The one calculation
The market screen states it plainly: a 30% market tax is taken from every sale. The sales history matches: a $20,000 sale paid $14,000, a $19,000 sale paid $13,300 (checked 29 Oct 2026).
So, for a flip:
- You pay the full listing price today.
- You receive 70% of your own listing price when it sells.
- Break-even listing price = your purchase price ÷ 0.7.
Buy at $7,000, list at $10,000, receive $7,000. That is not a profit; it is exactly break-even before you count the match time. Use the upgrade planner to run your own numbers, and the market page for the screens involved.
Three branches when you look at a listing
Branch 1: fill a gap in the squad
You have an empty or weak slot and the card fits it. Buy on price and position, not on rating alone.
Rare cards were listed at $8,000 to $10,000 in one session. ICON cards rated 90 to 97 were far more expensive. For a five-a-side squad, a fitting rare usually does more than a cheap common in the wrong slot.
Branch 2: flip a card for coins
Only if you can answer one question: who buys it, and at what price? A card with no natural demand sits on your list holding your coins.
The honest version of this branch is: buy low on a card whose position is in demand, list it at a price where 70% of that price beats what you paid, and accept that a listing is not a sale.
Branch 3: convert a spare into coins now
QUICK SELL on the card's detail panel pays immediately and cannot be undone. One captured card showed a quick-sell value of about 7.6K while its listed rarity was RARE. That value is per card, not a fixed rate for the rarity.
Quick sell is the right branch when you need coins today for a specific signing and the card will never play. It is the wrong branch when the card is cover for a position whose starter is training.
Choosing between the branches
| Situation | Branch | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Empty slot in your XI | Buy the fitting card | An empty slot costs you matches |
| Spare card, no urgent coins | Do nothing | A listing ties up coins until a buyer appears |
| Spare card, need coins now | Quick sell | Immediate, final, no tax surprise |
| Spare card, patient | List at break-even × 1.4 | You need 70% of the price to beat your cost |
Worked example: a $10,000 defender you plan to resell
You buy a rare defender for $10,000 to fill a gap.
- If you keep it for 20 matches, the $10,000 is the price of those matches, not a loss.
- If you resell it at $12,000, you receive $8,400: a $1,600 loss.
- To break even you must list it at $14,286 or more ($10,000 ÷ 0.7).
- Two spare cards instead: quick-selling a card seen at about 7.6K plus a $3,000 quick sale raises $10,600 with no wait.
The question is not "is the card cheap", it is "will anyone pay 1.4 times what I paid".
What to check before you confirm
- The card is not your only cover for a position where a starter is training.
- You know what you paid for the card, if you are calling something a profit.
- You have looked at SALES HISTORY for the same position: the "you got" line is the real payout, not the headline price.
- The Black Market is a separate seller with its own offers; nothing about the 30% community tax has been shown to apply there. The Black Marketer page keeps what is confirmed and what is not.