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The Cardmarket alternative for collectors who sell

Trademeup is a European TCG marketplace from Luxembourg: a flat 3% seller fee, a built-in card scanner, live prices for 43,000+ Pokémon, One Piece and Lorcana cards, and buyer protection with tracked shipping and fixed deadlines. Here is the honest comparison, as of September 2026.

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Trademeup vs. Cardmarket

The numbers side by side. Cardmarket figures come from their public fee information, as of September 2026.

	Trademeup	Cardmarket
Seller fee, private sellers	3% flat	5% of the item value, capped at €100 per article
Seller fee, businesses	3% flat	3% (Powersellers: 1.5%)
Listing fees & monthly costs	None	None
Buyer protection	Optional, chosen by the buyer: +5% with Pro sellers, +7% with private sellers. Tracked shipping required, disputes per item, auto-release 14 days after delivery	Trustee Service at 0.5 to 1% of the order value: holds the payment until the buyer confirms arrival
Card scanner	Built in: snap a photo, get the card. 97.6% top-1 accuracy	No scanner documented
Checkout & payments	Stripe: card, Apple Pay, Google Pay. Processing included in the fee	Cardmarket Payments; instant credit top-up costs 5% + €0.35
Games	Pokémon, One Piece, Disney Lorcana: 43,000+ cards	More games, including Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh!

Trademeup is not affiliated with Cardmarket. Cardmarket figures were taken from public fee pages and independent fee guides in September 2026 and can change; check their current fee table before selling there. Our fees are rendered live from the same constants the checkout uses.

What you get on Trademeup

Scan cards instead of typing
Point your camera at a card and the scanner identifies it: 97.6% top-1 accuracy across 43,000+ cards. List in seconds, bulk-scan whole binders.
Live prices and a real portfolio
Every card has a live reference price and a 90-day price history. Your collection is valued like a stock depot, so you always know what your binder is worth.
Buyer protection with teeth
On protected orders the money is held until you confirm arrival. Tracked shipping is mandatory, deadlines are fixed (14 days after delivery), and disputes work per item with cent-exact partial refunds.
Built for Europe
Six languages (EN, DE, FR, PT, IT, NL), prices in EUR, EU-wide shipping and Stripe checkout with Apple Pay and Google Pay. Every seller passes an ID check before the first listing.

Moving over takes one CSV

Export your collection wherever it lives today and import the CSV straight into your Trademeup collection, the importer understands Cardmarket exports. Whatever is left, you scan. Your portfolio is valued from day one; selling later is one click.

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Where Cardmarket is ahead

A comparison page written by a competitor is worth little unless it names both sides. So, honestly:

More games
Cardmarket also trades Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh! and other games. We launched focused on Pokémon, One Piece and Lorcana; Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Digimon are next on the roadmap.
A cheaper escrow fee
Cardmarket's Trustee Service costs 0.5 to 1%; our buyer protection costs the buyer +5% or +7%. They are different products: theirs holds the payment, ours enforces tracked shipping, fixed deadlines, disputes per item and cent-exact partial refunds. And it is optional: if you do not want it, you do not pay it.
A bigger market today
Cardmarket has been around far longer and has more listings and sellers right now. That is exactly why we compete on price (3% flat for everyone), on tooling and on a checkout built in this decade.

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Is Trademeup cheaper than Cardmarket?

For private sellers, yes: 3% flat instead of 5%. For businesses both platforms charge 3% (Cardmarket Powersellers pay 1.5%). Buyer-side protection is priced differently: Cardmarket's Trustee Service costs 0.5 to 1%, our optional buyer protection costs +5% (Pro) or +7% (private) and covers more. Listing is free on both.

What exactly does buyer protection cover?

The payment is held until you confirm the order arrived. Tracked shipping is mandatory, so the parcel is never invisible. If something is wrong you open a dispute per item, with partial refunds to the cent. Without a confirmation or dispute, the money is released 14 days after the tracked delivery.

Can I import my Cardmarket collection?

Yes. The collection importer accepts CSV exports, including Cardmarket's format. Import, review, confirm, and your cards are in your portfolio with live values. The card scanner covers everything you never catalogued.

Which games can I buy and sell?

Pokémon, One Piece Card Game and Disney Lorcana, together 43,000+ cards including graded slabs, sealed products and accessories. Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Digimon are planned next.

Who is behind Trademeup?

Trademeup is operated by TTA Technologies in Luxembourg and runs on Stripe: payments, ID verification of every seller, payouts. Prices in EUR, six languages, EU-wide.

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The market is open without an account, prices are live and the fee table above is rendered from the same constants our checkout uses. If you sell, you pay 3%. That is the whole model.

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Cardmarket alternative

The Cardmarket alternative for collectors who sell

Start selling Browse the market

Trademeup vs. Cardmarket

The numbers side by side. Cardmarket figures come from their public fee information, as of September 2026.

	Trademeup	Cardmarket
Seller fee, private sellers	3% flat	5% of the item value, capped at €100 per article
Seller fee, businesses	3% flat	3% (Powersellers: 1.5%)
Listing fees & monthly costs	None	None
Buyer protection	Optional, chosen by the buyer: +5% with Pro sellers, +7% with private sellers. Tracked shipping required, disputes per item, auto-release 14 days after delivery	Trustee Service at 0.5 to 1% of the order value: holds the payment until the buyer confirms arrival
Card scanner	Built in: snap a photo, get the card. 97.6% top-1 accuracy	No scanner documented
Checkout & payments	Stripe: card, Apple Pay, Google Pay. Processing included in the fee	Cardmarket Payments; instant credit top-up costs 5% + €0.35
Games	Pokémon, One Piece, Disney Lorcana: 43,000+ cards	More games, including Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh!

What you get on Trademeup

Scan cards instead of typing
Point your camera at a card and the scanner identifies it: 97.6% top-1 accuracy across 43,000+ cards. List in seconds, bulk-scan whole binders.
Live prices and a real portfolio
Every card has a live reference price and a 90-day price history. Your collection is valued like a stock depot, so you always know what your binder is worth.
Buyer protection with teeth
On protected orders the money is held until you confirm arrival. Tracked shipping is mandatory, deadlines are fixed (14 days after delivery), and disputes work per item with cent-exact partial refunds.
Built for Europe
Six languages (EN, DE, FR, PT, IT, NL), prices in EUR, EU-wide shipping and Stripe checkout with Apple Pay and Google Pay. Every seller passes an ID check before the first listing.

Moving over takes one CSV

Open my collection

Where Cardmarket is ahead

A comparison page written by a competitor is worth little unless it names both sides. So, honestly:

More games
Cardmarket also trades Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh! and other games. We launched focused on Pokémon, One Piece and Lorcana; Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Digimon are next on the roadmap.
A cheaper escrow fee
Cardmarket's Trustee Service costs 0.5 to 1%; our buyer protection costs the buyer +5% or +7%. They are different products: theirs holds the payment, ours enforces tracked shipping, fixed deadlines, disputes per item and cent-exact partial refunds. And it is optional: if you do not want it, you do not pay it.
A bigger market today
Cardmarket has been around far longer and has more listings and sellers right now. That is exactly why we compete on price (3% flat for everyone), on tooling and on a checkout built in this decade.

Cardmarket alternative

Is Trademeup cheaper than Cardmarket?

What exactly does buyer protection cover?

Can I import my Cardmarket collection?

Which games can I buy and sell?

Pokémon, One Piece Card Game and Disney Lorcana, together 43,000+ cards including graded slabs, sealed products and accessories. Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Digimon are planned next.

Who is behind Trademeup?

Trademeup is operated by TTA Technologies in Luxembourg and runs on Stripe: payments, ID verification of every seller, payouts. Prices in EUR, six languages, EU-wide.

See it for yourself

The market is open without an account, prices are live and the fee table above is rendered from the same constants our checkout uses. If you sell, you pay 3%. That is the whole model.

Start selling Browse the market

The Cardmarket alternative for collectors who sell

Trademeup vs. Cardmarket

What you get on Trademeup

Scan cards instead of typing

Live prices and a real portfolio

Buyer protection with teeth

Built for Europe

Moving over takes one CSV

Where Cardmarket is ahead

More games

A cheaper escrow fee

A bigger market today

Cardmarket alternative

See it for yourself

The Cardmarket alternative for collectors who sell

Trademeup vs. Cardmarket

What you get on Trademeup

Scan cards instead of typing

Live prices and a real portfolio

Buyer protection with teeth

Built for Europe

Moving over takes one CSV

Where Cardmarket is ahead

More games

A cheaper escrow fee

A bigger market today

Cardmarket alternative

See it for yourself