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Whatnot repack rules, as a buyer's checklist

Whatnot's repack rules sit in 4 help articles written for sellers. Pick how the repack is being sold, then tick what you can see on the listing, the stream and the maker's site.

By Alexander Korsager · Checked 7 October 2026 · We earn nothing from any app on this site

Whatnot policies read for this page4
sports-card makers on its approved list73
more are provisional, typically awaiting an audit42
Sealed repack?

8rules a buyer can check. Start with these:

All 8 rules, with Whatnot's words

The checklist, rule by rule

Each line is something a compliant listing shows. Whatnot's own wording sits behind every one.

0 of 8

A sealed repack. A branded, sealed mystery pack or box, sold whole or opened for you on stream.

  1. Whatnot's words
    “Professionally Sealed Surprise Products not on this List cannot be sold, used in Card Breaks or Surprise Sets, or given away on Whatnot.”
    Search the list further down this page. Provisional makers may be sold in the same way.Professionally Sealed Surprise Products, read 7 October 2026. Open the policy
  2. Whatnot's words
    “Whether the manufacturer and series name appear prominently enough that someone viewing a livestream could identify the manufacturer without handling the product.”
    Whatnot lists this as a factor in admitting a maker to the list, not as a rule for each show.Professionally Sealed Surprise Products, read 7 October 2026. Open the policy
  3. Whatnot's words
    “For a series sold across multiple shows or sellers, manufacturers must publish a full checklist for each product”
    For sports cards the fields are “Card year, Player or card name, variation, and grade (if applicable)”. A series opened in one show needs only a count, the type of product and examples.Professionally Sealed Surprise Products, read 7 October 2026. Open the policy
  4. Whatnot's words
    “All checklists should include a statement that as of a specified date, the named Series has been finalized”
    Professionally Sealed Surprise Products, read 7 October 2026. Open the policy
  5. Whatnot's words
    “Checklists may not include any mention of value other than MSRP (e.g., no floor/ceiling/average or value comparisons).”
    Professionally Sealed Surprise Products, read 7 October 2026. Open the policy
  6. Whatnot's words
    “All items need to be revealed upon opening and listed as an item in the checklist.”
    Whatnot's answer to “Can my repackaged product include tickets with additional variability (sometimes called “golden tickets”)?” It begins “No.”Professionally Sealed Surprise Products, read 7 October 2026. Open the policy
  7. Whatnot's words
    “Redemption items may not be displayed on stream or advertised as part of a show.”
    Applies to repacks from makers other than the original card maker.Professionally Sealed Surprise Products, read 7 October 2026. Open the policy
  8. Whatnot's words
    “Manufacturers need to clearly and visibly designate on the front of the product itself that it is intended to be sold as a single show series.”
    Tick it if the series is sold across several shows: the rule then does not apply.Professionally Sealed Surprise Products, read 7 October 2026. Open the policy

Tick a rule when you can see it met. Leave it open if you cannot find it.

A count of rules you ticked, not a finding about any seller.

Where “repack” enters Whatnot's rules
Professionally Sealed Surprise Products are products containing multiple items that have been packaged and professionally sealed by a manufacturer, where the nature of the individual items is not known to the buyer or the seller.This includes curated and repackaged items, sometimes referred to as “Repacks.”
Whatnot, Professionally Sealed Surprise Products, last edited 6 October 2026, read 7 October 2026. Open the policy

Whoever seals the pack is its “manufacturer” under this policy, whatever is inside. A seller's own unsealed mystery lot is a surprise set, with a different rulebook. What the word means elsewhere is in what is a repack.

What you have to take on trust

Some rules bind the maker or the seller in ways no listing or stream shows. These are the ones a tick box cannot cover.

  • The audit

    A maker may have to pass an outside auditor. The policy links no audit report: what a buyer sees is the name on the list.

    “There is a clear separation between the manufacturer and seller of Professionally Sealed Surprise Products - this includes both business entity separation, personnel separation, and physical separation.”
    Sealed repack policy, read 7 October 2026. Open it

  • How long an audit lasts

    One pass covers every series the maker releases for a year.

    “Once your product passes an audit, it is valid for one year and applies across all series of that product.”
    Sealed repack policy, read 7 October 2026. Open it

  • Who else is buying

    The seller, their household, family and staff may not buy into their own set or break. You cannot tell from the chat.

    “No participants can be related to the seller or be the seller themself.”
    Surprise Sets Policy, read 7 October 2026. Open it

  • What the list does not say

    A place on the list means the product may be sold. Whatnot says it is not a view on quality.

    “Whatnot does not endorse or guarantee the quality of any products sold on Whatnot, including the Professionally Sealed Surprise Products above.”
    Sealed repack policy, read 7 October 2026. Open it

  • A maker can leave the list

    Whatnot may remove a maker for any reason, and a provisional place carries no term.

    “Provisional inclusion does not guarantee the product will remain on the list for any period of time.”
    Sealed repack policy, read 7 October 2026. Open it

Whether any of this is enforced is not something a policy page can show, and nothing here was bought or watched. The rules say what a seller owes you. They do not say a seller met them.

Is the maker on Whatnot’s list?

A sealed repack can be sold, broken or given away on Whatnot only if its maker is named in the policy. Type the brand on the pack.

73 listed and 42 provisional for sports cards.

  • The 33 ClubProvisional
  • A1 PackingProvisional
  • AGS GradingListed
  • AGS International GradingListed
  • All Pro PacksListed
  • Apex PackagingProvisional
  • Attack RepackListed
  • Authorized RepacksListed
  • Bad Cards OnlyProvisional
  • Bada BangzListed
  • Bald Guy BreaksProvisional
  • BangBoxListed

Names as Whatnot wrote them on 7 October 2026. “Provisional” makers, Whatnot says, have typically booked an audit that is not yet done. A name here means the product may be sold on Whatnot, nothing more.

Listed Provisional

Sports-card makers

1 October 2025
5
7 October 2026
73 + 42

Trading-card-game makers

1 October 2025
18
7 October 2026
68 + 11

The counts are ours, taken from the 170 card makers named in the policy on 7 October 2026. The earliest archived copy named only original card makers. One more line covers cards without naming a maker: “Products certified by the PSA Certified Repack Service”. Coins, comics, toys and memorabilia have lines of their own, left out here.

Value claims: required, then banned

The rule most likely to surprise a buyer reversed on one date. A floor, ceiling and average used to be compulsory on a seller-made mystery product.

Until 10 March 2025

A seller had to state four value figures

  • ✓ Floor price
  • ✓ Ceiling
  • ✓ Average price
  • ✓ Number of items
“you must list in the product's name/description the following four elements of market price of the product”
Exempt: “Unless your Surprise product is a professionally pre-packaged product (e.g., Hit Parade, Leaf, Target)”.Page dated 13 February 2025. Open the archived copy
From 10 March 2025

Stating any of them is a breach

  • ✕ Floor price
  • ✕ Ceiling
  • ✕ Average price
  • ✓ Full item list
“Sellers also cannot provide or describe the floor, ceiling, or average prices of the items in their Set.”
Page dated 19 March 2025. Open the archived copy
Whatnot today

High, low and average: banned

“Checklists may not include any mention of value other than MSRP (e.g., no floor/ceiling/average or value comparisons).”
Read 7 October 2026. Open the policy
Fanatics Live today

High, low and average: required

“You publish all required information from the manufacturer of repacks including high/low, average price and checklist for the serialization of the mystery box/re-pack being offered.”
Read 7 October 2026. Open the seller guidelines

So a value on a Whatnot repack listing is a breach, and the same figure missing on Fanatics Live is one too. Whatnot gives no reason for the ban on the pages we read. An MSRP is the one figure it still allows.

What changed, and when

Each entry rests on a dated copy of Whatnot's own page. Where two copies bracket a change, the entry gives the range, not a guessed day.

  1. Until 10 March 2025Date from WhatnotSellers had to state a floor, ceiling and averageA seller-made surprise product needed four value figures in its name or description. Pre-packaged repacks were exempt.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “you must list in the product's name/description the following four elements of market price of the product”
  2. 10 February 2025Date from WhatnotCard breaks get a policy of their ownThe help centre dates the article to 7 February 2025; its first copy carries this date. It already requires the break's rules in the show notes or listing and one card per purchase, with no rule on wheels, prizes or bounties.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “The rules for any Card Break run must be in Show Notes or in the item listings for the Card Break.”
  3. 10 March 2025Date from WhatnotValue figures banned, full item list requiredAnnounced on 10 February 2025. The four value figures were replaced by a checklist of every item, and stating a floor, ceiling or average became a breach.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “Sellers also cannot provide or describe the floor, ceiling, or average prices of the items in their Set.”
  4. Between 19 March and 16 July 2025Between two copiesUK sellers must use Whatnot's own randomiserA UK-only section appears, banning every other way of assigning items. The live page still describes it as rolling out in the UK first.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “Sellers must use the Surprise Set Feature to list and distribute Surprise Product Sets. All other forms of randomization are prohibited.”
  5. 1 October 2025Date from WhatnotThe sealed repack policy and its list, in the earliest copyThe help centre dates the article to 16 September 2025; the earliest archived copy carries this date. Its list names five sports-card makers, all under “Original trading cards”, and 18 trading-card makers. The provisional list is empty.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “There are no manufacturers who are provisionally included on the list at this time.”
  6. 3 November 2025Date from WhatnotOnly listed makers may be soldFrom this day a sealed repack from a maker not on the list cannot be sold, opened in a break or given away.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “After November 3, 2025, any Professionally Sealed Surprise Products not on the Identified Product List cannot be sold on Whatnot.”
  7. Between 5 October 2025 and 26 January 2026Between two copiesSurprise sets confined to one showA set can no longer run over several shows, and spots cannot be sold off Whatnot in advance. Breaks had this rule from their first policy.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “Surprise Sets cannot span multiple shows.”
  8. Between 20 May and 22 June 2026Between two copiesWheels banned in surprise sets and breaksPhysical wheels and digital ones run through other sites or streaming software. The break policy gained the same ban after its copy of 8 January 2026 and applies it to “any use of a wheel”.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “Sellers may not use randomizer wheels.”
  9. Between 8 January and 22 June 2026Between two copies“Prize Picks” and bounties banned in breaksThe break policy gains a no-prize rule and a ban on bounties and guarantees. The seller is also named among those who may not enter their own break.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “Sellers cannot include a prize in their Breaks.”
  10. Between 1 October 2025 and 17 September 2026Between two copiesMaker checklists spelled out, field by fieldThe first policy said only that an auditor would check for a public checklist per series, free of comparison prices. The later copy sets the fields per card and asks for a finalised-on statement.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “Sports cards: Card year, Player or card name, variation, and grade (if applicable)”
  11. Between 1 October 2025 and 17 September 2026Between two copiesRedemption cards kept off the streamA redemption inside a repack must be for the same kind of product, redeemed by the buyer from the maker, and not shown or advertised.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “Redemption items may not be displayed on stream or advertised as part of a show.”
  12. 6 October 2026Date from WhatnotThe list was last edited the day before we read itAgainst the copy dated 17 September 2026 the rules are word for word the same. Only names moved: Boyd Sports and Cosmic Grading Cards, for two, went from provisional to listed.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “Professionally sealed surprise products sealed by the following manufacturers are permitted for sale within policy”
  13. 7 December 2026Not yet in forceScannable tags must be shieldedNot yet in force on the day we read it. A slab or pack with an NFC or RFID tag will need its own blocking sleeve, bag or box inside a repack.
    Whatnot's words and the copies
    “Effective December 7, 2026, Professionally Sealed Surprise Products may not contain graded or packaged items with NFC, RFID, or similar contactless identification technology, unless each item is individually enclosed in a shielding device”

The dates come from three places: a day Whatnot states in the policy, the date printed on an archived copy, and the last-edited date the help centre gives for the live article. One rule is still to come, on 7 December 2026.

What the rules leave out

These are disclosure rules. They make a seller say what is in the series and stop there.

The chance of any cardNot requiredA checklist says what is in the series. No rule we read asks for odds.Source
What the cards are worthBannedFloor, ceiling, average and comparison prices may not be stated.Source
A faulty repackSeller's to fixWhatnot may refund the buyer and bill the seller, who must chase the maker.Source
A buyer protection claim on cards7 daysFrom delivery, or 30 days from purchase if sooner. The same page calls most sales final.Source

A rip app that publishes a chance for each card or value band states something a compliant Whatnot repack does not have to. How to read those figures is in card rip odds explained, and how a break differs from a rip is in card rips vs card breaks.

Questions people ask

Are repacks allowed on Whatnot?

Yes, if the maker is on Whatnot's Identified Product List. On 7 October 2026 it named 73 sports-card makers and 68 trading-card makers, with 42 and 11 more provisional. Its policy says a sealed repack from anyone else cannot be sold, used in a break or given away.

Can a Whatnot seller tell me the floor and ceiling of a repack?

Not under the policy as read on 7 October 2026. Floor, ceiling, average and comparison values are banned for sealed repacks and for surprise sets. Until 10 March 2025 the surprise policy required a seller to list them.

What does “provisional” mean on the list?

Whatnot's words: “The manufacturers of these products have typically completed a substantial portion of the process for inclusion on the list, and have scheduled but are awaiting review of their manufacturing process by a specialized, independent third party auditor.” Provisional products may be sold in the same way as the rest.

Are wheels and “golden tickets” allowed?

No to both on the pages we read. Randomizer wheels, physical or digital, are banned in surprise sets and in breaks. Whatnot's answer on golden tickets inside a repack is that every item must be revealed on opening and be on the checklist.

What can I do if a listing breaks these rules?

Whatnot's buyer answer is: “If you see products sold in violation of our policies, you can report this in-app.” Its buyer protection page, read for card rips vs card breaks, sets the claim window for cards at 7 days from delivery, or 30 days from purchase if that comes first.

Does a place on the list mean the repack is good value?

No. Whatnot says it does not endorse or guarantee the quality of any product on the list. The list means Whatnot accepted how a maker makes and documents its packs. Its policy says listed makers have typically completed or scheduled an outside review, not that every one has passed.

Alexander Korsager

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. Whatnot's four policies were read on 7 October 2026 from its help centre's own article feed, because the pages refuse automated reads. Earlier wording is from Internet Archive copies. No listing was bought or watched.