There are a few tricky price points on TCGPlayer Direct where selling a card for LESS money makes a bigger profit. These spots are referred to as, “dead zones,” and they live on the cusp of TCGPlayers shipping thresholds.
Savvy sellers should be aware that pricing a card between 3.00 and 3.14 will actually make less than pricing a card at 2.99. This is because once you reach the $3 dollar mark, your direct orders will incur a .98 charge for shipping and additional fees for payment processing .
Likewise, cards between 20.00 and 22.42 will make less than cards priced at 19.99 since, at the 20 dollar mark, the shipping charge for direct increases from .98 to 3.14.