Seller guide
Sell your work.
Get paid in Pi.
From file to live listing in three steps. Selling is free — Wares takes a flat 8% per sale, you keep 92%.
How it works
Open Wares in the Pi Browser, sign in, and tap Start selling. Most listings take about two minutes.
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Sign in with Pi
Tap the account chip at the top and approve the Pi sign-in. Wares asks for your username, payment permission, and your wallet address — the wallet permission is what lets Wares pay your earnings out to you; without it, withdrawals can't work.
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Choose your file
Pick the file you want to sell, straight from your phone. Wares fills in a title from the file name, which you can change. Your file stays private: buyers never see it until they've paid.
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Name it and price it
Give it a clear title and tap a price. You see straight away what you earn per sale. Want a cover, previews or a description? Add them here, or later from My listings. If you step away halfway, your title, price and description are saved on your phone — just pick the file again.
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Confirm and publish
Check your listing as buyers will see it, confirm it's your own work, and publish. It's live right away — share it from the same screen.
What you earn
92% of every sale is yours
- No listing fees, no monthly fees — a flat 8% per sale.
- Every sale credits your balance instantly. See it under My listings.
- Tap Withdraw anytime to send your full balance to your Pi wallet (a small minimum balance applies, and only one withdrawal can be in flight at a time).
During the current test phase all transactions use Test-Pi, which has no real-world value.
Pricing
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A set price
Tap 1, 3, 5 or 10 π, or choose Other for your own amount. Buyers pay exactly that.
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Let buyers pay more
Your price becomes the minimum and buyers can pay more if they want — many do, to tip.
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Free
Free to download, and buyers can still tip. A great way to build an audience and reviews.
One note on reviews: buyers can only rate a product after they've actually downloaded or opened it (not just paid for it) — an honesty check so ratings reflect people who opened the file, not just people who checked out.
What you can upload
- ZIP
- EPUB
- MP3
- WAV
- TXT
- PNG
- JPG
- Bundle multi-file products as a ZIP.
- Limits: 20 active listings, 500 MB of storage per seller, and 50 MB per individual file.
- Add a cover image (PNG/JPG/WebP) — listings with covers sell dramatically better — and up to 3 preview images. Previews are separate files you choose; buyers never see your actual product until they've paid.
- Cover and preview images need to be at least 480×270px so they don't look blurry in the grid; if you pick something larger, Wares automatically shrinks it before uploading.
After you publish
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Share your store
Every seller gets a profile page (
/s/your-username) and every product its own link (/p/product-name). On Pi, sharing is discovery: post your links in Pi communities, chats, and socials. -
Buyers share too
Every buyer who completes a purchase can tap Share on the purchase screen to post a link and a branded receipt image of what they bought — free word-of-mouth, generated automatically from each sale.
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Manage your listings
My listings shows everything you've published. Edit a listing or take it offline at any time, and delete it once it's offline — sold copies always stay downloadable for their buyers.
Frequently asked
How is my work protected?
Your product file is never public. Only buyers who completed a payment receive a download link, links expire after 30 days (buyers re-mint fresh ones from "My purchases" — links shared outside go dead), and every download is tied to a verified Pi account. Buyers browsing your listing only ever see the previews you chose. If someone re-uploads your work as their own, report it and we'll remove the listing. You keep full ownership of everything you sell — Wares is only your sales channel.
Honest note: as on every digital marketplace (Gumroad, Etsy digital, …), once a buyer has downloaded a file, copying can't be technically prevented. Watermarking and license labels are on our roadmap.
Can I use Wares on a desktop or Linux computer?
Browsing works in any browser on any OS. Signing in and payments require the Pi Browser app (Android/iOS) — that's a Pi Network requirement, not ours. Desktop workaround for sellers: pair the Pi sandbox once via the Pi app (Utilities → Pi Sandbox), then open sandbox.minepi.com in any desktop browser — including Linux — to prepare listings and upload files with a real keyboard.
What does it cost?
Nothing upfront. A flat 8% per sale; you keep 92%. No listing fees, no monthly fees.
When do I receive my Pi?
Your balance updates the moment a sale completes. Withdrawing sends it to your Pi wallet right away — you choose when.
What can't I sell?
Only upload work you own or have the rights to distribute. No malware, no illegal content, no infringing content — see the Terms. Violations mean removal and loss of access.
Who do I contact with questions?
Wares is a one-person test application and does not publish a contact address yet — one will be added before it leaves the test phase.
Ready when you are
Your first listing takes about two minutes.
Start selling