NeoSatoshi vs TCGPowerTools vs Cardmarket: seller tools compared
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TCGPowerTools is an inventory and repricing tool for Cardmarket, listed by Cardmarket as an API partner. NeoSatoshi does a different job: it recognizes Pokémon, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic, Star Wars: Unlimited and Digimon cards from photos or scans and creates the TCGPowerTools import file, plus eBay and Shopify listings. Cardmarket's own listing pages are the free baseline. Other seller tools (TCG Automate, SortSwift, Kori, TCGplayer Pro, Card Dealer Pro, Ludex, TCG Sync) mostly target eBay, Shopify, TCGplayer or physical stores.
Can NeoSatoshi replace TCGPowerTools?
For Cardmarket, no. TCGPowerTools puts your stock on Cardmarket and reprices it every night. NeoSatoshi does not list on Cardmarket directly and does not reprice Cardmarket offers. It replaces the step before TCGPowerTools: identifying the cards and building the import file with Cardmarket IDs and prices. If you sell only on eBay or Shopify, NeoSatoshi covers listing and the daily price sync on its own (Business plan).
NeoSatoshi, TCGPowerTools and Cardmarket side by side
Green: supported. Yellow: partly or through another tool. Red: not supported. Grey: not stated on the provider's public pages. Checked on 21 October 2026.
| Feature | Cardmarket (own tools) | TCGPowerTools | NeoSatoshi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lists your offers on Cardmarket | Listing form and bulk listing page for activated seller accounts | Cardmarket API partner, "Publish to Cardmarket" | Through the TCGPowerTools import file, no direct Cardmarket listing |
| Imports a spreadsheet of cards | No CSV upload documented in its help pages | CSV, XLS or XLSX with Cardmarket ID, Scryfall ID, TCGplayer ID or name, number and expansion | Creates the file instead, from photos or scans |
| Recognizes cards from photos | No scanner found in its help pages | Not stated on its website | Several cards per photo in every trading card game (best results with up to about 20); football cards one per photo |
| Document scanner workflow | Not stated on its website | Watched scan folder pairs fronts and backs (desktop Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera) | |
| Automatic repricing of Cardmarket stock | One-click autopricing and a nightly pricing bot | Prices are set at export; the daily price sync covers eBay and Shopify | |
| eBay listings | Not named on its website | Direct listing (Business plan) or CSV on every plan | |
| Shopify listings | Has a Shopify sync that some sellers use; not named on its public pages | Direct listing (Business plan) or CSV on every plan | |
| Pokémon, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic | All five are sold on Cardmarket | 17 games incl. these five and more | These five plus Star Wars: Unlimited and Digimon, no others |
| Condition grading | You choose the condition | You choose the condition (NM if left empty in an import) | Every card starts as NM, you set the condition |
| Price as published | Part of the marketplace, no separate tool fee; seller fees are on Cardmarket's own pages | From €2.99 per month, based on your last 30 days of sales; 7-day free trial | Free plan (50 scans per month); paid plans from €19 per month |
Seller tools for Pokémon, One Piece, Lorcana, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic compared (21 October 2026)
Every competitor fact comes from the provider's own website on the date above and is linked in the first column. "Not stated" means the public pages do not say. Prices change: check the provider's site for current details.
| Tool | What it is for | Games | Sales channels | Scanning | Pricing as published | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NeoSatoshi | Recognizes cards from photos or scans, adds Cardmarket and TCGplayer prices, creates export files and direct listings. | Pokémon, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic, Star Wars: Unlimited, Digimon | eBay and Shopify (direct listing on the Business plan, CSV on every plan); Cardmarket through the TCGPowerTools CSV | Phone or camera photos with several cards per photo in every trading card game (football cards one per photo); document scanners through the watched scan folder | Free plan with 50 scans per month plus 10 free scans per day; paid plans from €19 per month | Sellers who start from physical cards and list on Cardmarket, eBay or Shopify |
| TCGPowerTools | Inventory manager for Cardmarket: file import, autopricing and a nightly pricing bot. Listed by Cardmarket as an API partner. | 17 games incl. Pokémon, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh! | Cardmarket; other channels are not named on its public pages | Not stated | Monthly fee by last-30-day sales: €2.99 (up to €100) to €109.99 (up to €5,000); €159.99 above €5,000 from 1 January 2027; 7-day free trial | Cardmarket sellers with a large stock who want automatic repricing |
| Cardmarket (own tools) | The marketplace itself: single listing form and a bulk listing page for activated seller accounts. | All games sold on Cardmarket, incl. Pokémon, One Piece, Disney Lorcana | Cardmarket only | None found in its help pages | Part of the marketplace, no separate tool fee; seller fees on Cardmarket's own pages. The API is not accepting new applications. | Smaller volumes listed by hand |
| TCG Automate | Turns scanned or photographed cards into listings and cross-lists them. | 30 TCGs incl. Pokémon (EN and JP), One Piece, Lorcana | eBay, TCGplayer, Whatnot, Shopify, Square, Mana Pool, Walmart, Misprint; Cardmarket through a CSV export for TCGPowerTools or a bulk import browser extension | Uploads from phone or scanner; works with several card sorting machines | From $9 per month (500 scans, billed yearly) to $200 per month (30,000 scans); cross-listing and repricing from the Pro plan | Multi-channel sellers focused on US marketplaces |
| SortSwift | All-in-one store system: inventory, scanning, autopricing, point of sale, buylist and marketplace sync. | 44 TCGs incl. Pokémon, One Piece, Lorcana | Shopify, eBay, TCGplayer, CardTrader, ManaPool, CardNexus, Square, Misprint, WooCommerce, Walmart; Cardmarket not listed | Phone, document scanners, UPC scanner, optional sorting machine | Free entry plan up to $499 per month; no SortSwift commission | Physical game stores, mostly in the US |
| Kori TCG Manager | Shopify app to list and manage trading card inventory in a Shopify store. | Pokémon, Magic, Lorcana and other TCGs (One Piece not stated) | Shopify | Shelf label barcodes for Shopify POS only | $14.99 or $24.99 per month; 14-day trial | Small Shopify card shops |
| TCGplayer Pro (Scan & Identify) | Tool suite for TCGplayer sellers: inventory, pricing, Scan & Identify for mass scanning, Pro website. | Scan & Identify: Magic, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lorcana, One Piece | TCGplayer marketplace, Pro website, in-store | Scan & Identify imports images from document feeder scanners (Pro sellers only); free mobile app scans one card at a time | Pro requires a Level 4 TCGplayer seller account; fees are on TCGplayer's fee pages; mobile app free | Established sellers on TCGplayer in the US |
| Card Dealer Pro | AI scanning of cards into a digital inventory and listings. | Not stated per game; sports and trading cards | eBay, CollX, Whatnot, Shopify, CSV export | Autofeed and flatbed scanners, smartphone, desktop scanner app | $9, $19 or $59 per month by AI credits; annual billing cheaper | eBay and Whatnot sellers, including sports cards |
| Ludex | Phone app that identifies and values cards from a photo and creates eBay listings. | Sports cards and Pokémon (One Piece and Lorcana not stated) | eBay | Phone camera | Free tier with 200 scans per month; paid $4.99 to $24.99 per month | Collectors who sell now and then on eBay |
| TCG Sync | Commerce platform for card retailers: storefront, point of sale, buylist, autopricing, marketplace sync. | 70+ catalogues incl. Pokémon, One Piece, Lorcana | Cardmarket, CardNexus, eBay, TCGplayer, CardTrader, Mana Pool; Shopify currently required | Not described in detail | $1,000 setup plus 2% of TCG sales (Storefront Pro); Enterprise from $2,499 per month | Established shops already on Shopify |
When NeoSatoshi fits, and when another tool fits better
NeoSatoshi is the better fit when
- You start from a pile of physical cards and the slow part is identifying them and finding the right Cardmarket product for each one.
- You photograph table batches or binder pages, or own a document scanner, and want hundreds of cards in one file.
- You list the same cards on Cardmarket and on eBay or Shopify and want one upload for all outputs.
- You sell Pokémon (including Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese), One Piece, Disney Lorcana, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic (English, German, French, Italian and Spanish), Star Wars: Unlimited or Digimon (English and Japanese).
- You want eBay or Shopify prices kept up to date daily from Cardmarket or TCGplayer prices.
Another tool is the better fit when
- Your stock is already in a spreadsheet with Cardmarket IDs and you want it repriced on Cardmarket every night: TCGPowerTools on its own.
- You list a few cards a month on Cardmarket: Cardmarket's own listing form is enough.
- You sell games other than these five: NeoSatoshi does not support them; TCGPowerTools, TCG Automate or SortSwift do.
- You sell mainly on TCGplayer or Whatnot in the US: TCGplayer Pro, TCG Automate or Card Dealer Pro fit better.
- You run a physical store and need point of sale and buylist: SortSwift or TCG Sync.
- You sell sports cards: Card Dealer Pro or Ludex. NeoSatoshi reads PSA, BGS and CGC slab labels but never grades condition.
How we use it ourselves: the founder sells Pokémon cards on Cardmarket, Shopify and Ricardo (and on CardTrader until May 2026). Cards are photographed or scanned, NeoSatoshi creates the TCGPowerTools file and the Shopify products from the same batch, and TCGPowerTools keeps the Cardmarket stock priced. NeoSatoshi does not list on Ricardo or CardTrader; their sales come into NeoSatoshi analytics through CSV imports.
Guides for the Cardmarket workflow
Frequently asked questions
What are the alternatives to TCGPowerTools in 2026?
As of 21 October 2026: for listing on Cardmarket, the alternatives are Cardmarket's own listing pages and, for shops already on Shopify, TCG Sync. TCG Automate and NeoSatoshi create files that TCGPowerTools imports rather than replacing it. SortSwift, Kori, TCGplayer Pro, Card Dealer Pro and Ludex are seller tools for other channels (Shopify, eBay, TCGplayer, Whatnot) and do not name Cardmarket.
Does NeoSatoshi replace TCGPowerTools?
Not for Cardmarket. NeoSatoshi identifies cards from photos and creates the TCGPowerTools import file with Cardmarket IDs and prices. TCGPowerTools then lists the stock on Cardmarket and reprices it. For eBay and Shopify, NeoSatoshi lists directly and needs no other tool.
Which tools can put stock on Cardmarket?
Cardmarket's own single and bulk listing pages (for activated seller accounts), TCGPowerTools (listed by Cardmarket as an API partner) and TCG Sync (names Cardmarket as a channel, requires Shopify). Cardmarket's help page says it is currently not accepting applications for API access.
How much does TCGPowerTools cost?
On 21 October 2026 its pricing page lists a monthly fee based on your sales in the last 30 days: from €2.99 (up to €100 in sales) to €109.99 (up to €5,000), and €159.99 above €5,000 from 1 January 2027. New users get a 7-day free trial without payment details. Check tcgpowertools.com for current prices.
Do I need a commercial Cardmarket account to upload stock with a file?
For the TCGPowerTools route, in our experience yes: Cardmarket allows bulk uploads through it for commercial (professional) seller accounts only. Cardmarket's professional seller guide says a professional account needs a phone number, photo ID and a business registration, and has no selling restrictions.
Which tool should I use if I sell on TCGplayer in the US?
NeoSatoshi does not list on TCGplayer; it only uses TCGplayer prices. TCGplayer Pro (with Scan & Identify), TCG Automate, SortSwift or Card Dealer Pro are built for that.
Does any of these tools grade card condition?
None of the tools in this comparison states that it grades condition. In NeoSatoshi every card starts as NM and you set the real condition; in a TCGPowerTools import, a missing condition defaults to NM.
Is there help inside NeoSatoshi if I get stuck?
Yes. A built-in AI support assistant answers with the exact button names and links, can check your own account status, explains error messages where they appear and prepares changes with a before and after preview that you apply with one click.
Try it on your own cards
Upload a photo and see the TCGPowerTools file, eBay and Shopify outputs come out of the same batch. Everyone gets 10 free scans per day.