SoundStageDirect, and any seller worth their salt, will put the jacket, and the inner sleeve, containing the record, into a protective outer sleeve, either soft poly, as in the case of SSD, or mylar, sometimes resealable, from others. I do that, when I give away a record, or records, to good friends. I haven't quite figured out the whole notion of selling records, but if I ever do, they will go out in the same fashion.