Sports Collectibles

Existing Seller must meet the requirements listed below to sell products in the Sports Collectibles Store.

Seller requirements

• Maintain an order defect rate lower than 0.75%.
• Remain on the Professional selling plan.
• Authenticate or grade a majority of the products listed by one or more of the entities listed below:

Third-party authenticators:

• Ace Authentic
• Beckett Grading Services
• Fanatics Authentic
• Frameworth
• Grey Flannel
• Highland Mint
• Icon Sports Memorabilia
• James Spence Authentication (JSA)
• Major League Baseball (MLB Authenticated)
• MeiGray Group
• Mounted Memories
• NFL Players Inc.
• Panini Authentic
• Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA)
• PSA/DNA Authentication Services
• Steiner Sports
• Topps Collectibles
• Tristar Authentic
• Upper Deck Authenticated (UDA)

Third-party grading companies:

• Beckett Collectors Club Grading (BCCG)
• Becket Grading Services (BGS)
• Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA)
• Sportscard Guaranty (SGC)

General requirements

• Product images must be sourced from an independent website or image hosting site, or appear as attachments.
• Products must be authentic collectibles. We do not allow any counterfeit, replica, or knock-off products.
• Listing data and images must be suitable for all ages and appropriate for our global community. Listing data and images may not depict or contain nudity or pornographic, obscene, or offensive items.
• Sellers must follow Amazon listing standards for any product sold on Amazon.
  • Sellers must have reviewed the Sports Memorabilia and/or Trading Cards listing templates and agreed to appropriately and accurately classify their products.
  • Seller must submit product titles, bullets, and product descriptions that are clearly written to assist the customer in understanding the product.
• All product images must meet Amazon site-wide image standards.
  • Sellers must certify that they have reviewed the image guidelines published on Seller Central and that all images they upload conform to the guidelines.
  • Images must have white backgrounds and cannot contain inset images, watermarks, or unauthorized content.
  • Images must be at least 500 px on the longest side. 1,000 px is desired.

See Collectibles-Promotional Discounts for information on promotional discounts that may be available to sellers on Amazon from third-parties. Amazon is sharing the above listings, and any promotional discounts, solely as a resource to our sellers. If you elect to use the services of, or take advantage of any promotional offers from a third-party authenticator or grading company, you will be contracting directly with that third party, which will be providing services to you at your direction.

Fees for the Sports Collectibles Store

In addition to other fees listed in our fee table, sellers pay a referral fee on each item sold that is listed in the Sports Collectibles category. For items listed in the Sports Collectibles category, Amazon deducts a varying percentage of the total sales price (including any shipping or giftwrap charges) as a referral fee, excluding any taxes collected through Amazon tax calculation services.

• 20% for the portion of the total sales price up to $100
• 10% for any portion of the total sales price greater than $100 up to $1,000; and
• 6% for any portion of the total sales price greater than $1,000.

For example, if the total sales price is $500, the referral fee is calculated as follows: $20 (for the first $100 of the total sales price) plus $40 (for the remaining $400 of the total sales price) for a total referral fee of $60.

See also the category style guide for Sports Collectibles.