# Open Market and Trading All items in the game are created in limited amount and can be bought and sold by the players. Even players without avatars will be able to access to market to buy and sell resources and items. Items are the primary way to customize and gain advantage against other players. Items are in two categories, consumable and permanent. Consumable items provide immediate benefits, these benefits can last for a long duration but never permanent.\ \ Permanent items, as the name suggests provide permanent bonuses to the players. A portion of the permanent items will only provide cosmetic changes, but rest can give small permanent bonus to all players. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://gainhive.gitbook.io/gainhive-whitepaper/financial-instruments/open-market-and-trading.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.