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 — paste in the URL where you'll be going live (YouTube, Facebook, Whatnot, etc.). This is required for your first break so viewers know where to watch.

   

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   Tip: The Streaming Link is how buyers and viewers find your live stream. For this first practice break, enter the link to wherever you're actually conducting the break. On future live breaks you'll do the same — or leave it blank if you're breaking directly on Breaker Toolbox.

   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.

Mark your break as active in Breaker Toolbox once you're live on your stream.

1. Start your break
   With your practice break created, open it from your dashboard and click the Start Break button.

   On Breaker Toolbox, “Live” means the breaker is literally performing the livestream — not just that spots are available to purchase. This is different from other platforms where “Live” simply means a break is open for sales.

   On Breaker Toolbox, a break is always available to be purchased into from the moment it's created until it's completed or cancelled — regardless of whether you've hit Start Break. Clicking Start Break is how you signal to buyers that the livestream is actively happening right now.

   For your practice break, go live on your stream (Facebook, YouTube, Whatnot, etc.) and begin the break as you normally would.

Assign spots as teams get claimed during your break.

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.