You Can Now Sell Your Items - to Other Players!

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Attention, people of Chobots! A new feature has arrived: the Market! The Chobots Market is a place where you can sell your in-game items by holding auctions and bid on auctions held by other players - the perfect place to sell that item everyone's been asking about.

To sell an item, log into the game and head over to your wardrobe. You'll notice that there's a blue bin on the bottom left side. This is your Market bin - given to everyone absolutely free!



You will use this bin to drag items you would like to sell on the Market. After dragging an item into the bin, a new listing page will appear in a new tab in your browser. It will ask you how many bugs you would like to set its starting price to and the end date.




After pressing "Create my auction", your listing will be made public on the Market! To bid on an item, you must first deposit an amount of bugs into your Market Account, think of this as a bank account that you can use only on the Market. You just need to press the "Add Funds" link on the Market home page. After your account has the sufficient amount of bugs, you can bid on an item by hovering your mouse over an item's tag (where the price, bids, and time remaining is displayed), and a green "BID" button will appear. Press that, and you'll be taken to the auction page. At the auction page, you simply enter a bid amount that is higher than the current amount to become the new bidding leader for that item!

When you list an item... It transfers from your account to a market storage account; you cannot access items that are listed on the Market.

When you win an auction... The seller is asked to confirm that they want to sell the item. After confirming, the transaction will be completed: the amount of bugs will be deducted from your account, placed into theirs, and the item will be transferred from storage to your account. If the seller decides to deny the sale last-minute, a 5000 bug fee is deducted from their account. As compensation, you will receive 110% of your winning bid. You will be notified via email that the seller has confirmed or denied the listing.

When you lose an auction... If it is past the end date of the auction and you are not the highest bidder, the amount of bugs you bidded on that item will stay in your Market Account.

We ask that you price your items reasonably, and do not flood the Market with listings that you know will not sell; this takes up space and makes it difficult for other people to find a good deal.

Important information

- The Market's currency is "bugs"
- Both citizens and free players can list and bid on items
- The Market is moderated

- You can't bid on your own auctions
- You can't sell citizenship, premium Shop, contest, or agency items

Since this is a new feature, it may have bugs. If you run into problems with the Market please submit a bug report by clicking on the "Feedback/Bugs" link on the Market homepage. At the same link, you can send us feedback - we encourage you to send us feedback on this new feature!

Happy bidding and selling!

The Team