What are your trading cards worth?
Below $50
for raw (ungraded) singles
$100 – $800
for graded stars
$1K+
for high-graded grails
Hot sellers in the category
Sports Trading Cards (STC)
- Legendary Sports stars
- Talented rookies
Demand is season‑driven and depends on major sports events
Collectible Card Games (CCG)
- Pokémon TCG new releases & promo cards
- Magic: The Gathering iconic high‑value grails (e.g., Black Lotus) or Final Fantasy crossover
Pop culture collectibles
- Viral toy sensations like Labubus
- Fandoms featured items
Trending collectible toys
- Skullpanda (+480% in search results)
- Jellycats (+270%)
- Smiski (+230%)
- Sonny Angel (+120%)
Most searched comic book series
- Amazing Spider-Man
- Batman
- X-men
- Fantastic Four
- Spawn
Top 10 search phrases in the category
- Pokémon
- Pokémon Cards
- LEGO
- PSA 10
- PSA
- LEGO Star Wars
- Hot Wheels
- Pokémon PSA 10
- Michael Jordan
- Football Cards
Read 2025 eBay Collected Report to get more insights about trending sports icons, quirky collectibles, comic books, and best-selling Labubus.
eBay tools to help you thrive
Trust & Velocity
- eBay's Authenticity Guarantee can help collectors to shop with confidence
- Scan to list tool can help sellers to create listings faster
Discovery & Pricing
- Price Guide can help sellers to assign competitive prices
- My Collection tool can help you to manage your inventory
- Search filters (grader/grade, variety/parallel) these can help collectors to find exactly what they need
Reach & Engagement
eBay Live and Marquee Auction are major Collectibles events to amplify seller visibility
Flexible listing format
- Fixed price with Best Offer is used to set a fair price but encourage negotiation
- Auctions are best when you sell well-known, high-demand items
Export tools
- eBay advertising helps accelerate sales and target highly motivated buyers
- eBaymag is a free tool for conveniently replicating your items on 8 eBay sites: ebay.co.uk, ebay.de, ebay.fr, and others
Be active
Create new listings regularly to keep seller profile active and drive traffic
Create precise titles
For trading cards, mention player, series, set, year, grading details and certificate numbers
Provide honest info
State condition clearly in the description, add front and back photos of good quality, disclose defects and centering
Price competitively
Anchor your prices to competitors using the Price Guide (unless you have a rare or a one-of-a-kind item)
Send and receive offers
Enable Best Offers (proposals from buyers) and send offers yourself to negotiate prices
Create a return policy
Add a clear returns policy to prevent misunderstanding
Answer buyer queries
Use the eBay app to promptly answer buyers’ questions and dispel doubts
Motivate your buyers
Use promotions to attract more attention during high-demand moments (sports events, movie releases, and such)
Frequently asked questions
Where can I learn more about selling trading cards on eBay?
Visit our dedicated page Selling trading cards of eBay Seller Center. There you’ll find tips on taking great photos, creating correct titles, specifying conditions, and shipping your trading cards to buyers.
What is My Collection on eBay?
My Collection is a special tool that helps you organize, track, and manage collectible card games, sports and non-sport trading cards collections. For more information, please read the eBay Help article: Manage your collection
I have a large collection of trading cards. How can I list them quickly?
You can use the Scan to list tool in the eBay app on iOS and Android. It uses your phone camera to scan a trading card, find a match in the catalog and create a listing draft with pre-filled details. After that, you need to check the draft and complete it with photos, price, and condition. For now, this tool supports only Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. In the future, more collectible card games and sports trading cards will be supported as well. For more information about using the tool, read the Help article Using the Scan to list tool.
How do I access the Price Guide?
In the eBay app, search for the card you want and you will see a banner on top of the search results. Click this banner to access the Price Guide.
What items are eligible for the price guide?
At the moment, Price Guide beta supports sports and non-sports trading cards as well as collectible card games. The eBay market value for any given card is updated every few minutes.
What is Authenticity Guarantee?
eBay's Authenticity Guarantee is a service designed to help buyers shop with confidence. Professional authenticators physically inspect all eligible items before shipping to the buyer. For sellers, Authenticity Guarantee provides protection against fraudulent returns.
Authenticity Guarantee is available for individual sports trading cards, collectible card games, autograph and relic cards, and non-sports trading cards $250 and above for ungraded cards, and $250 and above for autograph, relic, and other graded cards. For more information, please read the article Selling with Authenticity Guarantee.
What is eBay Live?
eBay Live shopping events are streamed in real time at ebay.com/eBayLive and in the eBay app. Buyers can purchase items during the live stream, or bid on items if the event is an auction. Collectibles are among the featured categories (along with Luxury, Sneakers, and Apparel).
