WAXENGINE

Comparison

How WaxEngine and Card Dealer Pro differ

Both tools scan a card and put it on eBay. They diverge on everything after that. Card Dealer Pro spreads across four marketplaces. WaxEngine goes deep on one and then keeps working on the listings once they are live. Here is the honest split, including where they beat us.

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What each one actually does.

Card Dealer Pro details read off their own signup flow and plan grid, checked August 2026, including their published trial terms. Marketplace and order details come from their site and help centre, checked October 2026. Where their material does not document a capability we say so rather than claiming they lack it. Pricing changes, so confirm the current numbers on their site before you decide.

Capability Card Dealer Pro WaxEngine
Marketplaces it lists to CollX plus 1 to 3 more by tier (eBay, Whatnot, Shopify) eBay
Sell beyond eBay Yes: CollX, Whatnot and Shopify directly, plus a CSV route to TCGplayer No, eBay only
Free trial 7 days, on the entry plan 7 days or 200 scans
Card details to start the trial Required up front Not required
When the trial ends The paid plan begins automatically unless you cancel Nothing bills, no card was taken
Entry price $9/mo, or $8 billed annually (500 AI credits) $24.95/mo, or $249/yr (1,000 scans)
Top tier $59/mo, or $49 annually (5,000 AI credits) Standard plus scan packs tops out at 3,000 scans; Volume from $199/mo for 5,000 cards
What a plan includes Credits and marketplace count scale by tier Every feature on every plan
Identify a card from a photo Yes Yes
Price from sold market data Yes Yes
Your own past sales priced into the number Not documented Yes
Live listings sorted into performance tiers Not documented Yes
Automatic offers to the buyers watching a card Not documented Yes
End stale listings and queue the relist Not documented Yes
Group dead stock into lots Not documented Yes
You-Pick variation listings Not documented Yes
Profit after fees, shipping, and card cost Fees and net earnings shown per order; card cost not documented Yes

Buy theirs instead when

  • You sell on more than eBay. Card Dealer Pro lists to CollX, Whatnot, and Shopify, and exports a CSV you can load into TCGplayer. WaxEngine is eBay only. If your cards move across several of those, this is not a close call.
  • You want the cheapest way in. Their entry tier is $9/month. Ours is $24.95. If scanning and listing is the whole job, you do not need what we charge for.
  • You want a native desktop app. They ship Windows and macOS applications. WaxEngine runs in the browser.
  • You sell soccer or racing. Our identification and pricing cover hockey, baseball, football, basketball, UFC, soccer and other sports, Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering today. Everything after the listing is sport-agnostic, but the scan is not yet.

Where we are the better tool

Listing was never the expensive part.

A card takes three to five minutes to list properly by hand. A card that sits unsold for eight months costs you the sale. WaxEngine is built mostly for the second problem.

Common questions.

Can I bring my cards over from Card Dealer Pro?
Yes. In Card Dealer Pro, export your batch as a CSV or as a zip with the images, then upload that file on the Import page in WaxEngine. Each card with a photo lands in your review queue already identified from the export, and WaxEngine prices it from recent sales. Nothing is rescanned and no scan credits are used. Cards you already scanned in WaxEngine with the same photo are recognised and skipped. Large collections go in a few files rather than one.
What is the actual difference between WaxEngine and Card Dealer Pro?
Card Dealer Pro is built around getting cards scanned and listed across several marketplaces. WaxEngine is built around what happens after the listing goes live: your active listings get sorted into performance tiers, offers go out to watchers automatically, stale cards queue for a one-click end-and-relist, dead stock groups into lots, and every sale reports a profit number after eBay fees, shipping, and what the card cost you. Card Dealer Pro also shows fees and net earnings per order, and it sells on more marketplaces than eBay. If listing is your bottleneck, either tool helps. If your bottleneck is 1,500 listings sitting there not selling, that is the part WaxEngine was built for.
Card Dealer Pro lists to more marketplaces. Why only eBay?
Because we chose to go deep on one marketplace rather than wide across several. WaxEngine goes deep on eBay specifically: 80-character titles built in the order eBay buyers search, item specifics, store categories, shipping policies, the Negotiation API for offers to watchers, and profit calculated against eBay’s actual fee structure. If you sell across CollX, Whatnot, Shopify or TCGplayer, Card Dealer Pro covers ground we do not.
Their entry plan is cheaper. Is WaxEngine worth the difference?
Their $9 tier is real and it is cheaper than us. What you are comparing is a metered credit ladder against a flat plan with every feature included. WaxEngine is $24.95/month with 1,000 AI scans and every feature switched on, so the offers, tiers, relist queue, lots, and profit tracking are not a tier you upgrade into. Whether that is worth it depends entirely on whether you want the post-listing automation. If you only need scanning and listing, buy the cheaper one. One difference worth knowing before you compare the trials: theirs runs 7 days and the paid plan begins automatically unless you cancel first, while ours is 7 days or 200 scans with no card taken, so there is nothing to remember to cancel. In fairness to them, they do email a reminder two days before the trial ends.
What cards does WaxEngine handle?
As of October 2026, identification and pricing cover hockey, baseball, football, basketball and UFC raw singles, plus Pokemon cards on eBay US and Canada. The store-management side (tiers, offers, relist queues, lots, profit tracking) works across any eBay listings you already have, whatever they are.
Do I need eBay API keys or a developer account?
No. You connect through eBay’s own sign-in page and click Allow. WaxEngine never sees your password, permissions are scoped to selling operations, and you can revoke access at any time from either side. Automation ships switched off and does nothing to your store until you turn it on.

Also weighing CardLuma? Full plan details and the founding offer are on the pricing page.

Try it against your own store.

7 days or 200 scans free, no credit card, and automation stays off until you switch it on. Bring your Card Dealer Pro export with you and your cards are in the review queue on day one. If it does not beat what you use now, you have lost nothing.

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