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PWCC launches new Breaker Network to help with sale of ultra-modern raw cards
PWCC Marketplace has launched a new Breaker Network to help create a more seamless and secure process for buying, selling and trading ultra-modern trading cards for breakers and their customers.
The new PWCC Breaker Network will provide breakers of ultra-modern wax products with services that allow for greater speed to market, higher valuations per card and liquidity solutions that can quickly turn raw cards into cash.
“PWCC is bringing much needed liquidity to the world of ultra-modern trading cards,” said PWCC CEO Brent Huigens. “This is made possible through strategic partnerships and product offerings within the PWCC platform that combine to offer seamless access to authentication, archival, digital portfolio management, and near instant marketplace liquidity. These solutions aim to democratize the trading card market, to serve assets of all price levels, and have proven they can increase the value of recently ripped raw trading cards by 20 percent or more while also getting assets liquidated three times faster than any other solution.”
Specific offerings through PWCC include: easy-to-use authentication services; high-resolution imaging and digital portfolio management; accurate card identification; fraud prevention; free cash advances; and immediate access to multiple marketplaces.
Breakers typically rip open boxes or packs of new cards for participants on live streaming platforms and distribute the cards to individual customers. The popular breaks typically create a large bounty of unauthenticated, or raw, cards, most which go unsold due to a lack of easy authentication and distribution processes.
“There is a lack of confidence in buying unauthenticated cards, which sets a ceiling on the overall price a buyer is willing to pay for recently manufactured products,” Huigens said. “PWCC's services and partnerships remove the friction involved in selling raw trading cards, and that results in higher sales prices.”
Raw cards can now be shipped directly from Breaker Network partners to PWCC, giving breaking customers an easy, quick way to market and sell their cards.
Inaugural breaker partners include: Crave; Indy Card Exchange; Jaspys; La Fav; Roadshow Cards; The Card Plugz; The Coffee Breakers (Cards and Coffee).
Additional partners will be announced in the coming months. PWCC is also accepting new Breaker Network partnership applications at pwcc.mp/Fi9LR4Fg
Raw cards will be authenticated by MBA Authenticated, which was specifically created to meet the needs of collectors of ultra-modern cards. MBA, which is led by authentication pioneer or former PSA grader Mike Baker, provides expert authentication, accurate identification and labeling and a robust condition report, adding value to raw cards. MBA is located next to PWCC headquarters to ensure quicker services.
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MBA’s authentication services will cost $6 per asset, regardless of asset value. If a card is committed to auction within , the fees are reduced to just $3 per item.
PWCC also works with grading card companies Beckett, CSG, CGC Trading Cards and SGC. Their services through the new Breaker Network include:
• CSG/CGC: $15 per card, regardless of card value, shipping included.
• SGC: $20 per card, regardless of card value, shipping included.
• Beckett: $25 per card, regardless of card value, shipping included.
Each authentication service allows for direct submission to a client’s PWCC Vault account or the ability to send cards straight to auction with no upfront fees, upcharges or forms.
Other PWCC benefits include: no sales tax in the state of Oregon; high-resolution imaging; real-time insurance valuations and physical security; auction and fixed-price marketplaces that draw more than 300,000 potential buyers; management tools that allow an asset to be listed on any market at any time; easy-to-use, no-fee cash advances on assets sent to auction; concierge-level customer service and shipping services.
