This is done through several games i have seen and it works very well. How about create a way so players can create their own custom shop that they can host? This can make selling items much more efficient and may make the economy more stable as people can find certain prices for things. The trade chat feature gets spammed way too much even with the message limit. And on a side note if this was put in game you can sell it to us for Energy.
There are already future plans for a more streamlined way to sell items/weapons.