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Important Changes to TCGplayer Direct Minimum Pricing and Marketplace Fees

By   Seller Experience Team   •  

At TCGplayer, our goal is to be the most trusted marketplace for trading card games, with a continued focus on better serving the professional sellers who power our industry. To create long-term sustainability for sellers, we will be implementing a minimum price requirement for items sold through TCGplayer Direct and Store Your Products (SYP), along with also updating the Marketplace Fees. See the When It's Changing section below for the dates when these changes will be implemented.

What’s Changing

  • TCGplayer Direct and Store Your Products (SYP) Minimum Price Requirement
    • Any items sold through TCGplayer Direct and Store Your Products (SYP) will have a minimum price requirement of $0.40.
      • Cards that are listed below $0.40 will be adjusted to $0.40 for Direct-eligible inventory only, provided that matching Direct inventory is available.
    • The $0.40 minimum price requirement is only applicable to Direct and SYP listings. Standard marketplace listings remain unaffected and can still be sold below $0.40.

Participation in TCGplayer Direct and Store Your Products (SYP) is optional. Sellers who do not wish to participate in minimum pricing requirements may continue to sell through the standard Marketplace without a minimum price requirement.

  • Direct Seller Agreement
  • Marketplace Fees
    • The Marketplace Commission Fee cap is increasing from $50 to $75. 
    • Marketplace Seller (Level 1-4 Account) percent commission fees will increase from 10.25% to 10.75%. Commission fee percentage rates will not change for other sellers. For more information, see TCGplayer Fees.

When It’s Changing

  1. January 22, 2026 - The Direct Seller Agreement will be updated with the information above.
  2. The TCGplayer Direct minimum price requirement update will be rolled out in phases, on the following dates: 
    1. January 23, 2026 — Lorwyn Eclipsed set from Magic: The Gathering.
    2. January 30, 2026 — All Yu-Gi-Oh! Direct products.
    3. February 10, 2026 — All Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon Direct products.
  3. February 10, 2026 - Marketplace fee changes will go into effect.

Why We’re Making These Changes
Rates are increasing to support growth and continuous improvement on the Marketplace and for our seller programs. These changes enable us to invest in attracting more buyers for our sellers, while continuing to build programs and tools that support professional sellers, improve reliability, and maintain the level of trust sellers and buyers expect from TCGplayer. 

We understand that these changes may impact your business, and we want to assure you that we are here to support you throughout this process. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us or read the Direct Minimum Price Update FAQ and the Marketplace Fee Cap Increase FAQ for more information.