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“What did you pay?” and why it matters

Your cost is what makes profit, gains and your tax report right.

Updated September 30, 2026

More in Scanning
  1. Scan your cards
  2. One scanner, with modes
  3. Record your pack opening
  4. Bulk Scan a stack
  5. Check your cards before adding them
  6. Japanese cards and other languages
  7. Get better scans
  8. Verify a graded slab
  9. Scanning with no signal
  10. Send a card photo to the app
  11. Use your phone as a scanner
  12. Where market prices come from
  13. “What did you pay?” and why it matters
  14. AI card checks and your photos
  15. Siri & Shortcuts

Scanning

  1. Scan your cards
  2. One scanner, with modes
  3. Record your pack opening
  4. Bulk Scan a stack
  5. Check your cards before adding them
  6. Japanese cards and other languages
  7. Get better scans
  8. Verify a graded slab
  9. Scanning with no signal
  10. Send a card photo to the app
  11. Use your phone as a scanner
  12. Where market prices come from
  13. “What did you pay?” and why it matters
  14. AI card checks and your photos
  15. Siri & Shortcuts

All help topics

What you paid for a card is what your profit and gains are worked out from. Type it in the You paid box when you add a card, or on the card later.

Want the app to ask every time? Turn on Settings → Scanning and prices → Always ask what I paid. It’s off until you turn it on. The first time you type a cost yourself, the app asks once if you’d like that.

  • With it on, every card you add asks What did you pay? first.
  • Type the amount, or tap Skip. The card then says “cost not entered” until you add it.

On the vendor plans:

Cards you buy or trade for in a deal get their cost from the deal. No question.

Bulk Scan takes one amount for the whole stack and splits it by market value.

Tip. Paid different prices for copies of the same card? Open it in Inventory and split them off so each keeps its own cost.

Related

  • Conditions, copies and graded cardsNM to DMG, several copies of one card, printings and graded slabs.
  • Your cards: value, cost and gainWhat the Inventory tab shows, how to sort and search, and what’s on a card’s page.
  • Tax & year-end reportYour year’s sales, profit, expenses and sales tax, ready for your accountant.

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