I read through this whole thread, and for a while, I thought I was back on the Eve Online forums...
Taking an aspect from that game and applying it here, IF the powers to be decided to implement a bazaar type feature without opening the Luclin expansion, then I offer a suggestion.
First - instead of East Commonlands tunnel covering the whole game world, perhaps it has the eastern portion of the map as a region only. Thus another bazaar area could be located near Qeynos to cover Erudin, another bazaar located somewhere in Greater Faydark, two more bazaars in Firionia Vie and the Overthere, and once Velious opens a bazaar at their starting zone (name escapes me at the moment). Thus the potential of different markets with different prices for the same items. And similar to Eve Online, some players might play the markets instead of grinding the same mob again.
Second - advertising your wares and being active at the keyboard means you could sell for free. But if you decide to go away for a bit, but still online, then pay a hourly broker's fee to keep your wares listed on a market board (an add-on to the game - people crowding around the boards, looking for goods, and seeing who is selling). This fee could be based upon a percentage of your total wares for sale; so every hour it is automatically deducted from your wallet. If you run out of money, then you are evicted from seller's mode. Or they could implement a non-playing character as your market mule and selling your wares. You have the option of being offline too. But this route would be the most expensive of them all. Payments are removed from a deposit your added and / or taken from offline sales with the same option of being evicted from selling mode once the money is gone.
Third - profit?
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