How to Trade on Animal Jam

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   Go to a place where people like to trade. Wootmoo's den, the Pillow Room, Brady’s Lab, (in Aldan, Brady's Lab can get crowded) and any other crowded are great choices. People will want to trade with you in those places, as it is a huge place for rare people and people who just want to trade.
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   Meet someone and agree upon a trade. Once you come to one of the areas, you may see people saying things like “My list for trade” or “black long on trade, offer.”. You will want to find someone and agree upon a trade, but note some people are okay with you just offering for what you would want without discussion. Make sure your trade is fair (both items equaling the same amount) and don’t get offended if people decline. After a trade is agreed upon, click on a player's name card. In the bottom left corner, you will see a little arrow following another one in a circle. Click it. This will show you their Trade List, or things they are willing to trade. Note: Not everybody will have stuff on their trade list. Don’t pester these people for an item they are wearing or may have; this will annoy them and you might get reported.
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   Scroll through their Trade List and find the item you agreed upon. If you aren’t discussing with someone what you will trade for what, then just find an item that you want or looks interesting to you. Just make sure you know the worth of it and have a valid offer. Most people will decline offers that aren’t fair. Also make sure you aren’t going over (offering an item that is worth more than what your trading for) as you could loose worth.
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If you can’t find the item you and the other person agreed upon, don’t panic. Just ask them if they could put it on trade; they may have forgotten to add it.

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   • Be sure to know your rares before trading them. Trading up to rarer items may make you seem rarer, but it depends on how many rares and what types of rares you trade. Avoid looking up info on the Internet - they are often outdated and inaccurate. If you are going to look up information on the internet, try more recent YouTube videos. Make sure they are within a 2 month radius, however, as items can fluctuate in worth very fast. If you are going to avoid using the internet, you can try asking around Jamaa what rares are worth, or put an item on trade. Say something like "Trading attempts for my list." Depending on what people keep trading you, you should know what it's worth.
   • Be sure to try and differentiate what is fair and what isn't fair for an item. Avoid scammers - test Jammers out by asking if a single item is fair for their item and make sure it is a definite under (for example, a necklace for a den beta). If they say yes, they're a scammer. Block them and trade other Jammers instead. If you do this test, then don’t make it too complicated. (For example, asking “Is a black long for 1 den beta fair?”. They may not know the worth of a den beta or black long and may just guess by saying “yes”, when the answer is really “no”, so just keep it simple)

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   Go up to someone with a glove. Try to trade four rare item Monday items for it. If they refuse, try for a fox hat. Fox hats came out for rare item Mondays a while ago. This makes them less rare. Try for a glove before you rush to the fox hats.

   • Get a few more fox hats/gloves. This will help you trade those for other items later.
   • Take four gloves or fox hats and aim for slightly rarer items.
   • Note: People enjoy clothing more then den items, unless they are den betas. A great one to reach for are rare bows and worn blankets. Afterwards, you can trade these rares for den betas and such. Some of these rares, such as a raspberry colored bow and arrows and black worn blanket, are slightly rarer than most items (for example, a black worn is worth 4 den betas instead of 1). Keep in mind that rare item Mondays are sometimes less rarer than their non rare variant (e.g. rare worn blanket, which is not even worth 1 den beta).
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   Continue trading up until you have a few rare bows and worns. When you get your rare bows, and other rare items you've traded for, try for the bigger stuff. Go to Jamma Township and put some good items on trade. Say this, "1 item on my list for something better, my den if so!" The reason you say "my den," is because you can talk with the person about what they want to trade, what you want to trade, and make a good deal in order for it to be fair.
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   Keep slowly collecting rares using the trading line. As you go, make duplicates of rare items to trade for rarer ones by trading for more.
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   Trade for a spike. Take your worns, gloves, bows, or whatever good rares you have, go to Wootmoo's den, and try to trade for some den betas. Gain at least 2 to 4 den betas for a spiked wristband and at least 6 for a short collar (8 for good short collars, 13 for a bad long). Once you get one, follow the trading line until you get as many rares as you can.

   • Before trading for a spike with someone, check that they have one.Then count how many of the item she/he has it on. If it's 1, there is a good chance of a declined trade since it's there only item of that type, but if it's more than one item, you probably have good luck in getting the item.
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   Do whatever you want, trade for real fun, and trade to make outfits. Remember that above all, have fun trading.
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