CDP Town Hall Recap

We recently held a CDP Town Hall, which was streamed across our social channels and is now available to watch on demand here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDF-YqZt5o

Here are the top ten takeaways from the Town Hall

1. CDP is in a major growth phase. Over the last six months, CDP said it has doubled the number of dealers, tripled daily active dealers, and quadrupled cards listed.

2. Adding a second marketplace is one of the clearest growth levers. Dealers who added a second marketplace saw 44% higher sell-through, 95% higher inventory value growth, and 89% more revenue uplift versus those who stayed on just one.

3. The core CDP promise is speed and efficiency. The town hall framed CDP around helping dealers “sell more cards more efficiently,” and shared that the average time to sell a card is 168 seconds, with fulfillment taking the biggest share of time.

4. The roadmap is being shaped directly by dealer feedback. Recent feature callouts included multi-quantity, deduplication, mark as sold, richer inventory filters, and weight override — all presented as direct responses to user pain points.

5. The next big product focus is reducing friction after the sale. CDP highlighted upcoming work on faster and more reliable order sync, a new orders table, a stronger pick list workflow, inventory labels/barcodes, and a better mobile experience.

6. Different marketplaces are best for different cards.

The panel’s guidance was clear:

Whatnot is strong for liquid, exciting live-sell cards;

eBay is better for cards that need the right buyer and can command a premium;

CollX is strong for lower-end cards, bundling, and set-building behavior.

7. Batching and pre-sorting cards creates real downstream efficiency. Sarah emphasized sorting by set so shared info can be bulk edited, and said CDP helped her go from roughly 25 cards/hour to almost 600 cards/hour.

8. Pricing and shipping should be marketplace-specific, not one-size-fits-all. One strong example: pricing low-end cards higher on eBay to offset higher fees, while using CollX for better bundling behavior. The panel also stressed that sellers need the right shipping templates and shipping method strategy for each marketplace.

9. Consistency beats intensity. A repeated theme was that listing a little every day is better than doing a huge burst and disappearing. The panel argued that marketplace algorithms reward sellers who show up consistently, whether through listings or live selling.

10. Winning with low-end cards comes down to systems. The low-end panel made the case that profits come from volume, good sourcing, strong images/titles, SKU/location discipline, multi-card order tactics, repeat-buyer re-engagement, and follower growth. One example shared was using a date-based SKU/location method to make picking sold cards fast, plus constant promotion of “buy more, save more” offers.