Card Show, Card Shop, eBay or Card & Ink: Where to Sell Pokémon Cards

There's no single best place. It depends on what you have and how much time you've got. This is what each option is really like.

Card shows

A dealer will usually price your top few cards and offer one figure for the rest, so most of your cards are never counted. Tables are busy, decisions are quick, and there's no paperwork to check afterwards.

Card shops

Convenient, and you can walk out with cash. Few shops itemise every card, so you can't see what each one was valued at. Ask for a list. If they won't give you one, that tells you something.

Stores that pay in store credit

Credit isn't money, and it's often only good in that shop. Compare the cash offer, not the credit figure.

Selling on eBay yourself

Usually the highest price per card, if you have the time. The real costs are your time, photos, postage, tracking and insurance, plus "not as described" claims and returns. eBay also reports sellers' sales to HMRC above set limits.

Facebook groups and marketplaces

Quick, but payment scams are common and "friends and family" payments have no protection.

Card & Ink

We buy outright at 70% of each card's eBay sold price, paid the same day you accept, or sell your best cards on consignment and you keep 80%. Every card is condition checked and priced in an itemised PDF before you decide. We're not the right choice for bulk commons or sealed booster product (here's why). Tell us what you have.

What a fair deal looks like, whoever you sell to

• A price for every card, not one figure for the box.
• Prices from real sold data, not asking prices.
• Condition explained.
• No pressure.
• Your cards back if you say no.

Whoever you sell to, ask for it itemised.

Want an itemised offer from us? Fill in the form. Photos are optional and there's no obligation. Read what sellers say about us.