TradePad

Save your items once. Post an eye-catching trade line whenever you want — or let it post itself while you go play.

TradePad is a lightweight notepad for trade chat. Drop item links into a list, add prices, and TradePad builds a stylized message you can fire off with a hotkey, a minimap click, or a floating button. It works just as well for buying as it does for selling, and it can keep posting on a timer while you're off doing something else.

No dependencies, no configuration required, no per-character setup. Install it, shift-click a few items, and you're posting.

Your message, not everyone else's

Trade chat is a wall of identical grey text, and WTS [Item] scrolls past unread. TradePad ships 46 message styles, each with its own decoration, wording, and closing call-out:

>>> WTS CHEAP <<< [Copper Ore]x20 20g - [Lifeless Stone]x2 2g <<< OR BEST OFFER >>>

-=[ WTS READY NOW ]=- [Copper Ore]x20 20g / [Lifeless Stone]x2 2g -=[ COD MAIL OK ]=-

~*~ SELLING CHEAP ~*~ [Copper Ore]x20 20g ~ [Lifeless Stone]x2 2g ~*~ THANKS ~*~

+++ WTS +++ [Copper Ore]x20 20g + [Lifeless Stone]x2 2g +++ MORE AVAILABLE +++

Press Regenerate to step to the next one and watch the preview update, or browse with the < and > arrows until something catches your eye. Add a raid target marker to the front — fixed, or a different one on every send — and your line gets a coloured icon that's impossible to scroll past.

Want to write it yourself instead? Click into the message box and type. Your wording is saved with the list and sent exactly as written.

Buying works the same as selling

Switch the prefix to WTB and the whole message rewords itself. "SELLING" becomes "BUYING", "CHEAP" becomes "PAYING WELL", "OR BEST OFFER" becomes "MAKE AN OFFER". A buy order never advertises cheap prices, and you never have to maintain two sets of wording.

Post while you play

Turn on Auto-broadcast and TradePad reposts your list on a timer, anywhere from 60 seconds to 10 minutes. Tick Regenerate each send and it advances to the next style every time, so a repeating listing never posts the same-looking line twice in a row.

Set it running, then go quest, farm, or raid. Right-click the floating button to toggle it without opening anything.

Keep a wishlist, and try it on first

Lists aren't only for things you're selling. Keep one for the transmog set you're hunting, the crafting mats you still need, or the upgrades you're saving for.

Ctrl-click any wearable item in a list to preview it on your character in the dressing room. Every list has it, so you can browse a whole wishlist of appearances without touching the auction house. Items that can't be worn say so instead of opening an empty preview.

Send it where you want

Destination	Notes
Channel	Trade, General, or any custom channel you've joined
Say	For standing outside the bank or auction house
Yell	When you really mean it
Guild	Offer to your guild first

Each list remembers its own destination, so your Trade list and your guild list stay separate.

Built to not break

Character limit handled properly. Chat caps at 255 characters. TradePad packs in as many items as fit, marks the rest with +more, and never cuts through the middle of an item link or a colour code.
Links stay intact. Stray characters that would make the client reject your whole message are escaped automatically, so a message either sends correctly or tells you why it didn't.
Everything persists. Lists, links, prices, quantities, styles, and destinations all survive logout and reload.

Features at a glance

Multiple lists — sell list, buy list, transmog wishlist, whatever you need
46 message styles with prefix-aware wording and closing call-outs
Editable message — override the generated text with your own
Raid target markers — fixed, random each send, or none
Per-item quantity and price in gold and silver
Dressing room preview — Ctrl-click any wearable item
Live preview with a character counter
Auto-broadcast — 60 to 600 seconds, optionally cycling styles
Minimap button — left-click to open, right-click for options
Floating button — left-click to send, right-click to toggle auto-broadcast, drag anywhere
Keybind — ALT-T by default, rebindable under Key Bindings → AddOns
Item tooltips on hover, plus reorder and delete controls per row

Works on every client

One download, one codebase. A built-in compatibility layer adapts the options panel, timers, scroll frames, input fields, and chat APIs to whatever you're running.

Client	Supported
3.3.5a (Wrath)	Yes
Classic Era	Yes
Wrath Classic	Yes
Cataclysm Classic	Yes
Mists Classic	Yes
Retail	Yes

Commands

Command	Action
`/tp` or `/tradepad`	Open or close the list editor
`/tp send`	Send the active list now
`/tp auto`	Toggle auto-broadcast on the active list
`/tp list <name>`	Switch the active list
`/tp config`	Open the Interface options panel
`/tp minimap`	Show or hide the minimap button
`/tp scan`	Identify UI elements under your cursor (troubleshooting)

Getting started

Type **/tp** or click the minimap notepad icon
Shift-click items in your bags to add them to the list
Type a price and quantity next to each one
Press Regenerate until you like how the line reads
Click Send Now, or press ALT-T from anywhere

☕ Support

This addon is free and always will be. If you'd like to say thanks:

Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jessemods
Source & issues: https://github.com/JessePretendstoCode/TonguesOfAzeroth