I prefer semi-empty towns than having to TP several times to go to giran and to come back. Also, not everybody have enough money to set an offline shop. Indeed, I think one of the reasons there are free ofline shops in GH It's to help newbies to sell their stuff (though NG/D grade is hard to sell anyway). But I have seen several newbies selling their stuff in GH and It's good to see them there imo. Not every newcomer has the same mindset btw. I mean, personally, as a newcomer, I would prefer to have a free TP to a market zone than having to TP to dion/giran to check if there's something useful for me. As a newcomer, I would not TP to dion/giran because I prefer to save adena. I don't know how do you feel about this, but since the offline shops are free in GH I see an noticeable influx of new players. Could the GH market zone be a reason? Could be or could be not. Because let's be honest here, it's "beautiful" to see giran full of shops, yep, I agree, but it's impractical in many ways. If I would be searching for X weapon/armor It'd be a pain for me to keep checking giran/dion every now and then (some people sells C stuff in dion as you may know) because of the TP.