How Packs.com works and how it makes money

A rip, step by step

Tap a step. Each figure opens the page it was read on. A dashed tile is a term not found on Packs.com's public pages.

1. Sign up and fund

7 of 7 terms published

Minimum age
18
Read on the operator's own page
“You must be over 18 years of age or the minimum legal age of majority whichever is higher”
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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From its own terms or store listing.
US states excluded
None named
Read on the operator's own page
“physically located in a jurisdiction in which access to the Site and use of the Service is not prohibited by law”
The terms name no US state. They admit US citizens and citizens of countries Mejmr has authorised; that list is not published.
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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Where the terms say you cannot buy.
Runs on
Web
Read on the operator's own page
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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Where you can open an account and buy.
Deposit with
Card or crypto
Read on the operator's own page
Checked 7 Oct 2026.
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Visa, Mastercard and American Express through Stripe. The homepage FAQ adds PayPal and ACH “subject to availability and region”; the help centre says “We don't currently support PayPal or bank transfers.”
Minimum deposit
$10
Read on the operator's own page
Checked 7 Oct 2026.
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“The minimum deposit is $10.” Crypto: about $10 worth of the coin.
What you buy
1 Coin = $1
Read on the operator's own page
Checked 7 Oct 2026.
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“Deposit $100 and you get 100 Coins.” No fee is added to a deposit.
Unspent Coins
Refund at its discretion
Read on the operator's own page
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Asked for within 30 days, to the original payment method. Otherwise: “All purchases on Packs.com are final.”

2. Pick a pack

4 of 6 terms published

Lowest pack
$6.32
Read on the operator's own page
“Purchase 1 Pack 6.32”
In Coins, which the terms set at one US dollar each. Chaos Rising was the cheapest of the 47 packs in the list the site's pages load (api.packs.com/packs) on 6 October 2026; the price was then read on the pack's own page. Packs.com says prices refresh several times a day, so this is a dated read. Single pulls are priced separately.
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The cheapest pack on a public page.
Highest pack
$990.54
Read on the operator's own page
“Purchase 1 Pack 990.54”
In Coins. Unlimited, a Magic pack, was the dearest of the 47 packs in the list the site's pages load on 6 October 2026; the price was then read on the pack's own page. Prices move when card values refresh.
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The dearest pack on a public page.
Odds shown
Public, no account
Read on the operator's own page
“Every product shows exactly which cards are inside and the odds of pulling each one.”
A single pull page opens without an account and lists a chance and a Coin value for every card. A pack page lists every card and its value without an account; its per-card chances sit behind the slot tabs, which we did not open.
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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Whether you can read the odds before paying.
Odds detail
Per card
Read on the operator's own page
“Single Pull Contents 38 Cards”
Each of the 38 cards on this single pull page has its own chance, from 0.10% for the dearest card. It loaded without an account.
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How finely the odds are broken down.
Odds change with stock
Not published
We looked and the operator does not publish it
“Because card values move, a pack's price and contents can shift slightly when prices refresh.”
Nothing says odds move with stock. Price and contents do move with market prices, which the help centre says refresh “several times a day (roughly every four hours for each game)”.
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Nothing says odds move with stock. Price and contents do move with market prices, which the help centre says refresh “several times a day (roughly every four hours for each game)”.
Stated average valueNot publishedNo average card value or expected return is on a public page.

4. Sell back, hold or ship

6 of 8 terms published

Sell-back rate
100% in credit
Read on the operator's own page
“the full value of the cards from the moment you pulled them”
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The share of its own valuation the operator offers.
Selling fee
0%
Read on the operator's own page
“Sell it back to us and the Coins land on your balance immediately – no waiting, no fee, no haggling.”
Selling needs one deposit on the account first; the help centre puts the minimum deposit at $10.
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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Taken from the sell-back offer.
Offer windowNone statedNo window on the sell-back offer itself is stated.
Sell-back paid as
Site credit
Read on the operator's own page
“There are no cash withdrawals.”
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The form the offer is paid in.
Auto-sold after
Not published
We looked and the operator does not publish it
“it will be considered dormant”
No day count is stated. The terms say cards left in a dormant account, one inactive for the three to five years state law sets, are sold back to Mejmr at their value when revealed.
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No day count is stated. The terms say cards left in a dormant account, one inactive for the three to five years state law sets, are sold back to Mejmr at their value when revealed.
Ships cards
Yes
Read on the operator's own page
“MEJMR has no obligation to ship physical cards past the twenty-four (24) hour timeframe”
The terms say shipment must be requested within 24 hours of opening a pack. The help centre describes the opposite: cards wait in a Backpack until you order them, with no 24-hour limit mentioned. It also says each card shipped must be worth at least $5, with up to 50 cards an order.
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Whether the physical card can be sent to you.
Shipping fee
$7.43 an order in the US, $29.72 abroad, flat for up to 50 cards
Read on the operator's own page
“Shipping is a flat fee per order, no matter how many cards are in it (up to the 50-card limit).”
The fee table reads “United States $7.43” and “International $29.72”. A free-shipping token, earned with each $100 deposited in one go, covers it. No sales tax or handling fee is added.
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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What you pay to have a card posted.
Shipping time
2–4 weeks in the US, 4–8 weeks abroad; its own pages disagree
Read on the operator's own page
“Typical delivery from order date”
The help centre's table, counted from the order date: “United States 2–4 weeks”, “International 4–8 weeks”. The homepage is faster, and also says “Shipped Within 4 weeks or Fees Refunded”.
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The operator's own stated time.

2 terms this guide does not cover: the full list of countries it ships to and the per-slot odds on a pack page.

This guide covers the mechanics only. Whether it suits you is in the Packs.com review, and the basics of the format are in what card ripping is.

Where the money goes

One pack, followed from your payment to what arrives. Only terms read on Packs.com's own pages enter the sum.

Pack price

The card is valued at

Packs.com publishes no average for this pack, so the sum starts from an assumption. Dashed choices are assumptions, not published figures.

You pay$100
What you spend on packs.
Card value (assumed)$100
An assumption, not a published figure. Packs.com sets the value its offer is based on.
Sell-back offer$100
Rate:
100%
Read on the operator's own page
“the full value of the cards from the moment you pulled them”
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of the value Packs.com sets.
Arrives as site coins$100
Selling fee
0%
Read on the operator's own page
“Sell it back to us and the Coins land on your balance immediately – no waiting, no fee, no haggling.”
Selling needs one deposit on the account first; the help centre puts the minimum deposit at $10.
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Paid as
Site credit
Read on the operator's own page
“There are no cash withdrawals.”
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Can be withdrawn
No
Read on the operator's own page
“There are no cash withdrawals.”
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On the assumption that the card is worth the pack price, the full $100 comes back. Packs.com publishes no average card value, so the real figure cannot be worked out. What does come back is site coins, not cash.

Run the same sum for every app in the cash-back calculator, weigh the three exits in keep, sell or ship, or see every app's exit terms on the cash-out page.

How Packs.com makes money

Only lines its own documents state, or that follow from its published numbers. Nothing here is an estimate.

Stated on its own pages4

Follows from its published numbers1

Not published1

Stated on its own pages
Sell-back discount
None in the rate
Read on the operator's own page
“the full value of the cards from the moment you pulled them”
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The offer is 100% of Packs.com's own estimate. Any cut is taken as a fee.
Stated on its own pages
Fee on a sell-back
None stated
Read on the operator's own page
“Sell it back to us and the Coins land on your balance immediately – no waiting, no fee, no haggling.”
Selling needs one deposit on the account first; the help centre puts the minimum deposit at $10.
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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Selling needs one deposit on the account first; the help centre puts the minimum deposit at $10.
Stated on its own pages
Shipping or retrieval fee
$7.43 an order in the US, $29.72 abroad, flat for up to 50 cards
Read on the operator's own page
“Shipping is a flat fee per order, no matter how many cards are in it (up to the 50-card limit).”
The fee table reads “United States $7.43” and “International $29.72”. A free-shipping token, earned with each $100 deposited in one go, covers it. No sales tax or handling fee is added.
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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The fee table reads “United States $7.43” and “International $29.72”. A free-shipping token, earned with each $100 deposited in one go, covers it. No sales tax or handling fee is added.
Stated on its own pages
Margin in the pack price
Size not publishedThe help centre says a pack's price is the chance-weighted value of its cards, and “add our margin, which covers sourcing, verification, storage and the cost of running the platform”. No percentage is given.Read the source
Stated on its own pages
Taxes and handling in every Coin value
“A small amount”A card's Coin value is “the market value plus a small amount for taxes and handling”. Market singles sell at that value, and a sell-back pays it in Coins. The amount is not published.Read the source
Stated on its own pages
Inactivity fee
$1 a monthThe terms allow it on an account with a balance and no activity for 24 months, applied back to the date the account became inactive.Read the source
Follows from its published numbers
Total cut on a sell-back
0% of the card's value100% less a 0% fee leaves 100% of the value Packs.com sets. The rest does not come back to you.
Not published
Pack price above average card value
Cannot be worked outNo average card value or expected return is on a public page, so the gap between price and value is unknown.

What Packs.com pays for its cards, its margins and how the business is doing are not published, and we do not guess. Whether the numbers can favour a buyer at all is the subject of is card ripping worth it.

The clock after the reveal

How long each choice stays open, from Packs.com's own pages.

The revealThe card is revealed and the clocks start.
5 secondsTo undo a sell-back. After that the card is gone and the Coins stayRead the source
24 hoursThe terms' deadline to ask for shipping. The help centre says the Backpack has no time limitRead the source
3 business daysThe terms' “typically” for sending a card once you ask. The help centre says 2–4 weeks in the USRead the source
60 daysWith no activity, the terms let Packs.com close the account without noticeRead the source
24 monthsWith no activity, the account is “Inactive” and the $1 a month fee can startRead the source
2–4 weeks in the US, 4–8 weeks abroad
Read on the operator's own page
“Typical delivery from order date”
The help centre's table, counted from the order date: “United States 2–4 weeks”, “International 4–8 weeks”. The homepage is faster, and also says “Shipped Within 4 weeks or Fees Refunded”.
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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Shipping, once you ask for the card

No limit stated
We looked and the operator does not publish it
“it will be considered dormant”
No day count is stated. The terms say cards left in a dormant account, one inactive for the three to five years state law sets, are sold back to Mejmr at their value when revealed.
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
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Automatic sale: no day count is stated. The terms say cards left in a dormant account, one inactive for the three to five years state law sets, are sold back to Mejmr at their value when revealed.

The card may not be on a shelf when you pull it

Packs are built from a card catalogue, not from stock. A physical copy is reserved only when you order shipping.

Packs are built fromThe live card catalogue“Not from our shelf count, so that odds and prices stay tied to the real market.”✓ Read at sourceSource

Stock is reservedWhen you order shipping“Which is why the occasional gap shows up at that stage rather than when you open.”✓ Read at sourceSource

If it is not in stockBought from suppliersThe order waits “In Progress” while Packs.com orders the card. No supplier is named.✓ Read at sourceSource

If it cannot be boughtBack to your BackpackAt its pull-time Coin value, to sell back or try again later.✓ Read at sourceSource

What the terms allowA different card, or CoinsMEJMR may “substitute the shipment of a physical card with a different physical card or Coins”. The help centre says it asks first.✓ Read at sourceSource

A volatile priceShipping pausedA card whose price spikes or crashes can be sold back but not shipped until it settles, “usually within a day or two”.✓ Read at sourceSource

Who is behind Packs.com

The names on its terms, its store listings and its partner pages. Sourced facts only.

Legal entityMejmr LLC“Packs.com is owned and operated by Mejmr LLC”✓ Read at sourceSource

Terms in forceVersion 1.0, 1 Feb 2026Delaware law, JAMS arbitration and a class-action waiver. The arbitration agreement can be opted out of within 30 days of accepting.✓ Read at sourceSource

Card paymentsStripe“Through Stripe, our payment processor”, in US dollars.✓ Read at sourceSource

Card valuesTCGplayer“Live TCGplayer market data for the exact printing and condition”, refreshed about every four hours.✓ Read at sourceSource

Where cards are bought“Third-party markets”“Sourced from reliable third-party markets”. None is named.✓ Read at sourceSource

Stock on handOver 50,000 cards“Over 50,000 Cards Ready To Ship”, by the homepage. Where the warehouse is was not stated.✓ Read at sourceSource

GraderNone namedThe terms say cards “are graded by third-party grading companies”. The help centre describes raw Near Mint cards, sleeved and top-loaded.✕ Not confirmedSource

How the other apps work

The same walk-through for each of the others, then every review and the pages that set two apps side by side.

Reviews and head-to-heads

Questions about how Packs.com works

How does Packs.com work?

You deposit by card or crypto and get Coins at one per dollar. You open a Real Pack, a re-created booster, or a one-card Single Pull. Each card goes to your Backpack at a Coin value locked at the pull. You then ship it, for $7.43 an order in the US, or sell it back for the same Coins. Coins cannot be cashed out.

How does Packs.com make money?

Its own pages state: shipping or retrieval fee, margin in the pack price, taxes and handling in every Coin value and inactivity fee. From its published numbers: total cut on a sell-back. Not published: pack price above average card value. We do not estimate margins or what Packs.com pays for cards.

Where do Packs.com cards come from?

Its help centre says cards are “sourced from reliable third-party markets” and names none. Packs are built from a card catalogue, not from stock, so a card you pull may not be in the warehouse. It is then ordered from suppliers; if that fails, it returns to your Backpack at its pull-time value.

How long do you have to ship a Packs.com card?

Its two documents disagree. The terms say shipment must be requested within 24 hours of opening, and that a later request can be voided. The help centre says there is “no time limit on how long you can keep them there”. Each card shipped must be worth at least $5.

Does Packs.com make money when you sell a card back?

Not through a fee: the sell-back pays the full pull-time value with “no fee”. But it pays in Coins, which only buy more packs, singles and shipping. The margin it does state sits in the pack price, and its size is not published.

Sources17

Packs.com homepage and FAQ packs.com
Terms of use (version 1.0, 1 Feb 2026) packs.com
Refund policy packs.com
Help: refund policy in plain English help.packs.com
Help: are the cards real? help.packs.com
Help: what happens if a card is out of stock help.packs.com
Help: how pack, Single Pull and card prices are set help.packs.com
Help: how Coins work help.packs.com
Help: depositing with a card help.packs.com
Help: Real Packs vs Single Pulls help.packs.com
Help: how opening a Real Pack works help.packs.com
Help: what is the Backpack help.packs.com
Help: selling cards back for Coins help.packs.com
Help: why can't I sell or withdraw a card help.packs.com
Help: buying singles on the Market help.packs.com
Help: how to withdraw (ship) your cards help.packs.com
Help: account rules and closing your account help.packs.com

Alexander Korsager

Every figure was read on public pages between 6 October 2026 and 7 October 2026. Nothing here has been tested with money yet. cardrip earns nothing from Packs.com.

How Packs.com works and makes money

A rip, step by step

1. Sign up and fund

2. Pick a pack

3. Reveal the card

4. Sell back, hold or ship

5. Withdraw

Where the money goes

How Packs.com makes money

Sell-back discount

Fee on a sell-back

Shipping or retrieval fee

Margin in the pack price

Taxes and handling in every Coin value

Inactivity fee

Total cut on a sell-back

Pack price above average card value