As we near the release of Diablo III, the team is giving players more information about in-game systems and about specific game play issues. The team has released a pair of FAQs to help players with the Auction House and with the specifics of how players on a global basis can connect with one another.

Read the Global Play FAQ.

Find out more about the Diablo 3 Auction House.

Check out the fees!

If you want to sell something and get real cash... Blizzard gets 30%, not including PayPal fees.

Money making at it's finest lol

I'm sure blizzard will have some of they're fans working as hard as them chinese gold farmers

Originally posted by fadis

Check out the fees!

 

If you want to sell something and get real cash... Blizzard gets 30%, not including PayPal fees.

30% is only for Commodities.  It's 15% + $1 listing fee for Equipment, which generally is going to be the biggest seller, IMO.  And honestly, it just reminds me of some of the textbook websites out there.  For instance, Amazon and Half.com both take 15%+ out of the final selling price.

Don't forget, Diablo III, similar to those websites, aren't subscription based and require income from somewhere.

Either way, you're really getting money for doing almost nothing if you think about it.  You're playing a game to have fun and you get a nice item that you can't use, so you toss it up on the AH.

This sounds wicked.  i can imagine some very smart people actually making alot of money from this.

where does it say blizzard get 30%, not inclpaypal fees?  Ian any case, it bloody sounds wicked, you actually get to earm REAL money playing a game.

And how is this supposed to stop outside sources from selling items?

Blizzard management has become extremely poor. It's no wonder why this company is cutting jobs

Originally posted by Kamikazego

Originally posted by fadis

Check out the fees!

 

If you want to sell something and get real cash... Blizzard gets 30%, not including PayPal fees.

30% is only for Commodities.  It's 15% + $1 listing fee for Equipment, which generally is going to be the biggest seller, IMO.  And honestly, it just reminds me of some of the textbook websites out there.  For instance, Amazon and Half.com both take 15%+ out of the final selling price.

 

Don't forget, Diablo III, similar to those websites, aren't subscription based and require income from somewhere.

 

Either way, you're really getting money for doing almost nothing if you think about it.  You're playing a game to have fun and you get a nice item that you can't use, so you toss it up on the AH.

 

What you say is true. However, there is so much more. If you thought asian farming was bad in WoW, wait until you see this game.

Originally posted by mmoDAD

And how is this supposed to stop outside sources from selling items?

Blizzard management has become extremely poor. It's no wonder why this company is cutting jobs

DO you understand or not?  There is no need to go to chinese sellers, because guess what the players actuarun the economy.  So YOU MAKE MONEY  for actually playing a game, and blizzard makes money.  WTH is the problem?? I swear some peopel  really complain just for the hell of it , JESUS YOU GET TO MAKE MONEY.  YOU can make as little as you want, or im guessing there will probabaly be very smaplayers making alot of sick money.

Originally posted by chilliz

Originally posted by mmoDAD

And how is this supposed to stop outside sources from selling items?

Blizzard management has become extremely poor. It's no wonder why this company is cutting jobs

 

DO you understand or not?  There is no need to go to chinese sellers, because guess what the players actuarun the economy.  So YOU MAKE MONEY  for actually playing a game, and blizzard makes money.  WTH is the problem?? I swear some peopel  really complain just for the hell of it , JESUS YOU GET TO MAKE MONEY.  YOU can make as little as you want, or im guessing there will probabaly be very smaplayers making alot of sick money.

lol u forgot u get to lose money too. If someone under cut u by 1 penny and your items not sold  u lsoe 1 dollar for putting the item in Ah. lol 

I don't know y people think they can make money out of this. 

AND there a reason to go to chinese seller ....there is no fee to pay up front  u can list the item as long as you want. You just need to know the right website lol

Originally posted by sldrop

Originally posted by chilliz

Originally posted by mmoDAD

And how is this supposed to stop outside sources from selling items?

Blizzard management has become extremely poor. It's no wonder why this company is cutting jobs

 

DO you understand or not?  There is no need to go to chinese sellers, because guess what the players actuarun the economy.  So YOU MAKE MONEY  for actually playing a game, and blizzard makes money.  WTH is the problem?? I swear some peopel  really complain just for the hell of it , JESUS YOU GET TO MAKE MONEY.  YOU can make as little as you want, or im guessing there will probabaly be very smaplayers making alot of sick money.

lol u forgot u get to lose money too. If someone under cut u by 1 penny and your items not sold  u lsoe 1 dollar for putting the item in Ah. lol 

I don't know y people think they can make money out of this. 

AND there a reason to go to chinese seller ....there is no fee to pay up front  u can list the item as long as you want. You just need to know the right website lol

There isn't a $1.00 posting fee... it's a $1.00 transaction fee per item.  Meaning that the item has to be sold (thus incurring what is called a TRANSACTION) in order for you to have to pay the amount.

Originally posted by Mephster

Talk about your average legalized scam deal to suck a monthly fee out of a non mmo. I definitely will not  be using the RMAH.

 

So wait players making REAL  money from gaming is a bad thing?  I swear peopel whine about crap.  You get to sit on your FAT ARSE playing  a GAME, and making money for your fat arse.  How is that bad?.  Lets be generous and pretend you sell 3 items at $5 a week, after all fare paid, that $60 a month, $720 a year for doing fuuck all, except sitting on your fat arse.  Lets now even be more genrous and half that again because I doubt you will sell everythign a year thats $300+ a year fdoing nothing but sitting at your screen playing a game.  Easy money is easy money.  Or blizzard letting the players control the economy and make money is a bad thing?  yes they make money, BUT SO DO YOU.   

Originally posted by chilliz

So wait players making REAL  money from gaming is a bad thing?  I swear peopel whine about crap.  You get to sit on your FAT ARSE playing  a GAME, and making money for your fat arse.  How is that bad?.  Lets be generous and pretend you sell 3 items at $5 a week, after all fare paid, that $60 a month, $720 a year for doing fuuck all, except sitting on your fat arse.  Lets now even be more genrous and half that again because I doubt you will sell everythign a year thats $300+ a year fdoing nothing but sitting at your screen playing a game.  Easy money is easy money.  Or blizzard letting the players control the economy and make money is a bad thing?  yes they make money, BUT SO DO YOU.   

3 items per weeks..... $156 in transaction fees, and after the 15% in fees for transfering the money....... $479.40

Originally posted by chilliz

Originally posted by Mephster

Talk about your average legalized scam deal to suck a monthly fee out of a non mmo. I definitely will not  be using the RMAH.

 

So wait players making REAL  money from gaming is a bad thing?  I swear peopel whine about crap.  You get to sit on your FAT ARSE playing  a GAME, and making money for your fat arse.  How is that bad?.  Lets be generous and pretend you sell 3 items at $5 a week, after all fare paid, that $60 a month, $720 a year for doing fuuck all, except sitting on your fat arse.  Lets now even be more genrous and half that again because I doubt you will sell everythign a year thats $300+ a year fdoing nothing but sitting at your screen playing a game.  Easy money is easy money.  Or blizzard letting the players control the economy and make money is a bad thing?  yes they make money, BUT SO DO YOU.   

People whined and complained when Flagship was charing a monthly fee to access extra content. How is his any different from what Flagship was offering ?  There is no difference whatsoever except now some are going to forgive Blizzard because it is a Diablo franchise game. Mind boggling at best ....

Lets say: Put x for sale for y.

I want to relaxing receive that cash in my bank account so..

15% tax + 15% to send the cash to PayPal and then around 4% tax to send it to my bank account.

Total + - 34% on comodities/materials/jewels or $1+19% for equipment.

Lets say you sell an item for 10€ -> around 6€ profit and 4€ going to BLizzard.

Odds aint bad.. and i think removing the fee was a good idea by Blizz. Max of 10 auction is a bit short tho.