Move your collection from TCGplayer
Bring a Pokémon card list from the TCGplayer mobile app into a checked import. Preserve the original CSV and its product IDs when available, then review the actual printing, condition and copy count.
Try your file before signing upCheck the first 200 rows without an account. No export yet? Paste a small list of your cards, or use the sample to see an example. The sample does not check your collection or unlock another app’s export.
1. Export from TCGplayer
- In the TCGplayer mobile app, make sure your email export format is set to CSV.
- Open the Collection tab and the list you want to move.
- Tap the ⋮ menu, choose Send via Email, and send it to yourself with the CSV attached.
Exporting makes a copy; it does not remove cards from TCGplayer. Keep the original file. Menu names can change, so use the official reference if your version differs.
Official export instructions checked .
Alternative to TCGplayer: what carries over
House of Holos is a free Pokémon card collection tracker. From a TCGplayer file, the importer reads your quantities, printings and folders where the file has them. It does not show market values, so those columns are not carried over.
- Cards identified by TCGplayer product ID where supplied, then checked against catalog details
- Printing, condition, language and quantity when the columns are present
- Explicit purchase-cost fields if you added them; the app’s Price and Price Each quotes are not imported as what you paid
TCGplayer and House of Holos
| Fact | TCGplayer | House of Holos |
|---|---|---|
| Export format | CSV attached to an email, per collection list | Reads a CSV, or a pasted card list |
| Where | Mobile app: Collection tab, list, Send via Email | In your browser, on any device |
| Access | Not stated in the steps we checked | Free; preview the first 200 rows with no account |
TCGplayer facts are from its official help, checked (see the reference above). Apps change; check its help for the current steps.
What to check in your TCGplayer export
Our signed-in importer recognizes these fields when they are present in a supported layout. Missing information is not recreated from another app’s totals.
- Use the collection-list export
- These steps describe a mobile-app list, not a marketplace order history or a seller pricing download. Different files can have different columns; check the preview rather than assuming they are interchangeable.
- A product ID does not settle every printing
- Normal and reverse-holo rows may identify the same numbered card. Check Printing and Condition, especially when a finish is written inside a condition label.
- Separate quoted prices from personal costs
- Price and Price Each in an app-list export are not proof of your purchase cost. Our reader leaves those quotes out of purchase records; supply a supported purchase-cost column only if you know the amount you paid.
2. Preview before signing up
Start with a few known cards: a normal card, a reverse holo and a row with several copies. Compare rows and copies separately: one row with quantity four represents four cards. Review the set, number, language and printing before accepting a match.
The public preview matches the first 200 rows. For a larger file, that is partial coverage: the remaining rows still need full review. The complete file or list continues to the signed-in importer. A preview does not add cards to a collection. Our catalog is English Pokémon for now; other languages and games remain unmatched. A file opening successfully does not mean every row can be imported.
Matching runs in your browser with a limited catalog lookup of card-identification hints. That lookup excludes the CSV, filename, quantities, costs, notes, folders and cert numbers. The tool explains its file limits and temporary storage before you start.
Use a CSV export, not an Excel workbook, PDF, screenshot or JSON backup. For an unfamiliar layout, see the spreadsheet and column guide. You can also paste a card list into the public preview when you have no usable CSV.
3. Sign in, review and save
Keep this tab open when you continue. The preview holds your source and review choices temporarily in this tab, then starts a fresh full review for your signed-in account. If the draft is unavailable or you change browser or device, open the signed-in importer and reselect the original file or paste your list again. With browser storage blocked, keep that importer tab open too; reloading requires your source again. Nothing saves automatically.
Saving happens in the signed-in importer. Check its final preview against your source and your existing collection; cards you already have start unticked. Select the rows you intend to add and choose whether folders should become binders before confirming the import.
To replace existing counts from a newer export, deliberately choose Update cards I already have to this file’s counts and review the changes before applying them. Cards absent from that file stay as they are. Undo reverses eligible changes and tells you what it kept after later edits.
Read the full import guide for unresolved printings, count updates, folders and Undo. Purchase costs are your own records; House of Holos does not provide market prices.