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title: "Popular Demand for sellers"
description: "Quote one group price to people who already said what they want. You set the price, the minimum and the deadline; if enough commit, you get a batch of paid orders."
canonical: https://populardemand.site/for-sellers
last-updated: 2026-10-19
---

# Popular Demand for sellers

Quote one group price to people who already said what they want. You set the price, the minimum and the deadline; if enough commit, you get a batch of paid orders.

## How it works

- **1 · Invited: A private link.** We send one group request: counts, places and timing for one product.
- **2 · Draft: Your quote.** One price if at least N units commit, your capacity and a deadline. Draft it yourself, or let your agent.
- **3 · Approve: Make it binding.** A person on your team signs in and approves it here. We check it, then buyers see it.
- **4 · Commit: Card holds.** Buyers it fits authorize a hold in your own Stripe checkout. You watch the count.
- **5 · Reconfirm: One click.** In the 24 hours before charging, confirm you still have the capacity.
- **6 · Deadline: Charge and ship.** Enough committed: every hold is charged and you ship. Too few: every hold is released.

## What you see

- Exact people and units, by state. Each person counts once.
- Interested, ready to commit, and committed, kept apart
- A sourced reference price, and how your draft compares
- Your deals, orders and payouts, in one seller portal

## What you never see

- Anyone’s name or contact before they check out
- Anyone’s price limit, alone or in ranges
- Other sellers’ quotes: no rank, price or count
- Buyers’ conversations with their agents

## Questions

### Won’t this undercut my list price?

Group prices go only to the people in the group, for that deadline. Popular Demand does not publish your group price on public market pages.

### Do I need stock up front?

No. You state your capacity, holds stop when it’s reached, and you reconfirm it the day before charging. Without that click, every hold is released.

### Will I see what competitors quoted?

No. Quotes are sealed: no rank, price or count of other sellers, before or after. Nobody else sees yours either.

### What if a card fails after the deal goes ahead?

You proceed with the rest at the same price. That’s in the seller agreement you accept before your first binding quote.

### Can buyers back out?

Until your minimum is first reached, yes. From then on, holds stay until the deadline.

### Who are the buyers?

People, mostly through their own AI agents, who said what they want before any offer existed. Each one’s agent checks your offer against what they asked for.

## Cost and agents

Popular Demand takes 2% of each captured order; refunds reverse it. No listing fee and no subscription. A seller’s agent can draft quotes over MCP; a person on your team approves them. See [Developers](https://populardemand.site/developers#mcp-seller) and [What works well](https://populardemand.site/what-works.md). Payments run in test mode: no real card is charged and no real money moves.