Points I’ve focused on:

– Decide on what you’d like to get

– Make sure it’s clear what you are selling

– Take pictures

– Ask people who know more to validate your expected price

– Understand you have competition and that it’s a buyer’s market

– Expect negotiation

I’m honestly a bit confused by your question. The first step would be that if 25% of your $40,000 (retail) collection is sub $5 then you basically have a $30,000 (retail) collection to most online buyers. I would imagine the spread on card kingdoms buylist for cards under $5 is greater than that of cards in the $20+ range. A quick glance at a few EDH staples shows that the TCGMarket price is significantly higher than the CardKingdom buy price on cards like Sol Ring, Thran Dynamo, and Goblin Bombardment (the spread was close to 50% on these 3 cards I quickly looked up). You will likely find similar spreads in the $5-$10 category as well (though probably more like 40-45%).

I bring all that up because if you’re factoring in all those sub $5 cards in your percentage valuation then I’m not surprised that you’re getting lower quotes than you’d expect.

If this response wasn’t helpful please feel free to reach out to me on our QS discord and I’d love to discuss further.

Hypotheticaly let’s say I have a list on quiet speculation. 5000 cards, valued about $40000, all cards NM/LP, 25% of the list is cards that retail (tcg low) for less than $5. Great spread of cards from foil pauper staples to reserve list cards including duals. Edh, modern, all formats except standard represented.

Why do I have such a hard time getting 10% less than if I were to just buylist it all? I mean I understand it’s hard to compete with card kingdom when they are buying at or near tcg low on cards. So I pick those cards out and sell them to CK, yet I still can’t get 10% below the quoted buylist. What am I missing?