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A plain white envelope (PWE) is how most low-value TCGplayer orders ship: no box, no tracked carrier, just a card, a stamp, and an envelope. If you’ve already decided PWE is the right call for an order, here’s the packing and shipping sequence.

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Step 1: Confirm the order is actually PWE-tier

Hoard sorts orders into PWE vs tracked automatically based on the dollar threshold you’ve set in the Tracking threshold field under Settings → Pricing. Anything under that threshold shows as PWE on your pull sheet and Orders tab. If you’re unsure whether PWE is the right call for a given order value, see PWE vs tracked vs BMWT: which to use when.

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Step 2: Pull and sleeve the card

Pull the card from stock, matching set, condition, and finish against the order. Sleeve it in a penny sleeve, then a top loader or a semi-rigid card saver for extra protection in transit.

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Step 3: Add a stiffener

Slide the sleeved card between two pieces of cardboard (or use a pre-made card mailer stiffener) so the envelope can’t be bent by a mail sorting machine. This is the single biggest factor in whether a PWE card arrives intact.

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Step 4: Address and stamp the envelope

Write or print the buyer’s shipping address from the order onto the envelope, along with your return address, and apply postage. If you’ve connected TCGTracking, print with its barcode included so the envelope gets a scan trail through USPS even without a real tracking number.

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Step 5: Mark the order shipped in Hoard

Once it’s packed and in the mail, go to Sales > Orders, select the order (or select every PWE order you just packed in one batch), and click Mark as Shipped. See how to mark a TCGplayer order shipped for what happens next — Hoard marks it shipped immediately and queues the status push to TCGplayer.

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What you get if you connected TCGTracking

Even without a real tracking number, a barcode-scanned PWE envelope gets you a delivery-status badge on the order in Hoard: Awaiting scan, Accepted, In transit, Out for delivery, or Delivered. It won’t satisfy a TCGplayer tracking requirement or win a dispute on its own, but it gives you something to check and something to share with a buyer who asks where their order is. See Order Tracking (TCGTracking).

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If a buyer says it never arrived

See how to handle an order marked delivered that the buyer says never arrived for the dispute steps.