Where to sell sports cards
The best place to sell a sports card depends on what it's worth, whether it's graded, and how much of the work you want to do yourself. Here's how the main options compare on fees and effort, and which cards suit each.
Checked October 2, 2026
At a glance
| Where | Best for | Seller fees | Who does the work |
|---|---|---|---|
| eBay | Almost everything: raw and graded singles, lots, sealed | 13.25% of the total plus $0.30 or $0.40 an order | You list and ship |
| COMC | Many raw or graded singles from a few dollars to about $50 | Intake fee per card, a fee on each sale, and a fee to cash out | COMC photographs, lists and ships |
| Fanatics Collect | Graded cards, mid-range to high-end | 6% on fairly priced Buy Now listings; 0% if paid in FanCash | Cards sit in their vault; they ship |
| Alt | Graded cards | 14% under $250, falling to 5% at $10,000 and up | Cards sit in their vault; they ship |
| MySlabs | Mid-value slabs | 1% on slabs, 3% on raw, plus payment fees | You ship |
| Whatnot | Sellers who want to sell live | A commission plus payment processing | You stream and ship |
| Goldin, Heritage | High-end and vintage | Negotiated commission; buyers pay a premium | They photograph, list and ship |
| Local sales and groups | Free locally; 10% on shipped sales through Meta checkout | You list and ship or meet | |
| Card shops and shows | Bulk, whole collections, quick cash | No fee, but offers are well below market | They do nothing; you get paid on the spot |
Fees as of October 2, 2026. They change often, so check the platform's own page before you send it cards.
Bulk and commons
Cards worth under a dollar or two lose money listed one at a time on any platform, once fees and postage come out. Sell them as lots (by team, player, set or year), or to a shop or a dealer at a show. See selling $1 cards on eBay for the exceptions.
Raw singles from a few dollars to about $50
eBay has the most buyers for these, and cards under $20 ship cheaply by Standard Envelope. You do the work: photos, listing and shipping. Here's how to list sports cards on eBay.
COMC does that work for you. You mail in your cards and pay an intake fee per card: on its Standard service (about 16 weeks, 100-card minimum) that's $0.65 for a raw card and $1.25 for a graded one, more for faster service. COMC's fee page also lists a fee when a card sells and a fee to cash out your balance, so on a $3 card most of the money goes in fees. It suits a big stack of $5 to $50 cards you'll never get round to listing.
Graded cards
eBay is the deepest market for slabs: on September 29, 2026, 40,591 graded sports cards were newly listed there in a single day, 71% of them PSA. Cards sold for $200 or more go through eBay's Authenticity Guarantee.
The alternatives trade a smaller audience for lower fees or less work:
- Fanatics Collect (formerly PWCC) holds cards in its vault. Its Buy Now fee is 6% when your price is within 120% of market value. Since July 2026 US sellers pay no seller fee if they take payment as FanCash, which can only be spent at Fanatics. Vault withdrawal fees apply if you take a card out.
- Alt also works from a vault. Fixed-price fees are 14% from $1 to $249, 9% from $250 to $7,499, 7% from $7,500 to $9,999, and 5% at $10,000 and up.
- MySlabs charges 1% on slabs and 3% on raw cards, plus PayPal fees, but has far fewer buyers. Expect cards to take longer to sell.
High-end cards
For cards worth thousands, an auction house can bring more bidders than a single eBay listing. Goldin (owned by eBay since 2024) takes weekly-auction consignments from $100 and Elite consignments from $7,500. Heritage runs sports auctions too. Both charge buyers a premium on top of the hammer price, and seller commission is negotiated, so get the terms in writing and compare them with what you'd keep on eBay.
Whatnot and live selling
Whatnot charges a commission and payment processing on each sale, and pays off for sellers who build an audience that comes back to watch. It isn't a good place to sell one card: prices depend on who's in the room.
Facebook, card shops and shows
Facebook Marketplace is free for local sales; shipped sales through Meta's checkout pay 10% (minimum $0.80). Card groups often trade by PayPal, where you're on your own if something goes wrong.
A card shop or a dealer at a show pays on the spot, but well below market. Around half of market value is a commonly quoted rule of thumb for cash, with less for bulk and more for desirable graded cards. Store credit is usually worth more than cash if you're buying anyway.
Selling a whole collection
- Sort by sport, then by year and set. It makes everything after this faster.
- Pull the cards worth selling on their own: stars, rookies, graded cards, anything that has sold for more than a few dollars. Check sold prices, not asking prices.
- List or consign those singles. Consider whether any are worth grading first.
- Sell the rest as lots, or take a dealer's offer for the remainder.
Selling the lot to one dealer is the fastest option and pays the least. Doing it yourself pays the most and takes the longest.
Sources
Questions sellers ask
- What's the best place to sell sports cards?
- For most raw and graded singles, eBay: it has by far the most buyers, and you keep roughly 85% after fees. If you'd rather not list and ship cards yourself, COMC handles that for a fee. Very high-end cards can do better at an auction house.
- How much will a card shop pay for my cards?
- Less than you'd get selling them yourself. Cash offers of around half of market value are a commonly quoted rule of thumb, often less for bulk and more for desirable graded cards. Store credit is usually higher than cash.
- Is COMC worth it?
- For lots of cards worth a few dollars to about $50 that you don't want to photograph, list and ship yourself, often yes. You pay an intake fee per card, a fee when it sells, and a fee to cash out, so check what's left on cheap cards.
- Where should I sell an inherited sports card collection?
- Sort it first. Pull the few cards worth selling on their own and list or consign those; sell the rest as lots or to a dealer. Selling everything to one dealer is fastest but pays least.
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