Condition, shipping, prices, rookies, parallels, fakes and storage — written by the people who built the market, with our own diagrams.
The rungs the market trades on, a two-minute check and a corner self-test.
7 min · 19 Aug 2026ShippingThe packing stack, tracked post, and what goes wrong when either is skipped.
5 min · 19 Aug 2026PricesOne card, one book per condition. Why a sold price beats an asking price, with a worked example.
5 min · 19 Aug 2026BuyingCondition, landed price, and why your money is held until the card is in your hands.
5 min · 19 Aug 2026BasicsThe definition and its edges, the RC logo, sport by sport, and why the premium.
5 min · 19 Aug 2026BasicsColour ladders, what 23/99 means, case hits and 1/1s — with a rarity meter.
5 min · 19 Aug 2026TrustWhere fakes cluster, five checks in a minute, and what a counter checks.
6 min · 19 Aug 2026CollectionLayers, binder or holder, and the two enemies — humidity and light.
5 min · 19 Aug 2026Deciding where to sell? Cardmarket alternatives for sports cards in Europe — the five things worth comparing before you list.