Frequently Asked Questions

Presello is a peer-to-peer resale marketplace for pre-sale tokens. Individual token holders sell their allocations at a fixed discount, and buyers purchase below the reference price. Think of it as a consignment shop for digital credits — not an exchange.

Sellers connect their wallet, choose a discount tier (minimum 5% off), and deposit tokens into an audited smart contract vault. Buyers browse projects, select a discount tier, and pay with USDT. The FIFO queue ensures the earliest listing fills first. After payment is confirmed, the vault releases tokens to the buyer.

No. Presello is a peer-to-peer resale marketplace, not an exchange. There is no order book, no price discovery, and no market-making. All listings are at fixed discount tiers below the reference price. Presello is operated by Presello LLC as a neutral venue under Section 230 safe harbor.

Presello primarily operates on BNB Smart Chain (BSC). The vault smart contracts are deployed on BSC mainnet and have been submitted to SolidProof for independent audit. Support for additional chains is planned in future phases.

The reference price is the independently verified market value of a token, sourced from on-chain data, CEX pricing, or oracle feeds. All listings on Presello must be priced below the reference price. Presello does not set or influence the reference price — it is pulled from external sources and shown transparently on each project page.

Browse the marketplace, select a project, choose a discount tier, and pay with USDT. After payment is confirmed, the tokens are transferred from the audited vault to your platform balance. You can then withdraw them to your personal wallet at any time from your buyer dashboard.

Presello accepts USDT (Tether) for all purchases. This is a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. Support for additional payment methods may be added in future phases.

A discount tier is a fixed percentage below the reference price at which tokens are listed for sale. Tiers range from 5% to 95% in 5% increments. The minimum discount is 5% — every listing on Presello is priced below the reference price. You can never buy at or above the reference price on Presello.

FIFO stands for First-In, First-Out. When you purchase a specific discount tier, your payment is applied to the earliest listing in that tier first. Once that seller's tokens are fully purchased, the next seller in the queue fills. This ensures fair, predictable order execution with no priority or favoritism.

After payment is confirmed, the tokens are transferred from the audited vault to your Presello balance. You can withdraw them to your personal wallet from your buyer dashboard at any time.

Tokens listed on Presello are fully transferable at the time of sale. Any vesting schedules from the original project still apply — these are set by the project, not by Presello. Your tokens are yours to hold, use in the project ecosystem, or transfer as you see fit.

The minimum purchase is $5. KYC requirements scale with purchase size: under $250 requires just your email; $250–$999 requires your name and country; $1,000+ requires a one-time government ID verification. Once verified, no repeated checks are needed.

Connect your wallet, select the token you want to sell, choose a discount tier (minimum 5%), and deposit your tokens into the audited vault. Your listing goes live immediately and enters the FIFO queue.

The minimum discount on Presello is 5% below the reference price. There is no 0% tier. Every listing must be priced below the reference price — this is enforced at the UI, API, and smart contract level. This is a deliberate legal architecture decision, not a platform preference.

When a buyer purchases your listing, you receive USDT in your Presello seller balance. You can withdraw USDT to your wallet at any time from your seller dashboard. To convert USDT to local currency, you can use any crypto exchange that supports your country.

Yes. You can cancel an active listing at any time from your seller dashboard. Cancelling returns your tokens to your balance. There is no penalty for cancelling.

Sell time depends on the discount tier you choose. Deeper discounts attract buyers faster. Our AI provides estimated wait times based on historical data for each tier. Shallower discounts may take longer to fill but preserve more token value.

Your tokens are held in an immutable, non-custodial smart contract vault on-chain. The vault uses ReentrancyGuard, 2-of-3 multisig governance, daily withdrawal caps, and large-withdrawal timelocks. Tokens are never held by Presello directly — they remain in the audited contract until released to the buyer upon confirmed payment.

The vault contract has undergone a multi-pass security audit covering vulnerability scanning, invariant analysis, economic attack modeling, gas optimization, test coverage, and cross-chain risk analysis. Slither static analysis was also run. The contract was submitted to SolidProof for independent third-party verification. See the Security page for the latest audit status.

Your tokens remain safe in the on-chain vault regardless of platform status. The vault is a standalone smart contract on the blockchain — it does not depend on Presello servers. In an extended outage, multisig key holders can execute an emergency withdrawal to return tokens to their original depositors.

The vault is governed by a 2-of-3 multisig protocol. The three key holders are geographically distributed and operationally independent. Critical actions — such as unpausing the vault, changing the authorized backend address, or executing an emergency withdrawal — require approval from at least two of the three signers.

Every project undergoes a 4-stage AI risk assessment before being listed: (1) GoPlus Security for honeypot detection and tax analysis (35% weight); (2) on-chain analysis of contract patterns and holder distribution (25%); (3) regulatory check including OFAC screening and rug-pull signatures (20%); (4) AI sentiment analysis of Telegram, Twitter, and community signals (20%). The combined score determines the risk rating.

Projects are assigned one of four risk ratings: Low Risk (AI screening passed, strong audit data, healthy holder distribution); Caution (minor concerns flagged, proceed with awareness); High Risk (significant concerns detected, restricted audit data or high volatility); Critical (delisted from the marketplace due to critical risk signals). Risk ratings are always visible on project pages.

During early access: $0 listing fee and 0% platform commission — completely free for sellers. For buyers: 0% platform fee. This applies to all transactions during the early access period.

After early access: sellers pay a $1 listing fee per listing and a 5% commission when tokens sell. Buyers pay a small platform fee (the exact amount will always be shown before you confirm a purchase).

Withdrawals to your wallet may incur on-chain gas fees, which vary by network congestion. Presello does not add a withdrawal fee on top of gas. The exact withdrawal cost is shown before you confirm.

KYC requirements are tiered by transaction size. Under $250: just your email. $250–$999: name and country (about 2 minutes). $1,000–$2,999: one-time government ID verification. $3,000+: enhanced due diligence (one-time). Once verified at a tier, you never need to repeat that check.

Full government ID verification is required for cumulative purchases of $1,000 or more. This is a regulatory requirement under Presello's FinCEN MSB registration and KYC/AML compliance framework.

For the $1,000+ tier: a government-issued ID (passport, national ID card, or driver's license). For the $3,000+ enhanced tier: additional documentation may be requested depending on your profile. KYC verification is processed through Sumsub, a licensed identity verification provider.

Presello is registered as a FinCEN Money Services Business (MSB) and is required to maintain KYC/AML compliance. This protects the platform, sellers, and buyers from financial crime and ensures Presello can operate legally in supported jurisdictions.

Go to the Register Project page, fill in your project details (contract address, description, reference price source, category), declare team wallets, and accept the issuer agreement. AI screening runs automatically in under 60 seconds. Registration is free during early access.

The AI screening pipeline checks: contract safety via GoPlus (honeypot detection, tax analysis, ownership renounced); on-chain data via BSCScan/Etherscan (holder distribution, contract patterns); regulatory signals (rug-pull signatures, flagged wallets); and community sentiment via Telegram and Twitter. The result is a transparent risk score and rating.

No. Issuers are permanently blocked from selling tokens for projects they have registered. This is a core legal architecture decision — it separates issuer effort from buyer returns, which is a key part of Presello's design to avoid securities classification under the Howey test. Team wallets declared during registration are blocked from seller listings for that project.

Presello provides three embeddable widget types — a button, banner, and badge — that issuers can place on their own website. Widgets display live discount tier availability and link buyers directly to the Presello listing. Widgets load via a public API with CORS open to all origins.

Issuers get access to an analytics dashboard showing: number of active sellers and total volume listed, traffic sources and widget performance, purchase volume and revenue generated for sellers, and referral tracking. The dashboard is available at the issuer dashboard after your project is verified.