Payton ModaModa Dealer Alliance
Apply to MDA with Payton.
MDA is the top dealer tier in Moda and it's capped at 250 dealers. Tell me about your business and I'll tell you honestly whether it's a fit before you pay anything.
$5,000 a year or $500 a month
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What you get
200+ fresh leads a week
Buyer leads land all week from the WTB and Moda Watch Club posts that never go public, and Quick Sale Hour moves group pieces to our 50,000+ retail list every Monday. At least 200 fresh watch leads to bid on, every single week.
The group expert badge
Every MDA member gets the group expert badge. When you message a retail buyer who is not in your contacts, it lands in their main inbox instead of message requests, so the buyers you reach actually see it. That gets you close to moderator-level deliverability.
Text blasts at our cost
If you want us to send a text blast for you, you pay our cost with no markup. Text blasts reach buyers outside the trade, and on a piece that needs a retail end buyer to move, that is often what closes it.
Your own dealer page and directory listing
Every member gets their own watch dealer page on modacommunities.com, built for you, with your inventory, your want list, your leads, and a spot in the Moda dealer directory. Local buyers find you on a site that already ranks, and it becomes your link in bio.
Price
$5,000 a year, or $500 a month
No initiation fee. Applying is free, and you only pay once you're approved.
What it takes to get in.
This is for established dealers only. You should be moving real volume, on the order of $1,000,000+ a month, and you need to be a legitimate business with a resale certificate, solid reviews, and references we can actually check. On top of that, five current MDA dealers have to vouch $50,000 each on your name. A vouch is an existing member putting their word behind your volume and name. We hold the line on all of it because it is what makes a price check in here come back with real offers within the hour instead of a guess.
Tell me about your business.
This goes straight to me. I'll look it over and reach out personally about the next step.
Questions people ask me
Is $5,000 a year worth it?
MDA is built around 200+ fresh leads a week and the Monday blast to our 50,000+ retail list. At the volume this is built for, $5,000 is what you make back on one good Monday. The $250-a-month auction credits recover up to $3,000 of your selling fees on top of that.
Can I pay monthly instead of yearly?
Yes. $5,000 a year or $500 a month, same access either way. Annual works out to $1,000 less over the year, and you can switch from monthly to annual whenever you want.
How is this different from Real Watch Buyers or Moda Watch Club?
MDA sits on top of all of it. RWB members can post in the main groups. MDA members get pre-approvals across multiple groups, the group expert badge, the 24/7 dealer chatroom, the unapproved WTB and ISO funnel, text blasts at cost, and a spotlight. We built it for dealers moving serious volume, not collectors or part-time sellers.
Do I need all five vouches to apply?
Vouches are required to get in, and we do not waive them. They are how an established member puts their name behind your volume. If you clearly belong here but you are still lining up your last one or two, apply and tell us which MDA and established Moda dealers know your work, and we will help you get the rest in place.
What happens after I apply?
The point of contact you pick reviews your application against the MDA standard, confirms your business checks out, and walks you through vouching and getting set up. Right now 1 of the 250 spots is open.
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