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If your collection already lives somewhere, in a spreadsheet or another app, the idea of re-entering hundreds of cards by hand is off-putting. The good news: you don't have to. With DarkDex you can import it all at once and find your cards already valued at market prices.
Let's look at how to move a collection without starting from scratch, and what to have ready before importing.
In short. If your collection is already in a file or another app, importing saves you re-entering it card by card. You prepare a list with the key details (card, set, quantity, condition) and load it in one go.
Why not re-enter everything by hand
Redoing the inventory by hand is the number-one reason people abandon a new manager: hundreds of cards, hours of work, and easy to get wrong. Importing removes exactly that friction: you move in bulk what you've already catalogued elsewhere.
What you need to import
All it takes is a tidy list of cards with the details that matter:
- card and set (to identify it uniquely)
- quantity
- condition
- any variants (first edition, reverse) and language
If your list is in Excel or CSV, that's already the right format. If you're coming from another app, you can usually export your collection to a file and start from there (for example, here's moving from Collectr to DarkDex).
Import and find everything ready
With DarkDex you load the list and the cards enter your collection already linked to the catalogue: from then on they carry the updated market value and feed into totals, sets and history. No double work.
Move your collection the easy way. Import your list into DarkDex and find your cards already valued, ready to manage.
FAQ
Which formats can I import from? The typical starting point is an Excel or CSV file listing the cards. If you're coming from another app, export your collection to a file first.
Do I lose conditions and variants on import? No, if they're in the list they're kept: condition, first edition, reverse and language are exactly what's used to compute the right value.
Should I still check anything afterwards? It's good practice to review your highest-value cards to make sure version and condition are right: those are the ones that weigh most on the total.
In short
Switching managers shouldn't mean re-entering everything. Prepare the list and import it into DarkDex: in one go you get your collection back, already valued and ready.