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Comparison

How WaxEngine and CardLuma differ

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 includes, on every plan, everything that happens after the card is listed. Including where they win.

Already on CardLuma? Export your cards as a CSV and import the file into WaxEngine. No rescanning, and no scan credits used.

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7-day free trial (up to 200 scans), 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 has a standard plan with scan packs and a Volume plan for stores listing 3,000+ cards a month. Pricing moves, so confirm current numbers on their site before deciding.

Tier CardLuma WaxEngine
Trial Free, 14 days, 25 card IDs Free, 7 days or 200 scans, no credit card
Entry $10/mo, 1,000 IDs $24.95/mo, 1,000 scans
Mid $20/mo, 2,500 IDs $24.95/mo plus $4.95 per 250 extra scans
High $38/mo, 5,000 IDs Volume: $199/mo for 5,000 cards (standard plus scan packs tops out at 3,000)
Volume $71 to $99/mo, 10,000 to 15,000 IDs Volume: $199/mo for 5,000 cards plus C$29.95 per extra 1,000

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 for $71 to $99, and our Volume plan costs $199 for 5,000.
  • 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. CardLuma covers some of this too: it relists unsold auctions automatically and ended listings in bulk, applies auto-accept and auto-decline rules to best offers, and tracks profit and loss per card (their features and news pages, checked October 2026). These are the parts their site does not list.

Common questions.

Can I bring my cards over from CardLuma?
Yes. Export your inventory from CardLuma as a CSV, then upload it on the Import page in WaxEngine. Each card with a photo lands in your review queue with the details the export carries, and pricing runs in the background. 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.
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. Both also work after the listing: CardLuma relists unsold auctions automatically and ended listings in bulk, auto-accepts or declines best offers by your rules, and tracks profit and loss per card. 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 standard plan with every feature, plus a Volume plan for stores listing 3,000+ cards a month, and what it adds is specific: offers sent to the buyers watching a card, countering buyer offers, relisting stale fixed-price listings, performance tiers for your live listings, lots for dead stock, envelope printing and Chit Chats labels in Canada, buyer thank-you messages, and sold comps that name the licensed source behind each one, so you can see the evidence for every card price.
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 the price pays for. CardLuma tiers differ by scan volume. Every WaxEngine plan has every feature switched on, including the parts their site does not list: offers to watchers, countering buyer offers, the stale-listing relist queue, performance tiers, lots for dead stock, envelopes and Chit Chats labels, thank-you messages, and named licensed comp sources. 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?
As of October 2026, the WaxEngine standard plan goes up to 3,000 scans a month: the 1,000 included plus up to 8 scan packs at $4.95 for 250. Above 3,000 a month, the WaxEngine Volume plan starts at $199/month for 5,000 cards, with extra cards in blocks of 1,000 for C$29.95. On its August 2026 pricing grid, CardLuma ladders up to 15,000 identifications a month for $71 to $99, so at serious volume CardLuma costs far less per card, and we would rather say that than pretend otherwise.
Can I try WaxEngine without connecting my eBay store?
The trial is 7 days or 200 scans, whichever comes first, 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?
As of October 2026, identification and pricing cover hockey, baseball, football, basketball and UFC raw singles, plus Pokemon cards on eBay US and Canada. Everything after the listing (tiers, offers, relist queues, 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.

7 days or 200 scans free, no credit card, automation off until you switch it on. Bring your CardLuma export with you and the cards with photos land in your review queue. Compare it to whatever you use now on your own listings, not on a demo.

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