How trading works

Cards for cards. The short version first — the full rules are at the bottom.

The basics

Add the cards you own to your collection — photos, condition, and your value.
List some of them and say what you'd take back.
Other traders offer cards from their own collections. You negotiate in chat.
Agree, and both sides ship to each other.

Trades are cross-category on purpose: a $90 baseball card can trade for two $60 football cards. That's the point, not an edge case.

Fees

Transaction fee: 5.00% per side
Minimum fee: $2.50

The fee is charged on the higher of your declared value or the market reference price. Declaring a card low to duck the fee doesn't work — and the same basis is what your rank caps and your Trade Protection cover are measured against.

Ranks

Rank is earned by completing trades cleanly. It sets how much value you can move at once.

Unranked3 clean trades to next

Per card: $150
Per trade: $200
At-faults before you drop: 1 → bronze

Silver3 clean trades to next

Per card: $300
Per trade: $600
At-faults before you drop: 1 → bronze

Gold7 clean trades to next

Per card: $500
Per trade: $1,000
At-faults before you drop: 2 → silver

Platinum10 clean trades to next

Per card: $1,000
Per trade: $2,000
At-faults before you drop: 2 → gold

Diamondtop rank

Per card: No limit
Per trade: No limit
At-faults before you drop: 2 → platinum

Bronze3 clean trades to next

Per card: $150
Per trade: $150
At-faults before you drop: 2 (account suspended)

How you move

Bronze is last in the list above because it is last in every sense: it is the only rank you arrive at by being at fault, and the only one where a second at-fault suspends the account rather than moving you down.

Everyone starts Unranked. Clean trades in a row move you up; at-faults move you down. Bronze is not a step on the ladder — it sits below Unranked and you only get there by being at fault.

Your record is wiped every time your rank changes, in either direction. A promotion is a clean slate, and so is a demotion: nothing you did at the old rank follows you to the new one. An at-fault also resets the run of clean trades you were building.

A declined payment is not an at-fault. It has its own handling, and nobody's rank moves because of their bank.

Condition

When in doubt, grade down. Under-promising causes no disputes; over-promising causes all of them.

Mint

Flawless to the naked eye. Sharp corners, clean edges, centering roughly 60/40 or better.

Near mint

One minor flaw allowed. No scratches, print marks, or creases.

Slightly used

Small surface imperfections. Edges and corners still good.

Used

Creases, scratches, white or chipped edges, rounded corners, water damage, or writing.

A written flaw description is required.

Graded (slabbed)

Slabbed by PSA, BGS, SGC, or CGC. Record the company and the grade.

Shipping

Reminder sent: Day 3
Late flag on your record: Day 5
Trade auto-cancels: Day 7
Claim window after delivery: 48 hours

Each side pays for and ships their own package using a prepaid label the platform generates and charges you for at the carrier's own price. The claim window opens only once both packages have been delivered, so neither side is put under a deadline before their card has arrived.

Trade Protection

Every trade is covered. If your card doesn't arrive, arrives as the wrong card, or arrives in worse condition than it was listed, we reimburse you once the claim is upheld. Cover is based on your card's effective value: whichever is lower of the value you declared and the market reference price, or just your declared value when the card has no reference price.

Included with every trade, covering up to: $80
Included cover costs: 3.50%, minimum $1.75
Optional upgrade to full cover: 6.00% of the effective value
An upheld claim pays: 100% of what is covered
Most we pay on one trade: $200
Most we pay one trader: $500 per 180 days
Time to claim after delivery: 48 hours

You choose before you pay, and your choice is locked in when you both confirm. It covers you whatever the other trader decides, and neither of you sees the other's choice until you have both decided. Cancel before either package is posted and the premium is refunded in full. The upgrade is only offered when it would actually buy you more cover than you already have.

Claims need a continuous unboxing video, filmed from an unopened package. When both sides of a trade claim against each other, nothing is paid automatically — a person reviews it.

Disputes and standing

Liability cap per trade: $200
At-faults counted: Since your last rank change
First suspension: 7 days
Second suspension: 30 days
Suspension ladder resets after: 90 days clean

Standing is a permanent log of what actually happened, not a score anyone can edit. A dispute that can't be resolved either way leaves the trade standing and costs neither side. A third suspension is permanent.

Chat and offers

Counteroffers: No limit
An offer expires after: 48 hours
A negotiation can run for: 5 days
Chat stays open after a trade: 48 hours
Collection access lasts: 24 hours

The round cap is on formal offers, not conversation — you can keep talking as long as you like.