What does eBay take when you sell a Japanese card in the U.S.?
Summary
In trading card categories such as Collectible Card Games, eBay's U.S. final value fee is 13.25% of the sale up to $7,500 and 2.35% of anything above that, plus $0.30 or $0.40 per order. The sale total it's charged on includes the shipping the buyer paid and sales tax. You get 250 free listings a month, and each one after that costs $0.35.
eBay's own example
eBay's fee page walks through a trading card sold for $9,500 with free shipping. With 6% sales tax the total comes to $10,070, and the final value fee is 13.25% of $7,500, plus 2.35% of the remaining $2,570, plus $0.40, or $1,054.55. Add a $0.35 insertion fee and a $4.00 Bold upgrade and total fees reach $1,058.90, leaving the seller $8,441.10, about 89% of the sale price. U.S.-registered sellers can also owe a 1.65% international fee and a 3% currency conversion charge on some sales.
Cards at $200 or more go through authentication
Raw or graded cards that sell for $200 or more in categories such as CCG Individual Cards fall under eBay's Authenticity Guarantee. The card ships to PSA first. Raw cards get a multi-point authenticity check, and for graded cards PSA checks the case and label without regrading. eBay covers the authentication, and the seller pays shipping to PSA. The program is open only to sellers in the U.S. (and, with some limits, Canada) and buyers in the U.S., so cards shipped from Japan aren't covered. Sets, lots, packs, and boxes are excluded.
Selling to a store
GameStop takes PSA-graded cards rated 8, 9, or 10 for cash or store credit. Its graded section includes Pokémon, ONE PIECE, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Dragon Ball Super, and on September 23, 2026, about 2,150 of the listed cards were in Japanese.
Sources
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