Question 1

Creating and organizing collections

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Collections are how you group cards: by player, set, team, or whatever makes sense to you. Every account starts with one default collection, and new cards go there unless you pick another. Make a new collection. In Collect, open Your cards , switch to the Collections tab, and choose New collection at the bottom of the list. Give it a name, an optional description, and choose whether it is public or private. The row also shows how many collections your plan allows and how many you have used. ![The Collections tab with two collections and the New collection row](https://api.hobbymonitor.com/v3/i

Question 2

Public vs. private collections

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Every collection is either public or private. Public: anyone with the link can view it (read only), and it can be listed in the HobbyMonitor Gallery. Private: only you can see it. Private collections are part of Premium and Pro. Free accounts use public collections. You choose when you create a collection, and you can change it later: open the collection, choose More actions (the three dots), then Edit collection , and look under Sharing . Who can see it switches between Public and Private. ![The Sharing section of Edit collection: Who can see it, Hide pricing when shared, and Show in HobbyMon

Question 3

Adding cards: scan, slab scan, manual, or import

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On the web, choose Add cards on Your cards or on a collection page. The sheet opens on a search box: type a player or team, find your card in the set checklists, and tap it. The details fill in for you. ![The Add cards sheet with the checklist search and the other ways to add](https://api.hobbymonitor.com/v3/images/articles/support collections adding cards 01 add sheet.png) Below the search are the other ways to add: Enter by hand: type the details yourself and add front and back photos if you like. Scan a card instead: photograph the card and we identify it for you. Scan a graded slab: photog

Question 4

Importing cards in bulk (paste / CSV)

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Have your cards in a spreadsheet? You can upload a CSV file to add many at once. It works with a PSA collection export or with your own sheet (download the template CSV from the import screen to see the columns). How it works 1. Tap Add cards , then Import a spreadsheet or PSA export . 2. Drop your CSV file in, or click to choose it. 3. You'll see how many cards were found, plus any rows that were skipped and why (for example, a row with no card name). Tap Download skipped rows to get those rows back as a file you can fix and import again. 4. Check the preview, then tap Stage cards for Review

Question 5

View modes: gallery, grid, list, table, and Reviewer

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Your cards shows every card you own across all your collections, with the total value at the top. A collection page works the same way for just that collection. Views. The buttons next to Filters switch how cards are shown: Gallery: big card images. Grid: compact thumbnails with the value under each card. List: dense rows, good for scanning a long run. Table (web): a spreadsheet style view where you can edit fields like grade, cost, value, and location right in the rows. The Review button (the eye icon after the views) opens Reviewer , a one card at a time mode for quickly checking and editing

Question 6

Default traits and linking a collection to a set checklist

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Both live in the collection's settings: open the collection, choose More actions (the three dots), then Edit collection . Defaults for new cards. Preset fields such as sport, manufacturer, product, year, set, parallel, or team, so you're not retyping the same details for every card in a set build. The defaults fill in when you add a card to that collection, and Auto apply traits applies them to every new card automatically. To apply the defaults to cards already in the collection, use the Apply traits button (the wand) in the collection's toolbar, or select cards and choose Apply traits from t

Question 7

Editing, bulk-editing, and moving cards

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One card. Open a card and choose More actions (the three dots at the top). Edit all details opens the full form: identity, grading, what you paid, value, storage location, and notes. Move to collection sends it to another collection (shown once you have more than one), and Delete card removes it. ![A card page with its More actions menu: Edit all details, Save image, Move to collection, Delete card](https://api.hobbymonitor.com/v3/images/articles/support collections editing and moving 02 card menu.png) If you change a card's grade or other details and its saved price was for the old version, t

Question 8

Create a Lot Image: sell cards as a group

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Selling a bunch of cards together? On the web, tap the Select cards button, pick the cards you want, then open the More actions menu (the three dots) in the selection bar and choose Lot image . It combines their front photos into a single collage you can preview and download, handy for a group listing. Up to 24 cards appear in the collage. If you pick more than that, or include cards that don't have a photo yet, those extras are left out of the image but still listed in the description. The dialog also writes a ready to paste lot description you can edit, with one line per card and its key det

Question 9

Marking a card as sold

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When you sell a card, open it, tap Sell , then Mark as sold . Enter the sale price, where you sold it, and the date, plus any platform fees, the shipping the buyer paid, and what you paid for the shipping label. The form shows your profit as you type. The card moves to a sold state and feeds straight into your Reports, so your profit and loss stays accurate without extra bookkeeping. ![The Mark as Sold form with sale price, platform, date, fees and shipping](https://api.hobbymonitor.com/v3/images/articles/support collections mark as sold 01 dialog.png) If the card is listed on eBay through Hob

Question 10

Reports: profit & loss and exporting for taxes

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The web app gives you a per year profit and loss view of everything you've sold: proceeds, cost basis, fees, shipping, and gain or loss, split into short term and long term. Fill in any missing purchase prices or dates right in the report, then export the whole year as a CSV for your records or your accountant. (The mobile app shows a lighter profit/loss summary.) ![The Reports page with net for the year, a sale that needs a detail, the sales table and downloads](https://api.hobbymonitor.com/v3/images/articles/support collections reports and taxes 01 reports.png) On the web, open Collect and c

Question 11

Sharing a collection with a public link

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A public collection has its own link that anyone can open to browse it read only, no account needed. It is a good way to show off a player run or a set build. On the web, open the collection and choose More actions (the three dots). Share opens the link with a Copy button, and Copy link puts it straight on your clipboard. In the mobile app, open the collection's menu and choose Share Collection to send the link from your phone. ![The Share Collection dialog with the link and Copy button](https://api.hobbymonitor.com/v3/images/articles/support collections sharing a collection 01 share dialog.pn

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