How MyCardBatch Identifies Parallels, Numbered and Graded Cards
Any card scanner can name the player on a $2 base card. The money is in the details that are easy to get wrong: which parallel it is, what it's numbered to, which edition, and what the slab says. Here's how MyCardBatch gets those right, and what it does when it isn't sure.
1. The AI reads the whole card, front and back
Each card is read from its photos: player or Pokémon, year, brand, card number, team, any serial number stamped on it (like 23/99), autographs, and the grading label on a slab. Fronts and backs are read together, because the card number and the year often live on the back.
2. The card is matched to its set checklist
That reading is then checked against set checklists for thousands of sets: every base card, insert and parallel, with print runs. The set, card number and insert come from the checklist rather than a guess, and the parallel picker shows only the parallels that exist for that card's set, each with its print run.
- Brands written differently (for example "Fleer SkyBox" vs "SkyBox") are recognised by rule, not left unmatched.
- When the year is ambiguous, nearby years are tried only when exactly one set has that player at that number, and the card is flagged so you check it.
- Pokémon editions such as 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited are kept apart, and Japanese cards are matched against Japanese sets.
3. Numbered cards: the print run comes from the card
A serial number is read off the card itself, and a parallel's print run comes from the set checklist. MyCardBatch never guesses a parallel or a print run from other people's eBay listings, because a listing titled "/99" for a different parallel would put the wrong number on yours.
4. Graded slabs
For PSA, BGS, SGC and other slabs, the grading company, grade and cert number are read from the label and sent to eBay in the fields eBay uses for graded cards, so buyers filtering by grade find the listing.
5. Prices that respect the parallel and grade
Suggested prices come only from eBay listings that match the card closely: the same parallel, print run, grade, autograph and card number where they can be told apart, with a guard against pricing a 1/1 off ordinary copies. When nothing matches closely enough, MyCardBatch says so and uses your own price instead of borrowing a number from a different card.
6. You check before anything lists
Every batch goes through a review step. Anything the matcher couldn't confirm is flagged, and you can change any field before it goes to eBay. The aim is that you're confirming finished listings, not typing them.
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Can MyCardBatch tell parallels apart?
Yes, as far as the card and its set allow. The AI reads the card, then the card is matched to its set checklist, and the parallel list shows only the parallels that exist for that set, with print runs. Cards it can't confirm are flagged for you to check.
Does it read serial numbers like 23/99?
Yes. A serial number stamped on the card is read from the photo, and the print run of a parallel comes from the set checklist, never from other sellers' listings.
Does it work for graded cards?
Yes. The grading company, grade and cert number are read from the slab label and sent to eBay in its graded-card fields.