Selling and consigning.

Applying

Anyone can apply at any time, and a curator reviews every application personally; there is no minimum collection size. Your readiness score (catalog depth, photo coverage, condition data; the target is ten well-documented pieces) advises the curator but does not gate you. Decisions are approve, request changes, or decline, always with a note. A deep, honest catalog is the strongest application there is.

Getting a lot listed

binovy is curated: you supply the facts, binovy writes and stands behind the listing.

• You provide: photos (the category minimum is 4; 20 or more photos is the binovy standard serious lots meet), the serial, both condition grades, test results, and the piece's service history.
• binovy reviews, edits, standardizes, and rejects. The acceptance rate is published once enough decisions are on record. Rejection is part of what makes acceptance mean something.
• The flaw-disclosure rule: if you supply a service log or bench report, binovy is obligated to publish the defects in it. The record is the product, for buyers and for you.
• Honesty about testing: if you haven't tested it, list it as Untested (no functional claim). Untested lots carry a shorter buyer-protection window (72 hours instead of 7 days); the honest label costs you nothing and protects you from function disputes.

How submission works

You catalog the piece first: photos, serial, both condition grades, test results, and service history. Then you submit it from the sell desk. A readiness check runs up front, so an incomplete submission never enters the queue. A curator reviews every submission personally: approve (it goes live), request changes (you revise and resubmit; the round count is visible), or decline, always with a note. binovy edits the story into the binovy voice before it publishes; the facts stay yours, the wording is binovy's. If the piece carries supplied reports, the curator confirms their defects are reflected in the listing before it can go live; see the flaw-disclosure rule.

Setting up the auction

• Duration: 3, 7, or 14 days.
• Reserve: optional and hidden; it must be at or above your starting price. Buyers see only no reserve, reserve, or reserve met.
• Minimum lot value: $75. Pieces below it belong in the free catalog rather than the auction.

Fees

• Zero seller commission. The hammer price is yours.
• A $9 listing fee per lot, charged whether or not it sells.
• The buyer pays the buyer's fee; it never comes out of your side. The full schedule is in Policies and trust.

When the auction ends

• Reserve met (or no reserve): it's a sale; the buyer has 48 hours to pay.
• Reserve not met: the lot closes unsold, and from that moment you have a 48-hour window to accept the high bid anyway. Your call, one click from the lot page; the sale is at the standing high bid, and the buyer checks out like any other win. If you let the window pass, the lot stays unsold and can be relisted.
• Winner doesn't pay: the lot can be offered to the runner-up automatically.

Fulfillment and getting paid

• Shipping: platform-quoted labels with tracking, charged to the buyer at checkout. Follow the packing standard for fragile or heavy electronics and complete its pre-clearance checklist; it's what protects you in a shipping-damage claim.
• Local pickup: a first-class option with the same escrow; the buyer confirms the handoff in person.
• Payout: your funds release after delivery plus the buyer-protection window (7 days, or 72 hours on untested lots), provided no case is open. If a case opens, payout waits for its resolution; most cases resolve within five business days. The dispute process is documented in Policies and trust.

Your reputation

Buyers rate transactions, and your sale history carries your handle under the record identity setting, separate from your profile's visibility. Your catalog's depth and documentation quality are visible standing; they're also what the curator weighs on future lots. See Buying and bidding for what the buyer sees on their side.

Comment upvotes add a community signal on top: the total sits on your profile alongside ratings, and each comment byline shows your running count. The score is display-only; it comes only from upvotes on your comments, and deleted comments don't count.