Trade Descriptions

Hi devs! Forgive me if this has already been posted, I didn't see it but it's entirely possible I just missed a post.

Like the title says, I think it would be beneficial to the Trading Center to be able to add short descriptions to trades, separately from the "Wanted" section. I often wish I could explain a bit more about why I am selling a wolf or some items, or give more context for the wolf without the potential buyer having to comb through the wolf's page. I really like that the "wanted" section is searchable so I don't want to clutter that up with random data about how cool an adol's marking are.

This would take:

- coding to add a text box, possibly with a character limit

- possibly some server space to handle a bit more data per trade

- no artwork and no writing

Thanks so much!

Sine I don't see the use of this myself could you maybe explain: 

What benefit does the buyer get from this?

Will the entered data show up in the keyword tagging system?

Where is the difference between describing the markings and using the wolf search? 

Will it be a drop down menu like other fields are? (Because I see the typos being a problem in a freetext field)

Correct me if I'm dead wrong since I'm probably not reading this right ahshshjs Are you talking about adding a place to write about your wolf/items more in-depth than the title in the Trading Center? :O Are you not talking about what the "I want in return..." text box feature does or are you talking about something completely different x'D I get that the "I want in return" feature is intended for slightly different use than what your suggesting, but I think it could be used the same way. Or maybe even suggest renaming it/adjusting it to be more versatile! Maybe make it "Trade Notes" so you can add what you want in return and/or a better description of what's being sold!

Sure!

So, I think it would be useful to the buyer if sellers have a bit of room to explain a bit more about the trade, because a) currently I see a lot of clutter in the trade names themselves (that sometimes make it harder to actually search for a trade of a specific type), so having a field where people could feel free to add a bit more context might help cut down on that, and b) when I was first new to the site, I often hesitated to make offers on trades when a price was really high, before I realized setting up a high buyout was often a sellers way of saying "hey surprise me" - if there were a freetext box people could specify that a bit easier and we'd have more new folks engaging in the market.

I'd suggest not having the entered data show up at all in the keyword tagging system, as a way of keeping both the trade name and the "wanted" section more functional and searchable. I think you'd want to avoid a drop-down menu too, since the point would be more freedom for folks to fill that space as they wanted, and if it's not searchable the typos won't be a massive deal.

With the markings, you're right that if I'm looking for something specific, I'd use the wolf search function in the TC - but it's not uncommon for me to be looking at wolves up for sale without a specific goal in mind, so I'd imagine other folks do that as well, and in those cases it'd be nice to be able to see a brief description of the wolf in question so I know if I should bother clicking on the wolf's page at all. 

I hope that clarified the idea a little! 

@Cyraphim that confusion is exactly what I'm talking about so no you're not reading it wrong XD in the last update one of the tweaks the devs made was that the "I want in return" field could be searchable, so if folks had specific items they wanted to get rid of, they could better find people hoping to get that exact item in trade. This means that if people use that text box to write up a general trade description, which tbh I was doing up until recently, that search function will be harder to use which is a bummer! Diiiid that make any sense?

OOH That made perfect sense!! Thank you for the clarification :> I misread the "want section" as some separate feature from the main trading post tabs, I didn't realize you were talking about the "I want in return" box xD

I don't pay attention to those updates so I actually had no idea about the change or how it originally worked, that is kind of a bummer actually. Though I also had no idea people used the function for asking about items they want in the trading center, so that's been made clearer to me too!

I think you got a good suggestion then and I don't think I have anything in mind at the moment that I'd personally change :>  

I totally support!

For example, I put a wolf up for trade earlier. I wanted her to go to a good home, but it didn't fit in the title, so I had to write that in the "Wanted" section. If this feature was implemented, I could ask for what I would like in return, and say that I want this wolf to go to a good home. :)

Allright I think I understood it better now. I would actually love to have something like this but in a different take. Sorry for hijacking the thread - if that idea is absolutely not what you want I will take it out and make another topic for it!

As I see it we would need 3 fields where we now have only one. One keyword field - as a form of taggin system.
The offer field where users could enter what they look for. (and searches that differentiate between the two)
The description and the option to only look for trages with a description. I guess that would still mean we have to open the trades to actually see the description because having it at one go in the Trade center might be a bit much.

No support. Other buyers won't care "why" you're selling the wolf; just that it's for sale. You can write literally whatever you want in the "wanted" area. So you could just write that in the "wanted" section..  as well as "what you want in return / what you're looking for."  That's literally what that section is for, lmao. 

I could support this! I would love some space to specifically list all of the wolf's attributes (markings, etc.) without cluttering the title too much