ESO Guild Traders are the public shops that player guilds rent to sell equipment, crafting materials, motifs and furnishings. Anybody can browse and buy from a trader, but selling through one means joining a guild that maintains a public kiosk.
You’ll find rows of guild stalls in many alliance and zone capitals. The trading system has no single central auction house, so a price or item visible at one kiosk may be completely different at another. Here’s how it works, including the listing fees and the 14-day timer.
Where Guild Traders are located
Find Guild Traders in city markets, near busy crafting hubs and in some smaller settlements or Outlaw’s Refuges. The map displays market and trader icons. When you speak to a trader, you’re browsing the stock of whichever guild currently holds that stall. Try several kiosks if an item isn’t listed, especially for rare motifs or a particular armour trait. Each trader has separate listings; looking at one doesn’t search the entire server.
Join a guild that hires Guild Traders
You need to belong to a player guild with at least 50 active members to post items to its Guild Store. Search the Guild Finder for trading guilds or ask around in zone chat. Check guild rules before joining, including whether members must make regular sales or contribute dues towards the trader bid. Guild leaders hire public traders on behalf of the whole guild; individual players can’t rent a kiosk for themselves. A guild without a public kiosk may still operate an internal store for its own members.
How to list items through Guild Traders
Open the Guild Store interface through a banker or the guild’s relevant trading controls, choose the Sell tab and select an eligible item. Enter the selling price and confirm. If your guild has an active public trader, the listing can be bought by players visiting its kiosk. Bound or locked equipment isn’t normally eligible. A Guild Trader doesn’t buy your items immediately; you’re creating an offer that another player has to accept.
Listing fees and sale deductions
ESO Guild Traders charge a 1% listing fee when you post an item. When it sells, a further 7% house cut is taken from the sale, with half of that going to your guild bank. If you list something for 10,000 gold, you pay 100 gold to list it and lose another 700 from the sale proceeds. The two deductions are separate. Compare the expected net payment with the item’s vendor price, especially for cheap common items.
Why Guild Trader listings expire after 14 days
A listing runs for 14 days under the current rules introduced in Update 42. If it hasn’t sold by then, it’s sent back through in-game mail. The 1% listing fee isn’t refunded, and you also lose that fee if you cancel early. Items that sit unsold for two weeks may simply be overpriced compared with nearby guild shops. Relisting unwanted low-value items can cost more in fees than it’s worth.
ESO Guild Traders – How trader hiring and guild bids work
Guild officers make blind bids on public trader stalls, using funds from the guild bank. The bidding cycle lasts a week; each guild can place several bids but can ultimately hold only one trader for that period. You don’t need to handle these bids as an ordinary member. The guild running a particular kiosk can change from week to week. A familiar market stall may have completely different stock after the next bidding result.
Compare prices at Guild Traders
Search the item name, category and level or trait filters rather than browsing hundreds of unrelated entries. Take care with stack quantities: a cheap-looking material listing may contain one reagent rather than a full stack. Market prices change by server and platform. Popular alchemy ingredients, upgrade materials and rare motif chapters may sell quickly, but some older styles can sit for days. Check current prices at several traders before you list an expensive item.
Why Guild Traders may not let you sell
Check that the guild has 50 eligible members, your rank has permission to list, and the selected item isn’t bound or locked. If your guild lost its public trader, its members may still be able to use an internal store, but buyers outside the guild won’t see listings at a world kiosk. Selling through a guild depends on finding another player willing to pay your price. Start with a few genuinely valuable listings and watch how long they take to sell.
Related ESO Guild Traders Guides
Official source: ESO Support official guide.
