The Keep:Habitica Traders Guild

=Welcome to the School for Traders= 

This challenge explains the basics of the Habitica Traders Guild, by adding a fewTo-Do's, as well as a few Habits to reward you for interacting with the Guild and its members.



Introduction
The Habitica Traders Guild is meant for people who would love to see certain things happen, but don't have the necessary skills, time and/or people to realize this. Let's say Ilowé is writing a story, and suffers from a writer's block. She needs some help, but doesn't want everyone to read her story just yet. In here, she can look for someone who might be able to help with her story so far. And if they've managed to destroy her writer's block, Ilowé will reward the trader with a lovely sum of Habitica Gold. At the same time, Ilowé can also be one of these traders, helping other writers with their writer's block, and earning some Habitica Gold herself.



You can also ask for work to encourage yourself to try something new. Let's call Ilowé back in. She now needs drawings for her story, depicting certain scenario's. She can't draw well, but she is learning how to draw. Rather than paying someone to draw things for her, she offers people to draw something for them. She mentions that she is still practicing, and would like to draw some Habitican avatars as practice. It's just like having a street artist in Habitica: It may be useless to you, but it's certainly worth checking out, and you help others in their learning process, keeping them productive.

Getting started
 Make sure you read the guild rules first before posting anything

In the guildchat, start your message with  Wanted  or  Offer, followed with an explanation of what you need or what you offer, along with how much gold you pay or ask. You can use the hashtag or emotes to quickly show the related skills to your post.



Example of an offer
 Offer   : Willing to draw your avatars for 50 Gold. Just send a PM with details on how you want me to draw him/her. Depending on the amount of requests, it may take a while. #Drawing



Example of a request
 Wanted  : I need someone to write me a small app that selects a random person out of a list of names that I can add and remove myself. Send me a PM for detail.



After you've contacted someone, wait for them to reply to discuss the matter and share some details. Don't share private information you're not comfortable sharing with strangers, like your email, Skype, ... Always look for an online site where you can share certain files or arrange meetings with other Habiticans without risking your private details.

Finishing the deal
You have been helped or you helped someone out, now comes the financial part. To pay or receive money, use  Fix character values. If you've helped someone, increase your gold with the agreed upon value. If you've been helped, lower your gold with the agreed upon value. Alternatively, you can join and leave this challenge, and use the Custom reward  Payout Trader (HTG). Edit the value to the agreed upon value, and click it after you've been helped.



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Rules of the Guild
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