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Overview

Warframe's trade chat has been around since early in its development and has gotten increasingly hard to navigate. Filled with spammers, scammers, and an unsearchable wall of rapidly moving text, heavy filters are needed just to navigate it.

To solve this problem, a small team called 42bytes developed warframe.market (WFM), a 3rd-party digital marketplace and auction house meant to make trading easier.

This guide covers the basics of using WFM, along with some suggested trade chat filters for those who prefer to use trade chat instead.

For Buyers

Navigating WFM as a buyer is a relatively easy four-step process.

  1. Search for the item you want
  2. Find a listing from an online or in-game seller
  3. Click the "📋Buy" button on the right side of their post and copy the message provided
  4. Paste the message into Warframe and send it. If on console, DM the username provided

Note: If you're on console and cannot copy & paste the message, then directly message (/w) the seller.
Example: "/w Seller123 Hi, looking to buy X"

For Sellers

As a seller, there are a few more steps involved

  1. Set up a WFM account and log in
  2. Search for item you want to sell
  3. Click "Place Order" in the bottom right corner
  4. Input details about the item you have (price, quantity, etc.)
  5. Set your status appropriately
    • Online in game - You're in-game and ready to trade within ~15 minutes
    • Online - You’re not currently in-game but available to trade within ~1 hour and can respond through the site
    • Invisible - You aren't available to trade and have no obligation to respond

Note: For sellers, I recommend a "store-front" approach where you post listings and wait for buyers to come to you. If you need platinum immediately, search for the item you're selling and change the "Order Type" to "Buyers". Keep in mind buyer listings are typically lower than selling listings, so you're trading potential platinum for an instant sale. That said, if you price your listings reasonably, sales listings tend to close quickly.

Pricing Items

Even if you don't use WFM for trading, it's still a great tool for pricing items before heading to trade chat.

I recommend referencing two stats when pricing an item: 1. The 90-day average price curve 2. What current online sellers are listing it for

Pricing within 5-10 platinum or 10% of those two numbers is generally a safe range. For faster sales, pricing closer to the lowest active seller is better.

wfm pricing

Avoiding Bans

Getting suspended from WFM is rare if you use the platform in good faith. Actions that can get you in trouble include:

  • Refusing to honor listings (outside of obvious price mistakes)
  • Posting incorrect quantities or prices to manipulate market prices
  • Changing prices mid-trade
  • Editing the prices in the copy-paste message

WFM is generally lenient on honest mistakes like not realizing you shouldn't change the copy-paste message, and most players won't escalate the situation if they confront you and it's addressed in chat. If you want to read the full list of rules, the TOS is linked below.

Warframe.Market Terms of Service

Trade Chat Filters

If you're looking to buy items on trade chat, I recommend first checking WFM for a rough idea of the price. After that post your own WTB message with a price in trade chat rather than search for a seller.

Trade chat is filled with sellers and buyers who drastically overprice sales or underprice buy offers to target players unfamiliar with prices. Filtering these out reduces the bulk of the spam and has the added benefit of making buyer posts easier to spot and respond to.

My personal filters are:

  • buy
  • trade
  • WTB - Willing to Buy
  • WTT - Willing to Trade

Exclude (uncheck "Include Terms" to set these):

  • WTS - filters out most seller posts
  • Riven - filters Riven scams and god roll listings
  • Hammer Shot - avoids Nightmare mod scams listings

These filters will occasionally hide legitimate posts where a player includes both a WTB and WTS in the same message, but the tradeoff in reduced spam is worth it.

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