Friday, April 13, 2012

Advertising your items in the AH?

[:1]Lets asume you have a special sword and you're sure it is worth a lot. You think many players will be interested in your item but how can you get their attension? If you just put it up for auction many players might miss it because they are not looking at the sword section or are afk or whatever. I think we'll be able to see how many players are browsing the AH so the best thing to do would be to put it up for auction when trading is at the peak. But your item is very special. So special that you want to make sure to get attension from the players that matter. So you could advertise your item on one of the fansites. You post a screenshot of the item and the date/time that you're gonna put it up for auction.
How cool would it be if there is some (paid for) advertising option integrated in the AH? Lets say there is a special tab for advertised items. The fee is one dollar to put up your item. When you use the feature to advertise your item all AH users hear the AH bell ring and the "advertised items" tab flashes once. So all AH users know that a very special item is up for auction. Clicking on the tab reveals the list of advertised items with the latest ones listest on the top ofcourse. Very easy and convenient.
The feature could work in both the RM and gold AH.
Thoughts?|||There's a pretty simple community solution available: http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/2587678819
Like any other trade hub, it works best when lots of people use it.|||

Q u o t e:
There's a pretty simple community solution available: http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/2587678819
Like any other trade hub, it works best when lots of people use it.

It looks interesting but i think it won't work as well as an integrated AH feature. That trading hub will likely attract some players but so will the trading pages on the fansites etc. My guess is that most players will primarily use the AH if it provides everything the player needs and i got the feeling an integrated advertising feature helps in that respect.

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