The asymmetry you are managing
When you sell gold you hand over something that cannot be un-handed. The buyer's payment, depending on the rail, frequently can be reversed — that is the whole shape of the problem, and almost every scam run against sellers is some variation of exploiting it.
The classic version is simple: buyer pays, seller trades the gold, buyer files a chargeback, seller has neither the gold nor the money. Direct payment from a stranger is where this happens, and no amount of screenshots afterwards fixes it.
Escrow inverts the sequence. The buyer's money leaves their balance before you deliver, it is held where they cannot pull it back, and it is released when the buyer confirms. You are still delivering something irreversible — but into a situation where the payment has already been secured rather than merely promised.
Pricing your stock
Price per 1M is the unit buyers compare on, so quote in it. Undercutting the market heavily attracts volume, but it also attracts the buyers hunting for a price too good to be honest, which is not the customer base you want.
Consider stock depth as part of the price. Listing a large block at a slightly keener rate is usually better business than listing small amounts at the top of the market, because a buyer wanting 500M would rather do one order than five, and will pay a little for that.
Revisit the price rather than setting it once. The rate moves with supply and with what other sellers are doing that week, and a listing left at last month's number is either leaving money on the table or sitting unsold.
Buyer red flags
Pressure to move off-platform is the big one. Any buyer who wants to complete the trade somewhere the order chat cannot see is asking you to give up the record that protects you, and the reason is rarely convenience.
Be wary of a buyer who wants you to deliver before the order is funded, or who asks you to trade an amount different to what was ordered. Both break the link between what is held in escrow and what you actually hand over, which is the link that makes you safe.
Requests to split delivery across accounts are not automatically bad, but they should be raised before the order rather than mid-delivery. A change introduced halfway through is worth pausing on.
Delivering cleanly
Agree the world and the meeting point in the order chat before either of you logs in, and keep the conversation there. It is attached to the order, and it is the record a reviewer reads if anything is disputed later.
Deliver the exact amount ordered, in as few trades as sensible. If something has to change, say so in the chat first and get the buyer's agreement there.
After the buyer confirms, your balance is credited and the platform commission is taken from the payout. Withdrawals are their own process — worth understanding before you have a balance you want out.
The short version
Never deliver against a promise of payment. Deliver against money already held where the buyer cannot reach it, and keep every agreement in the order chat.