One of the most striking features of “Diablo 3” is the active auction house the game has to offer. However, players and fans still have a lot of questions to ask regarding the way the auction house works. Here are the top five questions regarding the game’s auction house functionality issue.
What is the basic difference between equipments and commodities?
Equipment is anything a player would like to equip on a character, like weapons and armor, which does not “stack” in the character’s inventory. Commodities, on the other hand, are any non-unique or “stackable” goods that players find. These include gems, crafting materials, gold, and other types of functionally identical goods that exist in large quantities. Basically, the auction house handles equipment (and other unique items) a little differently from commodities.
How will I receive the items that I have won?
After you win an auction, the item will be available to pick up through the Completed tab in the built-in auction house interface in the “Diablo 3” client. Players will then be able to immediately send that item to their shared stash (note that the storage is shared among all the “Diablo 3” characters on a Battle.net account) or repost the item in the auction house.
How will I pay for items?
As far as the gold-based auction house is concerned, purchases will be made using in-game gold. For the real-money auction house, however, players can make purchases using a supported payment method attached to their Battle.net account, such as a major credit card or an attached PayPal account. Remember that you will also have the option to use their Battle.net Balance to pay for purchases in the real-money auction house.
Any limits I need to be aware of on the number of items I can sell in real-money and gold auction houses?
There is actually a limit on how many active auctions a player can have at one time to ensure that players focus on listing high-quality items that have a good chance of being purchased. Players, basically, can have up to 10 active auctions in the gold-based auction house, as well as 10 active auctions per currency-based auction house. Know that depending on the country of residence registered to your Battle.net account, you may have access to the auction houses for multiple different.
Also remember that a stack of commodities placed up for sale in one transaction counts as one active auction until all of the items in the stack are sold. Expired auction items listed in your “Completed” tab count as active auctions until you move them to your stash.
Is there any way to cancel an auction that I posted?
This is important. Note that you will have only five minutes to cancel auctions for equipment (weapons and armor) that you put up in the auction house, after which point the auction is permanently committed until it sells or the 36-hour auction period expires. Nonetheless, auctions for commodities can be cancelled at any time and there are no fees for cancelling an auction in either case.
