User Manual

Trading via your trading office
If you own a trading office in a certain city and no ship is
selected, left clicking on the port crane in the city view will
open the trading window, allowing you to trade goods
between your office and the city only.
To transfer goods from your office to a ship, you must first
select the ship (see above).
The trading window not only lists all the merchandise, but
also the availability of the goods in the city (in barrels or
bushels), the amount you have in your office or your ship,
and the prices for purchase and sales. Note that the purchase
price of a certain commodity is always higher than the sales
price of that same commodity. To buy or sell a commodity,
simply click on the corresponding price.
Prices – Supply and Demand
The principle will sound familiar: supply and demand determine the price! The more
a commodity is needed in a certain city, the more the city will pay for it. And you will have to
pay even more if you buy up rare goods.
This results in the following:
1. Whenever you sell a commodity to a city, its price will begin to drop, because with every
unit you sell, the demand is lessened.
2. Whenever you buy a commodity, its price will rise, because the supplies in the city are
reduced.
The Numbers Game
At the bottom of the window, you can select the number of units you would like to trade in one
go: either one, five or as much as possible (max). You will notice that selecting different numbers
has an impact on the price. For instance, when you switch from one to five, you will see that the
purchase price rises and the sales price drops.
This may seem illogical at first, but there is a simple explanation: If you want to buy or sell five
barrels or bushels of a certain commodity, it makes no difference whether you buy them one at
a time or all at once. You will pay or receive the same amount of money. But if you choose to
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