If you sell TCG singles online, you’ve felt the fee creep. Here’s a side-by-side of what each platform charges, including EvoMarket.
How EvoMarket charges
Sellers pay 10% of the item price plus its shipping, plus a flat $0.30 transaction fee per shipment. Buyers see one total: items plus shipping. Shipping is a flat per-seller fee based on that seller’s order value: $1.49 up to $20, $6 up to $250, and $10 above $250 (which adds signature confirmation). No platform fee added on the buyer side, no payment-processing surcharge, no listing fee, no buyer-side service charges.
That’s the whole pricing model, and the 10% is all-in: it already covers card processing, so there’s no separate payment-processing fee. And unlike eBay, we never take a fee on the sales tax your buyer pays. Two numbers for sellers, flat shipping for buyers, and no surprises buried in checkout.
The math on a $100 card ($6 shipping, buyer pays $106)
| Platform | Seller fee (all in) | Seller proceeds on $106 |
|---|---|---|
| EvoMarket | 10% + $0.30 ($10.90) | $95.10 |
| TCGPlayer Marketplace | ~13.25% + $0.30 (~$14.05) | ~$91.95 |
| eBay (Trading Cards) | ~13.25% + $0.40 (~$14.45) | ~$91.55 |
All three platforms apply their percentage to the item plus shipping, so this table compares like for like on the $106 the buyer pays. TCGPlayer’s figure combines their 10.75% marketplace commission (raised from 10.25% in February 2026) with their 2.5% + $0.30 payment-processing fee. eBay’s 13.25% Final Value Fee already includes payment processing; their per-order fee is $0.30 on orders ≤ $10 and $0.40 above, and eBay also applies its percentage to the sales tax your buyer pays, which we never do. (eBay runs a recurring 50% FVF discount on trading-card sales $1,000 and up, not factored into this example.)
Numbers are approximate and depend on tier, country, and current promotions, but the relative difference holds.
What you keep on $1,000/month in sales
Scaled up, assuming an average $20 sale (~50 transactions/mo):
- EvoMarket: ~$878 net (10% + $0.30 × 50)
- TCGPlayer: ~$843 net
- eBay: ~$838 net
That’s about $35/mo more than TCGPlayer or eBay, which have converged to nearly identical effective rates. We can undercut the incumbents because we run lean on modern infrastructure (Stripe Connect directly, no 15-year-old payments stack) instead of passing a legacy cost down to you. We’re not the rock-bottom rate on the market, but we’re well under the big platforms most sellers actually come from.
Fees aren’t the whole story
A lower headline rate is easy to advertise and easy to claw back in other ways. What actually lands in your bank comes down to the whole model:
- Never a cut of sales tax. Our fee applies to the item and its shipping, never to the sales tax the buyer pays. eBay charges its final value fee on the full order, sales tax included, which quietly pads their cut on every single sale.
- One all-in fee. The 10% already covers card processing, so there’s no second “payment processing” line stacked on top the way most platforms bill it.
- Vetted sellers, protected orders. Every seller is a real local game store or trusted online shop, and every order is backed by EvoMarket Safeguard. That buyer trust is what actually moves your inventory.
What you give up
Smaller marketplaces mean smaller buyer pools, especially early on. You’ll probably want to keep an eBay or TCGPlayer store alongside EvoMarket while we grow. Our bulk-listing tools make it cheap to keep both in sync.
Still weighing the platforms? See the quick answers to Does eBay or TCG take more money? and Is it better to buy from TCGplayer or eBay?, or the full marketplace comparison.