PWCC

PWCC Marketplace is a Portland, Oregon-based consignment platform founded in 1998 that specializes in investment-grade trading cards — primarily vintage and modern graded sports cards, but also TCG categories like Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and YuGiOh. The platform functions as both an auction house and a fixed-price marketplace, processing over $300 million in annual transaction volume (PWCC's self-reported figure; verify at pwccmarketplace.com). It operates alongside the PWCC Vault, a physical storage and authentication facility that holds cards on behalf of consignors and buyers, enabling instant liquidity and eliminating shipping friction between trades.

PWCC also runs a closely watched market intelligence product: the PWCC 500, an index of the 500 most actively traded trading cards, which many collectors and investors use as a benchmark for category-level performance. In terms of monetization, PWCC charges sellers a 5% commission on marketplace sales and 5% on auctions (up to certain price tiers), while buyers pay a 5% buyer's premium on auction wins. Vault storage is free for cards listed for sale and has nominal fees for private storage.