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Shipping

Pack it like you want it to arrive.

A toploader in a thin envelope is how cards get bent. We ship raw cards sleeved, toploaded, bagged, and sandwiched in cardboard, inside a rigid mailer or a small box. Slabs get a sleeve and padding of their own.

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Pirate Ship

Pirate Ship’s official support page says they do not have an affiliate or referral program. We still recommend it because discounted USPS and UPS rates beat walking up to the counter, and it costs nothing to use. This is a regular recommendation, not an affiliate link.

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Supplies

Mailers, cardboard & bags

Rigid cardboard mailers, extra team bags, bubble wrap, and the same BCW boxes you already use for storage. Amazon is the usual fallback when you need mailers tomorrow; BCW covers a lot of the card-specific packaging.

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Insurance

Collectibles Insurance Services

Useful to know about for a collection or dealer inventory. CIS offers an agent/producer program, not a consumer affiliate program with published click-to-commission terms. We link the official site only. For one-off high-value shipments, compare carrier insurance and declared value carefully.

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A simple packing recipe

  1. Penny sleeve, then toploader (or a slab sleeve for graded cards).
  2. Team bag. Avoid taping directly on the card or the front of a slab.
  3. Sandwich between two pieces of cardboard, slightly larger than the holder.
  4. Rigid mailer or a small box. If the mailer can be bent with one hand, add more cardboard or upgrade the mailer.
  5. Take a photo of the packed item and the label before it leaves.
Why this page is mostly not commissionable. The shipping tools collectors ask for first — cheap labels and collection insurance — currently have no public affiliate program we could verify. We still include them so this guide stays useful, and we earn on the supply links when those programs are approved.