First-party TCGplayer tooling
If TCGplayer is 80%+ of your business, their first-party tools have access to features and roadmap priority that third parties don't.
vs TCGplayer Pro
TCG Sync vs TCGplayer Pro
TCGplayer Pro is TCGplayer's own seller software. TCG Sync is an independent platform for your storefront, POS, buylist, and marketplace channels — and TCGplayer is one of those channels. You keep selling on TCGplayer while Shopify stays the source of truth for your catalogue and inventory.
Live example
Store running on TCG Sync
OMG Games runs on TCG Sync: a live card-store catalogue with buylist, credit, deckbuilder, events, and checkout workflows.
Bottom line
Keep TCGplayer as a channel, not as your platform provider.
If TCGplayer is nearly all of your business, TCGplayer Pro's first-party tooling is the simplest fit. If you want TCGplayer sales alongside your own storefront and other marketplaces, TCG Sync syncs stock, prices, and orders with TCGplayer while remaining the broader independent commerce platform for direct sales, POS, buylist, events, and channels such as CardNexus, Cardmarket, eBay, Cardtrader, and Mana Pool, with CardSynced for pricing data and supported listings.
Feature matrix
TCG Sync vs TCGplayer Pro — feature-for-feature
A straight matrix of what each platform ships, so you can decide whether TCG Sync is the right fit before starting. Partial means the feature exists but is limited, add-on, or third-party. Spot something out of date? Email omar@tcgsync.com.
| Feature | TCG Sync | TCGplayer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Independent of any single marketplace | Yes | No |
| Full online storefront (your own domain) | Yes | Partial |
| Built-in POS | Yes | Partial |
| Buylist (online + at the till) | Yes | Partial |
| Deckbuilder | Yes | No |
| Live auctions | Yes | No |
| Live streaming | Yes | No |
| Events & tournaments | Yes | Partial |
| Card recognition | Yes | Partial |
| Autopricing | Yes | Yes |
| TCGplayer sync — TCG Sync syncs stock, prices, and orders with TCGplayer from one inventory. | Yes | Yes |
| CardNexus sync — TCG Sync connects through the CardNexus Public API for mapped inventory, listings, and sales. | Yes | — |
| Cardmarket sync — TCGplayer Pro focuses on its own marketplace. | Yes | No |
| eBay sync | Yes | No |
| Cardtrader / Mana Pool sync, CardSynced pricing data | Yes | No |
| Shopify integration — TCG Sync currently requires Shopify as the source of truth. | Yes | Partial |
| Bundled website theme | Yes | No |
| No per-terminal licensing | Yes | — |
| Migration support | Yes | — |
Where TCGplayer Pro wins
Honest points in TCGplayer Pro's favour
If your shop would be better served by TCGplayer Pro, we'd rather you find out here before onboarding. These are the points where they genuinely outperform us.
Single-provider simplicity
One provider for marketplace plus software is simpler to procure. You'd send one PO instead of two.
Where TCG Sync differs
What TCG Sync covers that TCGplayer Pro handles differently
Structural differences to check against your own workflows, invoices, and integration needs.
Independence from the marketplace
TCGplayer takes a cut of singles sales. Your platform provider also being TCGplayer creates an alignment issue — their incentive is to route you through their marketplace, not to help you build direct channels that bypass it.
CardNexus, Cardmarket, eBay, TCGplayer, Cardtrader, Mana Pool, CardSynced
All supported in TCG Sync, with CardSynced providing pricing data and supported listings rather than a marketplace. TCGplayer Pro focuses on TCGplayer. If you sell internationally or across multiple marketplaces, TCG Sync covers more of those channels.
Full storefront + deckbuilder + live auctions
All native in TCG Sync. None of these are TCGplayer Pro's focus.
Pricing
Price and structural comparison
TCGplayer Pro pricing varies by tier and features. The harder comparison is structural — TCG Sync doesn't have a conflict of interest with you about where sales happen.
- Flagship package
Enterprise
Starting from$2,499USD per month
No setup fee and no sales percentage
Discuss Enterprise - Percentage-based
Storefront Pro
$1,000USD one-time setup
+ 2% of TCG singles and sealed sales across POS, Shopify and marketplaces — comics, board games, accessories, drinks, toys and other non-TCG items are excluded
Ask about Storefront Pro - Tailored package
Custom
Let’s discuss itScoped around your business
Scope and pricing agreed together
Let’s discuss it
All prices are in USD. Contracts are month to month by default (a longer fixed term can be agreed), you can switch packages, and extra locations are included in the price. Every package includes the Storefront Pro storefront — use it, or keep your current front end and we'll work with that. Third-party payment processing and marketplace fees are separate. Every package starts with an email to omar@tcgsync.com — tell us about your current setup and we'll help you choose.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- If I'm 80%+ on TCGplayer, does TCG Sync still make sense?
- Yes, if you want a storefront and channels beyond TCGplayer. TCG Sync keeps TCGplayer as a synced channel — stock, prices, and orders — while adding your own storefront, POS, buylist, and the other marketplaces from one inventory.
- Which fees apply to TCGplayer sales?
- TCGplayer's own seller fees, charged by TCGplayer directly. Enterprise has no sales percentage. On Storefront Pro, our 2% of TCG singles and sealed sales applies to TCGplayer sales the same as on any other channel.
- How does Storefront Pro pricing compare with TCGplayer Pro?
- TCGplayer Pro pricing varies by tier and feature set, and sits alongside the marketplace fees you already pay on sales there. Storefront Pro is $1,000 USD one-time setup plus 2% of TCG singles and sealed sales, charged by us rather than by a marketplace that also competes for the sale. Enterprise starts from $2,499 USD/month with no sales percentage. Custom: scoped and priced around your requirements — email omar@tcgsync.com.
- If we leave TCGplayer Pro, do we lose our marketplace presence?
- No. You can keep selling on marketplaces through our connectors, with your inventory held in Shopify and synced out to each channel. Inventory with conditions, customer accounts, store credit balances, buylist history, and order history import during onboarding, and stock decrements centrally so channels stay aligned. We aim to onboard typical stores within 48 hours of kickoff, once scope is confirmed. Migration is included in every package; staff training is done over Zoom, and you can book Zoom calls for one-to-one help.