Would this be considered contrawhoring?

[buffalobagingi]

No. It will not, you are in possesion of contraband, but that doesn't mean you are contrawhoring.

If you contrawhore, you sit in your dark room/base and wait for your contra to make money, so you can take the money, then go on. If you actively roleplay as a BMD and run a shop, it is not contrawhoring and is acceptable.

But the rules say BMD and other merchants can't have a contra base (a vicinity created only to hold contra), not just to contrawhore.