Can I try SportsCardNetwork before I pay?

Yes. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial with full access to everything, and you can cancel any time before it ends. Import your cards, run the scanner, list to your channels, and see your real numbers first.

How accurate is the AI card scanner?

Snap the front and back and the AI fills in the player, year, brand, set, card number, and parallel, then cross-references a catalog so the identification and title come out clean. You review and hit save.

Does SportsCardNetwork support graded slabs?

Yes. Look up any PSA, BGS, SGC, or CGC slab by its cert number and SCN pulls the card details, grade, and photo automatically. No retyping.

What channels can I sell on?

One master inventory syncs across eBay, Shopify, Square (for in-person shows), MySlabs, Walmart Marketplace, and your own SCN storefront. Sell a card anywhere and it updates everywhere, so you never sell the same card twice. More channels are on the way.

Are the fees and profit numbers real or estimated?

Real. We pull your actual transaction fees straight from the marketplace, including eBay's Finances API, so promoted-listing ad fees and shipping costs that estimate-based tools miss are all counted. Your P&L is the true number, not a guess.

Can I sell on my own website?

Yes. Every dealer gets a hosted storefront at your own handle plus a public collection share link, so buyers can browse and buy straight from you.

I sell a lot of cards, will it handle my volume?

Yes. Dealer ($59.99/mo) covers 10,000 cards with unlimited consignors and bulk listing, and Business ($299.99/mo) is unlimited with multi-user and API access. Plenty of dealers run thousands of cards through it.

Can I switch from a spreadsheet or another tool?

Usually under an hour. Connect your store and we import your full active catalog, titles, photos, item specifics, and pricing, in about 30 seconds. CSV import and bulk cert numbers cover the rest, and your customer list auto-builds from order history.

Can I cancel anytime?

Anytime, no contract. Upgrade when you outgrow it and cancel whenever. Your data stays yours.

What software should I use to sell cards at card shows?

You want one tool that does three things: price your table inventory before the show, take payment at the table, and reconcile after. A card-specific platform like SportsCardNetwork covers all three because it prices off live sold comps, has a built-in point of sale plus Square for in-person payment, and pulls a card off your other channels the moment it sells in person, so you never sell the same card twice. A generic point of sale can take payment but does not know your cards or your online listings.

How do I take payment at a card show?

Most dealers take cards and mobile payments with a Square reader or phone, plus cash. The gap is that a bare payment app does not know your inventory or your prices. Software that connects to Square lets you ring a sale against the actual card, at the price you set, and record it in your books automatically, instead of tapping in a dollar amount and losing the detail.

How do I avoid selling a card at a show that already sold online?

This is the classic card-show problem. A card on your table is often also live on eBay. If it sells at the show, it has to come off eBay immediately, and vice versa. The only reliable fix is one synced inventory: when a sale is recorded on any channel, including your in-person point of sale, the card is marked sold and its online listings end automatically.

How should I prep my inventory before a card show?

Catalog and price your table stock before you leave. Scan the cards in, set prices from recent sold comps, and have them in a system you can search on the floor. That way you can price a walk-up buy or a trade in seconds, ring sales at the table, and after the show you already have clean numbers instead of a shoebox of receipts to sort out.

Does a card show tool track profit for taxes?

The good ones do. Each in-person sale should record the price, your cost basis, and fees so your profit-and-loss stays accurate and tax time is straightforward. SportsCardNetwork logs show sales into the same real profit-and-loss as your online sales, so your whole business is in one set of books.

Card Show Software and POS for Dealers (2026): Run Your Table the Right Way

Last updated: September 24, 2026

A card show is three jobs stitched together: price your table before you go, take payment fast on the floor, and reconcile without losing your mind afterward. Most dealers run it with a mix of a phone, a Square reader, a price sheet, and memory. The problem shows up the moment a card on your table is also live on eBay. Here is how to run a show table with software that connects all three jobs and keeps your online listings honest.

The three jobs a show table actually has

Before: catalog and price your table stock so you can quote a walk-up buy or a trade in seconds, not thumb through a binder.
During: take payment at the table, ring the sale against the real card at the price you set, and keep moving.
After: know what sold, what is left, and your actual profit, without a shoebox of receipts to reconcile.

A generic point of sale handles the payment in the middle, but it does not know your cards, your prices, or your online listings. That gap is where money and time leak out.

The card show oversell trap

The single biggest headache at a show is selling a card that already sold, or is about to sell, online. Your best inventory is usually listed on eBay while it also sits on your table. If it sells at the show and stays live on eBay, you get a sale you cannot fulfill, an unhappy buyer, and a defect on your account. The reverse happens too: a card sells online while a buyer is holding it at your table.

The only reliable fix is one synced inventory. When a sale is recorded anywhere, including your in-person point of sale, the card is marked sold and its online listings end automatically. Without that, you are tracking it in your head across a loud, busy room, which is exactly when mistakes happen.

Prep your table before the show

Scan your stock in and price it off sold comps, so every card has a real number, not a guess, and you can defend a price to a sharp buyer.
Have it searchable on your phone or tablet, so you can find a card and its price instantly during a trade.
Bring a payment method that ties to the inventory, a point of sale or Square connection that rings against the actual card, not a blank dollar amount.

How SportsCardNetwork runs a show table

SportsCardNetwork is built to connect all three jobs. Before the show, you scan and price your table stock off live sold comps. On the floor, you take payment through a built-in point of sale and a Square connection, ringing each sale against the real card. The moment a card sells in person, it comes off eBay, Shopify, and your other channels automatically, so the oversell trap is closed. Every in-person sale lands in the same real profit-and-loss as your online sales, so after the show your books are already done. It is a flat monthly price, so a big show does not cost you a percentage of your table.

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Run your show table from one inventory

SportsCardNetwork prices your table before the show, takes payment through a built-in point of sale and Square, and when a card sells in person it comes off eBay and your other channels automatically. Every sale lands in your real profit-and-loss. Flat monthly price, free plan to start.

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Your options, honestly

Square or a bare payment app alone: fine for taking money, but it does not know your cards, your prices, or your online listings, so you still track inventory and oversell risk yourself.
A spreadsheet plus a card reader: workable at a small table, but slow to search on the floor and disconnected from your eBay listings.
Card-specific software with a built-in point of sale: prices your stock, rings sales against real cards, and syncs the sale back to your online channels. This is the setup that scales past one table.

The takeaway: the payment is the easy part. The value at a show is pricing fast, never overselling against your online listings, and walking away with clean numbers. Pick a tool that does those three, not just the one in the middle.