Add cards to a batch

Two ways to add cards

Open the batch, then choose + Add cards at the top right. The menu offers two ways to add to the batch:

For spreadsheets, open Loose ends → Import.

• Open camera — capture more cards live, one front/back pair at a time.
• Upload photos — bulk import; select up to 200 images at once.

How front and back pair up

When you bulk-upload photos, you pair them. Uploaded photos wait in the Pair front & back tray until you pair each front with its back, or mark a photo Front only if it has no back. Nothing is scanned until you press Create cards.

CardZen keeps your photos in the exact order you uploaded them, so the fastest way to pair is to upload in a consistent order and pick the matching layout: front, back, front, back, or all fronts then all backs. You can also drag one photo onto another.

If an earlier photo is still uploading or needs a retry, later photos wait to keep that order. Choose Retry when an upload error appears; photos that already uploaded do not need to be uploaded again.

You pair right where you upload: the Pair front & back tray sits on the Capture page beneath the drop zone, so you can keep adding photos and pairing them on one page. (The same tray also opens full-page if you follow a direct Pair link.)

Confirm your pairs and CardZen takes you straight to the batch — you never wait on a building screen. Cards it has already read are ready to edit right away; any still being built appear as read-only "Reading card…" rows and switch to normal review rows on their own the moment both sides finish. You can even pair photos while CardSense is still reading one of them.

Add cards with the camera

1. 1Open the batch you want to add to.
2. 2Choose + Add cards, then Open camera (or use + Capture more at the bottom of the review list).
3. 3Photograph each card front and back.
4. 4Let CardSense read the details in the background.
5. 5Return to the batch review screen — the new cards are waiting there.

Avoid duplicates

Before importing records that may already exist, search Cards by player, set, year, card number, or custom label. Duplicate records make cost basis and listing status harder to trust.