Trade with other collectors. Follow clear steps, record everything, and ship with confidence.
Item for item — no money changes hands
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Step 1: Agree the trade
You and the other trader settle which items swap — an offer, maybe a counter, then a yes. A straight swap is free and holds no money; each of you buys your own tracked label.
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Step 2: Both film and seal
Each of you films and seals your own item’s condition record and gives your delivery address. Nothing ships until both records are sealed — until then, either of you can walk away.
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Step 3: Ship in turn
Whoever has finished fewer deals ships first — on a tie, whoever made the offer — within 3 days of the yes. The other side’s 3 days start when that parcel is delivered.
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Step 4: Inspect and confirm
You have 72 hours from delivery to check what came against its sealed record. Confirm it, or open a case — a moderator rules from the two records. Do neither and it stands.
Your responsibilities
You’re responsible for describing your items honestly, flaws declared, filming clear condition records, packing securely and shipping on time. Deals are between members — Selivont holds the money on a sale, runs the clocks and decides cases — so follow the trading rules.
Your card is charged once, with every fee, the shipping and the tax shown before you pay. The money is held in Selivont’s Stripe account — not in the seller’s pocket — and it moves when you confirm the item is right, or 72 quiet hours after you mark it arrived. Nothing moves before you mark it. Reporting a problem stops the clock.
A straight swap charges nothing, so nothing is held. What protects you is the order of the parcels — the newer track record posts first, and the other side’s 3 days start only when that parcel lands — and two sealed condition records a case is decided from. Either of you can walk away until both are sealed.
Soles, serials, screens at full white — whoever sends it films it all on the item and seals it before it can go in the post: the seller on a sale, both of you on a trade. The footage sits on the listing and the order, filed under the item ID — the short code like J4MB on every listing — so typing that ID into search finds it again, even after it sells.
File inside your 72-hour window. You get the first 24 hours to settle it between you, then a moderator rules on the condition records — within 24 hours, or the side it favours is credited $10. On a sale the money stays frozen until then.
A hundred badges, each with a rule you can read on the case — trades closed, listings filmed, offers that land square. Badges and closed trades together move you up five leagues (Silver takes 25 badges and 2 trades), and from Gold up the seller fee drops 12.5%. Every fee is public before you list — no haggling, no surprise line items.
When a sale — or a trade’s cash — is released, your cut goes to your Stripe account and Stripe pays your bank on its daily schedule. Three gates can hold a release — identity, a recent reversal, an open case — and you can read every one.
That is the whole design of a sale. Sellers never touch buyer money directly — it is held in Selivont’s Stripe account and only moves when you confirm, or 72 hours after you mark it arrived with no case open.
On a straight swap, what protects me?
Not escrow — nothing is charged, so nothing is held. Three things do: both condition records are sealed before anything ships, the newer track record ships first and the other side’s clock starts only when that parcel is delivered, and a case is ruled by a moderator from the two records.
Who ships first on a trade?
Whoever has finished fewer deals as a sender. On a tie, whoever made the offer. They have 3 days from the yes (or from the cash clearing, on a trade with cash); the other side’s 3 days start when that parcel is confirmed delivered — by the carrier’s tracking, or by the receiver.
Is anything authenticated?
No. Nothing is sent to an authenticator, on a sale or a trade. What stands behind a deal is the condition record filmed and sealed before it ships, and a case a moderator rules on from it.
What happens if an item is fake?
Open a case. A moderator rules on the condition record; on a sale, a ruling in your favour refunds you in full, protection fee included. A seller caught passing fakes is removed from Selivont by a moderator.
What does buyer protection actually pay for?
The escrow hold on a sale and the dispute desk that rules on it. It is its own line at checkout, shown before you pay — and the rates are on the fee schedule at /legal. A swap buys none: the records and the case stand in for it.
When do I get paid as a seller?
Escrow releases when the buyer confirms, or automatically 72 hours after they mark it arrived if no case is open. From there it goes to your Stripe account and Stripe pays your bank on its daily schedule — about two business days.
Do I owe taxes on what I sell?
Maybe — a 1099-K issues only past $20,000 AND 200 sales in a calendar year. Payouts shows this year’s gross and settled orders against both lines; state rules differ. Not tax advice.
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