Show Mode
Stop Guessing. Run The Show.
Show Mode is the bridge between your physical cards, your Collectr market data, your price labels, and your sold tracking. It lets you prep a case before the show, bulk-create raw inventory from Collectr quantities, label raw cards cleanly, print price stickers with real numbers, and record sales without trying to remember what happened after the table gets busy.
Scan Slabs
Capture PSA or CGC cert URLs first. The cert becomes your physical anchor.
Link Collectr
Attach the scanned slab to your Collectr row so markets update moving forward.
Build Raw IDs
Import Collectr raw rows in bulk, read quantities, and create RAW IDs automatically.
Move On Deck
Build your show list and generate price stickers from real market data.
Scan Sold
Record sold price and take-home so your margins are not a mystery.
The Big Idea
Show Mode turns inventory into a selling system.
The purpose is not just to store cards in a database. The purpose is to make the next move obvious. What is this card? Where is it? What did I pay? What is market? What sticker should I put on it? What offer should I take? Did I make money when it sold?
That is the whole workflow. Slabs get certs. Raw cards can be bulk-created from Collectr exports. Raw QR labels point buyers to TCGplayer search pages after creation. Collectr provides market data. On Deck builds the show case. Price stickers make the numbers visible. Sold tracking turns the day into actual performance data.
Graded Workflow
PSA / CGC Scan → Collectr Link → Market Tracking
Graded cards are the easiest starting point because the slab already has a cert number. Scan the cert URL, place the slab in a collection and bin, then link that scanned record to your Collectr export. Now the physical slab and the digital market row are connected.
Scan the cert URL
Use the app to scan a PSA or CGC cert QR. The system saves the cert number and grading company so the slab has a clean identity before you type in any card details.
Assign the physical location
Put the slab into a real collection and bin: Show Case, Vault, eBay Rack, Pickup Box, New Buys, whatever matches your actual setup. This is what makes the inventory useful in real life.
Link it to Collectr
Import your Collectr slab export, choose the matching Collectr row, and link it to the scanned cert. That fills in the card name, set, card number, grade, and market value while preserving the exact physical bin.
Track market moving forward
Once linked, you can keep updating market values from Collectr instead of manually babysitting every slab. The cert is the anchor, Collectr is the pricing feed, and MDC keeps the physical location tied to it.
Raw Workflow
Collectr Bulk Import → RAW IDs → TCGplayer QR Labels
Raw cards do not have cert numbers, so Show Mode gives them an identity. The RAW number becomes the physical anchor, and raw QR labels printed after creation send people to the matching TCGplayer search page for the card.
Bulk-create RAW IDs from Collectr
Use Import Data, choose Collectr Input, then Create RAW From Collectr File. The upload reads raw or ungraded rows, respects the Collectr quantity, previews how many cards will be created, and auto-assigns new RAW numbers into the selected collection and bin.
Create or print raw QR labels
After the raw cards exist, print QR labels for those RAW numbers. For raw cards created in inventory, the QR redirect is built from the card name, card number, and set so the scan opens TCGplayer search/pricing instead of a dead internal code.
Use simple Collectr import for matching
Simple Collectr Import saves the raw or ungraded Collectr rows for matching and market updates. Bulk Create RAW From Collectr File is the faster path when you want the app to create every missing RAW number from the file quantity.
Now raw cards behave like real inventory
Once created, a raw card has an ID, a QR code, a location, a paid amount, a market value, and sell targets. The QR code helps pull up TCGplayer pricing fast, while the app keeps the internal inventory and show workflow clean.
On Deck Show Prep
Move cards to On Deck when they are ready for the table.
On Deck is your show case before the show case. It is where you decide what is coming with you, what is worth selling, and what numbers should be printed on the sticker.
Print show stickers
On Deck prints show stickers with market and percentage targets, so you are not doing math while someone is standing at your table.
RAW number on the label
The raw card number prints directly on the sticker, so anyone can match the show sticker to the QR label on the actual card. If the QR was printed after the raw card was created, scanning it opens the card’s TCGplayer search/pricing page.
Percentages make offers easy
70%, 80%, and 90% give you quick decision points. You know when a sale is cash money, when it is tight, and when you should probably hold.
Sold Tracking
Scan or Enter Sold Amounts
The sale is where most collectors lose the thread. They remember the big wins and forget the small leaks. Show Mode keeps the score.
Scan the sold card
When a card sells, scan the QR or select the On Deck card. The system knows which raw card or slab you are working with, so the sale is tied back to the original inventory record.
Enter sold price and take-home
Enter the total sold amount and what you actually took home after fees, discounts, trades, or platform costs. That is what turns the sale into real performance data.
Track profit, fees, and decision quality
The system compares sold price, payout, fees, and original cost. You can see whether a sale was strong, good, tight, or bad instead of just vibes.
Review the day like a business
After a show, you can look at what moved, what sat, what margins were good, and what inventory needs to come back, get repriced, or stay home next time.
Why It Matters
Good sells and bad sells become obvious.
This is the cash-money part. You are not just tracking cards. You are tracking buying decisions, pricing decisions, show prep decisions, and exit decisions. A card that looks good at market can be a bad sell if your cost is too high. A card that looks cheap can be a great move if your cost basis is low and the table wants it.
Show Mode lets you find that out fast. Before the show, during the show, and after the show.
Before the show
Build the case with cards that have room to move.
During the show
Know your sell numbers without mental math.
After the show
Review what sold, what worked, and what needs to change.
The workflow is simple.
Scan it. Label it. Link it. Move it On Deck. Print it. Sell it. Track it. Then use the numbers to get sharper every show.