WAXENGINE

Comparison

WaxEngine vs
CardLuma

These two overlap more than either would like to admit. Both scan, identify, price from sold data, and list on eBay. The difference is what you are buying: CardLuma prices by how many cards you scan, WaxEngine charges one price for everything that happens after the card is listed. Including where they win.

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14-day free trial, no credit card. Founding ten: $19.95/mo for life, and the founder lists your first 25 cards with you.

The pricing shape

They sell scans. We sell the store.

CardLuma plan details from their public pricing grid, checked August 2026. Their tiers meter card identifications and every tier gets their full platform. WaxEngine is a single plan. Pricing moves, so confirm current numbers on their site before deciding.

Tier CardLuma WaxEngine
Trial Free, 14 days, 25 card IDs Free, 14 days, no credit card
Entry $10/mo, 1,000 IDs $24.95/mo, 1,000 scans
Mid $20/mo, 2,500 IDs Same plan, same price
High $38/mo, 5,000 IDs Same plan, same price
Volume $71 to $99/mo, 10,000 to 15,000 IDs Not offered

Buy theirs instead when

  • Scan volume is the whole job. If you are identifying thousands of cards a month and listing is the entire workflow, their ladder goes to 15,000 a month and ours does not go past 1,000 outside the founding ten.
  • You want the lowest monthly price. Their entry plan is $10 against our $24.95 for the same 1,000 identifications. That is a real saving and you should weigh it honestly.
  • You want sold data from beyond eBay. Their comp tables span several marketplaces. WaxEngine prices from eBay sold comps, your own sales history, and current eBay competition, which is narrower on purpose but is the market you are actually selling into.

Where we go further

A listed card is not a sold card.

Getting the card up is the part everyone automates. The part nobody wants to do is the eight months afterwards, when it sits there and you do not notice.

Common questions.

How is WaxEngine different from CardLuma?
They are closer than most people assume. Both scan a card, identify it, price it from sold data, and list it on eBay, and both have added variation listings. The real split is shape. CardLuma sells a scan-to-list pipeline priced by volume, with six tiers from $10 to $99 a month. WaxEngine sells one flat plan where the listing is the beginning: your live listings sort into performance tiers, offers go to watchers automatically, stale cards queue for a one-click end-and-relist, dead stock groups into bundle lots, and every sale reports a real profit number after eBay fees, shipping, and card cost.
CardLuma is cheaper at the entry tier. Why pay more?
Their $10 plan is genuinely cheaper than our $24.95 and gets you the same 1,000 identifications. If your job is scanning and listing, that is the better buy and we would rather you knew that up front. The difference is what you get without upgrading: every WaxEngine feature is switched on at one price, including the offers, tiers, relist queue, bundle lots, and profit tracking. You are not buying more scans, you are buying the work that happens after the scan.
What if I scan more than 1,000 cards a month?
CardLuma ladders up to 15,000 identifications a month and we do not offer a tier above 1,000 yet, so at serious volume they cover ground we do not. The exception is the founding ten, who lock $19.95 a month for life with unlimited scans. Once those are gone, high-volume tiers are on the roadmap rather than in the product, and we would rather say that than pretend otherwise.
Can I try WaxEngine without connecting my eBay store?
The trial is 14 days with no credit card, and automation ships switched off, so nothing touches your store until you explicitly turn it on. When you do connect, it goes through eBay’s own sign-in page: no API keys, no developer account, WaxEngine never sees your password, permissions are scoped to selling operations, and you can revoke access from either side at any time.
What cards does WaxEngine handle?
Identification and pricing cover hockey, baseball and football raw singles today, with Pokemon scanning ahead of its pricing release. Everything after the listing (tiers, offers, relist queues, bundle lots, profit tracking) works across whatever eBay listings you already have.

Also weighing Card Dealer Pro? Full plan details and the founding offer are on the pricing page.

Run it against your own store.

14 days free, no credit card, automation off until you switch it on. Compare it to whatever you use now on your own listings, not on a demo.

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