Import purchases

Why purchases matter

Purchases are the foundation for cost basis. Without them, CardZen can still track your cards and listings, but profit and ROI won't be complete because it doesn't know what you paid.

Three ways to add purchases

Open Purchases from the sidebar. The buttons at the top right give you three options:

• Import from eBay — pull your eBay buys automatically (within eBay's 60-day import window).
• Import CSV — upload a spreadsheet of purchases.
• + New purchase — enter a purchase by hand for repacks, shows, or retail buys.

eBay purchase sync

eBay purchase import uses the current 60-day window. Re-syncing can fill missing item title, photo, item link, eBay item number, tax, buyer fee, and itemized fee values when eBay provides them.

Each imported purchase also creates a purchase batch, with its cards waiting as awaiting photos — ready to capture when the package arrives.

Read the Purchases page

• The top bar shows Total spend, Cards purchased, Avg per card, and Unallocated spend (cost not yet assigned to a card).
• Filter by All, No cards, Partial, All cards added, or any card tag to find the purchases you need.
• Each row shows the source, a cards-added progress bar, total cost, and per-card cost, with an Add cards shortcut.

Choose where a purchase came from

Manual purchases support card shops and shows, auction marketplaces, social or private sales, breaks, gifts, trades, Power Packs, and external vault transfers. Choose the closest source so purchase history stays useful when you filter and review cost basis.

The iPhone app asks for the same purchase: pick a source, then fill in the seller, quantity, and total cost — those three are required.

After import

On iPhone, a purchase opens with the item title and total first, followed by its linked cards, progress, purchase details, and cost breakdown. Use Edit at the top to correct the purchase without losing that context.

1. 1Open a purchase to see its Cost breakdown (subtotal, tax, shipping, total) and Cost allocation (allocated vs remaining).
2. 2Capture the package into its purchase batch, or use + Add card to assign existing cards.
3. 3Override a card's share if the even split isn't right.
4. 4Edit the purchase to correct its shipping, tax, or total when they affect your cost basis.

Cards in a purchase

Each purchase lists the cards it contains and how the cost splits across them. Cards captured into the purchase's batch appear automatically; cost splits evenly by default, and any card's share can be overridden.