Vending Machine Buyback Offers
When you pull a card from a Vending Machine, you get an optional, instant cash offer to sell it directly back to Courtyard. This gives you immediate liquidity.
This article explains how the offer is calculated, the fees, and your other options.
How Your Offer is Calculated
Your buyback offer is 90% of the card's current Fair Market Value (FMV).
It's important to know that the offer is based only on the card's individual FMV, not the price you paid for the Vending Machine pack.
How We Determine the FMV: We use a proprietary pricing algorithm that analyzes a variety of data points to find the most accurate value, including:
Recent sales for that specific item (which you can see listed on the asset page).
Broader market and pricing trends (how the entire category is trending).
Comparative data (e.g., the price difference between a PSA 10 and a CGC 10).
At Courtyard you always have options and you never have to accept our buyback offer. If you feel the offer isn't what you'd like, or you'd prefer to keep the card, you can always:
Sell on the Marketplace: List it on our peer-to-peer marketplace (0% fees) and set your own price.
Redeem: Have the physical card shipped to your address to keep or sell anywhere else.
Vault: Keep the card in your secure Courtyard vault as part of your collection.
Fees, Payout, and Time Limit
Time Limit: You have 7 days to accept the offer before it expires.
Fee: A 6% processing fee is deducted from the offer amount if you accept.