Sell Pokémon cards in the UK
Sell your Pokémon cards
Upload photos or a list of your cards. We'll review your collection and make an offer. You don't need to identify every card first.
We are reviewing collections and giving indicative figures. We are not yet taking cards in or paying, so please do not post anything; we will say here when that opens.
Send us the details
- 1. Add your cards
- 2. About the collection
- 3. Contact and review
Photograph a binder page, a single card or a slab and we name what is in it, or import the list from the app you track your cards in. Cards we are sure of join your list straight away; you check the rest. Search our set lists for anything else, or paste a list if you have one. Photographs of the whole collection help us check it. A card added twice is counted once. As identified cards go on, our figure for them appears below.
A full binder page works: lay it flat, fill the frame, keep the light even and avoid glare on the sleeves. Up to nine cards a page; a double-page spread is fine. Several photographs at once are fine too. Cards we are sure of are added for you; for the rest, confirm the match or pick from the close ones. These photographs are read and not kept; the ones on the Photos tab are kept with your submission.
Our figure so far
Add cards above and the figure appears here as we find recent sales for each one.
You can continue without adding any cards and describe the collection on the next step; we will ask for photographs if we need them.
Why sell your Pokémon cards to us
Selling a collection card by card means pricing, photographing, listing and posting each one, paying a fee on every sale and dealing with buyers one at a time. Selling the lot to a shop trades some of the price for all of that work. What we add is that you can see exactly how the figure was reached.
One offer for the whole collection
A single submission and a single payment, instead of photographing, listing, pricing and posting every card yourself and paying a fee on each sale.
Line by line, with the reasons
Every card appears on the offer with its own figure. Anything left out is named, with the reason, so nothing is quietly dropped or quietly zeroed.
Recent completed sales, not listings
Each figure starts from what the same card, in the same printing, condition or grade, has actually sold for recently. Listings tell you what sellers hope for; sales tell you what buyers paid.
Uncertain stays uncertain
If we cannot tell which printing or grade a card is from your photographs, we ask you. A card is never valued as the cheaper version because the detail was unclear.
What you declared and what we found, side by side
If inspection differs from the description, the revised offer sits next to the one you accepted, card by card, and you choose. Decline it and the cards come back to you, tracked.
No account, and no need to know what cards fetch
You get a reference and a private status page by email. Identifying the cards and putting a figure on each one is our job; you only need to tell us what you have.
What we buy
- Raw singles
- Graded cards
Pokémon only for now, in English, from sellers in United Kingdom. Mixed collections are welcome: raw and graded together, a binder plus a shoebox of bulk, a few slabs. Bulk is bought by the lot, not card by card.
Sealed product is not bought from private sellers. Our sealed stock comes from distributors, Pokémon Center and retailers so that every box is traceable. If your collection includes boxes, packs or tins, list them anyway: they are shown as not part of the offer, with the reason, rather than silently left out, and you keep them.
Sell raw Pokémon singles
Loose cards in sleeves, binders or boxes: holos, reverse holos, ultra rares, illustration rares, full arts, promos and everything in between. Modern sets and the Wizards of the Coast era alike. Each one is identified to its set, number and printing before any figure is put on it.
Sell graded Pokémon cards
Slabs from any grader, as long as the label is readable: grader, grade and certificate number. The grade is kept apart from the raw condition words, and a graded card is checked against recent sales of the same card at the same grade, not of raw copies.
Old and vintage Pokémon cards
Base Set, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket, the Neo sets and the rest of the early English cards are welcome. With vintage cards the printing decides most of the figure: 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited are different cards to a buyer, so we settle which you have before we settle a figure, and we ask rather than assume.
What we do not buy
Sealed product is not bought from private sellers; our boxes, packs and tins come from distributors and retailers so every one is traceable. Cards in languages other than English are not bought for now. Code cards, counterfeit, altered or proxy cards, and cards that are not yours to sell are never bought. Anything on your list that falls outside is shown as excluded, with the reason, and you keep it.
Three ways to tell us what you have
Upload photos
The quickest way, from your phone. One photo of the whole collection laid out, then the stronger cards clearly. Add more later from your status page.
Paste or upload a list
One card per line, or a CSV or text file. Card name, set, number, quantity, condition, grader, grade or cert number, in any order; nothing is required.
Find cards in our set lists
Search by name and number, pick the exact card and printing, say if it is graded, and add the quantity. Good for the few cards you know matter.
Use one, two or all three. Everything you send lands in the same review, and a card that appears twice is counted once. Our set lists cover every English expansion if you want to check a card number first.
How it works
Step 1
Add your cards
Photograph binder pages, cards or slabs and we name what is in them, adding the cards we are sure of for you; search our set lists; paste a list; add photographs of the whole collection. Use any of them.
Step 2
Tell us about the collection
Roughly how many cards, the general condition and where you are. What is in it is filled in from the cards you added, and 'Not sure' is a fine answer to any of it.
Step 3
We identify what you have
Cards you confirm from a photograph or our set lists are identified as you add them. A person reads everything else and works out which cards, printings and grades are there. Anything uncertain stays marked uncertain, and we ask you rather than guess.
Step 4
We check recent sales
For each identified card we look at what the same card, in the same printing, condition or grade, has actually sold for recently, not what it is listed at. Where we have enough recent sales, our figure shows as you add the card.
Step 5
You get an indicative figure
A figure for the collection as described, line by line, with what it leaves out and why. It is provisional, and while we are in this first phase it is for your information: we are not yet taking cards in.
How we assess a collection
We start from the card itself: which card, which set and number, which printing (a Base Set Charizard is a different card Unlimited, Shadowless and 1st Edition), which language, and whether it is raw or in a slab. Those details change the figure more than anything else, so they are settled before any number is.
For each identified card we look at recent completed sales of the same card in the same printing, condition or grade: what buyers actually paid, not asking prices. Where there are few recent sales, or the sales we have are for a different printing or grade, the figure is marked as less certain and a person looks harder. Where there is no usable sales evidence we say so, rather than putting a number on it.
The offer is what we can pay to buy the collection, which is less than what the cards sell for: it allows for what it costs us to grade, list, sell and ship them, and for the risk that some take a long time to sell. You see the offer line by line, with anything excluded and the reason. You never need to know card prices to use this service, and a figure you had in mind is kept separate from our assessment.
What decides the figure for your Pokémon cards
Sellers often ask what a collection will fetch before anyone has seen it. There is no honest answer to that from a card count, because five things move the figure for every card, and they are read from the card itself.
The exact printing
Set, number and finish: holo, reverse holo, full art, alternate art, illustration rare, promo stamp. Two cards with the same picture can be a different card to a buyer.
The edition
On early cards, 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited are read from the card itself and change the figure more than anything else.
Condition
Centring, edges, corners and surface, described on a named scale. The difference between Near Mint and Lightly Played is often the largest single factor on a modern card.
Grade
A high grade from a recognised grader can fetch several times what the raw card does. A low grade does not always fetch more than the raw card once the grader's fee is counted. The grade is never read as a card number.
Language and demand
English cards sell to the widest UK audience. Demand for a Pokémon or a set rises and settles over time; nobody can tell you the best month to sell, so sell when you want the money.
Want to check before you send anything? Our guides to valuing Pokémon cards, grading in the UK and what PSA grades mean walk through each factor.
Where to sell Pokémon cards in the UK: the routes compared
There is no single best place to sell Pokémon cards. It depends on how many you have, how valuable the top few are, and how much of your own time you want to spend. These are the routes open to a UK seller, with the trade-off each one makes.
Online marketplaces
The widest audience, and you decide what to ask. Against that: a fee on every sale, postage and packaging per parcel, a photograph and a listing per card, and returns and disputes to handle yourself. Sold listings for cheap cards sit at the lowest amount anyone bothers to list at, so a stack of bulk fetches less than those listings suggest.
A local card shop
Quick and face to face, and you leave with the money. Each shop sets its own terms and uses its own condition scale, so ask which scale it uses, what it does and does not buy, and whether it takes bulk, before you carry a collection in.
Collector groups and forums
No fees and a knowledgeable audience, but no protection either. Meet in person, or use a payment method that can be disputed, and expect to prove condition with photographs.
Auction houses
An option for a handful of exceptional cards. Consignment fees and a settlement that can take months make them a poor fit for an ordinary collection.
Selling the collection to us
One submission, one line-by-line offer, by post, with no account. The offer is less than you would get selling every card yourself to a collector, because we take on the cost and risk of selling them on. What you keep is your time, and the certainty of one agreed figure.
Selling card by card? Our step-by-step guide to selling Pokémon cards in the UK covers listings, fees, packaging and the tax rules for private sellers.
Sell Pokémon cards from anywhere in the UK
We are an online shop, so there is no counter to bring cards to and nothing to book. The service runs by tracked post from United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland alike, and where you live makes no difference to the offer.
If you were looking for somewhere near you to sell Pokémon cards, that usually means a local card shop, which works face to face and sets its own terms. This page is the postal alternative: the same steps and the same written condition standard whether the parcel comes from Aberdeen or Truro, and nothing is posted until an offer has been accepted.
Photographing your cards
- Start with one photograph of everything laid out, so we see the size of the collection.
- Then the stronger cards clearly: one, or a few, per photo, in good light, flat, without glare.
- For anything valuable, the back as well as the front; edges and corners decide the condition.
- For slabs, the label must be readable: grader, grade and certificate number.
- You do not need the back of every cheap card. Bulk is fine as a stack or a box.
Your phone’s own format is fine, including HEIC; large photos are shrunk in your browser before they upload. Photographs are stored privately and seen only by you and our buyers.
Condition
We use the words of our condition standard: Near Mint, Lightly Played, Moderately Played, Heavily Played and Damaged. Tell us what you think, or say “mixed” or “not sure”. What you declare is kept separate from what we find at inspection, so you can always see both.
Before you post anything
While we are reviewing and giving indicative figures only, please do not post cards to us. When buying opens, your status page will show the posting instructions after you accept an offer, and you will be told here first.
Questions sellers ask
Where can I sell my Pokémon cards in the UK?
Online marketplaces, a local card shop, collector groups, an auction house for a few exceptional cards, or a shop that buys whole collections by post, which is what this page is. The routes are compared above. With us you send photographs or a list and get one offer for the lot, line by line, from United Kingdom.
Do I need an account?
No. You get a reference and a private link to your status page by email. The link is the key; the reference alone opens nothing.
Do I have to list every card?
No. Photographs and a description are enough. A list speeds things up, but identifying the cards is our job, and we ask you when we cannot tell.
What will I be paid for my Pokémon cards?
It depends entirely on which cards they are, so nobody can give you a figure from a card count or a photograph of a closed box. Once a card is identified, it is checked against recent completed sales in the same printing, condition or grade, and the offer shows the figure line by line. Cards you confirm from a photograph or our set lists are checked as you add them, so where we have enough recent sales you see our figure before you send anything; it is provisional until we have inspected the cards. The offer is less than the cards would fetch sold one by one, because it allows for our costs and the risk of selling them on, and that is shown rather than hidden.
Do you buy graded Pokémon cards?
Yes. Slabs from any grader are welcome as long as the label can be read: grader, grade and certificate number. A graded card is checked against recent sales of the same card at the same grade.
Do you buy old or vintage Pokémon cards?
Yes, in English. Base Set, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket, Neo and the other early sets are welcome, raw or graded. The printing (1st Edition, Shadowless, Unlimited) is settled before any figure is, and we ask you rather than assume.
Do you buy Japanese or other non-English Pokémon cards?
Not at the moment: English-language cards only. List them anyway if you like; they are shown as not part of the offer, with the reason, and you keep them.
What about my sealed boxes, packs and tins?
We do not buy sealed product from private sellers; our sealed stock comes from distributors and retailers so that every box is traceable. List them if you like and they are shown as excluded with the reason. You keep them.
Do you buy played or damaged Pokémon cards?
You can include them. Condition is one of the things that sets each figure, described in the words of our condition standard, and what you declare is kept separate from what we find. A card with no usable figure is left out of the offer with the reason rather than given a token figure.
Can I bring my cards to a shop or drop them off?
No. We are an online shop, so there is no counter to bring cards to. Everything goes by tracked post, and only after you have accepted an offer and read the posting instructions on your status page.
Do you buy Pokémon cards from anywhere in the UK?
From United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland alike, by post. Where you live makes no difference to the offer.
Who pays for postage, and how should I pack the cards?
Posting does not arise yet: while we are giving indicative figures only, please do not post anything. When buying opens, the posting instructions will appear on your status page after you accept an offer.
How long does it take?
We do not promise a turnaround. Your status page shows where the submission is and who acts next, and you are emailed when something changes. A collection with many unidentified cards takes longer than a list of named cards.
Is there a minimum number of cards or a smallest offer?
There is no minimum number of cards and no smallest offer. Whether to post a small collection is your call, and the offer tells you the figure before you decide.
Is the first figure what I will be paid?
It is an indicative figure for the collection as you described it, for your information while the service is in its first phase. Any purchase later would still start with an inspection.
What if you cannot identify a card?
It stays marked as uncertain and we ask you, rather than guess a printing or grade. Nothing uncertain is quietly valued as the cheaper version.
What if I change my mind?
Withdraw at any time from your status page. Nothing has been posted, so nothing needs returning.
Who can see my photographs?
Only you, from your status page, and the people at TCG Emporium who review submissions. They are stored privately and never published.
What kinds of Pokémon cards do you buy?
Raw singles and graded cards, in English, from sellers in United Kingdom. Mixed collections are welcome. Sealed product is not bought from private sellers.
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