Cardmarket vs CardTrader for sellers: fees, shipping and running both
On 7 November 2026, the Cardmarket help pages gave a 5% sales commission, and the CardTrader fee page gave 5.3% on a direct sale for an EU seller. The fees are close. The bigger differences are how you ship, when you are paid and how each site grades a card.
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Cardmarket and CardTrader both take about 5% of a sale from an EU seller. Cardmarket pays an untracked order when you confirm the shipment. CardTrader holds the money until the buyer confirms arrival, unless the order is untracked and under €25.00.
CardTrader also has CardTrader Zero, where you send one weekly parcel to a CardTrader warehouse. It is open to sellers with at least 100 feedback and 1000 unique articles. You do not have to choose one site: list the same copies on both and sell each copy once.
Seller fees on each site
Each figure below comes from the official help or fee page of each site, read on 7 November 2026. Check both pages before you set your prices, because fees change.
| Fee | Cardmarket | CardTrader (EU seller) |
|---|---|---|
| Sales commission | 5% of the sale | 5.3% on a direct sale, min 1 cent |
| Hub sale | No hub | 7.3% on a CardTrader Zero sale, min 1 cent |
| Older CardTrader accounts | Not applicable | 5.0% direct and 7.0% Zero for subscriptions before March 2026, guaranteed to 31 December 2026 for active sellers |
| VAT on the fee | See the Cardmarket fee table | Added to the fee |
| Buyer protection | Trustee Service, a fee based on the order value | Included: CardTrader holds every payment |
| Withdrawal | See the Cardmarket fee table | No fee, by wire transfer |
On a 20 € single, 5% is 1.00 € and 5.3% is 1.06 €, before VAT on the CardTrader fee. A seller outside the EU pays 7.0% on a direct CardTrader sale and 10.0% on a Zero sale.
How you ship and when you are paid
Cardmarket: Cardmarket sets the shipping cost of each method. You have seven days to post a paid order. Registered shipping is required over 25,00 €, and for some shipments over 10,00 € from a new seller. The Trustee Service covers orders over 25 euros and the first five sales of a new seller.
CardTrader, direct sale: CardTrader holds the payment until the buyer confirms the order. The buyer has the maximum shipping time plus 17 days to confirm. After three reminder emails, the order is marked Arrived and you are paid. An untracked order under €25.00 pays when you mark it as shipped. A seller with fewer than 10 confirmed orders can offer tracked shipping only.
CardTrader Zero: each week you get one order for all your Zero sales of the past 7 days. You ship it to the nearest CardTrader warehouse within the next day. You are paid after the warehouse receives and checks the parcel, and 25% of the value of pending orders stays in your wallet until then.
How each site grades a card
The two sites grade cards in different ways. Cardmarket has seven grades: Mint, Near Mint, Excellent, Good, Light Played, Played and Poor. CardTrader has five: Near Mint, Slightly Played, Moderately Played, Played and Poor. CardTrader does not use Mint at all.
Grade each copy once, then translate the grade with care when you list it on the other site. On CardTrader, a buyer who gets a lower grade than the listing is offered a refund of 10% of the price for each grade of difference. Grade one step lower when you are not sure.
Run both from one stock
You do not have to choose. You can list the same singles on both sites and let the first buyer win. The risk is a copy that sells twice, so each physical copy must live in one stock.
RestocksAIO connects one Cardmarket account and one CardTrader account in the Cards tab. Each copy is one unit. When a copy sells on CardTrader, the app lowers its Cardmarket quantity, and a Cardmarket sale lowers the CardTrader quantity. A CardTrader Zero order counts as a sale too.
Pricing rules write Cardmarket prices only. On CardTrader, you set the price when you list a copy. Cardmarket orders ship from Cards, Orders, with a pick list and packing slips. CardTrader orders ship from Orders, where you add the tracking code.
What you need
Cards is in the Marketplace plan at EUR 15 a month and in Premium. You connect Cardmarket by signing in to it in a window that the app opens, and CardTrader with the API token from your CardTrader profile. The Cards tab supports Pokémon singles and sealed product.
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