subject: How Does The Auction House System Work For Diablo Iii? [print this page] Diablo III GAMERS can open the auction house interface prior to entering a game by clicking the Auction House button on the main screen. Items can be sold from the shared stash (storage shared among all the Diablo III characters in a game region on your Battle.net account) or from any individual characters inventory or currently equipped items. When posting the item, the seller first picks whether it will be sold in the gold-based auction house or the real-money auction house. The item is then held by the auction house system until the listing expires (all listings last for a maximum of 48 hours), a purchase is made, or the seller cancels the auction (if still within the cancellation window - see Functionality section for details). or a purchase is made. Items that are not sold are returned to the seller, and items that are sold are delivered to the winning bidder. In each case, the item appears on the players Completed page in the auction house interface, where the item can then be moved to the players shared stash.
The auction house system will deduct a nominal transaction fee from the seller if the item was sold. For the real-money auction house, players will have a few different options for how to pay for item purchases and receive funds for item sales, as discussed elsewhere in this FAQ. Additionally, there are differences in how this system will work in different regions of the world -- see the Regional section of the FAQ for more information.
