HiramAbif

this is an interesting suggestion. worthy of being developed. using gifts as currency could be a smart solution. maybe setting an exchange rate. need to think and develop this idea. anyhow it will not be just a "dom problem". yes, doms will be losing money (Hirams) on slaves that will not stay and will disappear. but slaves behaving like this will be out of market too. as i said all transactions will be tracked and for this reason, once a slave is tracked as a property, it can be sold by the owner only. this means that a slave leaving his/her owner just disappearing could not come to the house the next week to "replay the trick" because the House itself will refuse to put the slave on sale because that slave just can not be sold, he/she is officially owned and only the owner can sell the slave. the only way to "repeat the trick" will be creating a brand new avatar (with all its cost). for this reason this is not a "doms problem" only.

yes, it is likely to happen that it will be a big mess at first. auctioners all starting with the same amount is not a big issue. slaves will make the difference and every auctioner will try to invest more in the most interesting slave. slaves that will not be at their owners could be an serious issue but it can be fixed at a later time. ok let me give a sort of schema : 1) auctioner spending money on a slave and the throwing the slave away .> auctioner will lose money and will go off market soon, slave locked in "owned" state can not be sold (not his/her fault) 2) slave leaving and disappearing after being sold -> auctioner will lose money with no fault, slave locked in "owned" state can not be sold. in both cases we have the same outcome losing money and slaves locked and not able to be sold. it will be House Director responsibility to detect and understand this kind of situations and provide refunds or unlocking slaves the turning point is that accounts and transactions are tracked. this is a big turning point because this is introducing a behavioral continuity in avatars. something an avatar is doing tomorrow (buying, selling, exchanging...) will be tracked into the Log and Account and will be reflected on future actions. slave market is not for avatars that appear and disappear in one night. natural slection.

you made a good point. auctioners will run out of money if they will not be good at keeping their property. if an auctioner is good, he/she will start buying a slave, keeping the slave and then selling the slave after a while, maybe at a higher price because the slave improved skills by training. this is market for this reason auctioners will be "forced" by market itself to implement a behaviour. both owners and slaves will know that if they want to stay "in the market" they will need to implement a wise strategy in money management and relationships. an auctioner that will buy a slave and then will trhow it away with no regard will be out of market in a couple of weeks for sure, an auctioner that will buy a slave and then will implement a correct strategy (maintaning a contact with the slave, agreeing for a resale, establishing alliances with other owners etc...) will be winning on the market. i think some people are going to understand the "hidden design" behind this room... there is more that just a D/s roleplay here. this could be a complex market simulation.

sure. this is just a starting point and, depending on how things will go, the House could set some different working hours to cover different timezones.

no paypal, no RL money at all. all this is about RPing.

UPDATE : Here are some updates to House Rules. These updates override the previous rules, where it applies: 1) opening hours and General House definition : same as original 2) Slaves registration process : at least half hour before show room opening House Director will be at Sin Club to be contacted by unowned slaves willing to be auctioned or Owners willng to sell their slaves. Both of them will be required to indicate if they are going to go into Temporary or Definitive sale (Temporary = Rent for 24 HRs / Definitive = until the new owner will sell the slave). in case of Temporary sale the transaction will be deleted after 24 Hours. All slaves will be requested to update their profile with some info Huse Director will give before Show Room opening. 3) Customer registration process : same as original 4) Sale and Auction : The slaves will be auctioned with the following order : Temporary, Definitive. Temporary slaves will be sold (rented) for 24 Hours and after this time the transaction and the ownership will be deleted from the House Log. No refund in case of Temporary slave escape. Definitive slaves, after being auctioned and sold at a winning bidder, will be registered as sold and the transaction will be kept for future reference. Both Owners and slaves will be requested to come to the house twice a month to show proof nobody disappeared/escaped. failing to do this will cause transaction and property certificate expiration. The room furniture has been kept very simple on purpose. Be polite and don't complain about how the room (Show Room and Auction House) have been set up. All this is about slave trading, not about house design. Anyhow, any comment and suggestion for improvement will be welcome END UPDATE After some time spent to figure out how things go, i finally decided to get into some serious business. I have long experience into slaves trading and i'm going to put my experience at work. People that are into slaves already know how challenging this kind of market is but, at the same time, it can give a lot when a Customer comes back telling “you know what? I want another slave like the last one you sold me”. Ok, no more words and let's get into the real business. The Slave Market and Auction House is open! Anyone can come to buy and sell slaves. I am a very open minded and long sighted entrepeneur and for this reason i am putting some rules for my Auction House : the House The House is divided in two rooms : the Show Room and the Auction Room The Show Room will open every thursday at 09:00 PM GMT and will be open until 09:59 PM GMT. The slaves that will be on auction at a latter time will be shown to the public to allow Customers to have a better look and evaluation. Any contact, private messages, orders, partner requests, friend request with/to slaves on display is forbidden. Every slave will have a full description in his/her profile though. The Auction Room will open every thursday at 10:00 PM GMT and will be open until 11:59 PM GMT. All the slaves will be put on auction one after one and they will be sold at the best bid. The House Director will direct the auction and manage the bids. Events and Contests The House will organize Events as Parties and/or Contests as “Best Trader”, “Highest price slave” etc... Slaves An unowned slave needing to be taken by an owner will come to the House and will go to talk to the House Director. He will determine the base price for auction and will instruct the slave about the procedure. The amount that will be paid for the slave will be taken by the House. An owned slave could be sold by the owner only. When the slave will be sold the owner will receive the amount of the winning bid (see Customers paragraph for details) As soon a slave will be sold the House Director will handle the slave to the new owner that will be allowed to leave with His/Her new slave. Customers Anyone can come at the Slave Market as a Customer. Before starting any activity the newcomers MUST go to the House Director and talk to Him to register and receive details. Failing to do so will keep the new Customer out of the Auction. Every customer will receive 1000 Hirams (Hiram is the House Currency) from the House Director. The amount will be credited used to place bids. Every registered Customer will be recorded in the House Log and, when He/She will place a successful bid buying a slave, the event will be recorded on the log and the Customer account will be updated. Examples : Customer XYZ comes to the house and goes to talk to House Director to register. As soon He/She will be registered His/Her name will be inserted in the House Log and 1000 Hirams will be credited on His/Her account. When the Customer will place a successful bid and will buy a slave, the amount spent (e.g. 250 Hirams) will be subtracted from the His/Her account and the new balance will be 750 Hirams. The next auction (even weeks after) the Customer will have that balance amount (750 Hirams) to spend because all the amounts will be tracked. Already registered Customer ABC comes to the house to sell a slave He/She already owns. The House Director will place the slave in the Show Room and then will place the slave on auction. The auction starting price will be agreed between the Customer and the House Director. As soon the slave is sold the Customer receives the amount of sale on His/Her account minus a 5% commission for the House. So, just to give an example : if the slave is sold for 300 Hirams the Customer will receive 285 Hirams on His/Her account (300 – 15[3%]) and, if His/Her account balance is 800 Hirams, the new account balance will be 1085 Hirams. The House will keep track of every transaction and will emit Certificates of Property, if requested. A Customer will not be allowed to sell a slave that is already registered on the House Log under another owner's name.