CardTrader Reviews 1,914

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.3

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Review summary

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Evaluating 258 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the service for its reliability and the innovative CardTrader Zero system, which allows for bulk purchases and consolidated shipping, saving on costs. Many people highlight the excellent customer service, noting the team's helpfulness, responsiveness, and dedication to resolving issues, even going above and beyond in complex situations. However, some people were dissatisfied with the delivery times, describing them as very slow and often exceeding the indicated estimates. There were also occasional reports of orders being lost or delayed, and a few customers experienced issues with customer service, citing slow responses or a lack of solutions.

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Service

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Delivery service

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Product

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Order

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Customer service

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Sería genial contar con un buscador de cartas dentro de las compradas por CT Zero. Cuando tengo dudas de si ya he comprado alguna carta, tengo que mirar una por una en toda la lista. It would be grea... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Website is well made and user friendly. Customer support answered quickly and help solve my issue. Cardtrader Zero concept wasn’t clear for me, despite reading everything I could beforehand. After... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Overall a great platform, prices of single cards are higher on average than on other platforms, but with the zero service I saved a ton of money on shipping. One shipment got lost in the mail, bu... See more


Company details

  1. Game Store
  2. Trading Card Store

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Buy and sell collectible game cards, like Magic, Pokèmon, Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh.


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4.3

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The process with Card Trader is very intuitive and smooth

The process with Card Trader is very smooth as a buyer. Had in 3 years only minnor issues and one was my fault, the solution of the problem came in 24 hours without hesitation.
For me is highly comforting to buy cards in the span of 5-6 months and to receive just one pack with all the cards at my doorstep in 4-5 days.
Rarely I recommend sites with such confidence.

January 5, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lack of accountability and horrible customer service

This is my second time with this service and my expectations were quite good.

Have to say that the shipping costed around 19€

I took the UPS package in mint condition, but when got to open that box, I found the Cardtrader Zero box unsealed, opened and twisted. As a result of that, almost half of my cards suffered some kind of damaged. One 0,15€ card was missing.

Once I tried to report the issues I found a generic type of ticket for the order and another one for concrete issues. None of them were covering explicitly a problem like mine, so I filled out the concrete form for the 0,15€ card, and the generic one associated to the order for the main issue.

The surprise has been that once the resolved the little problem giving me back the 15 cents the concrete menu was locked, and then they answered to the other ticket that I eventually should use that locked menu.

Tried to answer explaining the issue in the automatic email, as there is no room for any type conversation (neither picture sharing) in their website and after 10 days I can confirm that I had no answer. Now I've tried to submit another generic ticket, but anyway it looks like that Cardtrader has no interest on resolving this.

After some days without any clarity:

1. Asked PayPal to give the shipping money back.
2. Immediately , after almost a month ignoring my petitions they asked me to send pictures (that already had sent to PayPal). It wasn't clear how to do it and I did It through the notifications email of CardTrader.
3. After one more week I got a PayPal email saying that CT agreed on refunding the shipping.
4. Then I tried to log in to see what they say, and "surprise!" It seems that they have suspended my account even having some cards paid in their facilities and a little bit of credit.

I don't know how to call this, but It is a shame from my point of view.

December 5, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

All In One Place

I was very happy to go to one place and get the cards I needed without having to search through multiple vendors and having to pay multiple shipping charges.

December 18, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

As a buyer probably great, seller not been good at all

As a buyer probably great. As a seller in the CT Zero scheme (which is a fantastic idea by the way) absolutely awful. Customer service is barely existent and that is not acceptable in a format like this. It makes it impossible to build up a business, I was hoping to expand what I do on Card Market to Card Trader but after not being able to ship one card and informing customer service asap, and continuing to inform them what was happening, I got referred to my allocated agent who wasn't responding so try the main email and still no response, then they keep sending set messages asking for the card you can't ship and then putting your account into suspension all because they ignore what they tell you. What a shame. Customer service way too slow. It will harm the selling experience a d the sellers potential customers. Will stick to card market thanks.

December 3, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good customer service

Made a wrong order (a lot of cards in a language I yet do not master) and emailed them what to do. Two days later all the purchased incorrect cards were deleted from my purchase and the amount was transferred to my wallet. Really helpful customer service!

November 28, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hidden Fees, Cant cancel

Their card trader zero thing seems brilliant, but there's an undisclosed fee for shipping it to your own home. which is not in the "here's how much the cards would be" - I would have NOT ordered if I saw this

After I placed my order, I also learned that this preferred system cannot accept any cancellations or modifications. So now I'm just stuck. I either have to pay their ridiculous extra fee or just lose the money and the cards :)

I feel misled and the service misrepresented. Bought 42 worth of cards and have to pay 22 to even get them.

November 29, 2025
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Reply from CardTrader

Hi Sophie,
we’re sorry to hear about your experience and we are always committed to supporting our customers in the best possible way.

We attempted to contact you through the tools provided by Trustpilot in order to collect the information needed to assist you, but unfortunately we did not receive any response. Without these details, we are unable to verify the case or take concrete action.

That said, we remain fully available to help you. We kindly invite you to reply with the requested information or to contact us directly through our official channels, so we can review the situation and work towards a solution.

Best regards,
The CardTrader Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good service!

Good service!
Not enough language available for MTG cards compared to the main other web seller

November 25, 2025
Unprompted review

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