I heard a theory that SE regulates the market (or certain items) with their own listings that may appear to be bots.


if the issue is trying to make money... SE has introduced a lot of ways to make money in this game since ARR without having to sell a single item on the Market Board. The quests give a lot more money. Leve quests are always available. Duty Roulettes. There is literally no shortage of gil to be made in this game.

Also, purchasing an item cheap in one server and then reselling it on another server at a higher price is not crashing the market. Market crash is a sudden dramatic decrease in price, not an increase. If we wanted to crash the market, and anybody can since it only shows the first 100 listings of the lowest price, we can list 100 items across multiple retainers and characters to push out the competition. This is a practice we see with players who corner the market on certain items. It is not against the ToS to corner a market and sell things for really cheap.

I can craft 100 items and give it to all my friends. I have no control over them turning around and reselling those items on the MB. It still says my name as the Crafter on the item. Should I be in trouble for "cornering a market" when I had no control over the actions of other players?