> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://thegrid.ai/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://thegrid.ai/docs/concepts/reselling.md). # Reselling tokens Tokens in your Trading account can be sold back on the same order book you bought them from. Use what your workload needs, resell what it doesn't. Proceeds land in your Trading USD balance, ready to fund your next purchase. ## How reselling works The book has two sides, asks and bids, and anyone with inventory can post an ask: suppliers selling fresh capacity, or you reselling tokens you bought. Any tokens in your Trading account can be listed with a market or limit sell regardless of when you bought them. Two conditions apply: * Reselling requires [Advanced Mode](/docs/start-here/auto-mode-vs-advanced-mode.md), since you're placing orders yourself. Switch in [Settings → Account](https://app.thegrid.ai/profile). * Tokens are sellable only while they sit in your Trading account. Transfers to your Consumption account are one-way, Trading to Consumption, so transferred tokens are committed to inference. ## Buy at the price you'd like, transfer what you'll use, sell the rest 1. **Buy** with a market or limit order on, say, `text-prime`. Fills land in your Trading account for that instrument. 2. **Transfer** the tokens you plan to consume into your Consumption account. The Consumption API draws against that balance. 3. **Sell** the remainder with a market or limit sell, in the Trading dashboard or through the [Trading API](/docs/api-reference/trading-api.md). Same book, same price-time priority. 4. **Proceeds** credit your Trading USD balance and can fund any future purchase, on this instrument or any other. ## Reselling keeps your spend tied to what you actually use A limit buy allows you to specify the maximum price you're willing to pay while buying inference. Reselling helps you control the spend you've already invested: if you hold more tokens than you need, or the price moves after you fill, sell the surplus back. Your effective cost tracks what you consumed, not what you bought, and you can experiment with buy sizes without every experiment becoming a commitment. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://thegrid.ai/docs/concepts/reselling.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.