Where your Roblox account is based changes three things about Limiteds and leaves the rest alone. A Limited is an avatar item Roblox has stopped selling, with a fixed number of copies that owners resell and trade between themselves. Trading is currently restricted for accounts based in South Korea. Reselling community-made Limiteds, the ones built by approved creators instead of by Roblox, is unavailable for accounts based in Japan, which Roblox states in its Marketplace fee documentation. Accounts based in the United States currently get two free trades a month under a temporary promotion, and everywhere else a Roblox Plus subscription is required on both sides of every trade. Fee splits, holding periods and the age check are the same in every country.
Quick answer: Trading Limiteds is restricted for accounts based in South Korea, and reselling community-made Limiteds is unavailable for accounts based in Japan. United States accounts get 2 free trades per month for a limited time, while every other country needs Roblox Plus at $4.99 a month on both accounts. Your country never changes how the fees are split.
| Where your account is based | What Roblox restricts | Where that comes from |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | Trading Limiteds | Roblox's trading help page |
| Japan | Reselling community-made Limiteds | Roblox's Marketplace fee documentation |
| United States | Nothing extra, and 2 free trades a month for now | Roblox's trading help page |
| Everywhere else | Nothing extra, with Roblox Plus required on both sides to trade | Roblox's trading help page |
Can you trade Roblox Limiteds in South Korea? No, trading is switched off there
Roblox's trading help page lists being in a supported region as one of the requirements for trading, and it names South Korea as a region where trading is not available. The block follows the region set on the account, so switching devices or browsers changes nothing. A player whose account region is South Korea sees no Trade Items button even with an active subscription and a full inventory.
Roblox has not published a detailed explanation. Players in South Korea opened a thread on Roblox's developer forum in July 2026 asking for one, and the replies there report that support staff point to local laws and regulations without naming a specific statute. Those posts also say buying and selling Limited items stopped working for South Korea accounts, on top of trading. Treat that part as community-reported, because Roblox's own pages describe the trading restriction and stay quiet about the rest.
One detail from that thread matters if you are tempted by a workaround: Roblox does not let players change the country tied to an account, and a VPN moves your connection without moving your account region. There is no legitimate way around the block.
Can you resell UGC Limiteds from a Japan-based account? No, that one is in the docs
Roblox's Marketplace fee documentation says it plainly: "Reselling community-created Limiteds is not available for accounts based in Japan." A UGC Limited (user-generated content, meaning an item an approved creator made and sold in a fixed quantity) can only change hands through a Marketplace resale, since Roblox's trade system handles classic Limiteds alone. A resale is a copy listed for sale by a reseller, which is any owner who puts their copy back on the market. Take resale away and a Japan-based owner has no route to sell that item.
The restriction names community-made Limiteds only, and buying is untouched in both directions. A Japan-based collector can still buy a UGC Limited from its creator at launch or from another reseller at any time.
Creators in Japan keep earning either way. Every resale of a community-made Limited pays the original creator a 10% commission, and that commission reaches the creator no matter who resells the copy or where they live.
Do United States accounts need Roblox Plus to trade? Two free trades a month, for now
Roblox's trading help page describes a limited-time promotion that gives accounts based in the United States up to two free trades each month, with the count resetting at the start of each month. Trade number three needs an active Roblox Plus subscription, which costs $4.99 USD per month and launched on April 30, 2026. Our guide to trading without a Roblox Plus subscription walks through what those two trades can realistically buy you.
Two points worth planning around. The promotion is temporary, and Roblox has given no end date, so a strategy built on free trades can stop working with no warning. And both accounts in a trade have to clear the requirements, so a US player with free trades left still cannot trade with someone whose subscription has lapsed.
What is the same in every country? Fees, holds and the age check
Most of what decides whether a flip is profitable, meaning buying a copy to resell it for more, ignores your location completely.
- Resale splits. A community-made Limited resale pays 50% to the reseller, 10% to the creator, 10% to the seller or affiliate (the owner of the experience when the sale happens inside a game) and 30% to Roblox, which Roblox's fee documentation spells out. A reseller nets half the sale price, so a copy has to resell for twice its cost to break even. Classic Limited resales carry a 30% marketplace fee, leaving the seller 70%. Our marketplace fee breakdown runs the full math.
- Regional pricing. Roblox charges different local prices for Robux (R$), the platform's currency, in different countries. The fee documentation states that regional pricing does not change the revenue share percentage, so the split is identical whether the buyer paid in dollars, yen or won.
- Holding periods. Buy a UGC Limited at launch and up to 30 days pass before you can resell it. Buy one from a reseller and the wait is up to 7 days. Classic Limiteds hold for 2 days after a trade and 7 days after a resale purchase. The holding period guide has the whole schedule.
- Age check. Roblox's trading help page says every user has to complete an age check to send, accept or counter a trade, with or without Roblox Plus. Trading and inventory visibility also have to be switched on under Account Settings, Privacy and content restrictions.
- Cashing out. Robux you got from trading or from selling items you did not create is not eligible for the Developer Exchange program, the route that turns earned Robux into real money, per the fee documentation. That rule is the same everywhere, and it surprises a lot of new traders.
What can you still do from a restricted country?
Plenty, and it is worth being specific about what still works.
Buying works. The buyer of a resale copy needs no subscription at all, in any country, which is the most useful gap in these rules to know about. You can buy classic Limiteds and UGC Limiteds from resellers, buy UGC Limiteds from their creators at launch, and keep building a collection on price alone.
Creators are fine too. Approved creators publish and sell UGC Limiteds from Japan and collect the 10% resale commission on every later flip of those items.
And you can still do the research. The items leaderboard ranks classic and UGC Limiteds by price and activity, the collections hub sorts the catalog by family, price band and rarity, and the Deals feed flags copies listed under their recent average price once you sign in with your Roblox account.
If your account sits in a restricted region, the practical move is to buy and hold, since the exit route is the part Roblox has taken away. None of this is financial advice, and a Limited can lose value while you hold it.
How much of the market do these rules cover?
A lot, and in uneven ways. RBX Invest tracked 2,566 active classic Limiteds and 193,705 active UGC Limiteds on October 20, 2026. Everything in that first group is tradeable and resellable. Everything in the second group moves by resale alone, since Roblox's documentation states that only Roblox-created Limiteds are tradeable.
That split explains why the two country rules bite so differently. South Korea's trading restriction closes the trade route on roughly 2,500 classic items. Roblox's own pages leave purchases alone, though the forum reports above say buying stopped working there too. Japan's resale restriction closes the only door on the 193,705 UGC Limiteds for sellers based there, and 86,279 of those items had at least one copy listed for resale on the same date, which is the live market a Japan-based seller cannot list into.
For a wider look at why a particular UGC Limited might refuse to resell for reasons that have nothing to do with geography, see why some UGC Limiteds can't be resold. If your trade button is missing and you are not in South Korea, our trading troubleshooter runs through the other five causes in order.
Sources: Roblox's Marketplace fee documentation and its trading help page, both checked on October 20, 2026, a July 2026 Roblox developer forum thread for the community-reported South Korea details, and RBX Invest catalog counts as of October 20, 2026.
FAQ
Can you trade Roblox Limiteds in South Korea?
No. Roblox's trading help page names South Korea as a region where trading is not available, and the restriction follows the region set on the account. A subscription does not unlock it, and players in Roblox's forum report that an account's country cannot be changed.
Why is trading blocked in South Korea?
Roblox has not published a specific reason. Players who asked on Roblox's developer forum in July 2026 report that support staff cite local laws and regulations without naming the law. The pages Roblox does publish state the restriction and stop there.
Can accounts in Japan resell Roblox Limiteds?
Accounts based in Japan cannot resell community-made Limiteds, which Roblox states directly in its Marketplace fee documentation. The line covers creator-made items, and buying is unaffected, so a Japan-based collector can still purchase any Limited at launch or from a reseller.
Do creators in Japan still earn from resales?
Yes. The original creator of a community-made Limited collects a 10% commission every time a copy resells, and that commission is paid regardless of who resells the copy or which country the creator is in.
How many free trades do United States accounts get?
Two per month, under a temporary promotion described on Roblox's trading help page, with the count resetting at the start of each month. Every trade after the second one needs an active Roblox Plus subscription at $4.99 USD per month, and the other player needs to meet the requirements too.
Does your country change how much Roblox takes?
No. A community-made Limited resale splits 50% to the reseller, 10% to the creator, 10% to the seller or affiliate and 30% to Roblox in every country, and classic Limited resales keep 70% for the seller everywhere. Roblox's fee documentation also states that regional pricing does not change the revenue share percentage.
Can you buy a Roblox Limited without a subscription?
Yes, in any country. Buyers of resale copies need no subscription, and no region bars buying. Reselling a copy afterwards is the step that needs Roblox Plus on the seller's account, plus the creator's permission on community-made items.
Does a VPN let you trade from a restricted region?
No. The restriction is tied to the country set on the account, and a VPN changes only your connection. Roblox does not let players change that country. Players in the South Korea developer forum thread report that a VPN leaves the block in place.