> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.oauth.fyi/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Marketplace

> How WTS/WTB/service listings, contact workflows, and seller reputation fit together.

The marketplace turns Vouch.'s reputation ledger into something people actually transact
against: listings that carry a seller's real track record with them, rather than living
alongside it as a separate, disconnected system.

<Note>
  The marketplace is an optional feature — toggle it from `/vouch-admin` → Configuration. If
  it's off, `/market create` and `/market browse` return a "disabled in this server" error. See
  [`/market`](/vouch/commands/market) for the full command reference.
</Note>

## Listing types

Every listing is one of three types, chosen at creation:

* **Want to Sell (WTS)** — offering something.
* **Want to Buy (WTB)** — looking to buy something.
* **Service** — offering a service rather than a physical or digital good.

## Lifecycle

1. **Create** — `/market create` opens a modal (title, description, category, price, image
   URLs), shows a confirmation preview, then posts a public listing card with a
   **Contact Seller** button.
2. **Browse** — `/market browse` returns paginated, filterable results (by type, category, or
   keyword), each with a **View** button.
3. **Manage** — `/market manage` shows a seller their own listings, each with pause/resume, mark
   sold, close, renew, and remove actions.
4. **Expire** — listings expire on a schedule automatically rather than sitting stale forever;
   a seller can renew one before that happens from **Manage**.

## Contact workflow

How a buyer reaches a seller after clicking **Contact Seller** is a per-server setting
(`/vouch-admin` → Marketplace Settings), not fixed behavior:

* Show contact info ephemerally to the buyer.
* Open a private thread between buyer and seller.
* Open a ticket channel.
* Link to an external storefront.
* Just mention or copy the seller.

This lets a server match its moderation posture — a private thread keeps a moderatable record
in Discord, while a storefront link hands the conversation off entirely.

## Seller reputation, not just a listing

A listing isn't reputation-blind. `/profile view` on a seller surfaces their trust badges,
rating distribution, and reputation summary — the same ledger that backs vouches — so a buyer
can check a seller's history before clicking Contact. And if a transaction goes wrong,
[`/report`](/vouch/commands/report) can link the report directly to the listing's ID, so a
moderator working the case in `/vouch-admin` → Reports can remove the listing as part of
resolving it. Marketplace activity and trust & safety share the same underlying case management
rather than being two separate systems that happen to reference the same user.