- Bulk
- Common, uncommon and low-value cards, priced and sold by the card or by the thousand rather than individually researched and listed. The cheapest way into this business (start with how to sell Pokémon bulk step by step).
- Floor price
- The minimum a seller will ever list a card at, no matter what the market says. Without one, orders shrink until they're not worth the time to pack. Full explanation in is selling bulk actually worth it.
- Sifted bulk
- What's left in a bulk pile after the valuable cards have already been pulled out. Still sells, just at a lower price than unsifted bulk.
- Chaos sorting
- Storing inventory by the order it was listed in (a batch), instead of alphabetically by set. Trades a slower pick process for a much faster listing process. Full breakdown in chaos sorting: the inventory system that actually scales.
- Remark
- The batch number assigned to a group of newly listed cards in a chaos-sorted system, used by a pick list to say exactly where a sold card lives.
- PWE (Plain White Envelope)
- A windowed envelope and a few stamps, used to ship cheap bulk orders far more cheaply than a box or bubble mailer. Fits 30-plus unsleeved cards with the right technique, covered in the cheapest way to ship bulk.
- TCGplayer Direct
- A program where TCGplayer ships a seller's sold cards from their own warehouse instantly, in exchange for meaningfully higher fees. Weighed in full in is TCGplayer Direct worth it.
- Reimbursement invoice
- The batch of physical cards a TCGplayer Direct seller periodically ships back to TCGplayer, to restock what already sold from Direct's inventory on the seller's behalf.
- Pro Seller
- A TCGplayer seller tier (unlocked at level 4) that adds access to Mass Price automatic repricing and a personal storefront, in exchange for a slightly higher fee.
- Mass Price
- TCGplayer's automatic repricing tool for Pro Sellers: set a rule once (a floor, a markup, a schedule) and prices update on their own. Full setup guide in how to price bulk on TCGplayer.
- Reverse holo
- A card printed with the foil pattern on the card's background and border instead of the artwork, as opposed to a standard "holo" where the foil covers the illustration.
- Unsifted bulk
- A bulk lot that hasn't been gone through yet, straight from a collection or a shop that hasn't sorted it. Usually worth more per card than sifted bulk, since the buyer hasn't already pulled the good cards out.
- Rip and ship
- A seller opens sealed product live (often on stream) and ships the resulting cards or packs directly to the buyer who paid for that specific spot, rather than selling already-opened singles.
- PayPal Goods & Services
- A protected PayPal payment type that allows a buyer to dispute and recover funds if a seller never delivers. The single most important habit in avoiding supplier scams, detailed in how to avoid supplier scams.
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