Sell for consignors without the spreadsheet.
Selling other people’s cards means knowing, at any moment, what each one sold for, what eBay took, what you keep, and what you still owe. Tag the card to its consignor and CardLuma works it out from the real sale.
Tag the Card, Not a Spreadsheet Row
Every card is either your own stock or a consignor’s. Set the consignor on one card, on a whole batch, or on a selection through bulk edit. Tag a batch and every unsold card in it is tagged, and every card you add to that batch later is tagged as it’s created.
Listings you made on eBay outside CardLuma can be tagged too, straight from the eBay Listings grid. The tag counts sales from that point on.
What You Owe, From the Real Sale
Owed is worked out from net proceeds: the sale price plus the shipping the buyer paid, minus eBay’s final value fee, promoted listing fees, your postage, and any refund. It’s the same figure your Profit & Loss uses. Your commission comes off that, and the rest is the consignor’s.
- Net proceeds on a card tagged to Jo
- $100.00
- Your commission at 20%
- $20.00
- Owed to Jo
- $80.00
Owed counts as soon as the sale reaches CardLuma. If the buyer is refunded later, the amount owed drops with it.
Rates Lock When You Tag
Each card keeps the commission rate it was tagged with. Change a consignor’s rate and it applies to cards you tag from then on; what you owe on cards already tagged doesn’t move. Need a special deal on one card? Change that card’s rate before it sells.
Once a card sells, its consignor and rate are locked everywhere. What you owe on it only changes through payouts, so last month’s numbers stay last month’s numbers.
Payouts, Balances and Statements
Log each payout on the consignor’s page with a date, amount and note. The balance is owed minus paid. A payout logged by mistake can be voided: it stays on the list, struck through, and stops counting. Payouts are never deleted, so the record survives a dispute.
Pick a date range and download a CSV statement: every sold card with its sale, fees, net proceeds, commission and owed, every payout, totals and balance, and the consignor’s unsold cards still with you, with their price. Send it to them as-is.
Your P&L Shows Your Cut
In Profit & Loss, a consigned card’s cost is what you owe its consignor, so your profit on it is your commission. A Stock filter splits the report into your own stock and consignment, and the CSV gains a Consignor column.
Automatic price drops skip a consignor’s cards unless that consignor has agreed to them. Their card doesn’t get marked down because your own inventory rules said so.
What Shops Use It For
- Taking in a collection on consignment. Tag the batch once at upload and every card from it is tracked to that consignor.
- Mixed lots. Your own stock and two consignors in one batch? Tag the cards individually or through bulk edit.
- Settling up. Open the consignor’s page, check the balance, log the payout, and send the statement.
- Finding a consignor’s cards. An optional Consignor column and filter in the batch grid and eBay Listings, and a
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Consignor Tracking Questions
Which plans include Consignor Tracking?
Pro, Elite, Ultra and Premier, and the free trial (14 days or 25 cards). On Starter the switch is locked, with a link to the plans that include it. See pricing.
What happens to my consignor data if I change plans?
Nothing is deleted. On a plan without Consignor Tracking it’s hidden, and it all comes back, with every consignor, tag and payout, when you upgrade.
Can my consignors log in to see their numbers?
Not today. There’s no consignor login. You send them the CSV statement. Payouts are logged, not paid through CardLuma.
What about unsold cards that go back to the consignor?
Move them to the trash or archive their batch. They drop out of the consignor’s unsold list. Cards that sold stay in what you owe, even if you trash them.
Consignment Runs on Trust. Keep the Numbers Clean.
A consignor who has to ask what they’re owed starts wondering why. Tag the card when it comes in, and the sale, the fees, your cut and their balance are already worked out when they ask.
Know what you owe every consignor.
Try Consignor Tracking free with Pro features included for 14 days or 25 cards. No credit card required.