diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index cd95797..d6a22c9 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Python scripts to generate a mobile-friendly static site for tracking tcg cards
   - =british=: True if you want “grey” to display on the site, False if you want “gray”
   - =collectthreshold=: minimum number of owned cards for putting a deck in the “collecting” category
   - =keepsig=: True if you always want to keep one copy of your signature, False if you want to make them all available for trading
+  - =tradestatement=: statement to place on your trading page
 - Run the following:
   #+BEGIN_SRC bash
     python3 setup.py
diff --git a/tradegen.py b/tradegen.py
index 6cbe77e..9fb7204 100644
--- a/tradegen.py
+++ b/tradegen.py
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ def tradegen(colour=False):
             content.write("gray")
         content.write("\">⚪</a> <a href=\"/trade/special\" title=\"special\">✨</a> <a href=\"/trade/sig\" title=\"sig\">✍</a>")
     content.write("</p>\n<p>")
+    if len(variables.tradestatement) > 0:
+        content.write(variables.tradestatement + " ")
+    content.write("Trade cards <a href=\"" + variables.tradepost + "\">here</a></p>\n<p>")
     for card in tcgcore.ownedcards():
         if card[0:4] != "sig_":
             if colour:
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ def tradegen(colour=False):
     else:
         for sig in siglist:
             content.write(tcgcore.printcard(sig))
-    content.write("</p>\n<p>Trade cards <a href=\"" + variables.tradepost + "\">here</a></p>\n")
+    content.write("</p>\n")
     content.close()
     skel.footerwrite(thefile)
 
diff --git a/variables-template.py b/variables-template.py
index 09a8f2d..af7ca41 100644
--- a/variables-template.py
+++ b/variables-template.py
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ headerbackground = "#000000"
 british = True
 collectthreshold = 2
 keepsig = False
+tradestatement = ""