The best place to sell Pokémon cards depends on what you have. Raw singles sell best on TCGplayer or eBay. Graded cards do well on eBay, through PSA’s consignment service or at Fanatics Collect. If you want cash today, a local card shop or a mail-in buylist (a store’s list of cards it buys) will pay you fastest, but below market. Bulk commons go to a bulk buyer by the thousand, and graded cards worth several thousand dollars or more go to an auction house like Goldin or Heritage.
Several platforms changed their fees this year, so every figure here has a date on it. “Raw” means an ungraded card, and a “slab” is a card graded and sealed in a plastic case by a company like PSA.
Selling fees compared
| Where | What you pay | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| TCGplayer | 10.75% (capped at $75 a card) plus 2.5% + $0.30 payment processing | Raw singles |
| eBay | 13.25% of the sale up to $7,500, then 2.35% above that, plus $0.30 or $0.40 per order | Anything: raw, graded, lots, sealed |
| PSA consignment | 13% + $3 under $100, falling to 7% at $5,000 and up. No separate eBay fees | Graded cards |
| Whatnot | 8% of the item price plus 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing | Live auctions |
| Fanatics Collect | No seller fee on auctions; 6% on Buy Now if priced near market value, 12% if priced higher | Graded cards |
| Goldin | No published seller commission; $5 if a card sells under $50 or doesn’t sell | Graded cards worth $100 and up |
| Mercari | 10%, no processing fee | Casual sales, small lots |
| Local shop or buylist | No fee, but they pay well under market | Fast cash, bulk |
Here’s roughly what each takes from a $100 card with $5 shipping paid by the buyer, assuming 7% sales tax:
| Where | Fees on a $100 card |
|---|---|
| Fanatics Collect Buy Now (graded only, priced near market value) | $6.00 |
| Mercari | $10.50 |
| Whatnot | $11.56 |
| PSA consignment (graded only, not counting the cost of sending it to PSA) | $13.00 |
| TCGplayer | $14.40 |
| eBay (no store) | $15.29 |
Fees aren’t the whole story. eBay has the most buyers, which can help a card sell faster or for more.
Graded or raw: where each sells best
| What you’re selling | Where to start |
|---|---|
| Raw singles under $20 | TCGplayer, or eBay with Standard Envelope shipping |
| Raw singles, $20 to $200 | TCGplayer, eBay, Whatnot |
| Raw singles over $200 | eBay (Authenticity Guarantee applies), or TCGplayer (new sellers can list a card up to $500; over $1,000 needs Level 3) |
| Graded cards under $100 | eBay yourself, or Fanatics Collect Buy Now |
| Graded cards, $100 to $7,500 | eBay, PSA consignment, Fanatics Collect or Goldin auctions |
| Graded cards over $7,500 | Goldin, Heritage, Fanatics Collect’s Premier auctions (for cards estimated at $25,000 and up), PSA consignment at 7%, or eBay yourself (2.35% on the amount over $7,500) |
| Bulk | Mail-in bulk buylists or a local shop |
| Sealed product | eBay, Whatnot, or a buylist for a quick sale |
Thinking of grading a card before you sell it? The grading calculator works out whether the fee is likely to pay for itself, and our step-by-step guide to grading covers Pokémon cards too.
Before you sell: identify and price the card
First make sure you know exactly which card you have. The set symbol and card number tell you the set (our list of Pokémon set symbols covers every English set), and the rarity symbol tells you which version it is. A card’s name alone isn’t enough: the same Pokémon can be a $1 card or a $500 card depending on the set and the art.
Then look up what it has actually sold for, not what people are asking:
- TCGplayer Market Price is based on recent sales on TCGplayer. It’s the best guide for raw, near mint modern cards.
- eBay sold listings show about the last 90 days. Filter by “Sold items”. eBay’s free Terapeak tool, in Seller Hub, goes back three years.
- 130point can show the accepted price on many eBay Best Offer sales, which eBay’s sold listings don’t show.
- PSA Auction Prices Realized is a free list of PSA-graded sales, handy for seeing the gap between a PSA 9 and a PSA 10.
- PriceCharting and Card Ladder combine sales from several sites. Card Ladder’s full sales history needs a paid subscription.
Condition matters a lot. Market prices assume near mint (close to perfect), and a card with worn white edges on the back or a crease sells for much less. If a card is valuable, it may be worth grading before you sell (see the graded or raw section above).
TCGplayer: best for raw singles
TCGplayer is the main US marketplace for Pokémon singles, so it’s the first place to list raw cards from a few dollars up to a few hundred. You pay a 10.75% commission on the card and shipping, capped at $75 per card, plus a 2.5% + $0.30 payment fee on the order. TCGplayer raised the commission from 10.25% in February 2026. Payments go out every Monday and Thursday, once an order has been delivered and 24 hours have passed.
New sellers start at Level 1, which lets you list up to 100 cards at once, worth up to $1,000 in total, and no single card over $500. You move up levels by completing orders with good feedback. So if your first sale is a $600 card, TCGplayer isn’t an option yet.
Two things you may have read that are out of date: TCGplayer stopped buying cards from players when it shut its buylist in July 2024, and TCGplayer Direct (where TCGplayer ships your orders for you) is only open to high-volume Level 4 sellers.
eBay: the biggest audience
eBay sells everything: raw and graded singles, lots, sealed product and vintage. For trading cards it charges 13.25% of the total sale, including shipping and sales tax, up to $7,500, then 2.35% on anything above that, plus $0.30 per order ($0.40 over $10). A Basic store or higher drops the rate to 12.35% on the first $2,500, but the store costs about $22 to $28 a month.
Two eBay features help card sellers:
- eBay Standard Envelope is tracked shipping for cards selling for $20 or less, with labels from $0.82. It’s the cheapest way to ship a single card with tracking.
- Authenticity Guarantee covers single cards selling for $200 or more, raw or graded. You ship the card to an authenticator, who checks that it’s real and matches your listing, then sends it on to the buyer. eBay pays for that second leg. It protects you from buyers who send back a different card, and buyers trust it. Cards over $750 need a signature on delivery.
The downside is that eBay’s fee is the highest on cheap cards, and you deal with returns and “not as described” claims yourself.
PSA Vault and consignment: graded cards without the shipping
What used to be the eBay Vault is now the PSA Vault. You can store graded cards there (PSA, SGC, Beckett or CGC slabs, not raw cards) and have PSA sell them on eBay for you. PSA takes the photos, ships the card and handles the buyer, and you pay one fee instead of eBay’s:
| Sale price | PSA’s fee |
|---|---|
| Under $100 | 13% + $3 |
| $100 to $499 | 13% |
| $500 to $999 | 12% |
| $1,000 to $2,499 | 10% |
| $2,500 to $4,999 | 9% |
| $5,000 and up | 7% |
Under $100, the flat $3 makes PSA more expensive than selling on eBay yourself. From $100 up, PSA’s single fee is lower than what eBay would charge you, and PSA does the shipping. On very expensive cards, above about $18,000, eBay’s 2.35% rate on the amount over $7,500 makes selling on eBay yourself cheaper than PSA’s 7%.
Fanatics Collect (formerly PWCC)
PWCC became Fanatics Collect in 2024. It sells graded cards that are stored in its vault, through weekly auctions with no seller fee (the buyer pays a premium instead) or as Buy Now listings, with a 6% fee if you price close to Card Ladder’s market value and 12% if you price well above it. You can also choose to be paid in FanCash, which cuts the fee to nothing, but FanCash is for spending with Fanatics and Topps, not for withdrawing to your bank. Raw cards have to be graded first through its grading partners.
Whatnot: live auctions
Whatnot is live-stream selling. Most sellers pay 8% of the item price plus 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing, and once you sell $15,000 or more in four weeks, your rate drops for the next four weeks (Whatnot changed to this system on September 21, 2026). There’s also a limited-time 0% commission on the amount above $1,500 in a single order.
The fees are reasonable, but Whatnot works best if you have an audience. An auction that starts at $1 in a quiet stream can sell for $1. If you don’t want to stream, some streamers will sell your cards on consignment for a cut. Whatnot recommends filming yourself packing every order.
High-end cards: Goldin and Heritage
For graded cards worth several thousand dollars or more, like a vintage 1st Edition holo or a gem mint modern chase card, the big auction houses bring the serious buyers. Goldin runs weekly auctions for graded cards worth $100 or more and Elite auctions from about $7,500. Buyers pay a 22% premium on top of the winning bid. Goldin doesn’t publish a standard seller commission, so ask a consignment director before you send anything. Its fixed-price marketplace closed in 2024. Heritage Auctions runs trading card game auctions too. It doesn’t publish its seller commission either, so get the terms in writing before you consign (send cards for it to sell).
Other places to sell online
- Mercari charges 10% of the item price and shipping, with no payment fee since January 2025. It’s fine for casual sales and small lots, but fewer serious Pokémon buyers shop there.
- COMC lists your cards for you for an upfront fee of $0.65 to $2.00 a card, depending on how fast you want them listed. The slowest service takes about 16 weeks and has a $65 minimum, and cards sent in on the two cheaper services can’t be listed above $100. It only makes sense for cards worth well above the fee.
- Facebook groups and Reddit (like r/pkmntcgtrades) have no platform fees, but you’re on your own if a deal goes wrong. Take payment by PayPal Goods and Services (2.99% as of September 2026), never Friends and Family, and check a buyer’s history before you ship.
- Cardmarket is the European equivalent of TCGplayer, for sellers based in Europe.
Selling sports cards too? Our guide to where to sell cards online covers selling apps, social media and setting up your own store.
Selling to a buylist
A buylist is a store’s list of the cards it will buy and what it pays. You submit your cards online, mail them in, and get paid once they’re checked. It’s quick and there are no fees, but the prices are well below what you’d get selling to collectors yourself. Most stores pay more if you take store credit instead of cash.
- CoolStuffInc buys Pokémon singles and sealed product, and adds 25% if you take store credit.
- Troll and Toad‘s online store is offline while it moves, but its buylist is still open. It’s mostly buying sealed packs and bulk, with a 10% bonus for store credit.
- Many local game stores run their own mail-in buylists too.
Card Kingdom doesn’t buy Pokémon cards, whatever older articles say. Before you sell, check the same card on two buylists and on TCGplayer, so you know how far under market the offer is.
Selling Pokémon cards near you
Local card shops and game stores are the fastest way to turn cards into cash. There’s no standard rate. Shops set their own, and they pay below market because they have to resell at a profit. As one example, Knight & Day Games says its cash offers on singles average about 60% of market, with up to 80% in store credit case by case. Before you hand over your cards, ask what percentage the shop pays and which price it’s a percentage of.
Card shows usually have dealers who buy. Sort your cards by value before you go, and bring recent sold prices on your phone so you can negotiate. Most dealers won’t want bulk.
GameStop buys graded Pokémon cards, but only PSA slabs with PSA’s current label, graded 8, 9 or 10, and at most $1,500 per card. It doesn’t buy raw cards or cards graded by other companies. The offer is instant and non-negotiable, paid in cash or store credit, and based partly on Card Ladder’s sales data.
Pawn shops and “we buy anything” stores tend to pay less than card shops. Staff rarely know which cards matter, and they need a big margin. Get an offer from a card shop before you try one.
Selling bulk Pokémon cards
Bulk means the everyday cards: commons, uncommons, reverse holos and energy. It sells by the thousand, for very little. Here’s what three mail-in buyers were paying in September 2026. Most bulk buyers only take English cards.
| Card type | Troll and Toad | Meta TCG | Mighty Meeple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common, uncommon or trainer | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.01 |
| Reverse holo common or uncommon | $0.05 | $0.035 | $0.03 |
| Holo rare | $0.06 | $0.035 | $0.03 |
| Basic energy | n/a | $0.005 | n/a |
| ex, V and similar | $0.70 to $0.75 | $0.50 | $0.05 |
So 1,000 plain commons and uncommons are worth about $10 to $20 at per-card rates (Troll and Toad pays $27 for a sorted 1,000-card lot), before you pay to ship them. A thousand cards weigh about 4 pounds, so the postage takes a real bite. Before you sell a box of bulk, pull out anything that might be worth more: modern ex and full art cards, illustration rares, and any older Wizards of the Coast cards. Check them on TCGplayer first. If the rest isn’t worth the postage, a local shop’s bulk bin or a kid who’s just starting out are good homes for it.
How to pack and ship a single card
Put the card in a penny sleeve, then a toploader (a rigid plastic holder), and tape a small piece of cardboard or a second toploader over it so it can’t bend. For cards under $20 on eBay, that can go in a plain envelope with eBay Standard Envelope tracking. For anything more valuable, use a bubble mailer with tracking, and add insurance and a signature above a few hundred dollars. Our guide to toploader sizes covers which one fits.
Selling a whole collection
Selling everything at once to a shop or dealer is the fastest option and gets the lowest price. You’ll usually get more by pulling out the best cards and selling them on their own, then selling the rest as bulk or in lots. If you’ve inherited a collection and don’t know where to start, see what to do with an inherited card collection.
How to sell safely
- Use PayPal Goods and Services for private sales, never Friends and Family. Friends and Family payments get no seller protection. Even Goods and Services doesn’t protect you against “significantly not as described” claims or sales handed over in person.
- Ship with tracking, always. Without it you lose an “item not received” claim. For valuable cards, add insurance and a signature on delivery.
- Film yourself packing valuable cards, showing the card and the sealed package. It’s your evidence if a buyer claims the envelope was empty or sends back a different card.
- Watch out for fakes coming back to you. A buyer can return a fake in place of your real card. Know how to spot fake Pokémon cards and fake PSA slabs, and note the cert number of any slab you sell.
- Meet in public for in-person sales: inside a card shop, or at a police station’s safe exchange spot. Take cash, and bring a friend for expensive cards.
Do you have to pay taxes on selling Pokémon cards?
This isn’t tax advice, but here’s the outline for US sellers. Profit from selling cards is taxable income whether or not you get a tax form. Marketplaces and payment apps only have to send you a federal Form 1099-K if you receive more than $20,000 and have more than 200 transactions in a year. Congress restored that threshold in 2025, replacing a planned drop to $600, but some states report at much lower amounts. A 1099-K shows your gross sales, not your profit, so keep a record of what you paid for your cards. Trading cards are generally treated as collectibles, and long-term gains on collectibles are taxed at up to 28%. The IRS’s Form 1099-K page has the details. For anything more than a few sales, ask an accountant.
FAQ
Does GameStop buy Pokémon cards?
Only graded ones. GameStop buys Pokémon cards graded PSA 8, 9 or 10 in PSA’s current label, up to $1,500 per card, for cash or store credit. It doesn’t buy raw cards or cards graded by other companies.
Where can I sell Pokémon cards for the most money?
Selling directly to collectors pays the most: TCGplayer for raw singles, eBay for almost anything, and auction houses for high-end graded cards. Shops and buylists pay less because they need to resell at a profit.
Does TCGplayer buy Pokémon cards?
No. TCGplayer closed its buylist in July 2024. You can still sell on TCGplayer’s marketplace, but you’re selling to other collectors, not to TCGplayer.
Is it worth selling bulk Pokémon cards?
Only in large amounts. Buyers pay about 1 to 2 cents for a common or uncommon, so 1,000 cards bring about $10 to $20 before shipping. Pull out the ex, full art and older cards first, because they’re worth more on their own.
How do I sell Pokémon cards near me?
Try local card shops and game stores first, then card shows. Ask each shop what percentage of market price it pays and whether store credit pays more. If you have PSA 8 to 10 slabs, GameStop will make an instant offer.
How much does eBay take when you sell a Pokémon card?
13.25% of the total sale, including shipping and sales tax, up to $7,500, plus $0.30 or $0.40 per order. On a $100 card with $5 shipping, that’s about $15.