Not sure if it’s just the cards I’m looking at but I’ve noticed a lot of cards selling for more on Fanatics than ebay these days (Masaki Gengar PSA 9 for $9.3k on Fanatics vs $7.5k on Z&G ebay).
For the niche prize and trophy cards this makes sense, but I’m noticing a lot of desirable set cards or chases going for more too.
Store credit usage is a massive plus for fanatics. Makes it better to buy and sell
Definitely a factor. I do think if your objective is primarily to buy and sell, it’s the simplest option!
Imagine if Z&G did store credit. Instead of paying out for consignment sales, the credit is used for items on ebay
Yeah he would have to create his own website too. No way eBay is allowing store credit.
Fanatics is the trollandtoad 2.0 we all wanted
I meant the “store credit” is kept on a spreadsheet that is only visable by Z&G and the consigner. I sell a card for $1k, I get my $920 credit or whatever the rate is. I message him the next day - hey send me this card you have BIN on ebay that is $920 and call it even.
Obviosuly an insane amount of work to keep track, it wouldn’t work, but just a hypothetical
Could be the buyer’s premium effect
Coupled with consistent, curated auctions. eBay requires you to shift through noise
This is certainly a first for me. I am now 26 days since Fixed Price “sale”, and I still don’t have a resolution on my pending card. Sale date of December 5th and still stuck “pending”. Customer Service said:
”The buyer payment is still processing at this time, which is why the funds are not yet available.
Once the payment has fully cleared, we will notify you with an update or reach out if any further action is needed from our side. Thank you very much for your continued patience and understanding.”
I guess I’ll continue to wait.
I will say on the buying side I paid with ACH the other week the day after the weekly auction, and it took close to two weeks to clear. Really frustrating but it could genuinely still be processing if they chose ACH.
Has anyone with sales completed in 2026 had funds added to their wallet yet? I’m wondering if it’s just me or if it is something on Fanatic’s side.
Nope - I’m guessing they’re working through a big backlog of lots of stuff since I also have CS requests that used to take 1-2 days to get a response now taking a lot longer since the holidays.
maybe half of the funds from paid for items in this most recent auction block has hit my wallet
I have not been getting paid for any items marked as paid since roughly Jan 1st either.
I just got a big payout today, finally.
Also, just to update again, still nothing on the Kabuto lol. It is now 34 days since the “pending payment” date. Customer Service has escalated the case and my main man Rodolfo said they would let me know in few weeks what’s up.
Insane. My card was lost in the void.
Shoutouts to Rodolfo
No problems so far with payouts for BIN or auction for this year thankfully
Had an eBay seller send an extra 20 raw cards that I had to pay grading fees on. After a week of back and forth with support, I’ve accepted I’m out of luck and am just gonna pay the fees and have the cards disposed of. 
