# Selling for L$: Crates & the Trading Post

**URL:** https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/selling-for-l-crates-the-trading-post/1632
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**Created:** [October 4, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.slcoloniesroleplay.com/t/selling-for-l-crates-the-trading-post/1632 "2026-10-04T01:27:33Z")
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> **Sell what you make for real Linden dollars.** Pack your goods into a crate, seal it, and sell it on the Trading Post, or as a real object you can hand to anyone in Second Life. This guide walks through every step, start to finish.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tcLTCU5lqVQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Sell What You Craft for Real L$ | SL Colonies Crates") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcLTCU5lqVQ)

**The Trading Post:** [slcoloniesroleplay.com/trading-post](https://slcoloniesroleplay.com/trading-post)  
**Your crates:** [slcoloniesroleplay.com/profile/crates](https://slcoloniesroleplay.com/profile/crates)

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## How it works, in one line

**Craft a crate → pack it on the website → seal it → list it, or take it in-world → get paid in L$.**

SL Colonies Roleplay takes **no commission**. The whole sale price goes to the seller.

> **Who can do what:** anyone can craft a crate, buy from the Trading Post and open a crate they bought. **Packing and sealing crates are for Citizens and World Builders** , and sealing spends platinum, which comes with those memberships. See [Membership](https://slcoloniesroleplay.com/membership).

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## 1. Craft a crate

Crates are made at the **Carpentry Bench**. There are twelve: four sizes, each in **oak, maple or fir**. The wood changes only how the crate looks. A small maple crate holds exactly what a small oak one does, and costs the same to seal.

| Size | Holds | Carpentry level |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small | 5 stacks, up to 2,500 items | 0 |
| Medium | 10 stacks, up to 5,000 items | 1 |
| Large | 20 stacks, up to 10,000 items | 2 |
| Huge | 50 stacks, up to 25,000 items | 3 |

A stack holds up to **500 of one item**. The small crates are level 0, so any colonist can make one on their first day. The full recipes are on the [Carpentry Bench page](https://slcoloniesroleplay.com/treasure/carpentry-station).

A crate you have crafted shows up on your **crates page** , ready to pack.

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## 2. Set your brand

Before you seal anything, set your **brand name** (your farm or shop name) and, if you like, a **texture** on the crates page. To use your own texture, upload it in Second Life, make sure it is **full permissions** , and paste its UUID into the texture field. You will see a preview.

Your brand shows on your listings and on the physical crate. It applies to **every crate you seal from then on**. A crate that is already sealed keeps the brand it was sealed with.

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## 3. Pack it

Packing happens **on the website** , not in-world, and needs **Citizen or World Builder** membership. Press **Pack** on a crate and you can fill it from:

- your **backpack**
- **any storage you own**
- **every character on your account** at once. The page tells you where each item is coming from.

For each item, put in the full amount, half, or a number you type.

**Currency cannot go in a crate.** No coins, no platinum. The page refuses it.

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## 4. Seal it

Sealing **freezes what is inside for good** , stamps your brand on the crate, closes it with the SL Colonies seal and gives it its own **crate ID**.

**It cannot be undone, and the platinum is not refunded.** The cost is **1 platinum for every 500 items packed** , so it follows what you put in, not the size of the box. A huge crate with a handful of items in it costs one platinum to seal. You choose which of your characters pays.

**Why sealing exists.** A buyer is paying real money for a box they cannot open first. The seal fixes the contents, and the crate publishes a **manifest** : every item, every quantity, and the real numbers behind them. A weapon shows its damage, durability, critical chance and sharpness. A food shows what it restores. Buyers read it before they pay, so what they buy is exactly what they get.

When you seal, you choose where the crate goes next:

- **List on SL Colonies.** It goes on the Trading Post, and a buyer pays on the website.
- **Send me the crate.** A physical crate is delivered to you in-world (see section 7).

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## 5. List it on the Trading Post

A listed crate shows on the Trading Post with its manifest, but **nobody can buy it until you set a price**. There are two ways to sell.

### Fixed price

Name a price from **L$1 to L$1,000,000**. A fixed-price listing has **no time limit**. It stays up until someone buys it or you take it down, and you can change the price whenever you like.

### Auction

Name an **opening bid** and a length of **1 to 14 days**. Auctions use **maximum bidding** :

- A bidder enters the **most they are willing to pay**.
- They are charged **only what it takes to beat the next bidder** , L$1 more than the next highest maximum.
- For example: you bid a maximum of L$500 on a crate opening at L$50. You lead at L$50. Someone else bids up to L$200, so you still lead, now at L$201.
- **Bidders pay when they bid.** The money is held. If someone outbids you, **your money is refunded automatically** , without waiting for the auction to end.
- When the auction closes, the winning bid goes to the seller.

**Once somebody has bid on an auction, you cannot change its price or take it down.** Their money is already held against it.

### Changing your mind

- **Take it off the market** and it comes back to your crates page. Reprice it, relist it, or take a physical crate instead.
- **Break the seal** and the goods return to you. The crate and the platinum you sealed it with are gone.

You cannot buy or bid on your own listing.

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## 6. Buying a crate

Anyone can browse the [Trading Post](https://slcoloniesroleplay.com/trading-post), **search it for the item you want** , and press **Look inside** to read a crate’s manifest before buying.

When you buy or bid, our bot sends you an **IM in-world asking for the payment**. Pay it in L$, the bot confirms, and the crate is yours. It appears on your crates page. **Open it whenever you like.** There is no deadline. Opening it breaks the seal and puts everything inside into your backpack.

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## 7. The physical crate

Choose **Send me the crate** and a crate is delivered to you in-world. It is **no copy, no modify, but transferable**.

1. **Rez it** and **touch it**. A web page opens.
2. **Bind it** to one of your sealed crates of the **same size**. A small body only binds to a small crate.
3. **Touch it again.** It takes on your wood, your texture, your brand name and the crate’s ID.

Now it is a real object you can sell **however you like** : in your own vendors, on the Second Life Marketplace, or by handing it straight to another avatar.

**Whoever holds it can open it, once.** Opening it puts the contents into that person’s backpack and ends the crate. What is left is a prop.

**This is an either/or.** A crate with a physical body **cannot go back on the Trading Post**. Possession is now the proof of ownership. Anyone else who **touches** a physical crate is shown exactly what is inside it on the website, so a buyer never has to take the seller’s word for it.

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## 8. Getting paid

When a crate sells on the Trading Post, the money is paid out to you **in-world by our bot**. **We take no cut.** Your crates page keeps a ledger of what you are owed and what has been paid.

When you sell a physical crate yourself, through your vendor, the Marketplace or by hand, you are paid the way you normally are in Second Life.

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## The numbers, in one place

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Crate recipes | 12: small, medium, large, huge × oak, maple, fir |
| Carpentry level | small 0 · medium 1 · large 2 · huge 3 |
| Capacity | 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 stacks of up to 500 |
| Seal cost | 1 platinum per 500 items packed |
| Fixed price | L$1 to L$1,000,000, no time limit |
| Auction length | 1 to 14 days |
| Bid increment | L$1 |
| Outbid bidders | refunded automatically |
| Our commission | none |

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## Before you start

- **Packing and sealing need Citizen or World Builder membership.** If a membership lapses, you can still take your goods back out of a crate you have not sealed.
- **Sealing is one-way.** The platinum does not come back, even if you break the crate open later.
- **The manifest is public.** Anyone can see exactly what is in a sealed crate. That is why people will buy from you.
- **An auction with a bid on it cannot be withdrawn.**
- **A physical crate cannot be sold on the Trading Post.** Decide before you ask for the body.
- **Set your brand first.** It is what buyers see on your listings and on the crate itself.

_Questions or problems? Reply below._