TCGPlayer charges sellers 13.5% per sale. A fat chunk of that goes straight to their parent company, eBay, as pure profit. On CardPact, the fee rate is set by member vote — and surplus beyond operating costs flows back to the stores that produced it.
| TCGPlayer | CardPact | |
|---|---|---|
| Per-sale fee | 13.5% | 7%, set by member vote |
| Who controls the rate | eBay corporate | Member sellers |
| Where surplus goes | eBay shareholders | Back to member sellers |
| Your say in changes | None | Member voting |
| Platform can be sold | Yes, without your consent | Not without a member vote |
On existing platforms, every dollar above operating cost is profit for shareholders. The fee rate can change without your input, and there's no mechanism for stores to share in the platform's success.
On CardPact, surplus beyond what it costs to run the platform is distributed back to member sellers as patronage dividends — proportional to your sales volume. The more you sell, the more you get back.
The fee rate itself hasn't been finalized yet. That's intentional: it gets set by the founding sellers, not handed down by a corporation. If you want a say in what it is, this is the moment to join. Join our Discord.