Running breaks
A moves through a fixed set of phases, and you control when it advances — nothing moves on its own. This page covers the formats you can run and what each phase means.
Create and manage breaks from Breaksin your dashboard. A pre-flight checklist runs before you go live so you don't discover a missing spot list on air.
Pick a format
Random break
Buyers purchase ; teams/players are assigned randomly after the spots sell. Every buyer is guaranteed a spot — the randomness is in which one.
Pick Your Own
Buyers choose their own team, player, division, or conference up front — , , , and breaks all work this way, including the classic . Popular spots usually cost more.
Draft break
Buyers pick in turns — snake or linear order — so everyone gets a real choice instead of pure luck.
Singles / card auction
No spots at all: you sell individual cards one at a time, live. BreakersDNA identifies and prices each card as it hits the camera, and every sale gets a shareable receipt.
Rip Til You Hit
One buyer rips packs until a qualifying appears. The defines what counts, so "hit" is a number, not a vibe.
Every format here is built to stay clear of gambling-law lines by construction, so you can run breaks with confidence. See Compliance for the reasoning.
The lifecycle — six phases
- 1
Draft
You’re still building it — product, format, spots, pricing. Nothing is public. You can edit freely or delete it.
- 2
Scheduled
On the calendar. It appears in your channel’s upcoming list so buyers can see what’s coming.
- 3
Auction
Spot-claiming is open. Buyers grab spots while you hype the break. For singles and Rip Til You Hit, this phase IS the show — it displays as “Live” and you sell/rip right from here.
- 4
Live (rip)
Packs are opening. Cards get scanned, identified, priced, and assigned to the right spot in real time. Overlays update as you go.
- 5
Summary
The rip is done. Buyers can review exactly what they pulled; you reconcile pack counts and fix any identification mistakes.
- 6
Done
Archived. It counts in your analytics and stays browsable in your channel’s history.
Good to know
- You advance the phases.A scheduled break doesn't start itself at the scheduled time — the time is a promise to buyers, the button is yours.
- The resolves in order: this break's own setting → your company default (in Settings) → $50.
- The demo break created during onboarding is marked with a banner and is just for practice — run it, reset it, or ignore it. It won't show to buyers as a real break.
- Reusable spot lists (your saved team/player lists) save you from retyping 32 teams every night — build them once under Spot Lists.
- Payments and shipping always happen on your selling platform (Whatnot, eBay Live, Fanatics Live…). BreakersDNA never touches the money.