayPal or other authorized payment-service provider): 15% of amount being transferred
game should be free for the amount of rape they are handing out