If you hold pre-IPO or unlisted equity — from an ESOP allotment, a private placement, or a prior secondary purchase — you can sell it through a regulated demat-to-demat transfer with escrow-protected payment. Here's exactly how the process works on PreStocks.in.
Tell PreStocks which unlisted company's shares you hold and how many — Zepto, NSE, OYO, Tata Capital, and 250+ others are actively tracked with live buyer demand.
Receive a current indicative sell price based on recent secondary-market transaction data for that company.
Submit PAN, and a Client Master Report (CMR/CML) from your Depository Participant confirming you actually hold the shares.
Once a buyer is matched and their payment is escrowed, you submit a DIS/e-DIS to transfer shares directly to their demat account.
After the buyer's demat statement confirms the share credit, your payout is released from the escrow account to your bank account — typically within T+1 working day.
A direct peer-to-peer unlisted share sale has real counterparty risk on both sides — a buyer could pay and never receive shares, or a seller could transfer shares and never get paid. Routing the transaction through an independent bank escrow account, released only once the demat transfer is confirmed, removes that risk for both parties.
List your holding on PreStocks.in, get a live indicative quote, and once a buyer is matched, submit a Delivery Instruction Slip (DIS) or e-DIS to transfer shares to the buyer's demat account. Payment is released to your bank account from escrow once the transfer is confirmed.
Once the buyer's demat account confirms share credit, payout from the escrow account to the seller's bank account is typically processed within T+1 working day.
PAN card, a Client Master Report (CMR/CML) from your Depository Participant showing your current holding, bank account details for payout, and a signed Delivery Instruction Slip (DIS) to authorize the transfer.
PreStocks accepts seller listings starting from small lots depending on buyer demand for that company — there is no large mandatory minimum block size to list your holding.
Gains from selling unlisted shares are taxed as Short-Term or Long-Term Capital Gains depending on your holding period, under the Income Tax Act, 1961. Consult a tax advisor for your specific holding period and rate.