14
Base Set · 4/102NM
Charizard
Near Mint
A consignment marketplace · not a card shop
Skip the middleman.
Take the spread.
A flat 5% courier fee. Both sides keep what the shop used to.
0% seller fee
Paid the second it sells
No shipping, no accounts
Same card · two ways
Block vs typical card shop
Charizard
NMBase Set · 4/102
Market$480
Buyer pays
Seller gets
At a shop
retail / buylist
$528
$336
On Block
+5% courier fee
$504
−$24
$480
+$144
Buyer saves
$24
Seller gains
$144
The math, one card
Where the money goes.
A card with a $100 market value. Card shops short the seller and mark up the buyer — the spread between those two prices is the entire business model of every card shop in your city. Block compresses it to a 5% courier fee, paid by the buyer. Both sides share what's left over.
The card shop model
The middleman keeps the spread.
Sell
Seller takes home
$70
−$30 vs market
Shp
Spread pocketed
$40Card shop
Buy
Buyer pays
$110
+10% markup
Seller
$70
buylist 70%
Shop
$40
the whole spread
Buyer
$110
retail +10%
The Block model
The spread gets split.
Sell
Seller takes home
$90
+$20 vs shop
Blk
5% courier fee
$4.50Block
Buy
Buyer pays
$94.50
−$15.50 vs shop
Seller
$90
+$20 vs buylist
Block
$4.50
courier fee
Buyer
$94.50
−$15.50 vs retail
Both sides share the spread
$20 back to the seller.
$15.50 back to the buyer.
The middleman's loss
−$35.50
Card shops used to take all $40. Block takes $4.50 from the buyer side only.
Numbers are illustrative. Card shop buylist is typically ~70% of market value; retail markup is typically ~10% above market. Sellers on Block price their own listings — most price slightly under shop retail to move quickly while still capturing far more than buylist.
For sellers
Your card.
Your price.
Your cash.
Card shops will offer you 30% under retail. eBay will take 13.25% and make you ship and chase chargebacks. Block does neither.
0% seller fee.
What you list is what you take home. The 5% comes from the buyer, never deducted from your price.
You set the price.
We don't negotiate down without your OK. Card shops pay around 30% under retail. We let you list at retail.
Paid the second it sells.
Each sale settles to you in real time — no batching, no end-of-day reconciliation, no PayPal hold.
Drop and forget.
Submit online. Drop the cards once. Leave. No 50 listings to write, no shipments to pack, no buyers to message.
Tracked + photographed.
Every consignment logged, photo on file. Unsold cards returned in the exact condition we received them.
Calculate your take-home
Step 1
How much are your cards listing for?
The total of all your asking prices. You set every number.
$25$5,000+
$
You walk away with
$500.00
Paid the second your card sells. No batching, no waiting.
- Your listing total
- $500.00
- Buyers pay (your price + 5% flat)
- $525.00
- Block earns from the buyer, not you
- $25.00
- Seller fees
- $0.00
Start listingNo card minimums · No listing fees
A look at the catalog
See all listings
For buyers
Near-retail.
No shipping.
No surprises.
Buy at 5% over the seller's ask. Not card-shop retail, not TCGplayer plus shipping plus a week of waiting. The card is in your hand the day you decide.
See it before you buy it.
Photos lie. Centering, edge wear, surface — only obvious in hand. We're the only marketplace where every card is in the room when you transact.
No shipping risk, no wait.
Walk in. Walk out. $500 cards in PWE envelopes is a real problem. Not here.
Fresh inventory each market.
Different cards every time. It's not the same 47,000 listings you've seen on TCGplayer for two years.
No accounts, no platform messages.
Cash in hand, card in sleeve, walk out. No platform email follow-ups, no shipping address shared, no profile to maintain.
The handoff
One card.
One day.
One room.
The card passes from the seller's binder to the buyer's sleeve in the same afternoon. The middleman's 30-day PayPal hold doesn't exist here. Neither does the shipping insurance dispute, the chargeback, the lost mail claim, or the platform messaging UI.
Lists · drops · cash
Seller
- Earlier in the week
Lists cards online.
Submits her cards through the seller intake form. Confirmation lands in her inbox.
- Market morning
Drops them off.
Hands over the binder and her confirmation. Two-minute check-in. Walks out.
- Each sale, live
Paid the second it sells.
Every sale settles to her in real time. She drops back at close only for any cards that didn't sell.
Logs · lists · settles
Block
- Doors open
Cards logged + photographed.
Each card scanned, condition verified, photo on file. Goes live on the inventory.
- Mid-afternoon
Sale settled instantly.
Buyer takes the Charizard for $504. The $480 credit lands with the seller in real time; $24 stays with Block.
- Market closes
Unsold cards returned.
All settlements already happened per-sale. We hand any unsold cards back to their sellers.
Browses · picks · walks
Buyer
- The night before
Browses the catalog.
Sees the Base Set Charizard listed. Decides it's worth the trip.
- Mid-afternoon
Arrives at the table.
Asks for it. We pull it from the seller's tray. He checks centering and condition in hand.
- Mid-afternoon
Pays cash. Walks out.
$504 over the counter, card in sleeve. No shipping. No accounts. No drama.
Side by side
The middleman's cut, in one table.
We're not saying every marketplace is bad. We're saying the math is the math.
What you care about | You're here Block you | eBay online auction | TCGplayer online TCG marketplace | Card shop in-person buylist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seller fee | 0% no seller cost | 13.25% + PayPal | 10.25% + payment | ~30% buylist 70% of market |
| Buyer fee | 5% flat transparent on every card | + shipping | + shipping | — |
| Payout speed | Real-time the second it sells | 3–30 days PayPal holds | 14 days store credit faster | Same day trade or cash |
| Shipping handled for you | ||||
| Condition verified | On intake | Buyer trusts you | Disputes only | At the counter |
| Cash payment | Sometimes | |||
| Listing fees | Free | Free / $0.35 | Free | n/a |
| Effort to sell | Drop & walk | List, ship, dispute | List, ship, wait | Drive & negotiate |
Why we won't become the middleman
Aligned with both sides.
We don't buy your card. We don't hold inventory. We don't set prices. The only way we make money is more sellers and buyers showing up to the table.
We don't buy your card.
We're a courier, not a shop. There's no incentive to lowball you — we don't own the inventory we move.
Prices are public on both sides.
Sellers see exactly what buyers pay. Buyers see exactly what sellers asked. The 5% is the only number between them.
Volume is our only growth.
More cards moving = more $5 fees. That works only if both sellers and buyers keep coming back. Our incentives are pinned to yours.
For sellers
Stop losing
$30 on every $100 card.
Set your prices. Drop the cards at the market. Get paid the second each one sells.
For buyers
Stop paying
for someone else's shelf.
Browse the catalog. Walk in. Walk out with the card.