From Card Clutter to Cash: Bulk Card Listing Tools & Tips [with VIDEOS]

Tired of $.50 cards piling up? Here’s how I'll be moving low-end inventory.

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I’ve primarily been a one-off eBay seller…buy a card to flip, get the card in-hand, list the card on eBay, and on to the next one.

Recently though, I’ve been overwhelmed with the amount of cards I have sitting around—mostly stuff from boxes and packs I’ve opened over the years, collections I’ve purchased, and more.

These aren’t high-dollar cards that deserve a ton of time, but rather $.25-$3 cards that could sell to either set and player collectors, etc.

Altogether, it’s a good chunk of cash that could definitely be well spent if I could find an efficient way to list in bulk/much faster than what I’ve been doing.

So, I’ve been experimenting with options, and here is what I’ve found so far, along with tips, shortcuts, and discounts to products that make good processes even better.

1. BuySportCards.com: Good for cards that don’t need individual photos

As a buyer, one of my gripes about BuySportsCards.com is that there usually aren’t photos for the cards sellers have for sale. There are stock images, but not the exact card being sold.

As a result, of the few cards I’ve purchased, an “oops, I listed the wrong card” or the wrong card showing up has happened a disproportionate amount of times.

That said, as a seller, it’s soooo much easier to list a ton of cards in one sitting if you don’t need to take individual photos or scans.

And that’s where their Bulk Upload tool comes into play.

As you can see above (and below), all you need to do is simply select your sport, year, set, and variant, and then select the condition and input your default price.

From there, BSC will generate the set checklist, where you can then go through and input how many copies of each card you have for sale. You can also edit the default price on a card-by-card basis if you wanted.

The pros of selling on BSC:

• Quick and easy with this bulk upload tool

• No need to list photos when selling

• No sales fees!

• Growing platform means more eyeballs

Given this, I like the BSC option for newer cards or those in good NM-MT condition; those that don’t require a photo for the buyer to know what they’re getting.

The cons, so far:

• Can’t bulk upload photos (that I know of)

• And maybe my own doing, but I personally have only made one sale (James Wood), so perhaps I need to list better, trending cards?

2. CollX: Very good from start to finish

Being able to point and click a photo of a card and then list it for sale immediately is a big win in my book. Especially for those mid-tier cards that need a better photo. I mean, it is this simple at times:

Of course, the card recognition technology isn’t perfect, but no tool’s is, and I don’t really expect it to be. It’s very good, though, and more importantly, when the card isn’t correctly identified, it’s really easy to find the right one.

Anyway, you can easily grab a stack of cards and scan through them at a nice clip to get them listed on CollX. Then, you can upload all of the cards at once - instead of one-by-one - for a much quicker listing experience. You’ll still have to go into each one individually to make sure they’re the right card and to set the selling price, but pretty painless.

Now, for the big one…

3. CollX: Great with Card Dealer Pro & an Auto-Feed Scanner

Ok, I’ve found this to be best process, but I also have a relatively expensive auto feed scanner.

Let me be clear: I don’t expect everyone to be able to jump in and grab one. If you ARE in the market, though, this affiliate link knocks a few hundred off the price. I have the Ricoh FI-8170 Document Scanner.

I’ll also be honest—I bought this scanner WAY before I needed it. I don’t even know if I need it now. I mean, I’m glad I have it, but for the amount of cards I’ve been selling, the price doesn’t make sense, and I’m not close to recouping my investment.

My goal is to get there, though, and here is how it - with Card Dealer Pro - can really up your listing game.

1. Loading the Scanner

First, loading the scanner… you can do so with top loaders or penny sleeves, and I’ve seen people scan cards with no protection. I’m not that brave, but many people do it.

I prefer to use the penny sleeve, and find it gives a much clearer scan compared to cards in scratched up top loaders. Because of that, I like to put them in sideways and just rotate after the fact so that the cards don’t fall out of the sleeves while moving through the scanner.

(There is a step you need to take before you scan with a top loader or penny sleeve—watch here.)

2. Scanning the Cards

The Trading Card Scanner app is the facilitator between the scanner and your computer, and how you can easily create the scan and adjust the settings.

Easily create a new batch of cards, select your destination folder, and off you go. You can also choose to crop the images upon scanning or put them on a black background/border.

Here is what you’ll see:

3. Uploading the Cards to Card Dealer Pro

Once your cards are scanned and ready, you can upload them to Card Dealer Pro. It’s $9/month for 500 scans, but there is a free trial available. If you like it, you can also use code BCG500 for 500 free scans.

Here is what the upload process looks like. It’s really just dragging and dropping your image files, and then CDP populates all of the card’s details. The beauty is, you can export your listings directly to CollX or eBay, which I’ll get to in a minute.

Like CollX, if a card isn’t identified correctly, you can easily find the right match in the database.

Once you’re all set with the correct cards identified, you’ll switch views from “Inspector” to “Overview” to price the cards, edit your titles, etc. And as you saw at the start of the video above, you can create your own default title and description that includes filled data for player name, set name, team name, and other attributes.

With pricing, there is easy comping thanks to eBay completed sales data integration and outgoing links to check current and sold listings directly from CDP if you need.

One of my favorite features is being able to select all cards and edit in bulk. For example, on my CollX listings, because they are older inserts that have been around the block, I like to add a note to all listings that condition isn’t typically gem mint.

Once all the cards are ready to go, you just need to create direct connections to CollX (and eBay) and then select “list”:

And that’s it!

So, if you have cards sitting around, try one of the methods above so they start collecting money instead of dust! Happy to answer any questions, as always.