Collectr is very popular with Pokémon collectors, and those of other games, for tracking the value of a portfolio. Getting the collection out comes with one condition: the export is only available on Collectr PRO accounts. If you have one, within a couple of minutes a CSV lands in your inbox that TCGJoin reads as is. Importing it into TCGJoin is free on every plan.
What you need
- A Collectr PRO account (the export is not in the free one).
- Access to the email address you request the file with.
- A TCGJoin account (the free one is fine).
Get the file out of Collectr
- In Collectr open Portfolio and tap ⋮ top right → Export.
- Enter your email: Collectr sends you the CSV.
- Download the file from the email and upload it to TCGJoin.
No PRO? There are two routes. If you have few cards, add them with the TCGJoin scanner, which is faster than typing. If you have many, you can copy the list by hand in the “4x Card name” format and use the wizard’s “Paste a list” option.
Upload it to TCGJoin
With the file at hand, open your collection and tap “Import”. The same wizard lives in Profile › Settings › “Import my collection”. It takes four steps:
- Source: pick “Collectr” and the game of the portfolio if asked.
- File: upload it as is (CSV, TSV, TXT or JSON, up to 20 MB). No need to open or tidy it first.
- Review: every row lands in a group. Found (matched with no doubt by set and number), unsure (several printings share that name: pick one or accept the suggestion), not found, and skipped (proxies, quantity 0 or a game outside your plan).
- Import: choose whether to add to what you already have or keep the file quantity, and hit the button.
If something looks off, the import can be undone for 7 days, from the final screen or from Profile › Settings. It removes exactly the copies it added and leaves what you already owned untouched.
What comes across and what does not
From the Collectr CSV the importer uses what identifies the card and how many you own. The value Collectr worked out is not imported: on TCGJoin the collection is valued with its own reference price. The rest stays in the file for now:
- Comes across: the exact card (set and number when the file has them), the quantity and the language of each copy.
- Not yet: condition (NM, LP…), foil and purchase price. Copies arrive as non-foil; keep the original file if you care about those details.
- Common plan: one active game. If the file mixes games, cards from the others are skipped and the review tells you which. Importing is free on every plan.
- Nothing you already had is overwritten: by default quantities are added.
If something is not found
“Not found” rows are the ones that do not match the catalogue with the data in the file: they tend to be sealed products (boxes, ETBs, loose packs), graded cards logged as products or uncommon promos. In the review, tap “Download the not found rows (CSV)” to keep the list. Then run them through the scanner (for Pokémon or for Magic; the same one works for the other games): point the camera and they go into the collection one by one, with their exact printing. If it is your first time, the guide on how to scan cards with your phone covers it in two minutes.
If a whole column is the problem (the review flags the columns it did not understand), tell us from the suggestions box in the help bubble and we will add it.
With the portfolio in, your collection gives you its value and what you are missing set by set. There is a hub for Pokémon, Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh!, and the rest of the supported apps are on Import collection.