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Pricing comics for a live auction
Printing first, condition second, and lot the rest.
Pricing cinema memorabilia for a live auction
The title on the poster is not the price. The printing, the size and the back of the sheet are.
Pricing sarees and ethnic wear for a live auction
Weave, region and work decide it. Hours of labour are the floor you should not go under.
Pricing video games for a live auction
Complete, loose and sealed are three different markets. Pricing them as one is the whole mistake.
Pricing coins and currency for a live auction
Rarity within the series, not age. And a reserve on anything with a melt floor.
Pricing records for a live auction
Price the pressing and the grade, not the album. The title is the least informative thing about it.
Pricing trading cards for a live auction
Lot the commons, auction the ones worth a conversation, and let the grade do the pricing when there is one.
Pricing books and films for a live auction
Start low on the common ones, protect the scarce one with a reserve, and never price the title when you mean the copy.
Pricing sneakers for a live auction
Start low, let the size run find the buyer, and use a reserve rather than a high opening price.
Auction or fixed price — which earns more
The trade-off is specific, and the answer changes per item rather than per seller.
Bank and UPI limits that stop a payment
The commonest reason a payment fails, and the one nobody thinks of first.
What is a boost?
Paying to be seen first, labelled Promoted, for a set time — with the numbers shown and the unspent budget returned.
Inviting a friend, and what you both get
₹100 to you and ₹50 to them — paid when their first order of ₹299 or more is actually delivered.
What are Metzee Credits?
Promotional credit that comes off an item's price. Earned, never bought, and capped at a quarter of what the item costs.
How Metzee makes money
A commission on each sale. That is the whole answer, and the reason for saying it plainly.
Where your money sits between paying and delivery
The flow, in order, named precisely — written for the sceptic rather than the reassured.
My payout failed
Almost always the name, the account number or the IFSC. The money is not lost — it is waiting.
What is deducted from a sale
The commission, GST on that commission, and the costs you chose. Nothing else, and all of it visible.
Charging for delivery
Free, flat, by weight, by order value, or free above a threshold. What each one actually costs you.
Setting a starting price
A low start usually ends higher. Here is why, and the cases where it does not.
Setting up where you get paid
Bank details in your verified name. Get this right on day one and you will not discover it on payout day.
How and when you get your money back
Approved first, then processed, and back the way you paid — with two exceptions worth knowing.
What happens if I never collect it
The store keeps 7% by default and the rest is refunded. Up to 20% if they set it higher, and a flat 20% for anything that spoils.
How delivery is worked out
Each item carries its own delivery rules, the price is shown before you bid, and you pay for one parcel per show rather than one per item.
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