I have to give a big thanks to the Blowout Cards forum for helping us iron out the details of the changes we are making to our shipping and processing services.

The proposed changes that we mentioned in the last bog post were simply too complicated and they didn’t address some of the concerns of many buyers and sellers. We have listened to the feedback, and we have used the Blowout Cards forum to vet the updated proposal. Here is the plan we expect to go live with on March 31st.

Processing Changes

Processing Status
Starting March 31st, we will add a new section to your dashboard. This section will list the status of any of your shipments that we are currently processing. This will display what stage number in our processing pipeline your transaction is in. This will give you some idea about how close your cards are to making it onto the site. This will also show the due date and how much of your funds are being reserved to cover the processing fees. We will not assign a guaranteed due date until your account has enough funds to cover the processing fees. Once the processing is done and the cards have been added to your account, we will charge your account the exact processing fee.

Budget Processing
The budget processing service which offered no guaranteed due dates is being suspended because our backlog is approaching 4 months, and we can’t afford to hire enough people to satisfy the exponentially growing demand at only $0.10/card.

Standard Processing
This is a new service level. There are no restrictions on the number of cards you send at a time or what kind of cards you send. We simply guarantee 8 weeks or you will only be charged $0.10/card.
* $0.15/card
* 8 weeks guaranteed or it is $0.10/card

Priority Processing
* $0.25/card
* 3 weeks guaranteed or it is $0.15/card

Express Processing
* $0.50/card
* 1 week guaranteed or it is $.25/card

Shipping Changes

Standard Shipping
– Takes 3-5 business days to package orders
– Packages shipped via USPS 1st class
– $3 for first card
– $0.25 for each of the next 99 cards
– $0.15 for each card after 100 cards
– $1 extra for graded, encased, or jumbo cards
– No extra fee for international orders
– Sellers Only: $25 max shipping fee for cards being returned

Priority Shipping
– Takes 2 business days to package orders
– Packages shipped via USPS Priority Mail
– $8 for first card
– $0.35 for each additional card
– $1.50 extra for graded, encased, or jumbo cards
– $10 extra for international orders

Express Shipping
– Orders are packaged the next business day
– Packages shipped via USPS Express Mail
– $25 for first card
– $0.50 for each additional card
– $2 extra for graded, encased, or jumbo cards
– $10 extra for international orders