TG GiftsGuides · Updated 2026-11-02
Timed sales vs buy-now: what changed
A buy-now listing has a fixed price you can take immediately. A timed sale has a price and a countdown: the seller accepts the best offer before the timer ends, so the number you see is an ask with a deadline, not a floor you can hit. On 2026-11-02, 21 of the 123 collections TG Gifts tracks had no buy-now listing at all — they existed only as timed sales.
Three price kinds, three meanings
| Kind | Field in our open data | Can you buy at that number right now? | What the number means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy-now | b | Yes | A real floor: the cheapest price someone will accept today |
| Timed sale | t | Only if the seller accepts before the timer ends | An ask with a deadline |
| Auction | — | No; you must outbid the current bid | A minimum bid, not a price |
The definitions are the ones published in /data/floors-daily.json: b is the cheapest buy-now listing, t is the cheapest timed sale in a collection with no buy-now floor that day.
Why this matters most at the top of the market
The collections that moved to timed sales are not the cheap ones. Plush Pepe was listed from 7,000 GRAM, Durov's Cap from 464 GRAM and Scared Cat from 299 GRAM on 2026-11-02 — the three highest asks in the tracked market, all with no buy-now floor. A page that showed "no floor" for them would be technically honest and practically useless, which is why the timed-sale number is now carried separately instead of being hidden.
It also changes what an alert can mean. The radar's snipe rule only accepts fixed-price listings: an auction is ignored, and a timed sale is not the same as a floor you can take. If you see a "below floor" alert, check the listing type before anything else — a timed sale at 90% of the floor is a negotiation, not a discount.
How to read a timed-sale number
Treat it as the seller's opening ask, then ask three questions. How long is left on the timer? Has this collection sold anything recently, or is the ask the only activity? And what was the last buy-now floor, with its date? A timed ask of 7,000 GRAM after a buy-now floor of 6,450 GRAM is a higher ask, not a higher market; a timed ask below the last buy-now floor is the interesting case, because it suggests the seller wants out.
One rule survives all of this: never compare a timed ask with a buy-now floor as if they were the same number. They are two different promises, and only one of them can be accepted with a click.
It is also worth knowing how the number is recorded. The radar scans collections in rotation, roughly every 15 minutes, and keeps the cheapest timed ask of the day alongside the cheapest buy-now listing — two fields, never averaged into one. That is why a collection can show a floor of 6,450 GRAM in yesterday's history and a timed ask of 7,000 GRAM today without either number being wrong: they answer different questions, and the page keeps both so you can see which one moved.
Sources: fragment.com public pages (listings, sold items, item pages), the timed-sale block of the daily floors file; the site's own open data at /data/floors-daily.json and /data/usernames-daily.json (CC BY 4.0); the valuation method on how we value (as of 2026-10-28). Figures checked 2026-11-02 UTC.
Next: live floors · Plush Pepes · open data · the full method · what a floor means
Frequently asked questions
What is a timed sale on Fragment?
A listing with a price and a countdown. The seller decides whether to accept an offer before the timer ends, so the number is an ask with a deadline rather than a price you can take immediately.
Why do 21 collections have no buy-now floor?
Because every listing in them is a timed sale at that moment. The site shows their cheapest timed ask separately instead of printing 'no floor' and leaving the page empty.
Can I still get an alert for these collections?
The snipe rule only accepts fixed-price listings: auctions are ignored and a timed sale is not a floor you can take. Check the listing type on the item page before you act on any alert.
Is a timed ask higher than the floor a higher market?
Not necessarily. Compare it with the last buy-now floor and its date: a higher ask after a lower floor is a seller's hope, not a new price level.
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