Card research and seller math, where you already work.
Connect Scout once, then ask your assistant to identify a card, pull comps and market value, chart price history, or compare estimated eBay and Pulltrader proceeds — with assumptions shown every time.
- Public
- Read-only
- No account required
https://mcp.pulltrader.app/mcp
- Sell it yourself on eBayfees $33.53 · 13.41%estimated$216.47baseline
- CollectIQ (you ship)fees $22.50 · 9%$227.50+$11.03 vs eBay
- Your Pulltrader storefront (you ship)fees $0.00 · 0%$250.00+$33.53 vs eBay
Assumptions$250 sale price, no shipping, entry tier (Level 1), buyer pays the platform fee
Estimate from fee schedules dated June 1, 2026 (Pulltrader) and June 27, 2026 (eBay, estimated). How these are calculated
One question, a sourced answer
Scout tools look up limited-public market data. Fee tools do the math themselves so your assistant never has to guess at fee tables.
Connect Scout once
Add the Pulltrader MCP server to an AI assistant that supports remote connectors. One URL, no account, no API key.
Ask about a card or a sale
Identify a card, look up comps and market value, check price history, or compare what you would keep across selling methods.
Review a sourced answer
Card tools return limited-public market data with disclaimers. Fee tools return payouts, assumptions, and dated fee schedules.
Seven tools: Scout research and seller economics
Card tools return limited-public comps and market data. Fee tools return deterministic payout estimates with dated schedules.
Scout card intelligence
identify_cardIdentify a card
Resolve a natural-language description into structured fields — player, year, set, number, parallel, grader, and grade — with a confidence level.
search_card_salesFind comparable sales
Return a capped sample of recent sold comps (price and date) plus a market snapshot. Estimates only; no listing clickthroughs.
summarize_card_marketSummarize market value
Canonical market summary from recent comps: median, mean, percentile range, volatility, and confidence.
get_card_price_historyChart price history
Chart-ready day/week/month series with per-bucket medians and overall trend from sold-sale samples.
Seller economics
compare_selling_costsCompare seller proceeds
Estimated fees and take-home across eBay, Pulltrader methods, and optional other marketplaces for one sale price.
calculate_required_sale_priceSolve for a target net
Work backward from the payout you want (and optional cost basis) to the sale price each method needs.
explain_selling_methodExplain a selling method
Plain-language fees, fulfillment, and assumptions for a supported selling method.
Answers for research and listing decisions
Identify a card from a description
Name a card in plain language and get structured fields before you look up comps or market value.
Check comps and market value
Ask what a card is selling for and get recent sold comps, a median, and a confidence-backed market summary.
See price over time
Pull a day, week, or month history series when you want trend, not just a single number.
Check proceeds before you list
See estimated take-home on a price across eBay and Pulltrader, instead of guessing at fee tables after the sale.
Work back from a target
Tell your assistant the net you want and the price you paid, and solve for the sale price you need.
Understand the assumptions
Every estimate lists what it includes and excludes — and when eBay nets you more, it says so.
eBay and Pulltrader, side by side
eBay is estimated from published rates. Pulltrader methods use the production payout configuration. You can also add other marketplaces — see below.
| Method | Where it sells | Who fulfills | Main fees | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sell it yourself on eBay | eBay | You ship | Final value fee (13.25% individual or 12.35% Store, tiered) plus a per-order fee | Estimated |
| CollectIQ | CollectIQ | You ship | Seller fee by level (entry keeps 91%, up to 95% on Shop); platform fee paid by buyer by default | Exact |
| Fulfilled by Pulltrader | CollectIQ | Pulltrader ships | Same payout tier as the marketplace; storage and label costs are not modeled here | Exact |
| Your Pulltrader storefront | Your branded storefront | You ship | No seller fee, you keep the full item price; platform fee paid by buyer by default | Exact |
| In-person POS | In person | You hand it over | No seller fee; card sales carry the platform fee, cash sales carry no fee at all | Exact |
Compare other platforms too
Add TCGplayer, Mana Pool, Misprint, Fanatics Collect, or Goldin to any comparison. Each has a page with its estimated selling fees and seller payouts.
The default marketplace most card sellers compare against.
The largest dedicated TCG marketplace, with a per-item fee cap.
A marketplace built entirely for Magic: The Gathering.
A low-fee app for graded cards, with fast Stripe payouts.
Sports and collectibles, with a low 6% Buy Now seller fee.
The premium auction house, with a tiered fixed-price marketplace.
See them all on the selling fees by platform page. Competitor figures are estimates of published fixed-price seller fees; auction formats are described, not modeled.
Estimates you can check, not claims you have to trust
The tool is built to be honest about what it knows. It will tell you when eBay nets you more.
Where the numbers come from
Pulltrader fees mirror the production payout and platform-fee configuration. eBay fees are modeled from eBay published selling fees, Trading Cards category and are labeled estimated wherever they appear.
Versioned and dated
Every estimate carries the fee-schedule version and effective date it used (currently June 1, 2026 for Pulltrader and June 27, 2026 for eBay). If a schedule is past its review date, the response includes a staleness warning.
Conditional costs are named, not hidden
eBay estimates exclude promoted-listing ad fees, international fees, buyer-paid sales tax, and your own shipping-label cost. Those are called out rather than buried, because they change the real result.
Not a guarantee
Figures are estimates for trading cards in USD. Actual proceeds vary, Pulltrader is not claimed to be cheapest in every case, and none of this is financial advice. Found a number that looks wrong? Email support@pulltrader.app.
Honest by design
- Sell it yourself on eBayfees $6.36 · 14.13%estimated$38.64baseline
- CollectIQ (you ship)fees $3.60 · 9%$36.40−$2.24 vs eBay
- Your Pulltrader storefront (you ship)fees $0.00 · 0%$40.00+$1.36 vs eBay
Assumptions$40 sale price, $5 shipping, entry tier (Level 1), individual eBay account
Estimate from fee schedules dated June 1, 2026 (Pulltrader) and June 27, 2026 (eBay, estimated). How these are calculated
On a $40 card with $5 shipping, eBay returns an estimated $38.64, which is about $2.24 more than the entry-tier CollectIQ payout of $36.40. The storefront still keeps the most at $40.00.
Add the server to your assistant
Pulltrader is a remote server. The exact menu differs by client, so pick yours below.
https://mcp.pulltrader.app/mcpA Claude plan that supports custom connectors (web or Desktop).
- Open Settings, then Connectors.
- Choose Add custom connector.
- Paste the Pulltrader server URL and save.
- Start a chat and ask about a card or what you would keep on a sale.
https://mcp.pulltrader.app/mcpA ChatGPT plan with developer mode connectors enabled.
- Open Settings, then Connectors (or Apps and Connectors).
- Open Advanced and enable Developer mode.
- Choose Create, then paste the Pulltrader server URL.
- Open a chat with the connector available and ask your question.
https://mcp.pulltrader.app/mcpCursor with MCP enabled.
- Open your MCP configuration.
- Add the Pulltrader server entry shown below.
- Reload, then ask about a card or seller proceeds in chat.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pulltrader-seller-economics": {
"url": "https://mcp.pulltrader.app/mcp"
}
}
}Any client that supports a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP.
- Find where your client adds a remote or HTTP MCP server.
- Use the Pulltrader endpoint as the server URL.
- No authentication is needed. The server is read-only.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pulltrader-seller-economics": {
"url": "https://mcp.pulltrader.app/mcp"
}
}
}Also listed on the official MCP Registry as app.pulltrader/seller-economics.
Questions, grouped by what you want to know
Identify a card
- “Identify 2018 Prizm Luka Doncic Silver PSA 10.”
- “What card is 2022 Silver Tempest Serena 193?”
Comps and market value
- “What are recent comps for a PSA 10 2018 Prizm Luka Doncic Silver?”
- “Summarize the market value for Charizard VMAX Rainbow Rare.”
Price history
- “How has the price changed on a PSA 10 Luka Doncic Prizm Silver over the last few months?”
- “Show weekly price history for that card.”
Compare proceeds
- “Compare what I'd keep on a $250 graded card across eBay and Pulltrader.”
- “What do I net on an $80 card on eBay versus a Pulltrader storefront?”
Compare other marketplaces
- “Compare what I'd keep on a $250 card across eBay, TCGplayer, Mana Pool, and Pulltrader.”
- “On a $2,500 card, compare TCGplayer, Goldin, Fanatics Collect, and Pulltrader.”
Work back from a target
- “I paid $120 for this card and want to net $200. Walk through the eBay and Pulltrader math.”
- “What sale price do I need so my Pulltrader payout covers a $90 cost?”
Built to collect as little as possible
What it receives
Only the structured inputs you or your assistant provide — card queries for Scout tools, or sale price, shipping, and seller level for fee tools. Nothing else.
What is logged
Only operational signals: the tool name, whether the call succeeded, latency, and a coarse anonymous fingerprint. Logging can be turned off.
What is never stored
No natural-language prompts, no conversation history, no IP addresses, and no tokens. Fee tools do not persist the prices you pass in.
What it cannot touch
The server is read-only. It cannot create listings, move money, or read or write any Pulltrader account or inventory. There is no account to connect.
Full detail is in the Pulltrader privacy policy.
Scout research and selling infrastructure, in one server
Pulltrader builds Scout, the storefront, point of sale, fulfillment, and marketplace that card sellers run on. This MCP server puts Scout's card intelligence and seller-economics math inside the AI assistants you already use — so comps, history, and take-home are there before you list.
Common questions
What is the Scout by Pulltrader MCP server?
The Scout by Pulltrader MCP server is a free, read-only Model Context Protocol server for trading-card sellers. It identifies cards from text, looks up limited-public comparable sales and market summaries, charts price history, and compares estimated seller proceeds across eBay, Pulltrader, and other marketplaces inside AI assistants that support remote connectors.
Which tools does the Pulltrader MCP server expose?
Seven tools: identify_card, search_card_sales, summarize_card_market, and get_card_price_history for card intelligence; compare_selling_costs, calculate_required_sale_price, and explain_selling_method for seller economics.
What does compare_selling_costs do?
Takes a sale price plus optional shipping and seller level. Returns estimated fees, payout, effective rate, and the gap between eBay and Pulltrader methods. eBay figures are estimates, not guaranteed proceeds.
Is the card market data complete?
No. Card tools return a limited-public tier: capped example sales, aggregate stats, and price history — no listing URLs or per-listing images. Figures are estimates, not financial advice.
Does the Pulltrader MCP server require a Pulltrader account?
No. Public server — no account, sign-up, or API key. You need an AI client that supports remote connectors.
Is the Pulltrader MCP server read-only?
Yes. Read-only — identifies cards, returns market data, and runs fee calculations. Cannot create listings, change prices, move money, or access any Pulltrader account or inventory.
Which selling fees can it compare?
It compares eBay final value fees (individual and Store rates, tiered) plus the eBay per-order fee against Pulltrader's selling methods: marketplace, Fulfilled by Pulltrader, branded storefront, and in-person POS. You can also opt into estimated competitor marketplaces such as TCGplayer, Mana Pool, Misprint, Fanatics Collect, and Goldin.
Are the estimates guaranteed?
No. Card market figures and fee payouts are estimates. eBay fees follow published schedules but exclude promoted listings, international fees, sales tax, and your shipping-label cost. Not financial advice.
Does Pulltrader store my AI conversation?
No. The server logs only operational signals — tool name, success or error, latency, and an anonymous fingerprint. Logging can be disabled.
How do I connect the Pulltrader MCP server?
Add the server URL https://mcp.pulltrader.app/mcp as a remote connector in a compatible AI client such as Claude, ChatGPT developer mode, or Cursor. No authentication is required. Then ask about a card, comps, price history, or what you would keep on a sale.
What is the Pulltrader MCP endpoint?
The endpoint is https://mcp.pulltrader.app/mcp, using the Streamable HTTP transport. The server is also listed in the official MCP Registry as app.pulltrader/seller-economics under the title Scout by Pulltrader.
How current are the fee schedules?
Each fee estimate shows the version and date of the fee schedules it used. Pulltrader fees mirror the production configuration, and eBay fees are reviewed on a schedule. A response warns you if a schedule is past its review date.
Are there rate limits?
Yes. The public server limits all requests to about 60 per IP per minute. Card research tools (identify, comps, market summary, price history) are further capped at about 8 per IP per minute and 40 per IP per day to control cost. Fee comparison tools stay on the coarser limit. If you hit a limit, wait and retry.
Technical reference
- Endpoint
https://mcp.pulltrader.app/mcp- Transport
- Streamable HTTP (POST /mcp)
- Authentication
- None (public, read-only)
- Registry name
app.pulltrader/seller-economics- Title
- Scout by Pulltrader
- Tools
identify_card, search_card_sales, summarize_card_market, get_card_price_history, compare_selling_costs, calculate_required_sale_price, explain_selling_method- Protocol version
- 2025-06-18
- Server version
- 0.5.0
- Health check
https://mcp.pulltrader.app/health
Tool surface
Scout (data-backed): identify_card, search_card_sales, summarize_card_market, get_card_price_history. Card queries accept a natural-language query or structured item.
Seller economics (pure): compare_selling_costs, calculate_required_sale_price, explain_selling_method. Fee tools take sale price and optional shipping, seller plan, and methods; returns are deterministic with dated fee schedules.