Worldwide
Keep every otherwise eligible trainer regardless of country.
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Trade Discovery
Find Pokemon GO traders by country without losing the trade context
Regional Trade Finder adds country, trade-location preference, recent activity, collector traits, and reliability context to both automatic Smart Matches and manual public trade-list discovery.
Regional Trade Finder is country-level. It does not use GPS, precise location, city radius, or distance from you.
Regional Trade Finder
Example Smart Match filters
Trainer location
My country
Trade preference
Remote-friendly
Activity
Recently active
Sort by
Most reliable trader
Collector filters
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Candidate: Flexible · active 2 days ago
Flexible trainers qualify for both Remote-friendly and In-person friendly filters.
Two discovery paths
Regional discovery can mean mutual matching or public-list browsing
The same country and trader-context model is useful in two different ways. Smart Matches starts with compatibility between both trainers; Explore Trades starts with public community listings.
Regional Smart Matches
Start from real two-way Wishlist/Storage compatibility, then narrow the resulting mutual matches by country, trade preference, activity, collector traits, or reliability.
Open Smart MatchesRegional Explore Trades
Browse public trade lists manually by region and list contents. A public list does not need to be a mutual match for you to discover it.
Explore public trade listsCountry scopes
Country filtering has explicit eligibility rules
My country
Require both trainers to have valid profile countries and keep only trainers whose country matches yours.
Other countries
Require both trainers to have valid profile countries and keep only trainers whose country differs from yours.
Specific country
Keep trainers in one country you choose. This works independently of your own country.
Why profile country matters
My country and Other countries depend on your own profile country. If your profile does not have a valid country, those relative scopes cannot establish whether another trainer is local or foreign. Specific country does not have that dependency.
Trainer context
Country is only one part of a useful regional result
Remote-friendly
Includes trainers whose profile preference is Remote or Flexible. It does not mean a Remote Trade is currently eligible in Pokemon GO.
In-person friendly
Includes trainers whose profile preference is In-person or Flexible.
Recently active
Means the trainer has PogoTrades activity recorded within the last 7 days.
Collector traits
Filter for matched or listed Pokemon with shiny, costume, or background traits and search names, forms, costumes, overrides, or backgrounds.
Smart Matches sorting
Best match
Smart Match score first, then mutual depth.
Most reliable trader
Trader Reputation score, completed trades, then Smart Match score.
Recently active
Latest trainer activity first, then Smart Match score.
Same country first
Same-country trainers first, then Smart Match score.
Explore Trades sorting
Newest list
Most recently updated public trade lists first.
Most reliable trader
Trader Reputation score, completed trades, then list update time.
Recently active trainer
Latest trainer activity first, then list update time.
Same country first
Same-country trainers first, then list update time.
Collector filters behave differently on the two surfaces
Smart Matches applies shiny, costume, background, and text filters to the Pokemon identities already proven mutually useful. Explore Trades applies them to public list contents and can first choose whether to search the offering side, wanted side, or both.
Shiny
Costume
Background
Explore Trades side filter
Any
Search both Wishlist and Storage list contents.
Offering
Search only the trainer's Storage/offering side.
Wanted
Search only the trainer's Wishlist/wanted side.
Regional Match Alerts are a separate preference
Match Alert geography uses the same country model but does not simply inherit whatever filters you happened to use on Smart Matches. Each trainer independently chooses the countries allowed to create alerts for them.
Worldwide
Allow otherwise eligible matches from any trainer country.
Only my country
Require the candidate country to match your profile country.
One selected country
Allow only candidates from the country saved in your Match Alert preference.
Existing alerts are revalidated
Narrowing Match Alert region preferences can stale alerts that no longer qualify. If a trainer changes country, existing same-country alerts can also be rechecked against the new country relationship.
How Match Alerts workRegional Trade Finder FAQ
What regional means on PogoTrades
What is PogoTrades Regional Trade Finder?
Regional Trade Finder is the country-level discovery layer used across Smart Matches and Explore Trades. It lets trainers narrow mutual matches or public trade lists by country, trade-location preference, recent activity, collector traits, and sorting choices.
Does Regional Trade Finder use my precise location or distance?
No. The current Regional Trade Finder is country-level. It uses the country saved on PogoTrades profiles, not GPS, precise location, city radius, or physical distance.
How does My country work?
Both your profile and the candidate trainer need valid country codes. The trainer is included only when the two profile countries are the same.
How does Other countries work?
Both trainers need valid profile countries. The candidate is included only when their country differs from yours.
Can I search one country even if it is not my country?
Yes. Specific country filtering checks the candidate trainer against the country you selected and does not require that country to match your own.
What does Remote-friendly mean?
Remote-friendly includes trainers who selected Remote or Flexible as their PogoTrades trade-location preference. It is not a statement that Pokemon GO currently allows the specific Remote Trade.
What does In-person friendly mean?
In-person filtering includes trainers whose PogoTrades preference is In-person or Flexible.
What counts as recently active?
The current regional discovery system treats a trainer as recently active when their last PogoTrades activity is within the previous seven days.
How is Regional Smart Matches different from Explore Trades?
Smart Matches requires two-way Wishlist and Storage compatibility before regional filters are applied. Explore Trades filters public trade lists directly, so a list can appear even when it is not a mutual Smart Match for you.
Can Explore Trades filter only Pokemon being offered or only Pokemon wanted?
Yes. Explore Trades can search any list content, only the offering Storage side, or only the wanted Wishlist side before applying text and collector-trait filters.
Are Match Alert regions the same as the Regional Trade Finder filters?
They use the same country model but are separate preferences. Match Alerts can be worldwide, same-country, or one selected country. Each recipient controls their own alert geography independently.
What happens to existing Match Alerts if I narrow my region?
PogoTrades revalidates active alerts. Alerts that no longer satisfy your new regional preference can be marked stale. Country changes can also revalidate same-country alerts.
Choose the discovery path that matches what you need
Use Smart Matches when you want automatic two-way compatibility. Use Explore Trades when you want to browse public lists in a country or by collector trait even before mutual compatibility exists.