After many hours of thought, I have finally came up with a revolutionary way to reduce scams.
1. Trade reviews
Every player will have a trade profile displaying all the reviews if people who has transacted with him or her before. After every trade, both seller and buyer are allowed to leave reviews of the player and give a rating out of 10. These reviews are accessible at the player's profile, so every potential trader will be aware of the person's tendency to scam or lie etc.
The trade reviews camnot be removed unless the player changes trade pass.
The trade reviews will show the items in the trade. E.g., if you buy a shovel for 2 shells, and the trader tries to sabotage your reputatiom by leaving a bad rep, the items involved in the trade will be shown in the review as well, so the viewer judges for him or herself if the trade was fair.
If the person is an avid trader, only tge last 10 records will show. The older reviews will be removed BUT they will still affect the average rating (which will show in the trade profile). Meaning, if a player scams 50 times and gets 0 stars, and got 2 stars for 10 trades (which is shown in his trafe profile), his or her average rating will be 0.33, which is still bad.
2. Trade pass.
For players to trade they will need a trade pass that costs 500 gralats for a first time buy. It has no expiry date. The pass can be revoked only uf an admin catches the guy scamming. However, if a scammer consistently receives bad reviews, it will show on their trade profile. If they want to remove these bad reviews, they will have to replace their trade pass , which will cost 30k gralats (for 2nd time and beyond purchase)
This carries a clear message - trade properly or risk having a bad reputation. If you want to get rid of bad rep, its going to be costly as well, so its better to trade properly than to pay heavy prices.
3. Trade admin
If we are to get admins to regulate trade they will be working 24/7. But now if we get a trade admin, this admin will just have to ensure that the trade tables are functioning properly with no bugs or glicthes. If a glitch is suspected (either through say, a person trading an item but not receiving the item) the matter can be reported to the trade admin. The trade admin will investigate and if one party of the trade is found to be hacking or abusing glitch, the trade pass of that guy will be revoked and other punishments may follow.
4. Transaction logs
There could be a kiosk at trade centre showing the last 100 trades that took place at the centre. It will show the items involved, so players can have a reference price to sell or buy items so that they do not overpay or underpay.
Thank you.
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