Broker

               == Buying Goods from The Broker ==
[[File:Advanced-broker-search.jpg|thumb|350px|Edited for emphasis: the yellow circle indcates where the advanced search button is found. Highlighted area shows one drop-down option to narrow a search. Click to enlarge. ]]
'''There are some restrictions on broker use based on [[Free-To-Play|account types]]. This section describes the process for those with no such restrictions.'''<br>

Buying from the broker is fairly straight-forward; visit any broker and right click on the NPC; type the name of the item you'd like to buy into the search field of the broker window and hit the search button.

You can also access an advanced search button in the broker window that can help you focus the search results, eliminate excess pages to look through, and save time. 

For example, using the advanced search to find cloth armor rather than plate armor and setting a level range within the advanced search will give fewer, more relevant results than a general search. Note the example image in this section. It shows the start of an advanced search.

Once you locate the item you want, it's simply a matter of hitting the Buy button.

If you've read the section about how to sell goods on the broker, you may have worked out that you are paying a fee to use the broker that ranges from 10-40%. For this reason, it's in your best interest to seek out players selling good from their houses as described in Selling Goods on the Broker section, above this. While 10% may not sound like much, it can add up quickly when you are buying high-priced items. 

The process of recognizing items sold from player homes is described below.  

===='''Buying from Other Player's Houses'''====
The greatest difficulty you ''may'' encounter when trying to buy from the houses of other players is sneaking in, but it can be done in many cases; see [[Mariner's Bell_#Sneaking In|tips for sneaking]]. 

*The image of the broker window in the How to Sell section (above) can also be referenced to help you recognize who is selling from a house.
 

To identify which items you can buy directly from the houses of other players, conduct a search for an item as you normally would. 

If the item can be purchased without the broker fee an address will appear ''under'' the name of the seller. This will include the "street" address (which door you need to visit) and the city in which their home is located. 

The first step in the process is to travel to the city listed under the seller's name. 
*If you are unfamiliar with the specific addresses within a city, you can press M to open your Map and type the "street" name into the search field. Doing so will make the location flash on the map. If you click on the spot, you can also place a marker on it and (as you near it) a glowing trail, known as a waypoint, will help you find your way.

Once you reach the door of the seller, right click on it and choose Visit from the options that appear. In doing so, you'll have now have the option to search for the seller by name. 
*As you type the name in the search field, you may locate house you want to visit by typing only the first few letters of their name. 
*In some cases, home that were updated like those in [[The City of Freeport]] and [[The City of Qeynos]], you may also need an inn room or suite number. 

Select the name of the seller from the list and enter their house. From here, it's simply a matter of locating their sales display and clicking on it to open a window that functions much like the normal broker interface; choose the item you want and click on Buy.