MarketYard — Terms of Use
Terms
Last updated: July 2026
What this site is
MarketYard is a product operated by Alpharithmic LLC (New Jersey, USA). The free appraiser, the yard, and the offer/negotiation flow are live and self-serve. Anything marked simulated or example (such as the agent-terminal demo) is illustrative, not a real listing. Real-money settlement rails are still being finalized; until they are, we coordinate payment and delivery directly with both parties on an accepted deal.
No offers, no advice
Nothing on this site is an offer to buy or sell goods, a price quote, or commercial advice. Market figures cited (such as industry-wide return volumes) come from public industry estimates. Any clearing-price comps we share with founding sellers are informational estimates, not guarantees of sale prices.
Founding-seller terms
The founding-seller offer is 0% commission — no listing fee, no success fee, no buyer premium — plus free category comps. It is permanent, not a trial period, and applies to every lot a founding seller sells with us, not only the first. We onboard founding sellers in limited batches; a slot is claimed when you list your first lot while the current batch is open.
Two limits define its scope. Founding pricing applies to inventory you own and sell as principal, not to inventory listed on another party's behalf; and it applies to the first $250,000 of your settled sales in each calendar year, above which you pay half our then-current standard rate — never more than 10% — for the remainder of that year, resetting each January 1. Founding status is personal to you and may not be sold, assigned, or transferred.
Sellers outside the founding cohort pay a success fee only — a percentage of the settled price, owed nothing unless the lot sells. A lot's rate is locked when it is listed and never changes afterwards, and the amount you receive is shown on your lot page and in every deal email. All of this is set out in the seller agreement you review and accept before a lot settles. Creating an account or appraising a lot creates no obligation to sell.
Payments, holds & disputes
When a deal settles through the site, the buyer's payment is held by our payment processor and releases to the seller only when the buyer confirms delivery. If the goods don't match the manifest, the buyer may open a dispute within 5 business days of delivery; the payment stays held while we resolve the dispute against the manifest and the delivery photos. A dispute resolves one of three ways: the held payment is released to the seller, refunded to the buyer, or split between them. Card-network chargebacks are handled separately by the payment processor under the card networks' own rules.
Contact
Questions: hello@marketyard.com.