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OverviewStartup

Startup.sell

POST /{namespace}/startups/{startup}/sell

Sell transfers a Startup, with its Customers, Domains and records, to a buyer under a signed Agreement.

Noun: Startup
Mode: do
Event: Startup.sold

You, to your agent

Sell PatentPad with an agreement.

curl -X POST https://api.sb/patentpad.com/startups/startup_1/sell \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"agreement":"agreement_1"}'

import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const startup = await $.Startup.sell({ startup: 'startup_1', agreement: 'agreement_1' })

npx startup-builder do Startup.sell --json '{"startup":"startup_1","agreement":"agreement_1"}'

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Startup.sell({ startup: 'startup_1', agreement: 'agreement_1' })"
  }
}

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`startup`	Startup	required	The Startup to sell.
`agreement`	Agreement	required	The signed sale Agreement.

Outputs

Output	Type	Required	Description
`startup`	Startup	required	The Startup, held by the buyer.

Effects

Emits Startup.sold.
Performed by the Founder.
One-way (money, customer): it waits out its delay window, and runs in the send and do modes.
Transfers every Domain and payment account to the buyer.
Requires a human signature, because it moves equity.

Refuses when

Check	Error	Fix	Then call
Own Domain (`sell-domain`)	`refused`	Move each Domain into the Startup’s own registrar account and wait out any transfer lock; the account then moves whole at closing.	Domain.transfer
Own payments account (`sell-payments`)	`refused`	Move payments to a Stripe account the Startup holds alone.	Startup.claim
Agreements transfer (`sell-agreements`)	`refused`	Sign assignable terms for each Agreement that names the Startup.	Agreement.sign
Data exports (`sell-export`)	`refused`	Import the latest export into an empty namespace and compare the replayed state.	Startup.import
No shared credentials (`sell-credentials`)	`refused`	Replace every shared key or login with one the Startup holds alone.	None.
Sale agreed (`sell-agreed`)	`refused`	A signed sale agreement names the buyer and schedules the transfer of Brand, domain, Customers, and records.	None.
The input does not match the schema of the operation.	`invalid-input`	Read the schema of the operation, then send every required field with the right type.	Startup.sell
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.	`forbidden`	Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.	Startup.sell

When it waits

Gate	Default
Decision class	High: one-way, broad (money, customer)
Delay window	1 business day, in which a watcher can pause, redirect or cancel it; then it runs.
Limit	The spend Limit of the Permission or Mandate it runs under.
Over the Limit	It waits `pending` for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends `refused` with `limit-exceeded`; unanswered by its deadline, it ends `canceled`.