Did you know you’re free to make money selling trading cards?

Whatever the case, were here to help you sell your trading cards.

How Much Money Can I Make Selling Trading Cards?

A stack of Pokemon cards and magic cards are spread out on a table.

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you might absolutely makequick moneyselling your trading cards.

Though it is totally up in the air how much and how fast.

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There are some that are going for as low as $90 and others priced in the thousands.

This is a card that moves fast.

As of this writing, 25 cards have been sold in the past week.

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That means somewhere around 15% of this specific card for sale is sold weekly.

If you dont, it will probably takelonger to selland be worth less.

You likely do have a few rare and valuable cards stored away.

Though we all know that is not the bulk of the cards, most are likely very low value.

Did you know?

To be upfront: You most likely wont be rolling in the dough selling your trading cards.

Where Do I Sell Trading Cards?

Marketplaces are your best friends when it comes to selling trading cards.

Some are better than others.

And some are specifically designed for selling trading cards.

eBay is likely the first place you think of when selling random items online.

Though you’re free to find out off-site thanks to SportsCardsPro.

It is just not upfront like on TCGPlayer.

The other drawback is that low-value cards cannot be listed, really at all.

The only exception would be in bulk, which you dont really want to ship around.

But it’s possible for you to do that on a site like TCGPlayer.

And why would you list such a worthless card instead of selling it in bulk?

Well, it provides an opportunity to get as much money as you could from it and more orders.

More orders, especially with good ratings, is better than fewer.

Sellers fees for using eBay include a10-15% charge on the final value of the purchase.

You also can list 250 items each month for free.

But for those of you with extensive card collections, theres a $0.35 fee per listing after 250.

As far as shipping options, eBay only provides recommendations.

Facebook Marketplace is absolutely the Wild West when it comes to selling trading cards.

You could list items for sale at prices that are about as random as a garage sale.

That could be either good or bad depending on the card and the price.

Just about every form of shipping fulfillment option appears valid, as long as the customer gets their purchase.

Facebook marketplace is free to list items on, but there is typically a fee for selling.

Currently,fees are waived for all shipped orders until June 30, 2023.

Anything past that is yours to keep.

There are also Facebook groups of fans, collectors, and players of whatever trading cards you are selling.

Most, if not all, of these Facebook Groups simply connect buyers and sellers to make sales easier.

However, payment, terms of payment, shipping options, etc.

are to be determined between buyer and seller.

So keep that in mind.

Facebook has purchase protection, which is free, but only on purchases through Facebook.

There are even plans to begin sellingsports cards.

TCGPlayer lets you upload cards, with images if youd like, and sell directly to the consumer.

They will deal with sales tax and process payments to you.

You will only be able to start selling with 50 listings, however.

You will start at Level 1 so this is what will be taken out most of the time.

The only way to maintain confirmation is to use something like USPSs tracking.

But that costs $5.

Regardless, TCGPlayer is rather fair.

COMCis a website that sells tons of varying kinds of collectibles.

They sell all kinds of sports cards from baseball to soccer to gold and more.

They also sell gaming and trading cards like Star Wars, Pokemon, and Magic: the Gathering.

you might then set the prices for the cards as well as correspond with buyers.

However, this is where it differs because COMC basically takes care of everything from there.

They automatically create an eBay listing under their store on eBay.

They can also provide historical sales data, which is hard to come by in the sports card niche.

COMC touts no shipping costs for sellers, they insure your items, and they even can suggest prices.

They do, however, have arather complicated list of feesfor working with them.

SportsCardsProis a website focused on, naturally, sports cards.

They have immediate tabs for baseball, basketball, football and more.

They also allow listings for trading cards,video gamesand comic books.

This website itself doesnt seem to be as popular as COMC, eBay and others for selling sports cards.

But that does not mean theres no one on the site.

The volume and amount of postings do appear to be significantly less as seen with thisDerek Jeter search.

This is because SportsCardsPro is actually a great provider of whats actively listed on eBay.

However, they also have a pretty gooddeal for sellers.

Creating an account is free.

Listing an item is free.

Selling an item is free.

You only have to pay a processing fee for your payment.

Which theyshowto be between a 2.9-9% fee for a more expensive item to a less expensive item.

You will not be able to charge for shipping, however.

And you will need a PayPal business account to process the payments.

You also will be mailing the purchased card or cards directly to the buyer through whatever means you choose.

How Do I Price Trading Cards?

Pricing your trading cards is mostly based on the market and condition of the card.

Market prices can sound difficult to figure out as a one-person operation.

Especially if you are choosing to sell a card on eBay or Facebook.

The data is simply harder to come by or figure out on those websites.

There is the option on eBay to review last sold listing for similar cards.

Sports cards values are much harder to determine compared to gaming cards like Pokemon or Magic.

Under that show only option, select sold items.

This is the ungraded price, which most of your cards will be unless you pay for grading.

You may have also heard of or seen graded cards.

These cards are officially graded by a company likePSAorCCG.

TCGPlayers catalog generally does not have graded cards on their marketplace.

Grading

To get a card graded, you will have to pay money and send it in for grading.

You will have to consider the price of the grading service for this.

To go back to our beloved Derek Jeter, an ungraded 1992 Rookie Card is worth $10.

But a Grade 7 card is worth $13.

If it is, a PSA 10 could go for $355.

Conditioning

Conditioning is what TCGPlayer uses to assign the condition a card is in.

Near mint means the card is essentially flawless, right out of the packaging.

Heavily damaged, of course, means the card is heavily damaged, lots of scratches or a bend.

Each tier of conditioning has an explanation onTCGPlayers guideso you know what condition a card is in.

Honesty is better in this case, and you will have to condition each card individually.

(Note that I am also not selling graded cards, which are essentially paid conditioning.)

This is especially true in case a card is damaged en route to the buyer.

How Do I Ship Trading Cards?

Which brings us right to how to ship your sold trading cards.

But it definitely depends on what the buyer ordered and the value of the cards.

Youd still sleeve each individual card and place those cards into a special plastic packaging calledteam bags.

Include a single Toploader to give the bag a backbone.

You should use two stamps because of its weight and size.

Per theUSPSone stamp for one plain white envelope can carry up to 1 ounce of weight.

A single card in a Toploader will be covered by this.

This is because when an envelope gets a little too fat, it becomes nonmachinable.

When its nonmachineable, there is a surcharge for processing the mail.

It may make sense when the card you sell is uber valuable, like $50 or more.

Dennis Lynch is a civil engineer turned freelance writer with a passion for personal finance.

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