diff --git a/src/ship/items/mod.rs b/src/ship/items/mod.rs
index d70a7f4..7a259ae 100644
--- a/src/ship/items/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ship/items/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mod bank;
 mod floor;
 pub mod inventory;
 mod manager;
+mod transaction;
 pub mod use_tool;
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
diff --git a/src/ship/items/transaction.rs b/src/ship/items/transaction.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a161a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ship/items/transaction.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
+use crate::entity::gateway::EntityGateway;
+use thiserror::Error;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use crate::ship::items::manager::{ItemManager, ItemManagerError};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use crate::entity::character::{CharacterEntity, CharacterEntityId, TechLevel};
+use crate::ship::items::bank::*;
+use crate::ship::items::floor::*;
+use crate::ship::items::inventory::*;
+use crate::ship::items::ClientItemId;
+use crate::entity::gateway::GatewayError;
+
+use crate::ship::location::{AreaClient, RoomId};
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+#[error("")]
+pub enum TransactionCommitError {
+    Gateway(#[from] GatewayError),
+    ItemManager(#[from] ItemManagerError),
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+pub trait ItemAction<EG: EntityGateway>: std::marker::Send + std::marker::Sync {
+    async fn commit(&self, manager: &mut ItemManager, entity_gateway: &mut EG) -> Result<(), TransactionCommitError>;
+}
+
+pub struct ItemTransactionActions<'a, EG: EntityGateway> {
+    action_queue: Vec<Box<dyn ItemAction<EG>>>,
+    pub manager: &'a ItemManager,
+}
+
+    
+impl<'a, EG: EntityGateway> ItemTransactionActions<'a, EG> {
+    fn new(manager: &'a ItemManager) -> ItemTransactionActions<'a, EG> {
+        ItemTransactionActions {
+            action_queue: Vec::new(),
+            manager
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn action<A: ItemAction<EG> + 'static>(&mut self, action: A) {
+    //pub fn action<A: Into<Box<dyn ItemAction<EG>>>>(&mut self, action: A) {
+    //pub fn action(&mut self, action: impl ItemAction<EG>) {
+        self.action_queue.push(Box::new(action))
+        //self.action_queue.push(action.into())
+    }
+}
+
+
+pub struct ItemTransaction<'a, T, EG: EntityGateway> {
+    data: T,
+    actions: ItemTransactionActions<'a, EG>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, T, EG: EntityGateway> ItemTransaction<'a, T, EG> {
+    pub fn new(manager: &'a ItemManager, arg: T) -> ItemTransaction<'a, T, EG> {
+        ItemTransaction {
+            data: arg,
+            actions: ItemTransactionActions::new(manager),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+    pub fn act<U>(mut self, action: fn(&mut ItemTransactionActions<EG>, &T) -> Result<U, E>) -> ItemTransaction<'a, U, E, EG> {
+        if self.error.is_none() {
+            let k = action(&mut self.actions, &self.prev.unwrap());
+            match k {
+                Ok(k) => {
+                    ItemTransaction {
+                        error: None,
+                        prev: Some(k),
+                        actions: self.actions,
+                    }
+                },
+                Err(err) => {
+                    ItemTransaction {
+                        error: Some(err),
+                        prev: None,
+                        actions: self.actions,
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            ItemTransaction {
+                error: self.error,
+                prev: None,
+                actions: self.actions,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+*/
+
+    pub fn act<E: std::fmt::Debug, U>(mut self, action: fn(&mut ItemTransactionActions<EG>, &T) -> Result<U, E>) -> FinalizedItemTransaction<U, E, EG> {
+        match action(&mut self.actions, &self.data) {
+            Ok(k) => {
+                FinalizedItemTransaction {
+                    value: Ok(k),
+                    action_queue: self.actions.action_queue,
+                }
+            },
+            Err(err) => {
+                FinalizedItemTransaction {
+                    value: Err(err),
+                    action_queue: Vec::new(),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+    pub fn finalize(self) -> FinalizedItemTransaction<T, E, EG> {
+        FinalizedItemTransaction {
+            error: self.error,
+            prev: self.prev,
+            action_queue: self.actions.action_queue,
+        }
+    }
+*/
+}
+
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+#[error("")]
+pub enum TransactionError<E: std::fmt::Debug> {
+    Action(E),
+    Commit(#[from] TransactionCommitError),
+    
+}
+
+// this only exists to drop the ItemManager borrow of ItemTransaction so a mutable ItemTransaction can be passed in later
+pub struct FinalizedItemTransaction<T, E: std::fmt::Debug, EG: EntityGateway> {
+    value: Result<T, E>,
+    action_queue: Vec<Box<dyn ItemAction<EG>>>,
+}
+
+impl<T, E: std::fmt::Debug, EG: EntityGateway> FinalizedItemTransaction<T, E, EG> {
+    pub async fn commit(self, item_manager: &mut ItemManager, entity_gateway: &mut EG) -> Result<T, TransactionError<E>> {
+        match self.value {
+            Ok(value) => {
+                for action in self.action_queue.into_iter() {
+                    // TODO: better handle rolling back if this ever errors out
+                    //let result = action.item_action(item_manager).await.map_err(|err| TransactionError::Commit(err.into()))?;
+                    //action.gateway_action(entity_gateway, result).await.map_err(|err| TransactionError::Commit(err.into()))?;
+                    action.commit(item_manager, entity_gateway).await.map_err(|err| TransactionError::Commit(err))?;
+                }
+                Ok(value)
+            },
+            Err(err) => Err(TransactionError::Action(err)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::entity::account::{UserAccountId, NewUserAccountEntity, UserAccountEntity};
+    use crate::entity::character::{NewCharacterEntity, CharacterEntity};
+    use crate::entity::gateway::GatewayError;
+    use thiserror::Error;
+    
+    #[async_std::test]
+    async fn test_item_transaction() {
+        struct DummyAction1 {
+            name: String,
+        }
+        struct DummyAction2 {
+            value: u32,
+        }
+
+        #[derive(Error, Debug)]
+        #[error("")]
+        enum DummyError {
+            Error
+        }
+
+        #[derive(Default, Clone)]
+        struct DummyGateway {
+            d1_set: String,
+            d2_inc: u32,
+        }
+
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl EntityGateway for DummyGateway {
+            async fn create_user(&mut self, user: NewUserAccountEntity) -> Result<UserAccountEntity, GatewayError> {
+                self.d1_set = user.username;
+                Ok(UserAccountEntity::default())
+            }
+
+            async fn create_character(&mut self, char: NewCharacterEntity) -> Result<CharacterEntity, GatewayError> {
+                self.d2_inc += char.slot;
+                Ok(CharacterEntity::default())
+            }
+        }
+        
+
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl<EG: EntityGateway> ItemAction<EG> for DummyAction1 {
+            async fn commit(&self, item_manager: &mut ItemManager, entity_gateway: &mut EG) -> Result<(), TransactionCommitError> {
+                item_manager.id_counter = 55555;
+                entity_gateway.create_user(NewUserAccountEntity {
+                    username: self.name.clone(),
+                    ..NewUserAccountEntity::default()
+                })
+                    .await?;
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl<EG: EntityGateway> ItemAction<EG> for DummyAction2 {
+            async fn commit(&self, item_manager: &mut ItemManager, entity_gateway: &mut EG) -> Result<(), TransactionCommitError> {
+                item_manager.id_counter += self.value;
+                entity_gateway.create_character(NewCharacterEntity {
+                    slot: self.value,
+                    ..NewCharacterEntity::new(UserAccountId(0))
+                })
+                    .await?;
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut item_manager = ItemManager::default();
+        let mut entity_gateway = DummyGateway::default();
+
+        let result = ItemTransaction::new(&item_manager, 12)
+            .act(|it, k| {
+                it.action(DummyAction1 {name: "asdf".into()});
+                it.action(DummyAction2 {value: 11});
+                it.action(DummyAction2 {value: *k});
+                if *k == 99 {
+                    return Err(DummyError::Error)
+                }
+                Ok(String::from("hello"))
+            })
+            .commit(&mut item_manager, &mut entity_gateway)
+            .await;
+
+        assert!(entity_gateway.d1_set == "asdf");
+        assert!(entity_gateway.d2_inc == 23);
+        assert!(item_manager.id_counter == 55578);
+        assert!(result.unwrap() == "hello");
+    }
+
+    #[async_std::test]
+    async fn test_item_transaction_with_action_error() {
+        struct DummyAction1 {
+        }
+        struct DummyAction2 {
+        }
+
+        #[derive(Error, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+        #[error("")]
+        enum DummyError {
+            Error
+        }
+
+        #[derive(Default, Clone)]
+        struct DummyGateway {
+            d1_set: String,
+            d2_inc: u32,
+        }
+
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl EntityGateway for DummyGateway {
+            async fn create_character(&mut self, char: NewCharacterEntity) -> Result<CharacterEntity, GatewayError> {
+                self.d2_inc += char.slot;
+                Ok(CharacterEntity::default())
+            }
+        }
+        
+
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl<EG: EntityGateway> ItemAction<EG> for DummyAction1 {
+            async fn commit(&self, item_manager: &mut ItemManager, entity_gateway: &mut EG) -> Result<(), TransactionCommitError> {
+                entity_gateway.create_character(NewCharacterEntity {
+                    slot: 1,
+                    ..NewCharacterEntity::new(UserAccountId(0))
+                })
+                    .await?;
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl<EG: EntityGateway> ItemAction<EG> for DummyAction2 {
+            async fn commit(&self, item_manager: &mut ItemManager, entity_gateway: &mut EG) -> Result<(), TransactionCommitError> {
+                entity_gateway.create_character(NewCharacterEntity {
+                    slot: 1,
+                    ..NewCharacterEntity::new(UserAccountId(0))
+                })
+                    .await?;
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut item_manager = ItemManager::default();
+        let mut entity_gateway = DummyGateway::default();
+
+        let result = ItemTransaction::new(&item_manager, 12)
+            .act(|it, _| -> Result<(), _> {
+                it.action(DummyAction1 {});
+                it.action(DummyAction2 {});
+                it.action(DummyAction2 {});
+                Err(DummyError::Error)
+            })
+            .commit(&mut item_manager, &mut entity_gateway)
+            .await;
+
+        assert!(entity_gateway.d2_inc == 0);
+        assert!(matches!(result, Err(TransactionError::Action(DummyError::Error))));
+    }
+
+    #[async_std::test]
+    async fn test_item_transaction_with_commit_error() {
+        struct DummyAction1 {
+        }
+        struct DummyAction2 {
+        }
+
+        #[derive(Error, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+        #[error("")]
+        enum DummyError {
+        }
+
+        #[derive(Default, Clone)]
+        struct DummyGateway {
+            d1_set: String,
+            d2_inc: u32,
+        }
+
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl EntityGateway for DummyGateway {
+            async fn create_character(&mut self, char: NewCharacterEntity) -> Result<CharacterEntity, GatewayError> {
+                self.d2_inc += char.slot;
+                Ok(CharacterEntity::default())
+            }
+        }
+        
+
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl<EG: EntityGateway> ItemAction<EG> for DummyAction1 {
+            async fn commit(&self, item_manager: &mut ItemManager, entity_gateway: &mut EG) -> Result<(), TransactionCommitError> {
+                entity_gateway.create_character(NewCharacterEntity {
+                    slot: 1,
+                    ..NewCharacterEntity::new(UserAccountId(0))
+                })
+                    .await?;
+                Err(GatewayError::Error.into())
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl<EG: EntityGateway> ItemAction<EG> for DummyAction2 {
+            async fn commit(&self, item_manager: &mut ItemManager, entity_gateway: &mut EG) -> Result<(), TransactionCommitError> {
+                entity_gateway.create_character(NewCharacterEntity {
+                    slot: 1,
+                    ..NewCharacterEntity::new(UserAccountId(0))
+                })
+                    .await?;
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut item_manager = ItemManager::default();
+        let mut entity_gateway = DummyGateway::default();
+
+        let result = ItemTransaction::new(&item_manager, 12)
+            .act(|it, _| -> Result<_, DummyError> {
+                it.action(DummyAction1 {});
+                it.action(DummyAction2 {});
+                it.action(DummyAction2 {});
+                Ok(())
+            })
+            .commit(&mut item_manager, &mut entity_gateway)
+            .await;
+
+        // in an ideal world this would be 0 as rollbacks would occur
+        assert!(entity_gateway.d2_inc == 1);
+        assert!(matches!(result, Err(TransactionError::Commit(TransactionCommitError::Gateway(GatewayError::Error)))));
+    }
+}
+