DonutSMP WikiWhere to Sell: /sell, Orders or Auction House
When to use /sell, buy orders or the auction house on DonutSMP, how they are linked, and how the 2% tax affects each.
The three ways to sell
DonutSMP has three ways to turn items into money: /sell, filling other players' buy orders in /orders, and listing items on the auction house (/ah) [1]. See Economy for the full list of money commands.
| Who sets the price | When you get paid | 2% tax (since Nov 11, 2026) | |
|---|---|---|---|
/sell | The best matching buy order, or the normal server sell value if no order pays more [2][3] | Right away. Unsold items come back to you [3] | None. The seller gets the full price [4] |
Filling /orders | The buyer who placed the order [5] | When you supply the items [5] | Paid by the order placer, not the seller [4] |
/ah | You, the seller [6][1] | When a buyer comes along, or right away if an order pays more (see below) [7][4] | Paid by the buyer. The seller gets the full listing price [4] |
/sell
/sell opens a chest. You drag items in, and they are sold when you close it [8]. Anything nobody buys comes back to your inventory [3]. /sellhistory lists what you sold on /sell, and /worth <item> shows an item's base price [8].
Since June 9, 2026, /sell checks the buy orders first. According to the fan-run donutsmp.wiki, if the normal /sell value is lower than the highest matching order, the items go to the most expensive compatible order instead, as long as that order still wants enough items. If no order pays more, the normal server sell applies [2]. DonutOrders, a fan price tracker, puts it this way: "What /sell pays for an item is the price of the buy orders for that item" [3]. In an in-game test on November 13, 2026, a stack sold into an order paid exactly the order price times the amount, with nothing deducted [4].
Enchanted items sell only to orders for that exact enchantment set [3]. According to donutsmp.wiki, a fix between June 10 and 14, 2026 made /sell return the empty shulker box when you sell items from inside one [7].
The Minecraft Forum guide on the post-June economy calls /sell the baseline: "That is the floor. It works from zero." The author uses it for bulk farm output such as kelp and fungus when they need cash quickly [1].
Filling buy orders (/orders)
A buy order is a standing offer: an item, how many the buyer wants, and the price paid for each one [3]. Other players fill it, and the buyer's offer pays them [5]. Since /sell routes items into the best matching order, selling with /sell and filling orders reach the same buyers [3][2].
When filling orders, compare each order's price per item against the quantity it wants. Someone else can fill the order first [1]. DonutOrders notes that each order only wants so many items, and past that, orders pay less [3]. Its item pages show the full order book, for example cobblestone or gold ingot.
You can also be on the buying side. Placing an order costs 2% on top of the order's value, and cancelling refunds the full amount including the tax [4]. Delivered items stay in the order until you collect them through /orders, Your Orders, Edit Order, Collect. The Collect Items window has a Sell button that sells the items in that order straight away [3]. More on placing and collecting orders is in Making money FAQ and on the DonutOrders guide to how orders work.
Auction house (/ah)
On the auction house the seller sets the price. Hold the item and type /ah sell <price> to list it; /ah <search> searches the listings [6]. Donutpedia lists the same commands as /auction <search> and /auction sell <price> [8]. Compare listings by price per item (total price divided by the number of items), not the stack total [6][1].
Listing limits
A February 2026 blog post gave a limit of 25 items on the auction house at once [9]. The Minecraft Forum guide calls the 25 figure pre-update and says listing limits depend on rank [1]. donutsmp.wiki says capacity can depend on membership, that the official store advertises auction slots as a membership benefit, and that you should check the store and in-game interface for your own allowance [6].
Undercutting
Sellers often lower their prices to beat each other. In the February 2026 blog post, the author said that when his items stopped selling, "it usually meant somebody undercut me". He would then either wait for the cheaper seller to sell out or relist "one notch lower" [9]. donutsmp.wiki notes that a listing price is only an asking price, not proof that anything sold at that price [6].
Buying
According to Donutpedia, Donut+ subscribers can enable instant auction house purchases through the settings menu [10]. According to donutsmp.wiki, between June 17 and 22, 2026 /shop was replaced by Quick Buy, which uses live auction house listings with exact item matching, including enchantments [7]. On /ah, the 2% tax is already included in the price buyers see; a $999B test listing showed as $1T [4].
How /sell, orders and the auction house are linked
The June 9, 2026 update connected the three markets. According to donutsmp.wiki [5][7]:
/sellsends items to a higher-paying compatible order.- An auction house listing sells straight into an order when that order pays more than the seller's total asking price.
- Creating an order can automatically buy matching auction house listings priced at or below the order price.
- The same routing was announced for spawners, the amethyst sell axe and selling items from your own order [7].
In the November 13, 2026 test, ender pearls and cooked porkchops listed on /ah below the order price sold into orders at once, and the seller received the order price, which was more than the asking price [4]. Live order prices are on DonutOrders, for example ender pearl.
The 2% tax
DonutSMP announced a 2% tax on November 11, 2026 [4]. In-game tests showed who pays it [4]:
| Action | Who pays | Test result |
|---|---|---|
/sell (into orders) | No one | The balance rose by exactly the order price times the amount [4] |
Placing a /orders buy order | The order placer, on top | Cost the order value plus 2%; cancelling refunded the full amount including tax [4] |
/ah purchase | The buyer, included in the shown price | The seller gets the full listing price; listing costs nothing [4] |
/pay | The sender, on top | Sending $1,000 cost $1,020 [4] |
For a seller, none of the three ways is taxed [4]. For a buyer, both /ah and placing orders cost 2% [4]. Full balances before and after each step are in the DonutOrders tax test.
Choosing where to sell
The Minecraft Forum guide picks the route by starting money: with no money, start with /sell; with a farm but no money, use orders; with some money, list on the auction house; with money and market knowledge, flip between the auction house and orders. The author's view is that the real money is made on orders and the auction house, not /sell [1].
According to the fan-run Donutpedia wiki, "Items on the Orders page sell for significantly cheaper than auction house entries", so players buy through orders and resell on the auction house. It says this works best with lower-priced items [11]. The February 2026 blog post describes the same kind of trading [9]. Because a listing under the order price fills that order, an auction house listing only earns more than the order price when it is priced above it [4][5].
For which items currently pay best, see the live DonutSMP money guides and best money farms on DonutOrders. See also Items and prices FAQ.
Rules
The rules list economy-related macros, such as ones that automatically sell items or manage auctions or markets [12]. Exchanging in-game items or services for real-world money is forbidden, and so is trading items or currency with other servers [12]. See Rules.
Related pages
Sources
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- Sell Routing - donutsmp.wiki (fan-run) - donutsmp.wiki
- How /orders works on DonutSMP: buy orders and /sell - DonutOrders (fan price tracker, November 12, 2026) - donutorders.com
- DonutSMP 2% tax: in-game test of /pay, /orders, /ah and /sell - DonutOrders (November 12, 2026, updated November 13, 2026) - donutorders.com
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- Auction House - donutsmp.wiki (fan-run) - donutsmp.wiki
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