Shipping supplies for TCGplayer sellers

1. Protect the card

Match the protection to what the order is worth. Too much costs money and weight; too little costs a damage complaint.

• Penny sleevesabout $4-6 per 100The baseline for every single card, whatever it is worth.
• Semi-rigid toploadersabout $8-15 per 100Stops bending. Use one for anything above bulk value, roughly $2 or more per card.
• Team bags or card saversabout $5-8 per 100Keeps a sleeved card from sliding around inside the toploader.

The full breakdown by order value is in the packaging supplies guide.

2. Choose the outside

• Rigid or bubble mailersabout $0.25-0.60 eachFor anything with a toploader inside. A plain paper envelope bends under normal mail handling.
• Plain white envelopes (#10) and stampsFor low-value singles. Weigh one fully packed envelope, not just the card. See how to pack a plain white envelope and how many stamps it needs.
• A small boxFor graded slabs and sealed product. See how to ship graded cards.
• A kitchen or postal scaleA one-time purchase. It tells you the postage before you seal the envelope.

3. Labels and a printer

• 4x6 thermal labelsabout $0.03-0.05 eachFor a thermal label printer. Pick 4x6 in TCG Speed Shipper, then set the printer margins to zero and the paper size to 4x6.
• A 4x6 thermal label printerThe Rollo, the Dymo LabelWriter 4XL and the MUNBYN 4x6 are the usual choices. Which one fits your order volume.
• Avery 5160 address labels30 per sheet, for stamped envelopes. Print at 100% scale, then add your stamp. Any home printer works.

Ready to print? TCG Speed Shipper is free for 10 labels a month, with no account. Make your labels.

Where to look

These are plain links to search results, with no tracking and no commission. TCGplayer also has its own packing guide for sellers.

• Penny sleeves
• Toploaders
• Team bags
• Rigid mailers
• #10 envelopes
• 4x6 thermal labels
• Thermal label printers
• Avery 5160