eBay: Map attributes for trading cards and coins

Learn how to map eBay condition descriptors for trading cards and coins, including graders, grades, certification numbers, and condition codes.

If your eBay channel lists trading cards or coins, eBay requires item condition descriptors.

If you don't map these descriptors, eBay will reject your listings.

What are condition descriptors?

eBay uses condition descriptors to provide more information about trading card and coin conditions.

Condition descriptors apply to these trading card categories:

Sub-category	Category ID
Non-Sport Trading Card Singles	183050
Sports Trading Card Singles	261328
CCG Individual Cards	183454

They also apply to these parent coin categories:

All sub-categories of the following coin categories require condition descriptors too.

Sub-category	Category ID
Coins: US	253
Coins: World	256
Coins: Canada	3377
Coins: Ancient	4733
Coins: Medieval	18466

Map condition descriptors

Channable sends the descriptor ID to eBay, not its representative text. eBay uses the ID to distinguish values. The exception is the Certification Number ID, which is sent through Additional info.

Different items require different levels of detail.

For example, if listing a trading card graded by a company, you may need to provide condition descriptors for the card's Grade, its Professional Grader and Certification Number.

The Build step lets you add the descriptor entries your trading cards or coins require:

1

Go to Item condition in your channel

1. In your eBay channel, go to the Build step.
2. On the Shared attributes tab, scroll to Item condition.

2

Add a condition descriptor

1. At Condition descriptors (Trading cards & coins only), click + Add.
2. In Descriptor type, Value, and Additional info, add the required entries for your trading cards and/or coins:

Important

If every item has the same descriptor (e.g., all your trading cards are graded by PSA), click Supported values > [select the value].

If the descriptor values differ between items, map the project field containing the corresponding condition descriptor ID for those items.

For example, a card graded 10 should send the grade ID 275020. A card graded 9 should send grade ID 275022.

Have different conditions per trading card and/or coin, but don't have their eBay id values imported into Channable? See Filling missing values.

Trading card condition types

Professional grader

1. To specify the professional grader for your cards, for Descriptor type, select Professional grader.
2. For Value, take action based on what you're sending:

• If all of your cards use the same grader, click Supported values and select the grader from the list.
• If your cards have different graders, map the project field containing the grader ID in the following table:

Professional Grader	Grader ID	Non-Sport Trading Card Singles	Sports Trading Card Singles	CCG Individual Cards
Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA)	275010	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Beckett Collectors Club Grading (BCCG)	275011	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Beckett Vintage Grading (BVG)	275012	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Beckett Grading Services (BGS)	275013	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Certified Sports Guaranty (CSG)	275014	Can be used
Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)	275015	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Sportscard Guaranty Corporation (SGC)	275016	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
K Sportscard Authentication (KSA)	275017	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Gem Mint Authentication (GMA)	275018	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Hybrid Grading Approach (HGA)	275019	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
International Sports Authentication (ISA)	2750110	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Professional Card Authenticator (PCA)	2750111	Can be used
Gold Standard Grading (GSG)	2750112	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Platin Grading Service (PGS)	2750113	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
MNT Grading (MNT)	2750114	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Technical Authentication & Grading (TAG)	2750115	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Rare Edition (Rare)	2750116	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Revolution Card Grading (RCG)	2750117	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Premier Card Grading (PCG)	2750118	Can be used
Ace Grading (Ace)	2750119	Can be used
Card Grading Australia (CGA)	2750120	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Trading Card Grading (TCG)	2750121	Can be used
ARK Grading (ARK)	2750122	Can be used
Other	2750123	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used

1. Click Save.

Grade

1. For graded trading cards, for Descriptor type, select Grade.
2. For Value, take action based on what you're sending:

• If all of your cards have the same grade, click Supported values and select the number from the list.
• If your cards have different grades, map the project field containing the grade ID for each grade.

Grade	Grade ID
10	275020
9.5	275021
9	275022
8.5	275023
8	275024
7.5	275025
7	275026
6.5	275027
6	275028
5.5	275029
5	2750210
4.5	2750211
4	2750212
3.5	2750213
3	2750214
2.5	2750215
2	2750216
1.5	2750217
1	2750218
Authentic	2750219
Authentic Altered	2750220
Authentic - Trimmed	2750221
Authentic - Coloured	2750222

1. Click Save.

For Used Parts & Accessories listings in eBay Motors leaf categories under 6028, use descriptor type 1, condition value USED_EXCELLENT, and one of these grade IDs:

Grade	ID
A	3
B	4
C	5

Certification Number

1. To provide the certification number for your cards, for Descriptor type, select Certification Number (ID: 27503).
2. For Value, leave the attribute unmapped.
3. For Additional info, map the project field containing your certification numbers.

Your certifcation number can be max 30 characters.

Ungraded condition

1. To specify an ungraded condition for your cards, for Descriptor type, select Ungraded condition.
2. For Value, take action based on what you're sending:

• If all of your cards have the same condition, click Supported values and select the condition from the list.
• If your cards are in different conditions, map the project field containing the condition IDs in the following table:

Card condition	Card condition ID	Non-Sport Trading Card Singles	Sports Trading Card Singles	CCG Individual Cards
Near Mint or Better	400010	Can be used	Can be used	Can be used
Excellent	400011	Can be used	Can be used
Very Good	400012	Can be used	Can be used
Poor	400013	Can be used	Can be used
Lightly Played (Excellent)	400015			Can be used
Moderately Played (Very Good)	400016			Can be used
Heavily Played (Poor)	400017			Can be used

1. Click Save.

Coin condition types

Professional grader

1. To specify the professional grader for your coins, for Descriptor type, select Professional grader.
2. For Value, take action based on what you're sending:

• If all of your coins use the same grader, click Supported values and select the grader from the list.
• If your coins use different graders, map the project field containing the professional grader ID in the following table.

Professional grader	ID
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS)	14
Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC)	15
Certified Acceptance Corporation / CAC Grading (CAC / CACG)	16
American Numismatic Association Certification Service (ANACS)	34
Independent Coin Graders (ICG)	35
International Coin Certification Service (ICCS)	36
Canadian Coin Certification Service (CCCS)	37
London Coin Grading Service (LCGS)	38
Coin Grading Service - UK (CGS-UK)	39
Sovereign Entities Grading Service (SEGS)	40
Numismatic Certification Company - varies (NNC)	41
NumisTrust Corporation (NTC)	42
Photo Certified Institute (PCI)	43
Accugrade, Inc. (ACG)	44
American Standards Association (ASA)	45
Other	76

1. Click Save.

These categories include leaf categories under Coins: US (253), World (256), Canada (3377), Ancient (4733), and Medieval (18466).

Letter grade

1. For Descriptor type, select Letter grade.
2. For Value, map the project field containing the relevant letter grade ID:

Letter grade	ID
MS/PR	18
AU	19
EX/XF	20
VF	46
F	47
VG	48
G	49
AG	50
FR	51
P	52

1. Click Save.

Numerical grade

1. For Descriptor type, select Numerical grade.
2. For Value, map the project field containing the relevant numerical grade ID:

Numerical grade	ID
70	32
69	25
68	26
67	53
66	54
65	55
64	56
63	57
62	58
61	59
60	60
58	27
55	28
53	29
50	61
45	30
40	31
35	62
30	63
25	64
20	65
15	66
12	67
10	68
8	69
6	70
4	71
3	72
2	73
1	74
None	77

1. Click Save.

Certification Number (optional)

1. To provide the certification number for your coins, for Descriptor type, select Certification Number.
2. For Value, leave the attribute unmapped.
3. For Additional info, map the project field containing your certification numbers.
4. Click Save.

Damage code (optional)

1. To provide an optional damage code, add a condition descriptor entry.
2. For Descriptor type, select Damage code.
3. For Value, leave the attribute unmapped.
4. For Additional info, map the project field containing the damage code.

Make sure the damage code has no more than 20 characters.

Ungraded condition

1. To specify the ungraded condition for your coins, for Descriptor type, select Ungraded condition.
2. For Value, map the project field containing the condition ID from the following table:

Coin condition	ID
Uncirculated	7
Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated	8
Fine to Very Fine	9
Below Fine	10

1. Click Save.

For the latest information on accepted condition descriptor IDs, refer to eBay's Help Center.

3

Save and repeat per descriptor type

1. Click Save.
2. Repeat these steps for each condition descriptor type you want to add, clicking + Add to add additional entries.

Filling missing values

If you have different ID values per trading card and/or coin and haven't imported this data into Channable yet, you can create project fields for your missing data and fill them using rules.

Example

Create two project fields to fill. For Grade, name it grade for Professional grader, name it professional_grader .

Example rule: Fill values for PSA 10 cards based on title

If title contains "PSA 10"

then take grade and set to value "275020"

and

take professional_grader and set to value "275010".

Click Save and map these fields in the Build step.

Repeat creating rules until your cards are all defined with the condition information needed.