Selling cards is rarely as easy as collectors would like it to be!
The easiest ways to sell usually get you the least money, and the ways to make the most money take the most time and expertise.
See our list below and determine which one works the best based on the type of collection you have and your selling goals.
Best Places for Selling Sports Cards for Cash
- eBay
- Facebook Pages
- Card Shows
- Local Card Shop (LCS)
- COMC
- PWCC
- Facebook Marketplace
- Goldin
- Beckett
- Dave & Adams
- Steel City Collectibles
- OfferUp
- StockX
- PSA Graded Card Forums
- Kruk Cards
- Dean’s Cards
- Pawn Shops
1. eBay
We’ll start with the monster. It’s the best place to sell for most people because:
- You’ll get the most eyes on your card
- Simple interface
- Review system helps you weed out bad buyers
- Customer service to help with fraud
- Easy to comp your cards
- Flexibility with timing, starting price, type of listing, and more
While they do take a chunk of your profit (13.25% + $0.30 per order), the trade-off is the volume of buyers who’ll see your cards.
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2. Facebook Pages
The next most common place to sell cards is probably through Facebook Pages! There are literally hundreds of pages with the sole purpose of selling cards.
While you lose the structure and the volume of eBay, Facebook Pages makes up for it in a few ways:
- Quicker sales – You can literally post and have a buyer in seconds
- No fees – Although smart sellers will usually sell with PayPal Goods and Services, but that’s only a 2.99% charge.
- Flexible – You’re not stuck with the rigidity of eBay. You can trade, run raffles, or anything else you can think of.
- Community – Selling on a Facebook Page can lead to more back and forth, more comments, and more familiarity with the members
It’s a little more Wild West selling this way, but a lot of people swear by it.
3. Card Shows
To up the community feel of a Facebook Page, head over to a card show! Many of the biggest shows have several hundred tables, and you can strike deals at any one of them.
You can literally sell a card within seconds to the right seller, or you can trade cards plus cash. It’s easy to bring a few dozen cards in a back pack and make some cash!
4. Local Card Shop (LCS)
Everyone knows about this option—just bring your card or collection into the shop!
Many people do this for the convenience, especially if they don’t know how to navigate eBay and don’t want to go to a card show. Because of this, and because they have to make a profit, it’s common for an LCS to offer 50% of what your card is actually worth.
However, many people will do this when they want to offload an entire collection. Sure, they won’t get top dollar, but it’s extremely convenient.
Be warned—not all LCS’s will purchase your collection. I called a few shops during the height of the card mania to offload about 500 cards from the 90s. They were all hall of famers’ inserts. When they found out that it was 90s and that there weren’t any Kobes or Jordans in there, they all turned me down.
5. COMC
Check Out My Collectibles (COMC) is a massive marketplace that makes it convenient to both buy and sell cards. You can ship in as many cards as you want, and they will take scans and do your card descriptions. They’ll hold onto your cards in their warehouse until they sell.
You just have to figure out a price! Of course, they do take a decent chunk of money when you send in your cards, so it doesn’t make a lot of sense to send in $1 cards… but it’s still doable.
6. PWCC
PWCC’s vault service keeps the cards you wish to sell on location and ships them out for you. They specialize in slightly more expensive cards, with anything over $50 able to be housed on their vault for free.
You can choose to sell in their weekly auctions, or even participate in the premium section if you’ve got an expensive card.
7. Facebook Marketplace
Facebook Marketplace is a strong option if you wish to sell your cards locally without having to worry about shipping. Of course, there are other options like Craigslist or local options, but Facebook Marketplace is the big one.
Sometimes, things can sell for around eBay comps because purchasers can get them faster, and like the security of being able to go to someone’s house and have it in hand.
Sellers don’t have to pay eBay’s high fees and can sometimes make a quick sale.
8. Goldin
Goldin is the premier auction house for sports cards. They pretty much only sell high-value cards—in fact, if you’re card is likely to sell for under $10,000, you’re better off selling elsewhere.
Goldin might not get the eyes of eBay, but the people who visit have cash to burn and are looking to buy. This is the place to go for selling that Jordan rookie or old Mickey Mantle card.
9. Beckett
You’ll probably remember the name from the monthly magazine with card prices in them! I loved looking up my collection each month to see if there was an up arrow or a down arrow next to my cards.
Beckett claims to have over 130 million cards available through their network of Marketplace Dealers, making them hard to beat for someone looking to find cards. If you’re looking to sell, the main value here is likely to find one of these dealers near you that you can sell to.
10. Dave & Adams
Dave & Adams is one of the more popular online card shops. It’s a go-to place to buy new hobby boxes, and they even have a terrific supply of old ones as well!
They are a big buyer of cards as well, and they usually are pretty specific about what they’ll buy—which is nice to know up front.
They’re also known for buying up hobby boxes, so this is great if you’ve held onto sealed wax for a while.
11. Steel City Collectibles
Much like Dave & Adams, Steel City Collectibles has a list of items that they’re interested in purchasing, which mostly belong to these categories:
- Factory sealed hobby and retail boxes/cases
- Graded vintage singles
- Authenticated premium autographs
- Common autos & non-manufacturer relic cards in bulk
If you have what they’re looking for, you’ll likely be able to get about as much you’d get selling on eBay (including fees), but you don’t have to go through the hassle.
12. OfferUp
This is similar to Facebook Marketplace in that it’s another marketplace to buy things local and in person. There are other sites/apps that do this, but OfferUp is considered one of the better ones.
A quick search for sports cards in my area brought pack hundreds of results, meaning there’s decent visibility here.
13. StockX
StockX is a massive online marketplace that sells all different types of collectibles. There’s no approval process necessary to get started selling with them, and they pride themselves on a low seller fee (it ranges from 10% – 12%).
However, they do have a minimum seller fee of $10, so it’s not going to make sense to sell your cards unless you’re looking at a minimum of $80 – $90 for a sales price. If you fit this criteria, StockX can be one of the better places to sell you rcards.
14. PSA Graded Card Forums
If you’ve got PSA graded cards you’re looking to offload, you can always do it in PSA’s forums! I wouldn’t use this as the premier place to sell cards, but if you’ve got something rare, the collectors who visit these forums are more likely to be interested than someone on eBay or Facebook.
15. Kruk Cards
If you’ve got a massive collection, chatting with Kruk cards is a good option. They specialize in large collections, meaning they have a good idea how to assess value and will even offer a truck to pick up your collection.
They’ll also buy singles, complete sets, graded cards, and even commons from 2008 and earlier!
16. Dean’s Cards
If you’ve got a vintage collection (pre-1970), Dean’s cards is a great option. They buy hundreds of collections per year, and have an easy process for making it happen.
They have a form to fill out that will help them understand the value of your collection, and then they will reach out to you with a quote. They have extensive instructions for assessing your cards, which helps everyone understand a fair value.
17. Pawn Shops
There’s a reason this one is last, but it’s always an option. I would never count on a pawn shop owner having any clue what your cards are worth, and are likely to offer you next to nothing.
However, if you don’t have an LCS close by (or they don’t buy in bulk), you could probably get something for it at a pawn shop and walk out with some money, little though it may be.
