Your options at a glance

Most sellers end up choosing between four paths:

• One by one, yourself: listing pins on online marketplaces or in social media groups. Often the most money for true standouts, and the most work.
• Pin trading events: meeting collectors face to face. Fun, social and quick for popular pins, though you'll usually leave with only part of a collection sold.
• A local shop: selling to a store that buys pins. Simple when there's one near you, and the offer reflects the shop's own costs.
• One offer for the whole collection: a single buyer looks at everything and makes one offer. The least work by far.

None of these is the right answer for everyone, and many people combine them.

Selling one by one: the real work

Listing pins yourself can earn the most for the pins collectors are hunting for. It also asks the most of you. For every pin you’ll take clear photos of the front and back, look up what it actually sells for, write a description, answer buyers’ questions, pack it so it can’t bend or scratch, and get it to the post office.

Then there are the costs. Online marketplaces usually take a selling fee from each sale, payment services may take their own cut, and shipping and packing supplies add up quickly when every pin goes out on its own. For a few standout pins, the effort can be well worth it. For hundreds of everyday pins, it often becomes a part-time job.

Trading events and local shops

Pin trading events are a joy if you enjoy the hobby. You can see pins in person, talk with collectors and often trade or sell popular pieces on the spot. They’re less suited to moving an entire collection: you’re limited to who turns up that day and what they’re collecting.

A local shop that buys pins can be the simplest option of all if there’s one near you. Keep in mind that a shop has rent, staff and its own resale to think about, so its offer has to leave room for that. It’s still worth a conversation, especially if you’d rather hand pins over in person.

One offer for the whole collection

With one offer, a single buyer looks over the whole collection and gives you one number. You won’t sort, research or ship pins one at a time, and it’s usually all over far sooner.

The trade-off is that a buyer has to resell the pins, so an offer for a whole collection is lower than the sum of every pin’s best possible price. What you’re gaining is time, certainty and a lot less work. For many sellers, especially with a large collection or one they’ve inherited, that’s the better deal.

Staying safe: fakes, scams and holds

A few things are worth knowing whichever path you choose:

• Fakes. Counterfeit pins, called scrappers in the hobby, turn up in many collections. Selling them as real causes trouble with buyers, so it helps to check first.
• Scams. Be wary of buyers who want to pay outside a platform's protections, who send more than the price and ask for the difference back, or who push you to ship before payment clears.
• Holds. Some buyers ask you to hold a pin and then disappear, and some marketplaces hold your payment for a while before releasing it. Plan for both, and don't ship until you've been paid.

Our guide to spotting a fake Disney pin walks through the tells.

How to get a fair offer

Whoever you sell to, a few habits help. Take clear photos of the whole collection, with any cards, boxes and limited editions where they can be seen. Set aside your standouts so nothing special is lost in the pile. Know roughly what pins like yours really sell for: finished sales, not asking prices. Our guide What are my Disney pins worth? explains how to check.

A good buyer will tell you how the offer works, inspect what they buy, pay when they say they will, and never pressure you to decide on the spot. If an offer doesn’t feel right, it’s fine to say no.

What we do

We’re a family business in Clermont, Florida, and we buy Disney pin collections, then sell the pins again one by one to collectors. Here’s how it works with us:

• Photos first. Send us a few photos of the collection just as it sits, with your email. No sorting and no pricing needed.
• We reply within a day. A real person from our family reads every request.
• Getting the pins to us. For collections over 100 pins, we send a prepaid, insured label. In Central Florida we can pick up, or visit you at home.
• Your offer. We look over every pin and make you an offer: cash, or shop credit worth more. You choose.
• Paid quickly. Cash is paid by Venmo, PayPal or Cash App once we've received and checked the pins.

Send us a few photos of a whole collection, or use our trade-in if you already know your asking price. Selling an inherited collection? Our guide I inherited Disney pins: what to do is a gentle place to start.

Questions we hear

What's the fastest way to sell a whole Disney pin collection?

One offer for the whole collection. You skip the listing, the questions and the shipping one pin at a time, and you get one answer for everything.

Do I need to sort or price my pins before I sell to you?

No. Photos of the collection just as it sits are all we need to start. If you already know what you'd like for them, our trade-in takes your asking price too.

How do you pay?

Cash by Venmo, PayPal or Cash App, or shop credit worth more. You choose. Shop credit stays on your account and never expires.

Who pays to ship the pins to you?

For collections over 100 pins, we send you a prepaid, insured label. Our regular trade-in is for 15 pins or more, and for smaller collections you cover shipping to us.

Can I sell my best pins myself and the rest to you?

Absolutely. Plenty of people sell a few standouts one by one and the rest as a collection. We're happy to look at whatever you decide to sell.

Do you check the pins?

Yes. We inspect every pin we buy, and every pin we sell is checked before it's listed and again when it's packed.