Fees and Payouts

What a seller sees before offering

• Item price and quantity
• Shipping charge
• Authentication cost and shipping-protection cost
• Any separately disclosed payment cost
• The Seekventory transaction fee
• Taxes or required deductions
• Estimated proceeds, plus any reserve or payout timing

Default allocation

• The seller pays the Seekventory transaction fee.
• The buyer pays the item price, shipping, applicable tax, and any optional buyer-selected service.
• The seller is financially responsible for standard fulfillment and seller-caused problems.
• Seller shipping cost may be passed to the buyer through the disclosed shipping charge.
• Required high-value shipping protection is included in the disclosed shipping cost.

How payouts move

• The buyer pays and the order becomes Paid — Awaiting Fulfillment.
• The seller ships within the agreed handling period.
• Carrier tracking shows acceptance, then delivery.
• The buyer's inspection period runs, or the buyer confirms everything is correct early.
• The order completes and proceeds become eligible for payout.
• The payout is sent on the seller's payout schedule.

Holds and reserves

We may hold proceeds, apply a rolling reserve, or restrict instant payouts for new accounts, unusual growth, high-value orders, poor dispute history, or open investigations. If a reserve applies, we show the percentage, the duration, the release conditions, the current amount, the reason for material changes, and how to ask for a review.

The words we use

Money held before an order completes is a payment hold, not escrow. We describe it as payment received, seller proceeds pending, payout scheduled, or payout temporarily held.