Bazaar
What TornLife's research has established about Bazaar, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- Patch #222 (14/12/2021) added a Dollar Sale system to Bazaars: $1 listings are only available to limited random individuals. (confirmed by Torn; Bazaar/Patch History, )
- Item Market 2.0 lets buyers instantly purchase items from a long list of sellers, in individual or bulk quantities, directly from the Item Market. Buyers are no longer redirected to bazaars. (confirmed by Torn; Item Market 2.0 — changes to Bazaar)
- The wiki says the Enemies List can deny listed players from purchasing your items on the item market and your bazaar. The feature can be disabled. (documented; Enemies List, )
- Since 2019 bazaar purchases show an 'Above market value' warning. Bazaar purchases are limited to 10,000 quantity per transaction. (confirmed by Torn; Bazaar/Patch History, )
- Patch #153 (04/08/20) added a 10,000 item limit per transaction for Trades, Display Cases and Bazaars to prevent overload issues. (confirmed by Torn; Bazaar/Patch History, )
- The wiki notes $1 bazaar sales draw people to friend the seller so they can access the bazaar easily (Big Brother House task tip, 2021). (documented; Big Brother House › Examples of Tasks › Find a Friend, )
- Bazaar interface changes: the manage Bazaar 'Save Changes' panel moved to the top (21/04/20). An ordering and searching tool for bazaars was added (07/04/20). Autocorrect quantity to maximum was added for buyers (23/04/19), and a Close button when buying (26/02/19). (confirmed by Torn; Bazaar/Patch History, )
- Staff state that the Item Market and Bazaars are separate selling spaces. Items listed on one do not appear in the other's inventory of listings. (confirmed by Torn; Item Market - Items Listed, Bazaar Empty, )
- The wiki says the red overpaying warning has reduced the bazaar scam in which a cheap item is listed at the price of a similar-looking expensive one. It used to be very common. (documented; Scams › Bazaar Scams, )
- Items in a bazaar, active trade or Item Market listing do not count as active for personal perks (e.g. enhancers). (confirmed by Torn; Enhancer Perk Displayed Bug, )
- Since 28/01/19, Trades made, Points Sold and bazaar-related personal stats are private, to prevent scripted mug stalking. (confirmed by Torn; Bazaar/Patch History, )
- The Bazaar Directory was released on 20/05/2025. (confirmed by Torn; Bazaar Directory : 20/05/25 — changes to Bazaar Directory (2025-05-20), )
- Selling items via the Bazaar does not charge the Item Market's 4% (rising to 5% after 22 June 2025) sales fee, allowing for better profit margins on Bazaar sales. (documented; Bazaar › Historical Notes, )
- A buyer on your Enemies List is denied from purchasing your items on the Item Market (even if you are selling anonymously) and from your Bazaar; this can be disabled. (documented; Item Market › Listing and Fees, )
- A Bazaar is purchased at the Points Building in exchange for 250 points; this allows the player to add items from their Items inventory to the Bazaar for other players to view and buy. (documented; Bazaar › Historical Notes, )
- There is an upper limit of 10,000 to the number of items that can be bought from a Bazaar in a single transaction. (documented; Bazaar › Historical Notes, )
- Whether a player has a Bazaar can be identified by a flag icon under their name on Forums and a shop-stall button on their profile; the flag icon disappears if the Bazaar is empty. A Bazaar can be set to Open or Closed, and a link to it appears at the top of the Items page. An overview of players' bazaars can be seen in the Bazaar Directory. (documented; Bazaar › Historical Notes, )
- Historically, the Bazaar's advantage over the Item Market was that a buyer could purchase multiple quantities of the same item and a seller could list multiple different items at once; the wiki notes this as a past advantage, implying the Item Market has since gained comparable bulk functionality. (documented; Bazaar › Historical Notes, )
- A developer stated the intended design split for the two systems: the Item Market is for buying or selling on a global marketplace quickly, while Bazaars are the best option for running your own shop or becoming a trader; the hope was for both to flourish as separate features serving separate purposes. (confirmed by Torn; Item Market 2.0, )
- Buy-mugging is the practice of purchasing items from an unsuspecting victim's Bazaar or Item Market listings and mugging the seller instantly as the payment is deposited into their wallet; sellers can protect themselves by travelling or self-hosping. (documented; Mug › Buy-mugging, )
- A Bazaar scam involves listing a cheap-looking item at the price of a visually similar but more expensive item to overcharge buyers; a red-text overpaying warning introduced since then has reduced this scam. (documented; Scams › Bazaar Scams, )
Questions about Bazaar
- How do shop item restocks work in Torn, and is the time between restocks fixed or variable?
Restocking follows a formula, not a flat timer: the time before an item restocks is roughly half the time it took that item to sell out last time, ro…
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- How do the Item Market and the Bazaar differ as ways to sell items to other players in Torn, and how does each work?
The Item Market is Torn's global marketplace, reached through the City, where buyers purchase instantly from live seller listings and Torn takes a 5%…
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- How do you sell items on the item market?
Items are sold through the Item Market, reached from the City. The wiki gives the sales fee as 5% since 22 June 2025 . None of TornLife's source docu…
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- What are the pros and cons of having a bazaar, and how do you set one up?
A bazaar is a personal shop for items you want to sell, and it avoids the Item Market's sales fee, which is 5% after 22 June 2025 . A 2020 guide put …
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- How does a player open a bazaar in Torn?
A personal bazaar costs 250 points, bought at the Points Building . Once you have it, you list items in it and can open or close it as needed. TornLi…
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