The Trade Finder is a side-by-side comparison tool. You pick two collectors. The tool shows you what each one owns that the other doesn't. Live at /tools/trade-finder.
What it does
Trade Finder runs a two-way diff against the catalog of 818 items:
- Left column: items the left-side collector owns that the right-side collector does not.
- Right column: items the right-side collector owns that the left-side collector does not.
Everything both collectors own gets filtered out. Everything neither owns gets filtered out. What you see is the realistic set of items that could change hands in a trade.
Setting up a comparison
There are two username search boxes at the top of the page. Start typing a collector's username in either box; the search box auto-suggests matches as you go, with prefix matches ranked higher.
- For a personal "what's available for me to chase?" view, put your username in one box and any active collector in the other.
- For a third-party "what could these two trade?" view, put any two collectors.
Once both names are filled in, the page populates the diff columns.
Filters
A few filters sharpen the results:
- Rarity range: slide the minimum and maximum rarity tiers (R1 through R5) to narrow the diff. Useful when you only care about, say, R3-and-above trades.
- Duplicates only: when checked, the left column shows only items where the left collector has quantity > 1. The same applies to the right column. This is the "what could this person actually trade away without parting with their only copy?" filter.
- Items per page: adjust how many items show per column at once. Both columns paginate independently.
The "Request Trade" action
The big green button on the Trade Finder isn't a transaction button. It drafts a message between the two collectors based on the current diff: a short, polite opener with a list of up to five complementary items from each side. The message lands in the messages tab as a draft. You review, edit if needed, and send.
The drafted message format is intentionally low-friction: it doesn't commit anyone to a trade, it just opens the conversation with a concrete starting point.
How to use it well
A quick example: here are the top collectors of a notable piece, who would be natural trade partners for someone hunting it:
Plus 10 other collectors.
A few patterns that work:
- Start with collectors who have something you want. Find a token on its item page, scroll to the "Top Owners" section, click through to one of those collectors. From their profile you can run a Trade Finder comparison against your own collection in a single click.
- Run Trade Finder against active collectors. Dormant accounts won't respond. The newest signups won't have much to trade yet. Mid-volume collectors who've been around for a while are the sweet spot.
- Use the duplicates filter when you're starting a conversation. It signals respect: you're not asking them to part with their only copy of something, you're asking about pieces they have surplus on.
- Don't request a lopsided trade. If the left column has 30 items and the right has 3, you're not finding a trade match, you're finding an unequal request. Look for collectors where the diff is roughly balanced in count and value.
What it doesn't do
The Trade Finder doesn't suggest fair-value-balanced trades, doesn't negotiate prices, and doesn't enforce anything about completed trades. It's a discovery tool, not a transaction system. Anything beyond "here's what could change hands" happens in messages between the two collectors.
Where to go next
- Your collector profile covers what other collectors see when they land on your page from a Trade Finder result.
- Tracking your collection explains how to populate the data Trade Finder runs on.