Building a community-driven Pokémon grading + pricing platform for collectors
Hey everyone,
Over the last few months I’ve been building a project called CheckAGrade — a community-driven Pokémon card platform focused mainly on graded cards and real collector data.
The main reason I started building it is because most pricing sites honestly feel:
- cluttered
- outdated
- focused mostly on raw cards
- or disconnected from the actual community
As someone who collects graded cards myself (PSA/BGS/CGC/TAG etc), I wanted something that felt modern and actually useful for collectors.
The site currently lets people:
- track collections
- submit cards
- view RAW pricing
- build graded card databases
- create accounts/profiles
- contribute community-driven data
One of the biggest goals long term is building REAL collector-driven grading insights without scraping sites or breaking any ToS.
For example:
- users can add graded cards they own
- optionally add certification numbers
- cards can slowly build ownership/sales history
- over time this creates community-driven population insights and real market trends
The important part is that the data comes from collectors themselves rather than just blindly scraping everything possible.
We’ve already started getting card submissions onto the platform which is honestly really cool to see, but the project still massively depends on the community growing.
So if anyone wants to:
- test the site
- add cards
- give feedback
- suggest features
- report bugs
- or just help shape something new for collectors
I’d genuinely appreciate it.
Site:
CheckAGrade
Mods if this isn’t allowed please remove, sorry ❤️