Selling to Green Gate

In this guide you'll find suggestions for packaging, shipping carriers, and other tips to ensure your cards reach us securely and without damage.

Before we get into those suggestions, please note that we will require your shipment tracking number. This helps us plan for the arrival of your shipment. These days, most major shipping carriers provide tracking at no additional cost.

• Top-loaders / Team Bags (foldable flap with adhesive) are typically the best recommendation when looking for specific security for expensive cards.
• Cards should be secured in a deck box, fat pack box, hard case, or single/multi-row card box/container.
• We advise you not use things like tape, rubber bands, paper clips or similar items to secure single cards as the likelihood of damage occurring in transit is high.
• Pack the boxes tightly to minimize excess space that would allow the contents to shift during transit.

Use packing peanuts, packing paper and/or bubble wrap for reducing space/movement. Newspaper is not recommended because the ink may transfer to items, resulting in damage. If shipping sealed product, avoid securing it with tape, which could cause damage to the packaging when removed.

Storage Containers to Ship Cards In

DISCLAIMER: These are recommendations based on our own experiences and represent our effort to make the shipping process easier/smoother for those that desire it. We take no responsibility as to the adequacy of these products, nor do we make any warranty as to the adequacy of these products for their intended use. Ultimately, it is up to you to ensure (and insure!) your collection arrives to us safely, and in the condition it was sent.

The Edge Crush Test (ECT) Rating

We recommend you use a heavy duty box that has thick, well-reinforced walls. One way box manufacturers indicate this is with the edge crush test (ECT) rating, which represents the weight the box can withstand before buckling. Look for boxes to have 32 lbs ECT or 200C (we are told this is a similar rating!) to give your package the best chance of survival in transit.

We DO NOT recommend the brown cardboard boxes (i.e. moving boxes) often sold at USPS locations. They are quite thin and tend to be crushed or split open under the weight of other boxes.

Card Storage Boxes

Here are some specific products we would recommend. These can either be shipped as-is with some additional internal padding or, in the case of the smaller versions, combined into a single larger shipment within another box. It is STRONGLY recommended to ship these boxes within another outer box for the added security and protection afforded.

For card quantities significantly less than 400, it is recommended to secure them inside of a standard deck box and ship within a Poly or Kraft Bubble Mailer (can be found at any local office supply store).

• Up to 400 Ct.
• 400 - 800 Ct.
• 800 - 1600 Ct.

Please Note: If you're wanting to utilize USPS' Priority Flat Rate Boxes you can also fit up to 4 of the 400 Ct. Storage Boxes inside of a Medium Flat Rate USPS Priority box which can be found free at any USPS Location.

• 1600 - 3200 Ct.

Bubble Wrap/Filler

• Use packing peanuts, packing paper and/or bubble wrap for reducing space/movement.
• Newspaper is not recommended because the ink may transfer to items, resulting in damage.

Something soft like this should be used to keep your cards secure and prevent moving/shifting within the box during transit. This is also useful if you're shipping multiple storage/deck boxes within a larger shipment box to keep from shifting.

• Bubble Wrap

Please Note: you can also usually find something similar for under $5 at a local office supply store