# Market Ownership

Players can create markets in their settlements and spawn villagers in their markets. Markets allow players to easily earn passive income, as market owners earn 10% profit on all market trading revenue. For example, if a player buys an item from a villager in your market for 10 emeralds then you will automatically earn 1 emerald on that trade as profit. Unlike homes and shops, markets cannot be sold or rented as they are owned exclusively and permanently by the settlement owner.

### Creating Markets

Settlement owners can create markets in their settlements using the `/market create` command while standing in a plot claimed by their settlement. Settlement owners can then claim additional plots for the market using the `/market claim` command while standing in a plot adjacent to the market. All markets must be separated from other homes, shops, and markets by at least one plot.

### Spawning Villagers

Settlement owners can spawn villagers in their markets using the `/pet villager` command. Players will be charged 25,000 emeralds for each villager that they spawn. Villagers are not allowed to leave markets, and will be teleported back to the market spawn if they attempt to leave the market.

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Villagers are the most expensive thing that players can buy on the server.
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