Where to sell Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece cards: fees, pros and cons

There is no single best place: it depends on how many cards you have, what they are worth and how much time you want to spend. A few valuable cards fetch more on an online marketplace; a whole collection sells faster to a shop, which pays less than market value. Here are the options, what they cost and when each one makes sense.

First: what are they really worth

Before choosing where to sell, find the real value: the exact printing (set, number, language, finish), an honest look at the condition and the price copies like yours actually sold for recently, not the asking prices. Every card page on Amber Road shows the market value by language and condition.

Then split your cards in two: the ones worth a few euros or more, to sell one by one, and the ones worth cents, which only sell in lots.

Cardmarket

Europe's largest card marketplace: many buyers and clear reference prices. Listing is free; when you sell, Cardmarket keeps 5% of each card's value, at most 100 € per card.

  • Pros: a huge number of buyers, even cards few people look for sell.
  • Cons: you list cards one by one, pack and ship every order and answer the buyers.
  • Note: Cardmarket restricts private accounts whose sales look like a business, by frequency and volume, until a business is registered.

CardTrader

A marketplace born in Italy, with many Italian and Spanish buyers. Direct sales cost 5%; with CardTrader Zero, where you send the cards to their hub that checks them and joins them to the buyer's other orders, 7%.

  • Pros: low fees and a large Italian audience.
  • Cons: as on Cardmarket, listing, packing and shipping are your job.

eBay

According to eBay.it's fee page (updated September 2026), private sellers with an address in the European Economic Area sell for free: no final value fee. 150 listings a month are free; each one after that costs 0.35 €.

  • Pros: no fees for private sellers, auctions suit very sought-after or graded cards.
  • Cons: fewer specialist buyers than Cardmarket and CardTrader; an auction does not guarantee the price.

Vinted and local classifieds

On Vinted the seller pays no fee: the buyer pays the "Buyer Protection" (according to the Italian consumer association Altroconsumo, 0.70 € plus 5% up to 500 €). Local classifieds such as Subito in Italy let you sell in person.

  • Pros: no seller fees, good for lots and common cards.
  • Cons: lots of haggling, less expert buyers and more scam attempts: follow the rules below.

Selling everything to a shop

A shop, physical or online, buys the collection in one go: one parcel or one meeting, one payment, no listings to manage. In exchange it pays less than market value, because it has to resell the cards with its own costs and margin.

Amber Road is one of these options: find your cards on the site and see a first offer at once (65% of the value for cards from 50 €, 55% from 10 €, 40% from 3 €), upload front and back photos, get the final valuation, ship and be paid by bank transfer after the check.

Which one suits you

A simple rule, by what you have and how much time you want to give it.

  • A few valuable cards and time to follow them: Cardmarket or CardTrader, you keep almost all the value.
  • One very sought-after or graded card: eBay, auctions included.
  • Many common cards worth cents: a lot on Vinted or a local classified.
  • A whole collection, little time, no wish to ship dozens of orders: a shop. Less per card, but everything sold at once.

Taxes: what DAC7 changes

Since 2023 online platforms in the EU (Cardmarket, CardTrader, eBay, Vinted…) report to the tax authorities the sellers who make at least 30 sales or receive more than 2,000 € in a year. A report is not a tax: selling your own cards now and then is not a business.

Buying cards to resell them regularly is different: that is a commercial activity, with its own obligations. If you sell often, ask an accountant.

How not to get scammed

Almost every card scam follows the same patterns.

  • Stay on the platform: no payments "outside", no PayPal "friends and family" from strangers.
  • Always ship tracked, and insure valuable cards.
  • Photograph the cards, front and back, before packing them: it is your proof of their condition.
  • Beware of buyers who overpay and ask for the difference back, or send links to "receive the payment".
  • Protect the cards: sleeve, toploader and a rigid envelope.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best place to sell Pokémon cards in Europe?
For a few valuable cards, Cardmarket or CardTrader: many buyers and a 5% fee. For a whole collection without dozens of orders to ship, a shop that buys everything at once, knowing it pays less than market value.
How much are the fees for selling cards?
Cardmarket keeps 5% (at most 100 € per card), CardTrader 5% on direct sales and 7% with CardTrader Zero. On eBay.it private sellers in the EEA pay no fees, and on Vinted the buyer pays the protection.
How much does a shop pay for my cards?
Less than market value, because it has to resell them. At Amber Road the first offer is 65% of the value for cards from 50 €, 55% from 10 € and 40% from 3 €; cards under 3 € are not bought one by one.
Do I pay taxes when I sell my cards?
Selling your own cards now and then is not a business. Platforms do report sellers with at least 30 sales or more than 2,000 € in a year (DAC7). If you buy to resell regularly, talk to an accountant.

Sources

Sources last read on October 22, 2026. Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece are trademarks of their owners. Amber Road is an independent site and buys cards: it is one of the options described here. Fees are those the platforms published on the date shown and may change; for taxes, an accountant's advice is what counts.