Everything after
the scan
Scanning a card is a commodity now, eBay does it free. The value is in everything that follows: publishing, pricing, offers, relists, bundles, and market intel. Every feature here was built because it was needed to run a real 1,500-listing store.
One-Click eBay Publishing
The step every card scanner fumbles. WaxEngine publishes straight to eBay in one click, no user API keys, no developer account, no broken 'Sell' button. You connect your eBay account once with a normal login, and it just works.
- Publish to eBay in one click, straight from the review screen
- OAuth connection, no API keys or developer account to set up
- Photos, item specifics, and an optimized title all included
- Proven daily on a live 1,500+ listing store
- The reliable publish rivals are notorious for getting wrong
4-Tier Performance Management
Every listing is automatically categorized into one of four performance tiers, each with its own strategy and actionable next steps. This is the lifecycle no scanner app touches.
- Relist: 25+ day old listings with low views, end and relist fresh
- Offer: listings with watchers, auto-calculated discount offers to convert
- Fresh: newer listings still in their first cycle, give them room to breathe
- Performing: healthy listings with real engagement, hold steady
- Based on the real eBay 28-day listing cycle, not arbitrary rules
Automated Offers & Messaging
Let the engine handle the repetitive selling. Send discount offers to watchers, thank new buyers, and notify interested collectors, all automatically, on the real eBay cycle.
- Smart discount formula: 5-15% based on price tier, listing age, and watcher count
- eBay Negotiation API integration, real offers sent directly through eBay
- Auto-thank buyers with personalized first-name messages
- Buyer interest tracking: scan messages for player interests, auto-notify on new listings
- Offer history tracking with 14-day cooldown to prevent spam
Bundle Lots That Clear Dead Stock
Slow movers pile up. WaxEngine groups your stale cards into player, team, and set lots, prices the bundle from the summed card values with a discount you control, and hands you a ready-to-publish listing.
- Five grouping strategies: player, rookie, parallel/insert, team, and set lots
- Bundle pricing from summed card values with per-strategy discount settings
- Age-based adjustment discounts stale inventory deeper to actually move it
- Auto-generated lot title and a mosaic image of the cards included
- Publish the whole lot to eBay in one click
Market Intelligence Tied to Your Inventory
Stay ahead of the market with AI-powered analysis from 6 real-time data sources, and, uniquely, tied to the players actually sitting in your inventory. A player going hot or getting hurt only matters if you hold their cards.
- ESPN News API, breaking trades, injuries, callups
- NHL Official API, standings, scores, player spotlights
- Reddit r/hockey, social buzz, trade rumors, viral moments
- RSS feeds, Pro Hockey Rumors, The Hockey Writers, NHL.com
- eBay sold comps, trending player sales data
- AI synthesis, actionable summary with [ACT NOW] tags, matched to your cards
5-Pillar Pricing Engine
Five independent data sources work together to find the optimal price, starting with your own sales, and never dead-ending at 'no value' the way generic scanner apps do.
- Pillar 1: Your own sales history, learn from what you've already sold
- Pillar 2: Progressive search broadening, 4 levels from exact to category match
- Pillar 3: Active listing competitive positioning, cap overpriced, boost underpriced
- Pillar 4: Cumulative local comp database, every comp stored permanently, gets smarter over time
- Pillar 5: Set/category-level fallback, even rare cards always get a price, never a dead-end
AI Card Identification
The front door to everything above. Snap a photo and AI reads the player, set, year, parallel, and card number, then writes an optimized eBay title. eBay scans cards free now too, the difference is that here it flows straight into publishing, pricing, and the automation that follows.
- AI reads player, brand, set, parallel, card number, and year from a photo
- Tuned to nail parallels and inserts, where rival scanners stumble
- Batch scanning, process 10, 20, or 50+ cards in a single session
- Auto-generated listing titles optimized for eBay search (80-char max)
- Duplicate detection prevents listing the same card twice
And there's more
Every detail has been thought through.
- Title optimization. Auto-expand abbreviations and fill 80 characters for maximum eBay search visibility.
- Envelope printing. Auto-print shipping envelopes for new orders. Deduplicates the same buyer across multiple orders.
- Hold system. Manually hold promising listings from being ended. Overrides persist across analysis runs.
- Price breakdown. Click any suggested price to see exactly how it was calculated: comps, active competition, and reasoning.
- Global search. Ctrl+K to search across all 4 tiers. Edit prices, save, and publish directly from search results.
- Pulse AI advisor. Chat with an AI that knows your inventory. Ask questions, get insights, plan strategy.
- Sold orders dashboard. Track orders, print envelopes, send thank-you messages, and see "Thanked" badges.
- Feedback management. View all eBay feedback in one place. Auto-reply to positive feedback, or reply individually.
- CSV export. Export your cards, sold orders, and listings any time. Your data is never locked in.
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