Understanding the Auction House

If you would like to join a party or just meet people and can't find a place to do so, this is a great place to start. The Auction House, no matter what city, always contains a large mass of people all bundled into one small place. Auction Houses are usually placed somewhere on each map of a major city. Most commonly they are placed in the middle of a Market. You will know you are at anAuction House when you see wooden counters and all the people standing around these counters. You can also find Auction Houses without counters. In some cities, Jeuno for example, there are NPCs who you can talk to that will initiatean Auction House. A good way to tell if a NPC is being used as an Auction House is by checking the number of people around it. Usually large crowds don't all talk to NPCs unless it's an Auction House or an important mission or quest.

I'm sure you sitting there asking what makes the Auction House so special?It's special for many reasons. It's most special quality is the ability to makesome decent gil. You can sell your goods here and make good FFXI Gil. The downfallwith selling goods though is that it takes time for people to purchase your goods. You sell your goods based on the price history of that item and if youstay within the price stated in the history it should sell quickly. The price history of item can be found by trying to purchase the same item you are trying to sell. When you go to purchase or bid you would select that item andthen select its price history and then jot it down. Then you would go back andsell your item for the price that you wrote down and it will eventually sell. Ofcourse, another quality is the ability to buy various equipment, usually not sold in most stores. If you need a certain sword or armor, your best bet is to search the Auction House.

I'm sure you're wondering what happens to your  FFXI Gil when it sells. It's quite  simple actually. When your item sells the  FFXI Gil it sold for will be immediately sent to your delivery box at your Mog House. If you begin to sell an item and it's not selling fast enough or you put in on sale by accident you can easily take it of by selecting the sales status from the Auction House initial menu. If one of your items happens to sell you also need to go to sales status and take the sold item off the list so you can fit more on the sales list. All sold items are a sand color and all non-sold are green. Be sure to keep up with that, because you are limited to only 7 items on your sales list.From the sales list you can also checkprice history to see if the price of the item you were trying to sell has changed. If your item is not selling go back and check the sales status and make sure the value of the item hasn't dropped.