How trading works
Cards for cards. Everything on this page is read live from the platform's own rules.
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
- 3.00% per side
- Minimum fee
- $2
- Minimum fee, no reference price
- $5
- Minimum trade value
- $5
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 it's also how the authentication threshold is calculated.
Ranks
Rank is earned by completing trades cleanly. It sets how much value you can move at once.
- Per card
- $150
- Per trade
- $300
- Cards per trade
- 5
- Per card
- $300
- Per trade
- $600
- Cards per trade
- 5
- Per card
- $500
- Per trade
- $1,000
- Cards per trade
- 20
- Per card
- $1,000
- Per trade
- $2,000
- Cards per trade
- 25
- Per card
- No limit
- Per trade
- No limit
- Cards per trade
- 25
New accounts
For your first 3 completed trades, you're capped at $150 per card and $200 per trade, whatever your rank. It keeps a brand-new account from moving serious value on day one.
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. Shipping isn't built yet — for now, arrange it in chat.
Disputes and standing
- Liability cap per trade
- $200
- Authentication required above
- $200
- Strikes counted over
- 90 days
- Strikes before demotion
- 3
- Clean trades to clear strikes
- 10
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.
Chat and offers
- Formal offer rounds
- 2
- 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.