The actual workflow

From your shoebox to a buyer’s hands. In four steps.

The exact workflow that took us from spreadsheet hell to listing a card every eighteen seconds. No marketing speak, no glossing over the boring parts. This is how it actually goes.

  1. 01Search
  2. 02Add
  3. 03List
  4. 04Track
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The workflow

Eighteen seconds, broken down.

Each step does more than the screen suggests. Here’s what’s actually happening, how long it takes, and what the workflow saves you from doing manually.

  1. Step 01⏱ 0s → 3s elapsed

    Find the card. Don’t type it.

    Type a few letters. CardList searches all seven supported games and surfaces the right card with verified metadata in under a second. No spelling the set name, no looking up the card number, no second-guessing the rarity.

    Behind the scenes

    Searches 220,000+ verified cards across the CardList database. Real card data, not a generic eBay catalog dump. Every set, number, and variant is sourced from official release info.

    Pro tip Search by set code (LOB-EN001) or partial name. Both work.
  2. Step 02⏱ 3s → 5s elapsed

    Add it to inventory. One tap.

    Pick condition, pick quantity, hit add. CardList stores the card with its current market value attached. Your portfolio updates automatically as prices move — you don’t have to track anything by hand.

    Behind the scenes

    Pulls live market price from CardList pricing data. Refreshes every twenty-four hours. Your inventory total recalculates instantly when prices shift on rare or volatile cards.

    Pro tip Use condition multipliers in settings to auto-adjust prices for played cards.
  3. Step 03⏱ 5s → 12s elapsed

    Push it to eBay with your branding intact.

    Your title template fills in automatically. Your custom HTML description renders with your branding. Photos drop in from your inventory. One click publishes the listing to your seller account — no copy-paste, no eBay’s default template.

    Behind the scenes

    Talks to eBay’s Sell API directly. No browser extension, no scraping, no fragile workarounds. Listings appear on eBay within seconds and respect your business policies.

    Pro tip Save title templates per game so Pokemon and Magic listings get the right format automatically.
  4. Step 04⏱ 12s → 18s elapsed

    Watch it sell. Then ship it.

    Orders sync from eBay automatically. Pending payment, ready to ship, in transit, delivered — CardList tracks every state and shows you exactly what needs your attention. Repeat buyers get flagged so you know who’s coming back for more.

    Behind the scenes

    Polls eBay’s order API every few minutes for status updates. Builds your customer database from buyer info. Tracks lifetime spend and last order date so repeat customers stand out.

    Pro tip Set up shipping policies in settings so the shipping cost is calculated automatically per order.
Time saved

Five minutes a card. Or eighteen seconds.

Here’s the same listing workflow on both sides. Manual on the left, CardList on the right. The seconds add up faster than you’d think.

✕ The manual way
  • Find the card on TCGPlayer or Google1m
  • Type out the name, set, and number1m
  • Look up the right rarity and variant45s
  • Photograph + crop + edit images1m 30s
  • Format the eBay title manually45s
  • Set price + double-check fees1m
Total per card6 min
✓ The CardList way
  • Search CardList3s
  • Tap to add2s
  • Pick condition + quantity2s
  • Upload photos5s
  • Title template auto-fills1s
  • Tap publish5s
Total per card18 sec
20×faster, per card

List 96 cards a month — the average inventory size for a serious TCG seller — and you get 9.1 hours of your life back every single month. That’s an entire weekend, every quarter, that you’re no longer giving to a spreadsheet.

What CardList does for you

The boring parts you never have to do again.

Eight small things that disappear from your workflow the second you add a card to inventory. Each one is a paper cut. Together, they’re the entire afternoon you’ve been losing.

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    Looking up the right set name

    Type a few letters of the card. The set, number, and rarity come pre-attached.

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    Spelling card names correctly

    Charizad, Charizard, Chairzard. They all find the right card. Typos are impossible.

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    Cropping photos to eBay’s spec

    Drag photos in. CardList sizes them, sets the main image, and stores them with the listing.

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    Calculating market price by condition

    Set your multipliers once. NM is 100%, LP is 80%, the math runs itself for every listing forever.

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    Tracking which buyer hasn’t paid yet

    eBay’s order statuses sync into a single dashboard. You see at a glance what needs your attention.

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    Copy-pasting between seven tabs

    TCGPlayer, eBay, your spreadsheet, your bank, your email. CardList pulls it all into one place.

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    Remembering who buys from you twice

    Repeat buyers get flagged automatically with their order history. Loyalty without effort.

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    Second-guessing your title format

    Save a template once. Every listing inherits it with the right card details swapped in.

An honest note from the founder

Built by a TCG seller. For TCG sellers.

I run Mitchell's Card Club on eBay - $30,000+ in sales and 1,200+ orders in the first year. I built CardList because I needed it myself.

Spreadsheets, typos in titles, copy-pasting set numbers, checking prices across three tabs at midnight. I got tired of all of it and decided to build something better.

Now it's yours too.

Mitchell Romney
Mitchell RomneyFounder, CardList

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