> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://tradepost.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Listing format

> How Trade Post builds a listing title.

Defaults reproduce the bracketed `[Region] [H] … [W] …` format most trade
subreddits use.

## Settings

| Setting                               | Default                              | Limits                                    |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- |
| Region tag                            | Required                             | Required, Optional, Not used              |
| Region tag format                     | `<COUNTRY>-<STATE> \| <COUNTRY>`     | [Its own page](/moderators/region-format) |
| "Have" tag                            | `H`                                  | Letters and digits, up to 8               |
| "Want" tag                            | `W`                                  | Letters and digits, up to 8               |
| Looking-for options                   | *(blank)*                            | 12 options, 80 characters each            |
| Allow listers to type their own wants | On                                   | On, Off                                   |
| Condition options                     | New, Like New, Good, Fair, For Parts | 12 options, 24 characters each            |
| Wants shown in the title              | 3                                    | 1 to 20                                   |
| Allow asking prices                   | On                                   | On, Off                                   |
| Max items per listing                 | 20                                   | 1 to 100                                  |

## Generated titles

With the defaults and a region of `US-NY`:

```
[US-NY] [H] Rolex Submariner (Good) [W] $8500 PayPal G&S
[US-NY] [H] Rolex Submariner, Omega Speedmaster +2 more [W] PayPal G&S
[US-NY] [H] Rolex Submariner (Good) [W] $8500
```

One item names its condition and price. Several are listed until the title budget
runs out, then counted. The `[W]` half falls back to `Offers` when the lister and
the subreddit both say nothing.

Reddit caps titles at 300 characters. The region tag, both bracket tags, item names
and wants all compete for it. Wants are truncated first, then items fall back to
`+N more`. Raising **Wants shown in the title** mostly buys shorter item lists; the
rest still appear in the post body.

## Condition options

Stored as keys, not as the words you type: lowercased, with anything that is not a
letter or digit turned into a hyphen. `Like New` is `like-new`, `Mint+` is `mint`.

* **Re-wording keeps existing items only if the key is unchanged.** `Mint` to
  `Mint condition` strands them; `Mint+` to `Mint` does not.
* **Two options producing the same key collapse, first wins.** `Mint` and `mint`
  are one option. `Like New` and `LikeNew` are two.
* **The key is what a spreadsheet import uses**, not the label.

Changing this never rewrites stored items. An item on a removed condition keeps it,
rendered by title-casing the key.

## Allow asking prices

<Warning>
  Turning this off is retroactive. Prices disappear everywhere, including on items
  priced beforehand.
</Warning>

With it off, no item has a stated value, so every item counts as trade-only for
[photo requirements](/moderators/photo-rules).

## Looking-for options

Leave blank and listers say what they want in their own words. Fill it in and turn
off **Allow listers to type their own wants** to restrict them to your list. A
blank list with free text off is treated as open.

Wants are stored as text and never linked.