Trading is completely broken.

Scammers trying to give you the wrong item and fake listings as far as the eye can see. I have no idea who at GGG thinks this is a good experience for players but it's making my hesitant to invest any more in this game. If GGG thinks trade should be this way they should be way heavier handed on scammers and abusers. This is the worst experience possible. It literally feels worse than trading in Diablo 2 20 years ago.

Also on the other side I want to sell some items that aren't really worth much but help people out. But in order to do so I have to waste portals in my maps just to come out and trade them?

Idk this whole system feels awful to interact with.

Yeah, it's complete and utter garbage. There is no other way to put it.

Which is sad, because considering that their game design philosophy seem to be to not give you even remotely reliable drops or crafting option, and make you purely reliant on trading for progression, you'd think they would cook up a trading system that wouldn't be completely broken and anti-player.

Auction House should be in the game. Period. There is no ifs or buts about it. I have no idea why this exists in 2025. I am not a big trader but I am buying stuff and mostly sell few items each day. Interacting with this atrocity every time is just wasting my and also buyer/seller time. "Oh I underpriced it" "Oh can you sell it cheaper?" or those who just trolling they also running around.

I dunno they have really good currency exchange system. You can take gold as a fee from players (which made gold more useful outside of gambling with Alva) to register or buy an item in the auction. It will automatically rid of price fixers, baiters and those individual who never answer to whispers.