since invites have opened there have been a lot of rookies in the trade channel. they're looking for help on very basic things, and wanting to buy very basic things: tomatoes for a quest, allspice, a frying pan, etc. i'm thinking it might be better if the "trade channel upgrade" isn't available till after a certain level- at some appropriate point where new players have the basic concepts down about vendors, skills, live help, global, etc. otherwise, they might end up getting ripped off and/or play glitch as a totally buy/sell rather than DIY game.