Getting Started for Collectors

Overview

If you collect sports cards and want to know what your collection is worth, stay organized, and track market trends — this guide is for you. No eBay selling required.

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Step 1: Create Your Account

1. Go to app.rocketvault.io and sign up with an access code for full access
2. Sign up with email/password or Continue with Google
3. Verify your email if you signed up with a password
4. Start with the Free plan (100 cards, no credit card required) or go straight to Collector ($14/mo) for unlimited AI and full analytics

All paid tiers include a 7-day free trial and 20% off when billed annually.

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Step 2: Upload Your Cards

The fastest way to digitize your collection:

1. Click Inventory → Upload Cards in the sidebar (or tap the center camera button on mobile)
2. Single Card — Capture front and back from your phone camera
3. Multi-Card Scan — Batch-capture up to 50 cards (100 photos) in one mobile session, then auto-pair
4. Files — Pick from your photo gallery, or drag a ZIP file on desktop (Collector batches up to 50 cards per ZIP)
5. RocketAI identifies each card automatically — player, set, year, card number, parallel, and more

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Step 3: Review and Organize

After upload, cards land on the Available tab inside Inventory → Cards. Some may carry an orange attention chip if the AI wasn't 100% confident:

1. Filter to Needs Attention on the Available tab to see flagged cards
2. Click the chip on a row to fix the flagged fields in Quick Edit
3. Saving auto-promotes the card to Ready when the last review reason resolves

For long queues, click Focus Review on the Available tab to launch the keyboard-driven workspace (A approve, S skip, F flip, ← → navigate, Esc close). The active filter chip carries through, so a category-scoped chip plus Focus Review = a tight queue of just one type of issue.

Organize with Collections

Create collections to group your cards:

• "My PC" (personal collection)
• "2024 Topps Chrome"
• "Yankees"
• "Graded Cards"

See Collections & Wishlist for details.

Tag Your Cards

Use tags for flexible categorization:

• Source: "Card Show March 2026", "Hobby Box"
• Status: "Send to Grade", "Trade Bait"

Free plan includes 5 tags. Collector includes 50.

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Step 4: Know What Your Cards Are Worth

Every card gets automatic pricing from RocketVault Pricing:

• Market Price — current estimated value
• Price Source — where the price came from (RocketVault Pricing, eBay comps, or rules)
• Confidence Score — how reliable the price estimate is

Multi-Source Pricing

On the Collector plan, you get unlimited multi-source pricing — prices pull from RocketVault Pricing first, then eBay market data, with confidence scores so you know how reliable each price is.

Track Your Portfolio Value

The Dashboard shows your total collection value, top cards, value distribution by sport, and trends over time. The Collector plan unlocks the full Dashboard with P&L tracking, AI insights, and the inventory pipeline.

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Step 5: Watch the Market

Deal Finder lives in the AI Tools menu — use it to spot live eBay listings priced below market.

Deal Finder

Looking to buy? Open AI Tools → Deal Finder to scan live eBay listings for cards priced below market value — with deal scores, discount percentages, and direct buy links.

Wishlist

Track specific cards in My Collection → Wishlist. Each row deep-links to live eBay searches so you can grab one when the price is right.

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Recommended Plan

For most collectors, the Collector plan ($14/mo) is the sweet spot:

• 1,000 cards (enough for most personal collections)
• Unlimited AI identification
• Full Dashboard (P&L, value distribution, actions queue)
• Deal Finder access
• CSV export for backup and analysis
• 10 collections for organization
• 7-day free trial — no credit card required

If you're just getting started, the Free plan (100 cards) lets you try everything before committing.