Trade Chat

Trade Chat, also known as trade channel, is a common chat channel that only works in capital cities and the sanctuary cities of Dalaran and Shattrath, and is linked across all such cities. This channel is intended for buying, selling, and trading of items and services, but it is often used for general chit-chat, gold spamming (which ironically is a form of trading) and guild and raid recruiting as well.

Prior to patch 3.3.0 and the Dungeon Finder, the channel was also heavily used for recruiting players to 5-man instances.

Players in the same faction (Horde or Alliance) will only see messages sent from players of the same faction, whether they are in a sanctuary, an allied capital, or an enemy capital.

Trade is usually channel 2; to send a message in Trade, type the following into the chat entry area:.