Getting started

Here's the recommended path to your first break. You can do the steps in this order your first time, then adapt — the playbooks show how the flow changes for different kinds of sellers.

Underlined words open their definition. Totally new? Skim the glossary first.

1. 1

   Set up your account and company

   Create your account and your company. Everything you run lives under one company (that's deliberate — it keeps your data cleanly separated from everyone else's). Inside a company you can have one or more channels — think of a channel as a show or storefront.
2. 2

   Connect where you sell

   BreakersDNA is the brains and the on-stream overlays. The money and shipping happen on your selling platform — Whatnot, eBay Live, Fanatics Live, and so on. You run the show there and use BreakersDNA alongside it for identification, values, and analytics.
3. 3

   Add your product

   Tell BreakersDNA what you're opening. Two kinds:

   • Wax — factory-sealed boxes/packs. You don't know exactly what's inside; odds come from the manufacturer.
   • Repacks — curated packs with a manifest (a list of every card inside). Build the manifest yourself, or link a repacker's aftermarket set by its lot number.
4. 4

   Create the break

   Pick a format — a team break, player break, Pick Your Team, a singles auction, and more. Depending on the format you'll set up spots (what buyers claim), a hit threshold(the value that triggers a "hit" animation), and a chase list (the headline cards to watch for).
5. 5

   Know your numbers

   BreakersDNA shows live value math so you and your buyers can make smart calls:

   • EV (Estimated Value) — an estimate of a card or spot's market value. An estimate, never a guaranteed sale price.
   • Floor / Ceiling — the conservative and optimistic ends of a break's value range.
   • Live overlays like HLI / dHLI, RCP, and TWP update as packs open, so viewers can see what's still in play.
6. 6

   Go live

   A break moves through phases: draft → auction (buyers claim spots) → rip (you open packs) → summary. One-card-at-a-time formats (singles, Rip-Til-Hit) use a shorter flow where the rip step is folded in and the live phase simply shows as "Live".
7. 7

   During the rip

   As each card appears, BreakersDNA identifies it, matches it to the catalog, and prices it — then the overlay updates and the pull is assigned to the right buyer. If the AI gets a card wrong, correct it on the spot; the catalog is the source of truth, so a quick fix keeps everyone's EV honest.
8. 8

   Wrap up

   At summary, buyers can see exactly what they pulled. Payment and shipping are handled on your selling platform. Your manifest isn't used up by one show — you can keep running breaks against it until the packs are gone.