← Glossary
What is a bulk grading minimum?
The fewest cards a grading tier accepts in one submission — its price per card is on offer only to a box that size.
What it means
Some tiers grade only boxes of several cards — the cheapest price per card is often one of them.
A box short of the minimum cannot use that tier, whatever the price per card.
In SlabScore
- SlabScore will price any tier you pick at any box size, and says how many cards the box is short.
- When it picks a tier for you, it picks only one the box can already buy.
- Each submission you plan is priced on its own card count, so a box a few cards short of a bulk tier says so.
Plan a submission sizes every box on its own card count and says how far it is from each minimum.
At each company
Read from each company’s own published tiers, with any tier that is shut or members-only named.
| Company | Smallest submission it takes | Tiers with a minimum |
|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1 card · every open tier | Value Bulk (20 cards, paused) |
| TAG | 1 card · Standard · Priority · Express · Premier | Base (5 cards) |
| CGC | 1 card · Economy · Standard · Express · WalkThrough · Unlimited Value | Bulk (25 cards) |
| BGS | 1 card · every open tier | None |
| ACE | 10 cards · Ultra · Luxury | Core (20 cards, members only) · Value (20 cards, members only) · Basic (20 cards) · Standard (20 cards) · Premier (20 cards) · Ultra (10 cards) · Luxury (10 cards) |
PSA
- Smallest submission it takes
- 1 card · every open tier
- Tiers with a minimum
- Value Bulk (20 cards, paused)
TAG
- Smallest submission it takes
- 1 card · Standard · Priority · Express · Premier
- Tiers with a minimum
- Base (5 cards)
CGC
- Smallest submission it takes
- 1 card · Economy · Standard · Express · WalkThrough · Unlimited Value
- Tiers with a minimum
- Bulk (25 cards)
BGS
- Smallest submission it takes
- 1 card · every open tier
- Tiers with a minimum
- None
ACE
- Smallest submission it takes
- 10 cards · Ultra · Luxury
- Tiers with a minimum
- Core (20 cards, members only) · Value (20 cards, members only) · Basic (20 cards) · Standard (20 cards) · Premier (20 cards) · Ultra (10 cards) · Luxury (10 cards)