The Hobby Network · Member Guide

Build an Estimate

Pull a slice of your collection together, price it in one go, and hand a buyer a single clean sheet. Show them your list price beside what you’re actually asking — listed $900.00, offered $675.00.

Step by step ·

Everything happens on one page. Filter down to the cards you want, choose how they’re priced, then send the sheet as a private link, an email, or a PDF.

1

Open Buyer Estimates and start a new one

From the menu choose Buyer Estimates, then New estimate. Give it a title you’ll recognise later — the buyer sees it at the top of the sheet.

☰ My Account ▸ Buyer Estimates ▸ New estimate
Estimate title
Pre-2020 PSA lot for Mike
Buyer name (optional)
Mike Alvarez
2

Narrow down to the cards you want

The filters on the left work the same way as your collection list — player, sport, year, grading company, what you paid, when you bought it. You can also paste a list of cert numbers to include or leave out.

☰ Buyer Estimates ▸ New estimate ▸ Filters
Grading company
PSA, BGS
Min cost $
50.00
Acquired before
Jan 1, 2024
Apply filters
3

Decide what the price is built from

One tickbox does this.

Leave Post list price unticked and your percentage is a markup on what you paid. Tick it and the price is built from your asking price instead — and the buyer is shown that asking price in a Listed column. The box beside it renames itself to match, so it always says what it’s about to do.

☰ Buyer Estimates ▸ New estimate ▸ Pricing
Discount off list %
25
Show the buyer
☑ Post list price
Prices the cards from your asking price instead of what you paid, and shows it to the buyer.
So: ticked with 25 gives 25% off your list price. Ticked with the box empty quotes your list price exactly. Unticked, you’re back to marking up your cost.
4

Choose what else the buyer sees

Two more tickboxes sit underneath. You can show reference values, and you can hide the individual prices so the buyer only ever sees one lot total.

Cards you never put an asking price on simply show a dash — nothing is invented for them, and you’re told how many were left blank.

☰ Buyer Estimates ▸ New estimate ▸ Show the buyer
☐ Show reference values (last sale / ALT / Card Ladder) to the buyer
☑ Show individual item prices to the buyer (uncheck to show only the single lot total)
110 of 118 matching item(s) have an asking price.
5

Pick your cards and check the running total

Tick individual rows, or use Select ALL matching to take everything the filters found. The projected lot price is the real figure — it’s what the finished estimate will say, to the penny.

☰ Buyer Estimates ▸ New estimate ▸ Selection
3 items selected
Total cost $1,665.00
$2,670.00
Projected lot price
Create estimate
6

Look at the sheet the way your buyer will

Every card, your asking price, the price you’re offering, and one lot total at the bottom. This is exactly what they get.

☰ Buyer Estimates ▸ Pre-2020 PSA lot for Mike
2018 Bowman Chrome Shohei Ohtani Refractor — PSA 10
$900.00   $675.00
2003 Topps Chrome LeBron James — BGS 9.5
$2,400.00   $1,800.00
1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. #1 — PSA 9
$260.00   $195.00
Lot price (all 3 items)
$2,670.00
7

Send it, and change your mind whenever you like

Share the private link, email it, or download it as a PDF. While the estimate is still a draft you can re-price the whole thing from Pricing tools — switch between your cost and your list price, or change the percentage, and every line is rewritten together.

Your buyer doesn’t need an account. They open the link, and they can accept, counter, or decline right there.

☰ Buyer Estimates ▸ Pricing tools (draft)
Price from
My list price (discount)
Discount off list %
30
Apply to all
Re-pricing rewrites every line. An item with no asking price is left blank — it never keeps the price it had under the other setting.
No asking price? No guessThose cards come through blank for you to fill in by hand, and you’re told how many were skipped.
Cards you’ve delisted still countAn item you took off the marketplace keeps its asking price, so it can go in an estimate too.
Keeping your cost privateDisguise markup is there when you’re marking up cost. It switches off once you tick Post list price — your buyer can already see that price.
Turn the link off when you’re doneUntick Public link enabled on the estimate and the link stops working immediately.
Does my buyer need an account?
No. They open the link from your email and can view the whole sheet, then accept, counter or decline — without signing up for anything. Treat the link like a private document: anyone your buyer forwards it to can see it too.
What if I leave the percentage empty?
With Post list price ticked, an empty box quotes your list price exactly — no discount. Unticked, an empty box gives you blank lines so you can type each price in by hand.
Can I show the list price but still price from my cost?
The tickbox does both together — it prices from your list price and shows it. If you want a cost-based number, leave it unticked and the Listed column stays off.
Will changing the estimate later confuse my buyer?
Re-pricing only works while the estimate is a draft. Once you’ve sent it, changes go through the counter-offer flow so both of you can see what moved.

Thank you for your support and God Bless ~ Otis