Seller FAQ

Any trading card game card in the CardSwap catalog — Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Lorcana, Digimon, Flesh and Blood, Star Wars Unlimited and Gundam. CardSwap does not accept sports cards. From the Catalog page, pick a card and choose — from the Catalog page, pick a card and choose "List card". Every listing needs a front and back photo of your actual card. Every listing is tied to a normalized card (game, set, number, variant, language) plus your condition, grading status and quantity, so matches and buyers always see exactly what you hold.

You set your own ask price on every listing. The only floor is $0.50 minimum. The catalog shows a reference market value, but you can list above or below it — condition, grading and scarcity are yours to price.

Yes. Your collection feeds the matching engine for trades, and any listing with an ask price also appears on the Marketplace for cash buyers. You control marketplace visibility per listing from My listings.

Declare condition honestly (e.g. NM, LP, MP, HP) and whether the card is raw or graded. The matching engine weighs condition and grade compatibility, and misdeclaring condition is the fastest way to lose a rating and a buyer. If a card is professionally graded, include the grade — it affects match quality and what buyers will pay.

Want Lists and active sale listings are unlimited on every plan. Pro adds Want List priorities, named and shareable lists, price alerts, import/export and featured placement perks. Business also adds market insights for wanted cards.

7% of the sale price on Free, or 5% on Pro and Business. Sell a card for $80 and you keep $74.40 on Free or $76.00 on Pro. There is no listing fee, no monthly requirement, and no percentage stacked on top.

Card-for-card trades are never charged a percentage of card value. Each collector pays a flat Trade Protection fee: $2.99 on Free, $0 for Pro members and $1.49 on Business. Trades that go through CardSwap for inspection add a $1.59 Trade Inspection Fee per trader, plus $8.49 if you choose tracked delivery from CardSwap. If a trade includes a cash adjustment (e.g. Charizard + $75 for a Venusaur), CardSwap takes 5% of the $75 cash portion only — $3.75 — never 5% of the $425 card.

Yes. Free members pay 7% on cash sales; Pro and Business pay 5%. Pro also gets $0 trade protection (vs $2.99), high/medium/low Want List priorities, and advanced matching.

No. Listing a card, editing its price, and unpublishing it are all free. You only pay when money actually moves — a completed cash sale or an accepted trade.

Connect a Stripe account from Buy & sell (Payouts card). Once onboarding is complete and charges are enabled, sale proceeds are held until the buyer confirms delivery (or 7 days after payment, whichever comes first), then the seller's share goes to your connected account and CardSwap's sale fee is retained — no manual payouts, no invoicing.

Your first Stripe payout typically lands 7–14 calendar days after your first successful charge while Stripe verifies the account. After that, payouts follow the schedule on your Stripe Express dashboard — usually every business day or week, depending on your settings. Your Buy & sell dashboard mirrors the status of every order.

Sales still complete, but the order is marked for a manual payout instead of an automatic transfer. Connecting Stripe is the only way to get paid automatically — we recommend doing it before your first sale so nothing is pending.

The Buy & sell dashboard shows gross sales, the sale fee withheld, trade protection charges, and your payout history — so you always know your net without doing math.

CardSwap provides your transaction history for records, but you're responsible for reporting income per your local tax rules. Stripe may request identity details during onboarding to meet its own reporting requirements.

From your Seller page, fill in the consignment form with the card, its condition and your ask price, then ship it to CardSwap. Staff inspect it, store it and list it as a CardSwap Official listing. When it sells, you receive the sale price minus the consignment fee shown on your form.

Cards sold by CardSwap itself, including consigned cards, carry a "CardSwap Official" badge. CardSwap has inspected and stores these cards. They may show the catalog image instead of member photos.