Your First Break

Build and configure a private break before you go live.

1. Create a new break
   Log in to Breaker Toolbox and click Create New Break from your Seller Dashboard. Break creation is a four-step wizard: Basic Info → Configuration → Details → Review.

   Step 1 — Basic Info:

   1. Select a Template — Breaker Toolbox provides standard templates for common break formats (PYT, Division breaks, etc.) across all four major sports. You can also build a custom template if your format isn't covered.
   2. Enter your Break Name
   3. Choose your Break Type (e.g., PYT, Random Team, Division)
   4. Set the Date and Time the break will be performed

   Step 2 — Configuration:

   1. Set your Pricing — per-team prices for PYT breaks, or a single price per slot for random formats. Use your real planned prices — accurate numbers here mean accurate profit data at the end.

   Step 3 — Details:

   1. Add a Description of the break
   2. Upload a Cover Image (16:9 format recommended)
   3. Select the Products included in this break
   4. Add a Streaming Link only if you plan to stream elsewhere (YouTube, Facebook, Whatnot, etc.) instead of natively on Breaker Toolbox. Leave it blank for this walkthrough — we'll use Breaker Toolbox's own livestream tools in Part 2.

   

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   Note: Streaming Link is for breakers who prefer to broadcast on an external platform and just want buyers to know where to find them. It's entirely optional — Breaker Toolbox's own livestream tools (covered next) don't require it.

   1. Check “Make this break private (only accessible via direct link)” — this is the key setting that keeps your practice break hidden from buyers.

   

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   Note: The private checkbox is on the Details step — step 3 of 4 — after pricing has already been entered. Don't skip past it.

   Step 4 — Review:

   1. Confirm all settings look correct, then click Create Break.

Breaker Toolbox has its own built-in livestream tools — camera, microphone, and a queue that walks you through every linked break one at a time. Here's how to run your practice break through it.

1. Start a livestream from your Clubhouse
   From your Clubhouse, click Start Livestream.

   Livestreams let buyers purchase products directly from you and watch you rip them live — this is a Rip & Ship purchase. It's optional, and controlled by the “Allow Rip & Ship Purchases” toggle. You can turn it on or off at any point, including while you're already live.

2. Choose which breaks to link
   Pick which breaks you might work through during this livestream. It could be several, just one, or even none if you're only doing a Rip & Ship.

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   Note: Breaks can be added or removed from the livestream while you're live. Linking a break also doesn't obligate you to complete it during this particular stream — it just makes it eligible to enter the queue.
3. Start the livestream
   Once you've confirmed the Allow Rip & Ship Purchases toggle and your linked breaks, click Start Livestream.

   This puts you into preview mode — a private view where you can adjust your camera and microphone before anyone can see you. Take your time here; nothing is public yet.

4. Go public
   Happy with how you look and sound? Click Start Break to make the livestream visible to buyers.
5. Understand the queue
   Any linked break that's already full gets added automatically to your queue, visible on the Queue tab. Breaks that fill up during the livestream get added too, as do any Rip & Ship purchases — everything you'll work through lines up here in order.
6. Move through the queue
   When you finish the break or Rip & Ship purchase at the top of the queue, click End Turn — either below the video or from the Queue tab — to move to the next one.

   Need to see who bought what? Click the people icon next to End Turn to view the break's slots and the buyers who purchased them.

7. End the livestream
   When you're done, click End Livestream.

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   Tip: Any linked break that never reached the top of the queue gets set back to Planned status automatically — nothing is lost, you can pick it up in a future livestream.

Prefer to stream on a platform you already use? That works too — here's how to keep buyers in the loop.

1. Add a streaming link to your break
   Edit your break, find Streaming Links, paste in the URL, click the + button to add it, then Save.

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   This step matters a lot. Once it's added, buyers viewing your break on Breaker Toolbox can click straight through to your livestream. Skip it, and buyers have no way to find you when you go live.
2. Don't have the exact link yet?
   If you don't know the exact livestream URL ahead of time, enter your main 3rd-party link instead — your Facebook group link, or your main Instagram, TikTok, or X profile. This still tells buyers the break streams somewhere other than Breaker Toolbox, and points them to the right place to look.
3. Go live on the 3rd-party platform
   When it's time, start your livestream the same way you normally would on that platform. Then update the Streaming Link on Breaker Toolbox if needed — for example, if you entered a general profile link earlier and now have the exact live video URL.

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   Again, this matters: an outdated or missing link means buyers can't find your stream. Take the extra 30 seconds to update it.
4. Start the break on Breaker Toolbox
   Go to your break in your Clubhouse and click Start Break. This sets the break's status to Live and sends a notification to every buyer in the break.
5. End the break when you're done
   Once the break is over, go back to Breaker Toolbox and click End Break. This changes the break's status to Completed.

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   Note: Started the break by accident? Click Set Back To Planned to undo it — visible right next to End Break in the screenshot above.

Once a break reaches the top of your queue and you're actively working through it, here's how to assign spots as teams get claimed.

1. How spots get assigned
   There are three ways a spot can be assigned in Breaker Toolbox. For your first practice break, you'll use two of them:

   Method	What it does	Use this break?
   Buyer Checkout	Buyer adds a spot to their cart and completes checkout. Team is automatically assigned.	Skip for now
   Sold Elsewhere (your main tool)	Breaker marks a spot as sold to someone who paid outside BT. Enter buyer name, platform, address, and any fees. Revenue is counted.	Yes — every claimed spot
   Claim	Breaker claims a spot in their own name. Revenue is not counted. Use this for any teams that go unsold.	Yes — unsold teams

2. Mark claimed teams using “Sold Elsewhere”
   As each team gets claimed during your break, log it in Breaker Toolbox. Navigate to Clubhouse → Breaks → Break Details.

   For each claimed team, click Sold Elsewhere. A form will appear where you can enter:

   1. The buyer's name
   2. Where they purchased the spot (e.g., “Facebook Live,” “Discord”)
   3. Their mailing address
   4. Any additional fees if applicable

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   Tip: You don't have to do this in real time if it's too much to juggle during a live stream. Jot names down on paper as spots are claimed, then fill them in on Breaker Toolbox right after your stream ends.

   Spots assigned via Sold Elsewhere are included in your break revenue totals, giving you accurate profit data at the end.
3. Handle unsold teams using “Claim”
   If any teams go unsold by the end of your break, use the Claim button on the same Break Details page to assign them to yourself.

   Claimed spots are assigned in your name but are not counted as revenue — this correctly reflects that those teams brought nothing in, giving you an accurate picture of how the break truly performed.

End the break and review how it performed.

1. End the break
   Once all teams have been assigned or claimed, click the End Break button from the Break Details page.

   This closes the break and finalizes all revenue and profit calculations.

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   Note: If you need to make corrections before closing — re-assigning a team, fixing a buyer's name — use the “Set Back to Planned” button to reopen the break, make your changes, then start it again before ending.
2. Review your break summary
   After ending the break, open the break summary to see how it performed. The key metrics are:

   Metric	Definition
   Revenue	Sum of all Sold and Sold Elsewhere spots at their set prices. Claimed (unsold) spots are excluded.
   Cost	Total cost of all products included in the break.
   Fees	Sum of all payment processing fees from Stripe and/or PayPal.
   Profit	Revenue minus product costs and fees.

3. What to look for
   Use this summary to ask yourself a few key questions before your first live break:

   • Did your pricing cover the product cost with margin to spare?
   • How did unsold spots affect your numbers? Were there teams you couldn't move?
   • Are there teams you consistently underpriced or overpriced?
   • Does your net profit feel right given how the break actually went?

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   Tip: Most experienced breakers run their numbers before every break, not just the first one. Getting comfortable reading this summary now sets you up to price smarter every time.

Once you've completed your practice break and feel confident with the flow, you're ready to run your first real break.

Here's what else changes when you go live with a real break:

• Set visibility to Public so buyers can discover and purchase spots
• Stripe or PayPal must be connected so buyers can check out — spots are assigned automatically on purchase
• Buyers receive confirmation emails and can track their spots in the Breaker Toolbox app
• You can still use Sold Elsewhere for anyone who pays you outside of BT
• Shipping labels and tracking can be managed through Breaker Toolbox if Shippo is connected

Everything else — starting the break, assigning teams, ending it, reading your summary — works exactly the same way you just practiced.