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How it works

Buying, trading, keeping your want list and measuring centering, explained step by step.

Buying

You buy directly from other collectors. You have one cart per seller, so everything from that seller comes in one order.

  1. 01

    Find a card

    Search by name or set code. You see every listing of that card, with condition, language and price per seller.

  2. 02

    Add it to your cart

    You have one cart per seller. Buying from two sellers means checking out twice and receiving two parcels.

  3. 03

    Check out

    You pay through the payment provider with iDEAL or Bancontact, not directly to the seller. On top you pay a small amount for buyer protection, shown at checkout. The money is held until you say all is good.

  4. 04

    Choose how you get it

    Shipped with a label through Trademon, with track & trace, to your home or a pickup point nearby. Shipped by the seller. Picked up and paid on the site. Or picked up and paid in cash, then without buyer protection. Shipping works within and between the Netherlands and Belgium.

  5. 05

    Follow your order

    Under Orders you see where your order is and whose turn it is. With a label you follow the parcel with track & trace.

  6. 06

    All good?

    If the cards are right, choose "All good": only then does the seller get the money. If something is wrong, choose "There is a problem" and sort it out together, with money back or a return. If you cannot agree, an administrator helps.

  7. 07

    Review and update your collection

    Once the order is completed, you and the seller review each other. With one click per card you add the cards to your collection.

Trading

You can trade with any collector, without money. A trade can have several cards on both sides.

  1. 01

    Find a card to trade

    If a card is listed for trade, you can send the collector who has it a trade proposal.

  2. 02

    Put your trade together

    Choose the cards you get from the other collector’s listings: only what is up for trade. What you give, you choose from your own listings and your collection. A sparkle shows which cards the other collector still misses, and every card shows its trend price.

  3. 03

    The other side responds

    The other collector accepts, declines or makes a counter proposal. A proposal without an answer expires after 7 days. Until a trade is accepted, the cards stay available to everyone; after that, other proposals with the same cards are cancelled.

  4. 04

    Ship or meet

    Each of you ships their own cards, on your own or with a label through Trademon that you buy and print on the trade page. Or you meet to trade. Tick it off when you have the other collector's cards.

  5. 05

    Review and update your collection

    Once the trade is completed, you review each other and update your collection with one click per card.

Want list and collection

Your collection is what you have, your want list is what you are missing. Together they show who has the cards you are looking for.

  1. 01

    Keep your collection

    Add cards with condition, language and variant. You see them per set as binder pages: a tap on a card adds it, and with one tap you put a card on your want list or up for trade.

  2. 02

    Choose who sees your collection

    Your collection is private, for your friends only or public; you choose this on your collection page. Your want list is always visible to other collectors, so they know what you are looking for.

  3. 03

    Collect together

    Collecting with your partner, your child or your whole family? Then you share one collection, each with an account of your own. Per person you choose what they may do: view, keep track, or also trade and sell. You invite someone under Settings, Collection.

  4. 04

    Offer your doubles

    From your collection you create a listing in one click, for sale, for trade or both.

  5. 05

    Make your want list

    Add the cards and sealed products you are looking for, if you like with a minimum condition, language, variant or grade.

  6. 06

    See who has the most

    For each seller you see how many cards from your want list they offer, for example 8 of your 9.

  7. 07

    See who wants what you have

    Under Wanted you see which collectors are looking for cards you have up for trade or in your collection, so you can propose a trade. Below that is everything that is wanted, with how many collectors are looking for each card. Have it lying around? Offer it with one button.

  8. 08

    Get notified

    When cards from your want list come online, you get one email a day at 18:00 with everything together. You can turn it off in your settings.

Measure centering

Measure how well a card is centred before you have it graded or sell it. Anyone can use it, also without an account.

  1. 01

    Take a photo

    Put the card straight on a plain surface and take the photo from straight above. Your photo stays on your own device.

  2. 02

    Set the corners

    Drag four points onto the corners of the card. The meter then straightens the card, also when the photo is a little skewed.

  3. 03

    Set the borders

    Drag the lines onto the inside of the border. You see the centering right away, such as left/right 55/45 and top/bottom 52/48.

  4. 04

    See which grade it fits

    For PSA and CGC you see the highest grade the centering fits. Measure the back too, and it counts as well. This is centering only: corners, edges and surface also count for a grade.

  5. 05

    On your listing

    On your own listing you measure the centering on your photos and save the measurement with the photo.

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