Sell Pokémon Cards as a Lot or as Singles?
Singles pay more and cost weeks. Lots are fast and leave money behind. The split that beats both, and where to draw the line.
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Singles pay more and cost weeks. Lots are fast and leave money behind. The split that beats both, and where to draw the line.
Days, weeks or the better part of a year, depending entirely on which route you pick. What each one actually costs you in calendar time.
A reference for people selling Pokémon cards: the exact wording scammers use, what each message is really asking for, and which protections cover you.
Weight is the easiest reseal test to defeat. The crimp line, wrapper seam and foil at the seal are harder to fake — here is what each one tells you.
Return swaps, off-platform payment requests, overpayment refunds, fake payment screenshots and late chargebacks — and the defense that works for each.
A raw card is worth what identical ungraded copies sold for. How to read eBay sold comps, which condition flaws move the number, and when raw beats grading.
A mid-size collection worth $2,400 on eBay nets about $1,640 after fees, postage and supplies, across roughly 37 hours of work. Here is the full arithmetic.
Search the card on eBay, tick the Sold items filter, and read the middle of the results. That takes about forty seconds and beats every price guide — here is why, and where the guides quietly mislead you.
eBay and TCGplayer take almost the same cut. The real cost of selling a collection yourself is the transaction count — here is the arithmetic.