1% seller fee.
No listing fee. No tier rules. No surprise final-value charge. Buyers pay a small protection fee that funds the inspection window — same flat math on every sale.
The full fee breakdown
Seller pays
Platform fee
1%
Of the item price (not shipping)
Listing fee
$0
Free to publish — no draft cost, no expiration cost
Instant payout (optional)
1%
Get paid in minutes instead of 2 business days
Pro subscription (optional)
$9–29/mo
Bulk upload, analytics, lower fees — Phase 3
Buyer pays
Buyer protection fee
2.5%
Funds the inspection window + dispute handling
Payment processing
~2.9% + $0.30
Stripe — unavoidable on every card-paid platform
Shipping
As listed
Set by the seller, shown at checkout
Your savings vs eBay
eBay charges 13.25% + $0.30 final value fee on standard seller accounts. RareLink charges 1%. Here's the math.
| Sale price | eBay fee | RareLink fee | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50.00 | $7.59 | $0.50 | +$7.09 |
| $100.00 | $14.21 | $1.00 | +$13.21 |
| $250.00 | $34.09 | $2.50 | +$31.59 |
| $500.00 | $67.21 | $5.00 | +$62.21 |
| $1,000.00 | $133.46 | $10.00 | +$123.46 |
| $2,500.00 | $332.21 | $25.00 | +$307.21 |
Excludes shipping and processing on both sides. Same shipping costs on both platforms; processing fees are Stripe pass-through.
How we compare
| Platform | Seller fee | Buyer protection | Inspection window |
|---|---|---|---|
| RareLink | 1% | 72 hrs | |
| eBay | 13.25% + $0.30 | N/A | |
| TCGplayer | 10.75% + processing | N/A | |
| CollX | 10% | N/A | |
| Whatnot | Commission + processing | Live-only | |
| PriceCharting | $0 | N/A | |
| MySlabs | 2–3% | N/A |
Plans for every kind of collector
Free stays free — 1% on every sale, all the tools, all the trades. Pro and Business open in Phase 2 with lower fees and power-seller tooling.
RareLink Free
The whole platform. Just 1% on sales.
Free
1% seller fee on every sale
- 1% seller fee on sold cards
- Unlimited listings
- Public collector profile (/u/[name])
- Wishlist with hourly match alerts
- Card-for-card trades with cash differential
- Pack tracker + ROI + chase highlights
- Collection tracker (up to 200 cards)
- Live TCGplayer prices on every card
- Protected checkout (Stripe Connect)
RareLink Pro
Power-seller toolkit. Half the fees.
$9.99/mo
0.5% seller fee on every sale
- 0.5% seller fee — half the Free tier
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Real-time push alerts on wishlist matches
- Bulk listing CSV upload
- Unlimited collection tracker
- Custom profile banner + featured pin
- 3 featured listing slots per month
- Priority match alerts (Pro buyers hear first)
- Pro Collector badge on profile
- 24-hour support response SLA
- Discounted instant payout (0.5% vs 1%)
RareLink Business
Inventory tooling for serious operations.
$29.99/mo
0.25% seller fee on every sale
- 0.25% seller fee — the lowest possible
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- Named storefront URL (rarelink.ink/shop/yourname)
- Team seats (up to 2 logins)
- API access for inventory sync
- Custom storefront branding
- Quarterly business review
- Priority dispute resolution
- Comp tracker — see your sales vs market median
- Tax-time exports (1099 ready)
Pro and Business open in Phase 2. Join the waitlist to lock founding-member pricing and early access.
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