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^[1][2]. A 2020 guide put the cost at 250 points^[1]. The sources do not give step-by-step instructions for adding items or setting prices.

Setting one up

A 2020 newbie guide says a bazaar is a personal space where you place the items you want to sell, and that it costs 250 points to get one^[1]. That is a forum guide from 2020, and TornLife has no current source that confirms the price or where it is bought.

A 2026 beginner guide lists the routine as listing your items or opening your Bazaar, so a bazaar can be opened as part of selling^[3].

TornLife has no source in this pack on the current interface: how to add items, set prices and quantities, edit or remove listings, or close the bazaar. Check the in-game Bazaar page for those steps.

Pros

• Bazaar sales do not charge the Item Market sales fee, which the wiki gives as 4%, or 5% after 22 June 2025. The wiki says this allows better profit margins.^[2]
• A 2020 newbie guide called it relatively the easiest way to sell when you do not need quick cash^[1].
• A Bazaar Directory was introduced on 20/05/2025 with Patch #386^[4]. TornLife's source gives only the introduction date, not how it ranks bazaars.

Cons

• There is an upfront cost, given as 250 points in a 2020 guide^[1].
• Since the Item Market 2.0 update, bazaar listings are no longer displayed in the Item Market^[5].
• A 2016 player guide warned against leaving a bazaar open with high-value items while idle, because of buy-muggers. It advised closing it, hospitalising yourself or travelling. This is old advice from a single guide.^[6]
• TornLife has no source on sniping or underpricing risk, bazaar scanners, or item restrictions.

Versus the Item Market

The wiki notes the Item Market has a sales fee (4%, 5% after 22 June 2025) that a bazaar avoids^[2]. Bazaar listings no longer show there^[5].