Purchase Checker
Verify received card orders against your original purchase list.
What Is the Purchase Checker?
When you buy cards from an online marketplace (CardTrader, Cardmarket, TCGPlayer, etc.), you receive a shipment that should match your order. The Purchase Checker helps you systematically verify every card — catching wrong printings, condition mismatches, missing cards, and unexpected extras.
How It Works
1. Import your purchase list — Paste the order text, upload a CSV/Excel file, or use a named preset for TCGPlayer, CardTrader, or Cardmarket export formats
2. Verify each card — Use the card-by-card slideshow or camera scanner to go through the received cards
3. Review results — See a breakdown of verified cards, issues, and missing items
4. Add to collection — Bulk-add verified cards to a binder in your collection
Verification Interface
The verification step has three tabs:
Manual Tab — Card Slideshow
Flip through your purchase items one by one in a slideshow view. Each page shows:
- Large card image — So you can visually compare the card in your hand
- Editable specs — Condition, language, printing, foil status, and purchase price, pre-filled with expected values. Adjust them if the received card differs.
- Three action buttons:
- — Card matches, mark as verified
- — Card is missing from the shipment
- — Card arrived but doesn't match expectations (opens an inline issue type selector)
After each action, the slideshow automatically advances to the next pending card.
Navigation: Swipe left/right on mobile, use arrow buttons or keyboard arrow keys on desktop. A filmstrip at the bottom shows all items as color-coded thumbnails — green for verified, amber for issues, red for missing, gray for pending. Tap any thumbnail to jump directly to that card.
Keyboard shortcuts (desktop): Left/Right arrows to navigate, 1 = Received, 2 = Not Received, 3 = Received with Issue.
Camera Tab — Card Scanner
Scan cards with your camera to auto-match them against your purchase list (requires Premium). The scanner identifies each card and automatically marks it as verified if it matches a pending item. Mismatches and unexpected cards are flagged as issues.
When you switch from Camera back to Manual, the slideshow automatically jumps to the next pending card — scanner verifications are already reflected.
Items Tab — Purchase Items Manager
A list-based view for managing all your purchase items:
- Filter pills — All / Pending / Verified / Issues / Missing, each with a count
- Search — Find items by card name or set code, works within any active filter
- Edit items — Tap to expand and edit condition, language, printing, foil, or price
- Status transitions — Move items freely between statuses (e.g., undo a verification, dismiss an issue, quick-verify without the slideshow)
- Add items — Search for cards to add items that weren't in your original import (e.g., a bonus card in the shipment)
- Remove items — Delete items you no longer want to track
On desktop, the Items Manager panel is always visible alongside the Manual or Camera views for quick reference.
Issue Tracking
When something doesn't match, the Purchase Checker categorizes it:
- Wrong Version — Same card name but different set, printing, or foil status
- Wrong Condition — Card is in worse condition than expected
- Unexpected — A card not in your purchase list at all
- Missing — A card from your list that was never received
- Extra — More copies received than ordered
Each issue is flagged as Minor (e.g. better condition than expected) or Major (e.g. wrong card, worse condition).
When you press "Received with Issue", you can select the issue type from an inline list and optionally add notes. If you changed the card specs before pressing the button, the issue type is auto-detected (e.g., changing condition suggests "Wrong Condition").
Condition Tolerance
By default, receiving a card in better condition than expected (e.g. Mint instead of Near Mint) counts as a successful match. You can toggle this behavior in the verification settings.
Pause & Resume
You can pause a verification session at any time and come back later — your progress is saved. This is useful for large orders that take time to check.
Export Report
After verification, you can export a CSV or text report of all results, including issues and notes. This is useful for filing disputes with sellers.
Where to Start
You can start a purchase check from three places:
- Collection Dashboard — The "Verify Purchase" quick action
- Binders page — The "Verify Purchase" button
- Individual binder — The "Verify" button in the binder toolbar (imports directly into that binder)
Purchase Prices
If your import list contains price data, those prices are carried over to your collection cards as purchase prices. When adding items manually via the Items Manager, the purchase price defaults to the card's current market price from your preferred source. This helps track your actual spending vs. current market value in the Financial Dashboard.