How to sell Minecraft capes

Minecraft has almost nothing that trades: capes and skins are bound to the account, and server currencies are the server's to forbid. What sells is the account, priced by the cape it carries, the age and shape of the name, and whether the migration to a Microsoft account was done cleanly. A cape listing is an account listing.

What buyers ask first — and what the listing must say

• The cape and its year — Minecon capes from 2011–2016 are the premium; the Migrator cape is on millions of accounts.
• The name: length, age, dictionary word.
• Migration status and whether the email can change.
• Server ranks by server name; bought skin packs as a footnote.

How the handover works

• The buyer receives the Microsoft account login and email access after paying.
• The buyer changes the email and password inside the warranty window.
• An unmigrated or locked account cannot be handed over cleanly and sells for much less.

Every order here runs through SmurfGuard escrow, in the same five steps:

1. The buyer pays. The money goes into SmurfGuard escrow — not to you, not to us.
2. The order appears in your seller cabinet at /seller/orders with everything the buyer gave: character name, trade link, or the access for a piloted order.
3. You hand over — in game, by trade offer, or with the account — and mark the order delivered on that page.
4. The buyer confirms. Your share moves to hold.
5. It stays on hold until the warranty window ends, then lands on your balance.

How to price it

• Historic capes and original names are priced individually.
• Server ranks add a small premium; server coins are not a sellable item.
• A plain account with the Migrator cape is worth the game at most.

Estimate a Minecraft item before you price it →

What can go wrong

• Mojang's terms forbid account sales; enforcement lands on the account.
• A ban on a major server cuts the buyer pool; say it up front.

What you receive

The commission is 0%: you receive exactly the price you set — not the price minus a percentage, not the price minus a transaction fee, not the price minus a withdrawal charge. There is no listing fee, no monthly fee and no seller rank that unlocks a better rate later. The hold is not a fee either: it is what makes a buyer willing to pay a stranger before receiving anything, and it is released the moment the warranty window closes.

Every new listing goes through moderation before it reaches the storefront. The check is about the listing being accurate — the details above, stated plainly — not about you proving anything.

Seller ranks

Your store carries a rank badge — New, Rising, Top or Elite — computed from confirmed sales, rating and reviews, and recomputed after every sale and every review. It changes nothing about the fee, the hold or the warranty: it is what buyers see next to your name on every listing, and one of the ways they can sort a shelf. The thresholds are public: seller ranks.