. . . "Merchanting is the trading of goods and services for other goods, services, or PoE usually with the goal of making a profit for the merchant involved. Merchanting may involve many aspects of trade including trade runs from island to island buying goods low and selling them at a higher price, shoppe or stall owning and the production of goods either to be sold dockside or to be sold to other shoppes for a higher level of production, foraging and fruit running, or any combination of merchant activities. Within the Puzzle Pirates world and economy, the term merchanting can often be applied as a blanket reference to any activity within the game that is not directly tied to piracy. (i.e. pillaging, carousing, or politicking.)"@en . . . "With the addition of the Grand Exchange, it is no longer simple for merchants to act as an intermediary between players who seek to easily sell and players who seek to easily buy \u2014 the Grand Exchange replaced this. Modern merchants, however, have found ways to work with and around the Grand Exchange to make money, including long-term investments, time-based arbitrage, price manipulation, \"market value\" to \"street value\" arbitrage, and item conversion."@en . . "With the addition of the Grand Exchange, it is no longer simple for merchants to act as an intermediary between players who seek to easily sell and players who seek to easily buy \u2014 the Grand Exchange replaced this. Modern merchants, however, have found ways to work with and around the Grand Exchange to make money, including long-term investments, time-based arbitrage, price manipulation, \"market value\" to \"street value\" arbitrage, and item conversion."@en . . . . . "Merchanting"@en . "Merchanting is the trading of goods and services for other goods, services, or PoE usually with the goal of making a profit for the merchant involved. Merchanting may involve many aspects of trade including trade runs from island to island buying goods low and selling them at a higher price, shoppe or stall owning and the production of goods either to be sold dockside or to be sold to other shoppes for a higher level of production, foraging and fruit running, or any combination of merchant activities. Within the Puzzle Pirates world and economy, the term merchanting can often be applied as a blanket reference to any activity within the game that is not directly tied to piracy. (i.e. pillaging, carousing, or politicking.)"@en .