D2Res Trading - Ladder or Nonladder?

Moving this to feedback.

Foulander wrote: 2 years ago

Currently there is no option to create characters as "Ladder" characters. Ladder only items and runewords can currently be found with these characters. Blizzard has announced that Ladder will be introduced eventually, and I would assume that our current characters will no longer be able to find new ladder items/runewords.

I'm finding this topic really confusing to read, not sure what your question is or whether you want some things confirmed or not. So here goes...

Yes, Ladder will be coming to the game some time this year (2022).
You will be able to create ladder only characters, only these will be able to obtain ladder-only items.
You are correct in that current characters won't be able to be 'converted' to Ladder.
You are correct in that current characters therefore won't be able to obtain ladder-only items.
This site will be (and is to an extent already) ready to receive ladder-only trades, either by selecting ladder as the default option on your profile, or by manually selecting ladder when creating trades.

Am I correct in posting my items as Ladder, or am I getting hung up in the logic that there is no ladder yet, despite clearly being in ladder?

There is no ladder for D2R yet, so yes, you'll be confusing people by posting ladder trades right now. If, however, you post a listing for a non-D2R trade (for example, legacy D2, where ladder does exist) and make sure that you also select the 'Legacy' filter, then it will be clear to your buyers that you are offering a Legacy D2 Ladder only trade.