Running a break

1. Work out what to charge

Build a break and enter what you paid, including the discount you actually got off list, and how many boxes. Add tax and the margin you want. The Pricing step shows the cost per spot and what a full break takes, and tells you plainly whether the price clears your margin.

If it says it is short, either raise the margin, cut the discount to fill, or accept that the break loses money. It is better to see that now than in the Break History.

2. Choose the format

PYT prices every team separately, from what a comparable break charged. Random sells identical spots and draws the teams. POGO sells half as many spots; the buyer picks one team and the draw pairs a second onto it. DIVY sells one spot per division. Random DIVY draws which division you get. Personal is one spot for the whole break.

Picking more than one sport makes a mixer: the teams pool together, so an MLB plus NFL random break has 62 spots rather than 30.

3. Open it

Creating a break makes a draft that nobody else can see. When you are ready, press Go — open for claims on the claims sheet. That is the moment the selector goes live and buyers can claim.

4. Take the money

Buyers pay by PayPal or Venmo, off the site. As payments land, mark each spot paid and record which method. The Owed figure on the claims sheet is what is still outstanding.

5. Draw and break

For the random formats, run the draw once the break is full. It can only be run once, because a second draw would move teams out from under buyers who were already told what they got. The seed is stored, so Verify the draw can prove months later that the recorded assignment is the one the seed produces.