Proposal: A Searchable Database of Past Auction Sales

Goal: To build a comprehensive, searchable database of past auction sales (Pokemon, items, etc.) from the last 3 years, compiled directly from publicly visible forum auction threads.

 

Why Is This Valuable?

• Pricing Transparency: It’s currently difficult to know what a fair price is without searching manually or asking in chat. A structured database would help players price-check quickly and fairly.
• Historical Data & Trends: Players could look at how certain Pokémon or items have risen or fallen in value over time, helping both collectors and traders make informed decisions.
• Community-Driven Economy: With clearer data, we reduce scams, overpaying, and underpricing - supporting a healthier and more fair in-game economy.
• Tool Integrations (Optional): In the future, this database could support bot integrations (e.g. Discord bots) or allow auctioneers to input new sales manually for real-time updates.

 

How Would It Work?

• Scrape public auction threads only, from the forum’s trade sections, dating back a few years.
• Only key sale data would be extracted: Auction date, Pokémon/item sold, Final sale price (if available), Server (Silver/Gold).
• No private user data would be collected (avoid profile scraping, DMs, or non-auction content).
• The scraping would be rate-limited and respectful, avoiding spammy behaviour or server strain.
• The end result: a clean, user-friendly, publicly accessible website or searchable list.

 

A Better Option: Partnership?

If devs would prefer to avoid scraping, then:

• Work with a forum API or database export (if available)
• Accept guidance from devs on a “safe” method
• Agree to rate limits or rules about what can/can’t be included

 

Call to Action

If you support the idea of a historical auction price tracker built for the benefit of all players, please +1 this post or share your thoughts below.

 

Feature Preview: How It Would Work

 

Filter Options

• Keyword Search: Search by name, IVs, item, nature, or specific traits
• Date Range: e.g. Jan 2023 - July 2025
• Price Range Slider: e.g. 100k - 5m
• Server Filter: Gold / Silver / All
• Category Tabs: Pokémon, Items, Mounts, Rares/Events, PvP-ready Pokémon

 

Optional Additions

• Trend Graphs: Click any Pokémon or item - Get a historical price chart showing average price over time. Example: Pikachu Event Skin. Avg Price: Jan 2023: 240k, Jan 2024: 370k, Jul 2025: 430k.
• Instinctive Pricing Suggestions (Beta). “Based on past 50 listings for this Pokémon, the average sale price is 347k. Current trend: Increasing."
• Discord Bot (Later). Player types /pricecheck Pikachu event - Bot replies with latest sale averages.

 

Data Source Transparency

“All data is taken from public trade forum posts. Usernames and private messages are excluded. If you’d like to submit new auctions or request removal of one, click here.”

 

Community & Staff Collaboration

• Code could be open-sourced on GitHub
• Feedback welcomed via Discord or Forum thread
• Maintained for community benefit, not monetized

Edited July 9, 20251 yr by Lacomus

this is a huge man and the man is huge, this is the man.

+1 from me.

 

This is honestly such a good idea. As someone who's still pretty new to the market, pricing stuff is a pain — either I sell too cheap or someone told me a scammer 🥲.

 

Having a tool like this would make things way easier and help a ton of us figure out fair market values without having to ask "price check" everywhere and still being confused.

Really hope to see this happen 🙌

 

+1 cool

Agree,  clear information would benefit the market system of pro.

+1

Good idea +1

I like the idea and think it has enough merit to be looked into. It is an issue that has been around for a long time and seems quite difficult to correct. There may be concerns from Staff, but hopefully you can work with them to find an acceptable solution. 

 

For me, the biggest hinderance at the moment is the sellers themselves. After an auction has ended, many go back and remove the image of what they were selling, any detail about it, and rename the threat title to Sold or Closed. This making doing research on accurate pricing very difficult, especially for Pokemon and Items that have significant rarity. 

 

Ideally, there would be a rule in which players would need to leave that information in place, only allowed to edit to mention the item has been sold or removed. This would make price checking significantly easier and more accurate. However, that would require even more work for the Trade Mods (the last thing they need), as it would be another rule players would probably constantly violate, so I understand why it's not realistic. A project like this wouldn't fully solve the problem but would help put us in the right direction. 

+1 love the idea

+1