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Batch Scanner

Scan a whole stack of trading cards in one batch

Upload scans or phone photos of a stack of sports cards or TCG cards. SlabIQ identifies every card in the batch, sets aside the ones it isn't sure about, and carries the results straight into pricing, listing and inventory.

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No credit card required · 500 scans / month on the free plan

Batch Scanner
SlabIQ batch overview: ten Pokémon, One Piece, Magic and baseball cards matched automatically, nine ready to list, with sale prices and an estimated batch value
Upload a stack and SlabIQ matches every card, sports and TCG alike. Here all ten cards matched automatically, nine are ready to list, and the one left as a draft waits for your review.

Why it matters

Card-by-card data entry doesn't scale

Most of the time spent selling cards goes into typing: the year, set, player or character, card number and parallel of every card, usually copied out of a search in another tab. That's fine for five cards and miserable for five hundred.

The Batch Scanner treats a stack of cards as one job. You add the images once, SlabIQ works through the whole batch, and you spend your time on the few cards that need a human decision instead of entering every card by hand.

How it works

How Batch Scanner works

  1. Step 1

    Create a batch

    Name it and, if you like, set defaults for the whole batch: sport or game, card language, condition, default price and markup, and the title and description templates to use. Only the name is required.

  2. Step 2

    Add your card images

    Drag in scans or a whole folder, use your device's camera, or scan a QR code and add photos from your phone. Choose front only or front and back. JPG, PNG and WebP up to 10 MB each.

  3. Step 3

    Process the batch

    Press Process and SlabIQ identifies each card against its card catalog while a progress bar tracks the run. Cards that fail can be retried.

  4. Step 4

    Review what needs you

    The match summary sorts the batch into cards matched automatically, cards you've confirmed, cards that need confirmation and cards with no catalog match, so you know exactly what to check.

  5. Step 5

    Prepare the listings

    Titles, item specifics and listing fields come from the identified card and your templates, with market pricing beside each card in review.

  6. Step 6

    List or schedule

    List the batch on eBay, Shopify or CardTrader, or schedule eBay listings to go live all at once or staggered over time.

Capabilities

What you can do with Batch Scanner

  • Front only, or front and back

    Pair each card's back with its front in the same batch, or scan fronts only when the back adds nothing.

  • Phone upload by QR code

    Open a batch on your computer, scan its QR code, and photos taken on your phone land in that batch. Nothing to install; the upload link expires after 30 minutes.

  • Batch-wide defaults

    Set the sport or game, card language, condition, default price, markup and templates once for the batch instead of card by card.

  • Sports cards and TCGs

    Baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, MMA, wrestling, racing and golf, plus Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana and Flesh and Blood.

  • Five card languages

    Set English, Japanese, Korean, or Traditional or Simplified Chinese for a batch.

  • A match summary you can act on

    Every card lands in one bucket: matched automatically, confirmed by you, needs confirmation, no catalog match, or failed and ready to retry.

  • Duplicates inside the batch

    Check Batch Duplicates finds copies of the same card in a batch and combines them into one listing with the quantities added up, and you can undo it.

  • Lots and variations from the same scan

    When a batch is processed, send its cards to the Lot Builder or the Variation Builder instead of listing them one by one.

  • List to your marketplaces

    Publish reviewed cards to eBay, Shopify and CardTrader from the batch. CardTrader listings need a TCG catalog match.

  • Scheduled eBay listings

    Choose a start date and time, then schedule the whole batch for one moment or stagger the start times.

Your phone is the scanner

No scanner needed: scan the QR code and your phone's photos go straight into the batch. Nothing to install.

SlabIQ's Upload from your phone dialog, with a QR code that sends phone photos straight to a batch

Your photo beside the catalog match

AI identification: your photo beside the catalog match, with a confidence score. Uncertain matches are flagged for review instead of guessed.

SlabIQ Workstation: each uploaded card photo beside its catalog match, with a match-confidence badge, generated title, condition and price

Screens from SlabIQ with a sample account: real catalog cards; prices, costs and sales are examples.

Good to know

What to expect

  • Identification isn't perfect. Cards SlabIQ can't match with confidence are marked for your confirmation instead of being guessed, and some cards will need details entered by hand.
  • Each identified card uses scan credits from your plan. Cards matched by image fingerprint cost less, and cards that fail aren't charged. Your plan's allowance is on the pricing page.
  • Sealed product batches aren't scanned: sealed items are entered rather than identified from photos.
  • A marketplace appears as a listing option once it's connected to your account.

Use cases

Who uses Batch Scanner

  • Breakers

    Photograph the hits and the base from a break and identify them as one batch instead of entering each card separately.

  • eBay sellers

    Turn a stack of new pickups into eBay listings with titles and item specifics filled in from the identified card, ready for you to check.

  • Card show buyers

    Shoot a show haul on your phone, send it to a batch by QR code, and have it identified by the time you're home.

  • Card shops

    Process incoming cards in batches and list them to eBay, Shopify and CardTrader from the same records.

Questions

Batch Scanner: common questions

Do I need a card scanner?

No. A flatbed or document scanner works, and so does any phone: open the batch, scan its QR code and take photos with the phone's camera. You can also upload image files from your computer.

Can it scan the back of the card too?

Yes. Choose Front + Back when you add cards, and each back is paired with its front.

What happens when SlabIQ isn't sure about a card?

It doesn't guess. Cards with several possible matches or a low-confidence match are marked for confirmation, and cards with no catalog match keep the details read from the image so you can correct them.

Does every card use a scan credit?

Cards identified with AI use one scan credit each, cards matched by image fingerprint use less, and cards that fail aren't charged. See the pricing page for each plan's allowance.

Which cards does the Batch Scanner support?

Sports cards (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, MMA, wrestling, racing, golf and multi-sport) and trading card games including Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana and Flesh and Blood, in English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Can I list straight from a batch?

Yes. Reviewed cards can be listed on eBay, Shopify or CardTrader from the batch, and eBay listings can be scheduled to start at one time or staggered.

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