Here's a guide on Lost Ark gold vs FG trading.

\\ Important things to note: //
1.) All site trading rules apply.

2.) We always recommend using a mediator service when trading on the site, the process is simple, quick and best of all it's completely free!
You can learn about it here: https://forums.d2jsp.org/info.php?p=11

3.) Do not post or display sensitive information in your signature that will leave you vunerable to scam such as your character names and Steam tags.

4.) DOUBLE-CHECK all your trade information before commencing the trade in-game, especially for the auction house method (see below).

5.) For your own safety, always conduct FG-related trades and negotiations on the site and no where else. Have the person that you're trading with PM you the trade information such as their usernames and game information,
DO NOT trust anybody claiming to be a certain user of our site without confirming their identity on our site either via PM or post. Again, for your own safety and to insure a smooth trade you may request a mediator.

6.) You can only trade gold with those from the SAME REGION using the "auction house" method and SAME SERVER when using the mail method*.

7.) There is a 5% fee that the game deducts from every gold trade, make sure you state clearly in your ISO/FT threads whether the fees will be covered or not and by who if covered.

8.) Do not mention D2Jsp in game.

*I will not be covering the mail method since it poses a higher risk of getting detected in-game and it's a more straight-forward method.

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-=::\\ The Auction House Method (Same region only) //::=-

FOR BUYERS -
1.) Create an ISO topic and state your server and the ratio you're buying at as well as who covers the 5% fee inside your post. (i.e: need Azena gold and in your post state the ratio you're buying at such as 1.5k FG for 10k with 5% fees covered by seller)

2.) When someone posts an offer in your thread that you accept you may request for a mediator by clicking the "request mediator" button above the top of your first post, once negotiations and in-game information has been exchanged via the mediator or via PM on our site you may proceed to step 3.

3.) Open up your auction house (Ctrl+Y) and click "register" to list an item.

4.) List an item up for the amount of gold you're buying, you may list either gems, accessories or equipment usually players prefer to list T1 gems or T2 gems since they are of lesser value but personally I prefer listing equipment or accessories as they're harder to "imitate" due to the variable on stats and quality.

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There are malicious players and scammers that are constantly searching the auction house for gold trades to hijack,
if your listing is an obvious gold trade such as a T1 gem for 20000 gold then they will bid on your gem so the search results can't be searched by the seller and post the same gem for the same starting price and BIN that you've listed yours for.

Therefore always make your starting price as high as possible and make both your starting price and BIN less identifiable by randomizing the price, anything over 5000 would be ideal for purchases over 10000 gold, an even better method is to list accessories and gear since they have more variable which make it harder for scammers to acquire the same piece of gear.

This is a good example of a listing:

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5.) Once you've listed your item on the auction house, send a private message to the seller and state your listing information in-detail such as "T3 level 1 Crimson Flame Gem for Berserkers with whirlwind cooldown -2%, starting price 4874 and BIN 10003.
Remind them that if they see multiple-results matching the criteria of your listing which includes starting price, bin and item type or at anytime the listed item had been bidded on then DO NOT purchase the listing and inform you immediately via PM,
if the above has occured then it is likely that your trade had been macliciously hijacked and you'll need to relist another item for the seller to purchase.

6. If the listed item had been sucessfully purchased then you will receive a mail in-game confirming the purchase and you may accept the gold from the mail, take a screenshot of that and do not crop or edit it, this is your evidence if a scam or a scam accusation occurs.



FOR SELLERS-
1.) Once the negotiation has been done on our site and the buyer had sent you information in-regards to the trade, proceed to open the auction house (Ctrl + Y) and head to the search tab of the auction house.

2.) Click "advanced search options" and carefully search for the item the buyer had listed.

3.) Search for the item by scrolling down and/or browsing through pages by pressing "< or >" inside the auction house window and MAKE SURE the item description, starting price and BIN matches with the details that the buyer had provided you.

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If there are more than one item with the SAME item description, starting price and BIN or if you see more than one item with same BIN but different starting prices, this is indicates a hijack attempt,
DO NOT purchase the item and immediate inform the seller to relist another item for a different price.
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4.) Once you've confirmed that all the details of the listing matches up, then proceed to purchase the item, you'll receive a confirmation mail with the item that you've purchased, take a screenshot of that and do not crop or edit it, this is your evidence if a scam or a scam accusation occurs.

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With that covered, happy trading on Lost Ark!

This post was edited by Lionhearted on May 23 2022 12:31pm

amazing!!
ty for posting this

You're welcome fam!

Btw if ya'll got any suggestions lmk, I'll update the guide.

Sticky thread? Thanks for making this.

Unfortunately I don't have the power to, I hope people benefit from this though.

This post was edited by Lionhearted on May 23 2022 12:22pm

If I may add something to the guide that will be helpful.
As a seller, always ask for screenshot from the buyer from the auction house of the listed gem together with the actual time of the screenshot.
It will let you determine the exact time of your buyer listing the item, then even if the trade is going to be hijacked you can check the posting time, the hijacked is always added later.
Stay safe and good luck

Thanks for your input, I actually found another verification method to make sure you buyout the right item as well:

You as a seller can tell the buyer to list a gem for 838 starting and 10013 BIN for example, then place a random bid on the gem and then tell the buyer to take a screenshot of his listing for you to see if the bid matches up before you BIN his item.
If the bid matches up then of course it means you're bidding on the right item, if his current highest bid doesn't match up with yours then you minimalized your loss as well.

True, after you press buy now is your initial bid being refunded to you? I have never bid on anything just to bin it afterwards so not sure how does it work

Yep, if you BIN the same item you bid on then your bid gets refunded to you.

sticky please!