What is declared stock?
Sellers who connect a key marketplace such as G2A through its API meet the term early. There are two ways an offer can hold stock.
| Question | Uploaded keys | Declared stock |
|---|---|---|
| Where the keys sit | Uploaded: with the marketplace. | Declared: with you, until a sale. |
| What the buyer sees | Uploaded: a count of the keys uploaded. | Declared: the number you declared. |
| When the key moves | Uploaded: before any sale. | Declared: at sale time, on request. |
| Who keeps the count right | Uploaded: the marketplace, for that listing only. | Declared: you. |
Why would I declare stock instead of uploading keys?
Because a key you upload to one marketplace is locked there. It cannot be sold anywhere else until you take it back. A key you hold yourself can back an offer on several marketplaces at once and go to whichever buyer pays first.
The cost of that freedom is the count. Nobody else is keeping it for you.
What happens when the declared number is wrong?
Take 25 keys for one game. You declare 25 on each of two marketplaces.
Declare too much and you take orders you cannot deliver. Each marketplace has its own rules for an order that is not delivered, so read its seller terms. Declare too little and the offer shows as sold out while keys sit unsold.
How do I keep declared stock right?
Hold the keys in one stock pool and let every offer take its number from that pool. In the example above, after 15 sales on the first marketplace both offers would show 10, because both read the same 10 keys.
In Keysender that is stock sync. A sale on one channel lowers the count on the others, and the key for each order comes out of the pool when the order is paid. Each integration has its own sync switch. Stock sync helps prevent overselling. Keep a weekly stock check as well: compare the pool with what each offer shows.
Where do I find each marketplace's rules?
Marketplaces set their own terms for declared stock, fees and undelivered orders, and they change them. We do not repeat figures we have not checked. For any number, see the marketplace's fee page and seller terms.
For what we have checked, with the source and date beside each line, read selling on G2A and compare the five marketplaces. To see what you keep on a sale, use the fee calculator.
Quick answers
What is declared stock?
The number of units you tell a marketplace you can deliver on an offer, without uploading the keys in advance.
Is declared stock the same as my real stock?
It should be. It is a number you set, so it is only as right as the count behind it.
Can one batch of keys back offers on two marketplaces?
Yes, when both offers read one stock pool, so a sale on either lowers both.