After a bit of a test run, CivMarket is ready to go live! The market will open for the first time at 00:15 on 25 March, UTC ( http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Civmarket Open&iso=20140325T0015 ). It's an online market exchange which matches buyers and sellers. Its features are:

• You can place bids to buy items, and offer to sell items. Compatible buyers and sellers are matched and emailed.
• Regional support - trade within a particular quadrant only.
• Payments can be made on delivery, or through a secure market escrow.
• (EDIT) All accounts will start with 0.1d credit to make your first sales free.
• Tiny fees - 0.5% on each trade.

At launch the only official trade hub is Fellowship. There's a community discussion process on /r/CivcraftMarket and I gather a dedicated building is being built in Orion.

Accounts will be by invitation on launch. Invitations will be given to a group of testers and myself, with more issued each week to active accounts.

http://civmarket.e4u1.net