Buyer's Guide.

1. Find your card

You have two ways to buy. Post a want describing the card name, set, game, the condition you will accept, and your budget, then let verified sellers answer with sealed offers. Or browse listingssellers have already posted and buy one directly. The more specific your want, the better the offers. “Charizard” pulls mismatched offers; “Base Set Charizard, PSA 8, up to $1,200” pulls the right ones.

2. Your wants are sealed

Sellers can see what you want and your budget, but never whoyou are. The board shows you only as an anonymous collector tag until you accept an offer. No one can snipe your grails, poach the deal off platform, or build a profile of what you collect. Your identity and shipping details unseal only when you accept a seller's offer.

3. Pay into escrow

When you accept an offer or buy a listing, you check out through Stripe and your payment is captured into escrow. This is the part that protects you. Daily Card Show holds the funds while the card is in transit. The seller is not paid yet. Your money is only released to the seller after you have received the card and had a chance to inspect it, so a seller cannot simply take payment and disappear.

Pay through the platform every time. A deal taken off the floor loses escrow protection entirely, and treat any push to pay by gift card, crypto, or a friends and family transfer as a red flag.

4. What you pay

As a buyer, the price you see is the price of the card. Our platform fee is paid by the seller out of their proceeds, not added on top of your total. You pay the card price (plus shipping where the seller charges it). There is no separate buyer membership fee, and posting wants is always free.

5. Track the shipment

Once you have paid, the seller ships the card with tracking and shares the tracking number in the app. A card should arrive sleeved, in a top loader or graded case, inside a rigid mailer. See the Shipping & Packaging guide for the standard a seller is expected to meet.

6. Receive and inspect

When the card arrives, mark the order received in the app. That opens a 3-day inspection window. Open the card carefully and check it against the offer. Does the condition match? For a graded slab, does the certificate number match the listing and verify on the grading company's site? If everything lines up, accept the card in the app. Accepting releases escrow and pays the seller, so only accept once you actually have the card and it is as described.

If the card is materially not as described, arrived damaged, or a slab fails to verify, do not accept it. Instead report a problem in the app within the window, with photos. That holds the funds in escrow and brings our team in to resolve it. See the Terms of Service for how disputes are handled.

You have 3 days to accept or report a problem. If you do nothing in that window, escrow automatically releases to the seller, so inspect the card promptly when it lands.

Returns

Because escrow holds your money through the inspection window, your protection is strongest before you accept the card. An item that is significantly not as described, counterfeit, or damaged in transit should be made right, and you should report the problem before the window closes and the funds release. A simple change of heart is not grounds for a return once a deal is accepted and paid.