Market


Background

The market allows you to buy or sell resources with other players in the game. The players, using a real-life-like supply and demand system, set the price for the market. In short, if too many players are buying a certain resource then players will have to pay more for it as suppliers will raise the price due to lack of supplies. If no players want to buy a certain resource, then other players who want to sell it have to put it at a price low enough to attract buyers.

The market is a very important part of the game for Aspha Miners as they make most of their money from the market by selling their abundance of supplies. However, players with large amounts of resource reserves can manipulate the market to their liking. Pushing prices up and down is an option when they catch the trade. Be warned that there are a lot of other players who would do the same.

Empires reliant on attacking will need to constantly buy resources from the market as minerals are needed to build ships, food to keep the population alive, goods to make more money, raw material to produce goods and the list goes on. Without sufficient amounts of minerals, empires can't build ships to attack or defend. It is always good to have a sufficient amount of reserves in case of "Hot Market Manipulation" period.



*Pic 1
Goods : Type of Resources for sell
Price : The minimal price selling
Supply : The amount available for sell
In Stores : The amount you have in your empire

Okay, as in 'Pic 1' above there are 8,888,888 of Strafez Organism selling at $800 in the market and you have 671,558 units available in your empire. Take notice that the figures shown in the main market are just rough figures because it only refreshes every 15-30 minutes. To look at the exact figures, you need to click into the resource's market page. In this case we will look into the Strafez Organism's market page.

**Notice that there is a "Withdraw from market" option at the lower right of Pic 1. That is an option only available to paid account players where you can see the resources not sold yet in the market and you can choose to withdraw any of them from the market before the validity time runs out. This is a very useful feature.

Sometimes the main page of the market can show delayed information therefore when you click on say Food the price may have already changed. To show a real-time non-delayed marketed information please upgrade to paid account.


Buying Resources

*Pic 2
Let's look at the resources available for sell in the market (Highlighted in Pink). There are currently, 8,888,888 units of Strafez Org. selling at $800 that will be valid for another 47 hours. Only when this is sold out or expires will the second row of resources be up for sell. Therefore, you can only buy up the first row of resources now.

Since you want to buy resources, you'll need to key in the amount you want to buy in the 'Units' at the green highlighted area in 'Pic 2'. Then, click anywhere in the screen, you'll see the price needed to buy the amount you want. Then click on Buy to confirm your purchase. Caution, if you see NaNa in the price, you need to remove a comma from the price or from the amount you typed in.


Selling Process

*Pic 3
Selling resources may be a bit trickier. First of all, observe the current price of resources on sale. There is a max and min limit of the price you are allowed to sell at. You type in the price you wish to sell at. (Highlighted Green 'Pic 3). Next, key in the amount you want to sell, and remember, the Min amount is stated and the Max amount is definitely the amount you available to you. Click anywhere in the screen and you'll see the amount of money you will recieve if your sale is successful. Click on sell to confirm.

Below are the steps on how the market works for selling resources:
1. Players post things for sale in the market
2. Resource transfers from the player's warehouse to market
3. New posting in the market takes 5 to 60 minutes to appear
4. Other players can then buy stuff currently on sale in the market
5. Market post lasts up to 48 hours, unsold stuff will be returned


Restrictions

You can't buy if no one sells
You cant sell if no one buys
Min or max units applicable for new posting
Min or max price applicable for new posting
You can only post a certain number of times within 1 minute
Players will auto-buy the cheapest posting first


Reminders

Turns are not used for buying and selling

You will receive a message in Important Events under market events when posting, overdue or withdrawal of resources are returned or when someone buys your stuff. Although the message in Events is immediate, keep in mind that it will take 5-15 minutes for it to show up on your end (you must be online during this period). This is due to the time required to send resources or credits over from one end of the universe to another. Occasionally, you may need to log out and back in to see your cash change from a sale.