vsShadowPOSShadowPOS is $200 a month before your first sale. VENDR is free.
ShadowPOS is a serious store platform: events with profitability, cost of goods on singles, multi-store, a website and marketplace sync. It's one $200 plan plus 2% fees online, and its card prices are a percentage per condition of a market figure referenced daily.
At a glance
What it does well
Real cost-of-goods tracking on singles and strong event tools.
What it costs: ShadowPOS
$200/mo, plus 2% of marketplace and 2% of website sales
ShadowPOS, read Oct 30, 2026What it costs: VENDR
$0 a month; 1% on sales rung through VENDR
VENDR Pro adds detailed rules.
Where it differs
One plan at $200 a month, plus a 2% marketplace and a 2% website sales fee.
ShadowPOS, read Oct 30, 2026Card values “are referenced from popular US market data daily”; you pick Market, Direct Low, Low or Mid.
ShadowPOS support: price rules, read Oct 30, 2026A rule's price is “typically a percentage of that market value per condition”.
ShadowPOS support: price rules, read Oct 30, 2026
The same tests on every page
“Not published” means we couldn't find it on their site; tell us and we'll update it.
Free to run the register
VENDR: $0 a month; 1% on sales rung through VENDR
ShadowPOS: $200/mo + 2% + 2%
$0 a month; 1% on sales rung through VENDR$200/mo + 2% + 2%No cap on how much you stock
VENDR: No item limit
ShadowPOS: Not published
No item limitNot publishedPrices from completed sales
VENDR: Completed sales only; a listing never decides a price
ShadowPOS: Market, low or mid figures you choose
Completed sales only; a listing never decides a priceMarket, low or mid figures you choosePrices updated through the day
VENDR: Every 3 hours for new releases and movers; daily for everything else
ShadowPOS: Daily
Every 3 hours for new releases and movers; daily for everything elseDailyEach condition priced from its own sales
VENDR: Near Mint to Damaged, each its own market
ShadowPOS: A percentage per condition
Near Mint to Damaged, each its own marketA percentage per conditionBuy offers from your own rules
VENDR: Your rules price the stack, cash and trade, one press
ShadowPOS: Buy and sell in one transaction
Your rules price the stack, cash and trade, one pressBuy and sell in one transactionCost on every card, profit by show
VENDR: Every lot costed; profit by period and by show
ShadowPOS: COGS on singles; event profitability
Every lot costed; profit by period and by showCOGS on singles; event profitabilityTeam with per-person permissions
VENDR: Invites, roles, permissions per person, activity
ShadowPOS: User roles and permissions
Invites, roles, permissions per person, activityUser roles and permissionsSell without stickers
VENDR: One QR code per table, priced live — early access
ShadowPOS: Kiosk; scannable shelf labels
One QR code per table, priced live — early accessEarly accessKiosk; scannable shelf labelsEvents, memberships and a website
VENDR: Events, memberships, marketing and your site — 2027
ShadowPOS: Events, website, buylist, store credit
Events, memberships, marketing and your site — 2027Coming 2027Events, website, buylist, store credit
Why sellers switch to VENDR
- $2,400 a year back before you sell a card
- Each condition priced from its own sales, not a percentage of one figure
- Repriced through the day instead of once
Sources
Prices and plans change. Every figure is dated; if one has moved, the linked source is the truth.
Questions
- What does ShadowPOS cost?
- $200/mo, plus 2% of marketplace and 2% of website sales, as ShadowPOS publishes it (read Oct 30, 2026).
- Is VENDR a good ShadowPOS alternative?
- ShadowPOS is a serious store platform: events with profitability, cost of goods on singles, multi-store, a website and marketplace sync. It's one $200 plan plus 2% fees online, and its card prices are a percentage per condition of a market figure referenced daily. VENDR's inventory and register are free; VENDR Pro adds detailed buy and sell rules.
- Where do VENDR's prices come from?
- Completed sales — what copies actually sold for, never what's listed — with every printing and condition its own market. New releases and the cards moving most are repriced every three hours, everything else daily.
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- VENDR vs SortSwiftSortSwift gives away the scanner. VENDR gives away the register.Free to 5,000 items; POS $49.99/mo per location or in a $249/mo bundle
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