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Alpha-2 Vendor NPC work-in-progress UI.^[1]

Merchant NPCs (also called Vendors) are present from the first stage of node development (Expedition).^[2]

Merchant NPCs are identified by a golden shimmer on their nameplates.^[3]
Merchant NPCs will in general be able to buy items from players.^[4]

Tavern NPCs

The way that the tavern NPCs are going to work is you'll have patrons of either in-node taverns that will have the ability to list items as part of that NPC's merchant store and those items will mainly be around food and drink; and those types of craftable things that are relevant to these taverns; and those items will grant buffs based on proximity. And then additionally players can build taverns on their freeholds- we've discussed this in the past- they will list their craftable foods and drinks and whatnot with their NPC at that tavern as well; and players who interact with that can purchase them- have a drink at the tavern, eat some food at the tavern; and that'll give them a buff for a period of time as long as they remain proximity of that freehold.^[4] – Steven Sharif

Tavern NPCs ("bartenders") are merchants that are present in Taverns in nodes and on freeholds.^[4]^[5]

Tavern NPCs sell food, drinks, and other crafted items that have been made for that tavern. Consuming these items will grant buffs for a period of time, providing the character remains in proximity to the tavern.^[4]^[5]

You're going to probably want to sell items to other players more than necessarily tavern merchants but they'll be there as well.^[4] – Jeffrey Bard

Player merchants

Player stalls, personal shops, and auction houses enable buying from and selling to other players.^[6]

Player merchants will not be able to be placed on ships.^[7]

	Player stalls	Personal shops	Auction houses
Cost	Rental fee.^[8]^[9]	Placement certificate purchase.^[10]^[11]^[12]	Listing fee.^[13]
Location	Can be rented at locations near the unique building in an economic node^[13] or in Marketplaces.^[14]	Certificates from non-metropolis nodes, allow placement near the node's unique building or on a freehold.^[10]^[11]^[12] Certificates from economic node metropolises allow placement anywhere in the world.^[10]^[12]	At Markets in Village economic nodes allow raw resources and crafting materials to be posted.^[15] At Exchanges in Town nodes allow all goods/items to be posted.^[15] Metropolis stage Economic nodes enable remote bidding from linked economic nodes.^[15] Auctioneer NPC emissaries present in Vassal nodes allow some access to the parent node's auction house.^[13]
Player presence	An attendant NPC is assigned to the stall. Character does not need to be online or at the stall.^[16]^[8]^[9]	Player must be online and present at the shop.^[16]^[9]	N/A
Storage	Linked to character's warehouse.^[17]	Linked to character's inventory.^[17]	Raw materials and gatherables are automatically deposited within the listing node's local warehouse.^[18]^[13] Anything other than raw materials and gatherables will be mailed to the purchaser.^[18]
Advertising	Items and services are listed on Bulletin boards in the same region.^[19] There may or may not^[10] also be listings at auction houses.^[6]	Custom billboard appears above the character.^[16] Items are not listed in the parent node or auction houses.^[6]	Items listed are visible in community boards (bulletin boards).^[10] Metropolis level economic nodes enable worldwide sale prices for auction houses across Verra.^[15]
PvP	Players are not able to be attacked or robbed while occupying their player stall inside the limits of a node.^[11] Material losses may occur if the node's warehouse is destroyed during a node siege.^[20]^[21]^[22]^[17]	Players may be killed while occupying their personal shop and are subject to material loss due to normal death penalties.^[17]	N/A