Octogamex User Guide Pt. 3 — How Do I Sell via “Sale”, “Auction”, and “Trade” Type Listings?

15 min readMar 28, 2022

Your “My NFTs” tab is a mighty tool. The ellipsis in the top right corner of all NFT info cards reveals a power-packed suite of the platform’s key features when activated:

🏷 “Sell” — opens up the window where you can put your gaming NFT up for sale at a fixed price. Set the currency and the price for your listing, choose the quantity in case you have multiple NFTs of one type (works for ERC-1155 tokens), schedule its start at a specific time in the future, and toggle your readiness to take trade offers on and off.

❗️ First, input all the necessary data

Then, click the “Approve” button to grant the marketplace’s smart contract permission to carry out operations with your NFT once you initiate one.

Note that “Approve” only shows up when you introduce an NFT to the marketplace for the first time, meaning no transaction has ever been made to the NFT using Octogamex. Each NFT must be approved by you since Octogamex doesn’t have access to any of your gaming tokens without your permission.
Also note that each single transaction (approving, buying, selling, transferring, canceling, etc.) made on any blockchain requires a small amount of its native token (BSC in the case of Octogamex) to be paid as a fee called “gas.” This is your payment to the validators forming blocks and checking their integrity, and this is what fuels blockchains, allowing them to operate.

This will fire up a MetaMask dialog window where you need to approve access by clicking “Confirm.”

The green button at the bottom of the window will then show you the “List NFT” text.

Clicking “List NFT” will get your MetaMask extension open once again. There you will need to simply hit “Confirm” one more time, then wait no more than half a minute for the transaction to get approved on the blockchain.

Wait for the “Transaction Is Being Processed” window to disappear.

Once the transaction is processed, your NFT is successfully listed on the marketplace and will be selling according to the “Sale” listing type mechanics. Congratulations! 🥳

To manage your “Sale” type listing, go to the “My Listings” tab, then click the info card of your NFT listing.

Its page will open. Here:

You can end the listing whenever you want by clicking the “Cancel Listing” button.

The “Cancel Your Listing” window will be displayed.

You then need to confirm that you agree to the Terms of Use by checking the box (1), and then hit “Cancel.”

This will start your MetaMask extension. Click “Confirm” in the dialog window that has opened to get your NFT out of the marketplace “Sale” showcase.

2. The “Go to NFT Chat” button takes you to the “Chat” section of the NFT page where you can answer buyers’ questions regarding your NFT and have a discussion with them. To do so, you need to enter your message (1), pick a nickname, or go with standard “Anonymous” if you choose to remain private (2) (not advised for the seller), and enter your link (not necessary) (3), then press the send button (4).

Once you’ve done the above mentioned steps, you have a couple of possibilities regarding the messages in the chat.

1️⃣ Block offensive users, hover your cursor over (or tap on mobile & tablet devices) the sign to see the “Block User” button. Clicking is at your discretion.

2️⃣ Edit or delete your message any time.

3️⃣ Log out of the chat whenever you want, hover your cursor over the white ellipsis sign to see the “Log Out” button.

4️⃣Subscribe to upgrades on the page by clicking the bell button, then the “Subscribe to This Page” button. Notification updates are next below the button.

5️⃣ Write additional messages, chat with the seller and other people, respond to their messages, send by clicking the button on the right.

3. Allows you to favorite gaming tokens. Visit the “Favorites” tab on the Profile page to see and manage them.

4. You can share the NFT with people on social media. Click the button, choose the media and follow through the required steps.

Offers you receive on your listing are all shown in the “Offers” section, which is right above the “Chat” section. Pick one meeting your expectations and click “Accept” (1).

Note that the “Price” and “NFT” columns only show data if the offer includes a price or an NFT(s) respectively. When both are offered, both columns show data.

You’ll be taken to the “Accept Offer” window that displays the contents of the offer in detail. Go on to click “Accept” if everything suits you.

Next, hit the “Confirm” button in the MetaMask dialog window that opens.

And that’s it. Let’s keep bartering!

💹 “Auction” — allows you to auction your gaming NFT. Set the bidding currency, the starting price of your lot, choose the quantity in case you have several NFTs of one type (works for ERC-1155 tokens), and its start and end dates for greater flexibility.

❗️ First, input all the necessary data.

Then, click the “Approve” button to grant the marketplace’s smart contract permission to carry out operations with your NFT once you initiate one.

Note that “Approve” only shows up when you introduce an NFT to the marketplace for the first time, meaning no transaction has ever been made to the NFT using Octogamex. Each NFT must be approved by you since Octogamex doesn’t have access to any of your gaming tokens without your permission.
Also note that each single transaction (approving, buying, selling, transferring, canceling, etc.) made on any blockchain requires a small amount of its native token (BSC in the case of Octogamex) to be paid as a fee called “gas.” This is your payment to the validators forming blocks and checking their integrity, and this is what fuels blockchains, allowing them to operate.

This will fire up a MetaMask dialog window where you need to approve access by clicking “Confirm.”

The green button at the bottom of the window will then show you the “List NFT” text.

Wait for the “Transaction Is Being Processed” window to disappear.

Once the transaction is processed, your NFT is successfully listed on the marketplace and will be selling according to the “Auction” listing type mechanics. Congratulations! 🥳

To manage your “Auction” type listing, go to the “My Listings” tab, then click the info card of your NFT listing.

Its page will open. Here:

You can end the listing whenever you want by clicking the “Cancel Listing” button.

The “Cancel Your Listing” window will be displayed.

You then need to confirm that you agree to the Terms of Use by checking the box (1), and then hit “Cancel.”

This will start your MetaMask extension. Click “Confirm” in the dialog window that has opened to get your NFT out of the marketplace “Sale” showcase.

Once you’ve done the above mentioned steps, you have a couple of possibilities regarding the messages in the chat.

1️⃣ Block offensive users, hover your cursor over (or tap on mobile & tablet devices) the sign to see the “Block User” button. Clicking is at your discretion.

2️⃣ Edit or delete your message any time.

3️⃣ Log out of the chat whenever you want, hover your cursor over the white ellipsis sign to see the “Log Out” button.

4️⃣ Subscribe to upgrades on the page by clicking the bell button, then the “Subscribe to This Page” button. Notification updates are next below the button.

5️⃣ Write additional messages, chat with the seller and other people, respond to their messages, send by clicking the button on the right.

3. Allows you to favorite gaming tokens. Visit the “Favorites” tab on the Profile page to see and manage them.

4. You can share the NFT with people on social media. Click the button, choose the media and follow through the required steps.

The “Bid History” section, which is right above the “Chat” section, is the bid register where all the bids placed on the NFT lot are shown. The top bidder is always first on the list and has the “bid the highest” designation to its address’s right. All runner-up bidders have just “bid”.

🤝“Trade” — your opportunity to list a gaming NFT to take trade offers. You can schedule your listing to get started at a specific time in the future.

The buyer can make a crypto offer, an NFT offer, or a crypto + NFT combined offer.

First identify the start date and time as well as NFT Quantity in case you have several of the same type (works for ERC-1155 tokens).

Then, click the “Approve” button to grant the marketplace’s smart contract permission to carry out operations with your NFT once you initiate one.

Note that “Approve” only shows up when you introduce an NFT to the marketplace for the first time, meaning no transaction has ever been made to the NFT using Octogamex. Each NFT must be approved by you since Octogamex doesn’t have access to any of your gaming tokens without your permission.
Also note that each single transaction (approving, buying, selling, transferring, canceling, etc.) made on any blockchain requires a small amount of its native token (BSC in the case of Octogamex) to be paid as a fee called “gas.” This is your payment to the validators forming blocks and checking their integrity, and this is what fuels blockchains, allowing them to operate.

This will open up a MetaMask dialog window where you need to approve access by clicking “Confirm.”

The green button at the bottom of the window will then show you the “List NFT” text.

Wait for the “Transaction Is Being Processed” window to disappear.

Once the transaction is processed, your NFT is successfully listed on the marketplace and will be selling according to the “Trade” listing type mechanics. Congratulations!

To manage your “Trade” type listing, go to the “My Listings” tab, then click the info card of your NFT listing.

Its page will open. Here:

You can pick the offer that you like the most by clicking “Choose Offer”. This will take you to the list with all the offers made on your NFT.
You can end the listing whenever you want by clicking the “Cancel Listing” button.

The “Cancel Your Listing” window will be displayed.

You then need to confirm that you agree to the Terms of Use by checking the box (1), and then hit “Cancel.”

This will start your MetaMask extension. Click “Confirm” in the dialog window that has opened to get your NFT out of the marketplace “Sale” showcase.

3. The “Go to NFT Chat” button takes you to the “Chat” section of the NFT page where you can answer buyers’ questions regarding your NFT and have a discussion with them. To do so, you need to enter your message (1), pick a nickname, or go with standard “Anonymous” if you choose to remain private (2) (not advised for the seller), and enter your link (not necessary) (3), then press the send button (4).

Once you’ve done the above mentioned steps, you have a couple of possibilities regarding the messages in the chat.

1️⃣ Block offensive users, hover your cursor over (or tap on mobile & tablet devices) the sign to see the “Block User” button. Clicking is at your discretion.

2️⃣ Edit or delete your message any time.

3️⃣ Log out of the chat whenever you want, hover your cursor over the white ellipsis sign to see the “Log Out” button.

4️⃣ Subscribe to upgrades on the page by clicking the bell button, then the “Subscribe to This Page” button. Notification updates are next below the button.

5️⃣ Write additional messages, chat with the seller and other people, respond to their messages, send by clicking the button on the right.

4. Allows you to favorite gaming tokens. Visit the “Favorites” tab on the Profile page to see and manage them.

5. You can share the NFT with people on social media. Click the button, choose the media and follow through the required steps.

6. Offers you receive on your listing are all shown in the “Offers” section, which is right above the “Chat” section.

7. Pick one meeting your expectations and click “Accept”

Note that the “Price” and “NFT” columns only show data if the offer includes a price or an NFT(s) respectively. When both are offered, both columns show data.

You’ll be taken to the “Accept Offer” window that displays the contents of the offer in detail. Go on to click “Accept” if everything suits you.

Next, hit the “Confirm” button in the MetaMask dialog window that opens.

And that’s it. Let’s keep bartering!

➡️ “Transfer” — a handy tool making it possible to get any of your NFTs over to any crypto buddy in the world.

First enter the intended person’s address in the “Recipient’s Address” input field.

Be sure to check the address twice because the transfer transaction is final and can’t be reversed.

Then, click the “Approve” button to grant the marketplace’s smart contract permission to carry out operations with your NFT once you initiate one.

Note that “Approve” only shows up when you introduce an NFT to the marketplace for the first time, meaning no transaction has ever been made to the NFT using Octogamex. Each NFT must be approved by you since Octogamex doesn’t have access to any of your gaming tokens without your permission.
Also note that each single transaction (approving, buying, selling, transferring, canceling, etc.) made on any blockchain requires a small amount of its native token (BSC in the case of Octogamex) to be paid as a fee called “gas.” This is your payment to the validators forming blocks and checking their integrity, and this is what fuels blockchains, allowing them to operate.

This will fire up a MetaMask dialog window where you need to approve access by clicking “Confirm.”

The green button at the bottom of the window will then show you the “Transfer” text.

Clicking “Transfer” will get your MetaMask Extension open. There you will need to simply hit “Confirm”, then wait no more than half a minute for the transaction to get approved on the blockchain.

Wait for the “Transaction Is Being Processed” window to disappear.

This is it, once the transaction is complete, you’ve successfully transferred your NFT to somebody very fortunate!

📄 “Visit Page” — directs you to the NFT page.

🔗 “Copy Link” — copies the link to the NFT page to the clipboard for you.

⚡️Conclusion

In today’s installment, Part 3 of 4, of the upcoming Octogamex User Guide we took a close look “How Do I Sell via “Sale”, “Auction”, and “Trade” Type Listings”. The the exhaustive, screenshot-boosted information laid out in the manual on each step the Octogamex user should follow in order to start off moving their NFTs around, making money, is intended to answer the vast majority of questions and eliminate confusion.

Let’s go trading!

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