If you sell TCG singles online, you’ve felt the fee creep. Here’s an honest look at what each platform charges, including EvoMarket.
How EvoMarket charges
Sellers pay 8% of the item subtotal plus a flat $0.30 transaction fee per shipment. Buyers see one total: items plus shipping. Shipping is free when a seller’s portion of the order is $5 or more, otherwise a flat $0.99 from that seller. 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. Two numbers for sellers, a single threshold for buyers — no surprises buried in checkout.
The math on a $100 card
| Platform | Seller fee (all in) | Seller net on $100 |
|---|---|---|
| EvoMarket | 8% + $0.30 ($8.30) | $91.70 |
| TCGPlayer Marketplace | 13.25% + $0.30 ($13.55) | $86.45 |
| eBay (Trading Cards) | 13.25% + $0.40 ($13.65) | $86.35 |
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. (eBay also runs a recurring 50% FVF discount on trading-card sales $1,000 and up, not factored into this $100 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: ~$905 net (8% + $0.30 × 50)
- TCGPlayer: ~$852 net
- eBay: ~$848 net
You keep about $55/mo more than on either TCGPlayer or eBay (which have converged to nearly identical effective rates). The reason we can charge less is that we’re not subsidizing a buyer-protection program, a separate payments stack, or a 15-year-old infrastructure bill. We use Stripe Connect directly and pass the savings on.
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 and public API make it cheap to keep both in sync.