Last updated October 2026. Pricing checked against Card Dealer Pro’s site on October 4, 2026.
Card Dealer Pro is software that turns scans of your cards into eBay listings: it matches each card to a database, writes the title and item specifics, and lists the cards for you. I used it with a document scanner to list thousands of cards from a collection I’d been offered $400 for. This review covers how it works, what it costs now, which scanners work with it, and whether it’s worth it, with my results and those of another seller, Nate Lake.
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Verdict
Worth it if you have hundreds or thousands of cards to list on eBay and a scanner, or are willing to buy one. It recognized almost everything I scanned, and it cut the listing work down to checking titles and setting prices.
Skip it if you list a few dozen cards a month, mostly sell slabs one at a time, or don’t want another monthly bill. eBay’s free card scanning in the app does the identification for a handful of cards.
Price: $9 to $59 a month (Prospect, Majors and All-Star plans), with a 7-day free trial on Prospect.
Our results: about 7,000 cards listed and about 1,000 sold in the months after I started, as of when this review was first published in May 2024.
Promo code: RORZ gets you 500 extra scans.
How Card Dealer Pro works
- Scan. Scan cards into a batch with Card Dealer Pro’s free desktop app, Trading Card Scanner (Windows and Mac), or upload JPG images or photos from your phone. Each card uses one AI credit.
- Match. Card Dealer Pro matches each card against its card database, which covers sports cards, trading card games like Pokémon, and non-sports cards. Graded cards are usually added by looking up the cert number (PSA, CGC, SGC and Beckett are supported).
- Check and price. You review the title, condition and price for each card. This is where most of your time goes.
- List. Card Dealer Pro lists directly to eBay, and also connects to CollX, Whatnot and Shopify. You can export a CSV instead, but then your inventory won’t sync between marketplaces.
Card Dealer Pro pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Billed annually | AI credits a month | Marketplaces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect | $9 | $8/month | 500 | CollX + 1 |
| Majors | $19 | $16/month | 1,100 | CollX + 2 |
| All-Star | $59 | $49/month | 5,000 | CollX + 3 |
One credit covers one card added to a batch. If you run out, Card Dealer Pro sells extra credit packs, from $29 for 1,000 credits up to $1,499 for 100,000. The free trial is 7 days on the Prospect plan and needs a credit card. The plan names and prices in Nate’s and my answers below are from when we signed up, and the plans changed in March 2026.
What you pay all-in: the plan, an eBay Store if you want one (eBay lists the Starter Store at $4.95 a month and the Basic Store at $21.95 a month on an annual subscription), and a scanner if you don’t already have one.
Scanners that work with Card Dealer Pro
Card Dealer Pro says it “works with any jpeg image and does not require any specific hardware.” Its tested list is:
- Auto-feed: Ricoh (Fujitsu) fi-8170 (its most recommended), fi-8040, fi-7160 and fi-7030
- Flatbed: Epson V600 (its most recommended) and Epson V550
I use a Ricoh (Fujitsu) fi-7030, which Ricoh has since discontinued and replaced with the fi-8040. For volume, the Ricoh (Fujitsu) fi-8170 is the one Card Dealer Pro recommends most; our fi-8170 card scanner guide covers setup and settings. Nate uses a Canon CanoScan LiDE 300 flatbed. It isn’t on the tested list, but it works because Card Dealer Pro takes any JPG. To compare all of these, see our best scanner for sports cards guide.
You’ll also want a thermal label printer for shipping. Mine sits on the shelf above the scanner; a Rollo Wireless prints 4×6 labels with no ink.
Can you use Card Dealer Pro without a scanner?
Yes. Card Dealer Pro’s help center lists “Upload from Phone” as the way to add cards “without a scanner”: you take photos or upload images from your phone into a batch. You can also upload JPG files you already have, search the database by hand, or add graded cards by cert number. A scanner just makes it much faster at volume, because it captures fronts and backs in one pass. Our guide to scanning trading cards for eBay covers both routes.
How I got started with Card Dealer Pro
Like many collectors, I used to rip wax anytime I could get my hands on it. Through twenty years of birthday, Christmas, and other fun rips I ended up amassing roughly a hundred thousand cards that sat in boxes, buried in a closet. I later took an entire summer to go through them, feeling like Indiana Jones as I uncovered Mike Trout rookies, first-year Prizm Football, and so much more, and organized the twenty 5,000-count boxes by sport, year and team.
Over time my wax ventures slowed as I worked on my specific PC, and the boxes served less of a purpose. Rather than sell the entire collection for a flat rate of just twenty dollars per 5,000-count box (about $400 in all), I took a leap of faith. I had heard for months about people who bought document scanners (like the ones seen in offices) and used programs to list thousands of cards a week on eBay.
I bought a document scanner, a Fujitsu 7030 (roughly $600 at the time), an eBay store ($20 a month), and a Card Dealer Pro subscription ($50 a month then) to list up to 5,000 cards a month. While waiting the week for my scanner to arrive I bulked up on shipping supplies, a shelf for organization, and went through the arduous slog of going through a hundred thousand cards to see what was actually worth listing. In the end, I had twenty thousand cards set aside and ready to go.
Looking back I wasn’t prepared for what I was about to undertake. I was unfamiliar with Card Dealer Pro’s software, had never listed this big of a number of cards at once, and truthfully had no idea who would buy from an eBay store with zero feedback. But after downloading Card Dealer Pro’s software and connecting my scanner, a lot of these concerns were lifted. I was scanning cards into the program I thought were too old or obscure to match, but I was wrong, and in one afternoon I had over three hundred autographs, relics, and numbered cards ready to list. While not perfect, the titles and descriptions were easily editable, and so were the prices.
Once I finished my massive upload to my new eBay store I hit the hay with very little expectation. What I did not expect is that I would wake up with a few sales, and from there my store snowballed. Over three months these cards were going out the door and money for once-forgotten cards was coming in. I made far more than the original four hundred dollars I was offered, and I was also able to add some amazing pieces to my collection.
Card Dealer Pro Q&A: two sellers, two setups
Nate Lake (@NateLakeCards) sells on eBay with a flatbed and Card Dealer Pro. Here’s how our setups compare, then our answers in full.
| Ibreak Cards | Nate Lake | |
|---|---|---|
| Scanner | Ricoh (Fujitsu) fi-7030 (auto-feed) | Canon CanoScan LiDE 300 (flatbed) |
| Cards scanned in 15 minutes | “a few hundred” | “40-50” |
| Plan when we answered | All Star, 5,000 scans | Rookie, 2,500 scans |
| Favorite feature | Recognizes “99% of what I scan” | The eBay integration |
| Biggest problem | Glossy cards jam; can’t scan relics or slabs | Slow; glossy cards scan dark |
What kind of scanner do you use and how many cards do you think you can scan in about fifteen minutes?
@IbreakCards: “I use a Fujitsu-7030 document scanner that allows me to set about thirty cards in the scanner tray at a time. I could probably scan a few hundred cards in a fifteen minute timeframe as you can replenish the tray while the machine runs”
@NateLakeCards: “I use a Canon CanoScan LiDE 300, which is a flatbed scanner, so my scanning takes a lot longer. I use the Trading Card Scanner app which is produced by CollX in conjunction with Card Dealer Pro. It works really well with flatbed scanners. I can scan probably 40-50 cards in a 15-minute time frame, so it’s a slower process.”
What is your favorite feature of Card Dealer Pro?
@IbreakCards: “I love that Card Dealer Pro’s software recognizes 99% of what I scan. Sure, sometimes it thinks a card is serial numbered, but that is a very quick fix with customizable titles.”
@NateLakeCards: “I love the eBay integration. I’ve had hardly any issues with uploading my .csv files from Card Dealer Pro to eBay. It cuts out probably 75% of the time it would take to do individual eBay listings. The compatibility is legitimate and I’ve only had a few error messages when uploading to eBay, which have usually been my own errors.”
What are the pros and cons of the scanner you use?
@IbreakCards: “The Fujitsu is great because it is a self-feeding machine that can scan a lot of cards very quickly. The only downfall is the type of cards that it cannot scan. It will get stuck on almost any glossy cards and cannot scan thicker items like relics or graded cards”
@NateLakeCards: “The main pro is that my scanner was cheap (about $60) and does a really good job for the cost. It does what I need it to do. However, one con is that t’s pretty slow, which lessens my ability to upload mass quantities of listings. It scans at 300 dpi which I initially thought was a good enough resolution, but I’d actually prefer a bit higher quality in my scans now that I’ve been in the game a while. Finally, some of the glossy cards can scan weirdly, which is more due to the nature of the card than the scanner, but base Panini Prizm cards, base Topps Chrome cards and other similar cards can show up much darker than they appear.”
What Card Dealer Pro subscription plan do you have and why?
@IbreakCards: “After undertaking such a large task I use the five thousand scans a month subscription, called the All Star Tier. This subscription is fifty dollars a month and you can keep track of how many scans you’ve used by looking at the home page”
@NateLakeCards: “I recently upgraded to the Rookie plan, which includes 2,500 scans per month. After using all 1,100 scans at the Minors tier, I had no choice but to upgrade because the daily success of my eBay business relies heavily on Card Dealer Pro. I consider it this way… it pays for itself with about 20 sales of very low-end cards, which I can typically cover in 2-3 days.”
How has Card Dealer Pro affected your card selling ability?
@IbreakCards: “I went from never listing on eBay, since I frequent card shows quite a bit, to undertaking a twenty thousand card listing project. Since February I’ve listed roughly seven thousand cards and had about a thousand cards sell. I never thought I’d be able to list in such a high quantity so quickly, It’s been a huge game changer for me”
@NateLakeCards: “It completely changed the game for me. I went from a complete newbie at selling on eBay to a Top Rated Seller in just a few months. I’ve now sold over 1,000 items, with most of them coming in the last few months after starting with Card Dealer Pro. It’s a must-have for any seller.”
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Matches nearly everything, including older and obscure cards (“99% of what I scan”)
- Lists straight to eBay, and to CollX, Whatnot and Shopify
- Cuts listing time: Nate puts it at “probably 75% of the time it would take to do individual eBay listings”
- Works with a scanner, a flatbed or phone photos
Cons:
- A monthly bill that only pays off if you list steadily
- Feeder scanners jam on glossy cards and can’t take relics or slabs; flatbeds are slow
- Small detection errors, like calling a card serial numbered when it isn’t, need fixing by hand
- A CSV export doesn’t keep inventory in sync; you need to list from Card Dealer Pro for that
Card Dealer Pro alternatives
- TCG Automate: scans cards and builds listings for eBay, TCGplayer, Whatnot and Shopify. Plans start at $10 a month for 500 scans, with a 7-day trial on its Beginner plan. It works with phone photos and recommends the Ricoh fi-8170 if you use a scanner.
- Kronozio: inventory and selling software for collectibles, with AI identification for trading cards. Paid plans start at $10 a month, with a 7-day free trial.
- CardLuma: identifies, prices and lists cards straight to eBay, from $10 a month for 1,000 scans, with a 14-day trial.
- CollX: a phone app for identifying and pricing cards, with its own marketplace. Card Dealer Pro is “Powered by CollX,” and CollX Pro ($9.99 a month) includes a free 90-day Card Dealer Pro subscription.
Prices are from each company’s own site, checked October 4, 2026.
Is Card Dealer Pro worth it?
Nate’s rule of thumb is the simplest way to think about it: “it pays for itself with about 20 sales of very low-end cards, which I can typically cover in 2-3 days.” At today’s prices, a seller on the Majors plan with a Basic eBay Store pays about $41 a month before eBay’s selling fees, and an All-Star seller about $81. A scanner is a one-time cost on top: $638 for a new fi-8040 or $1,445 for an fi-8170 on Ricoh’s store.
My case was the clearest version of the math: a collection offered to me for $400 sold for far more, card by card, once it was listed. If you have the cards and the time to check listings, it pays off. If your cards are mostly sorted out already and you list a few at a time, eBay’s free card scanning or a phone does the job without the monthly bill.
FAQ
Is Card Dealer Pro worth it?
For sellers with hundreds of cards a month to list, yes, in our experience. Nate covers his plan with about 20 low-end sales. For a few cards a month, the subscription is hard to justify.
How much is Card Dealer Pro per month?
$9 (Prospect, 500 cards), $19 (Majors, 1,100 cards) or $59 (All-Star, 5,000 cards) billed monthly, or $8, $16 and $49 a month billed annually, as of October 2026.
Can I use Card Dealer Pro without a scanner?
Yes. You can add cards by taking photos with your phone, uploading JPG files, searching the database, or entering a cert number for graded cards.
What scanners work with Card Dealer Pro?
It accepts any JPG image. Its tested list is the Ricoh (Fujitsu) fi-8170, fi-8040, fi-7160 and fi-7030 feeders and the Epson V600 and V550 flatbeds, with the fi-8170 and V600 most recommended.
Does Card Dealer Pro work for Pokémon cards?
Yes. Its database covers sports cards, trading card games and non-sports cards, and it has separate eBay templates for TCG cards like Pokémon.
Is there a Card Dealer Pro promo code?
Yes. Use code RORZ when you sign up for Card Dealer Pro to get 500 extra scans.
