When the marketplace was created it was a list the items you have and other people could claim them based system.
The first problem we had was people were not sending orders in a timely fashion. Some were not sending at all. So the person would lose fvc and never get anything for them.
We then did donations in war. This turned into 5 elders spending 20+ hours a week processing donations, managing vaults and sending orders. When we got busy in rift with 2500 people playing at the same time this became impossible to manage and we had 8 of us dividing up the month as managers and it litterally stopped our ability to play the game at all.
It was decided that if we were going to have a marketplace it needdd to be a requisition based system. Simply put a list and claim system theorectically would work but how do you manage turn around times, afk players, or lost / misdirected items? It turns into a giant headache for us. Right now we need our systems to be hands off and not require a persons involvment. The more time we maintian the less time we spend leading events and keeping this family happy. Our focus needs to be on growing the community. Not sorting through mail boxes.