Sellers
List what you have, who it helps, and how buyers/collectors can reach you — no Cambridge connection fee.
Needs
- • Clear availability
- • Trust signals
- • Buyer intent
- • Simple paths for bundles and singles
Global TCG Hub
Connect every trading-card person to every path — no Cambridge connection fees.
Sellers register and meet buyers. Collectors meet collectors. Stores, builders, and organizers become visible. Cambridge TCG becomes the open routing layer — not a gate.
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No Cambridge connection fee: browsing, registering, and introductions are free.
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Opt-in contact only: people choose what contact details are public.
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Trade path clarity: swap, buy, sell, gift, lend, meetup, bulk, or data — state the path up front.
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Trust before scale: public profiles, verification, references, and clear expectations beat anonymous spam.
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Open globally, safe locally: respect laws, taxes, shipping rules, platform terms, and card-game IP rights.
Paths for everyone
Each role gets a registration path, a connection path, and clear trade modes. The hub introduces; participants choose whether to swap, buy, sell, gift, lend, meet up, trade bulk, or collaborate on data/tools.
Buyers
Post what you need and discover sellers/collectors who can help — no paywall to browse connections.
Needs
- • Want lists
- • Budget/context
- • Reliable sellers
- • Global discovery
Collectors
Connect collection-to-collection: show what you love, what you want, and what you are open to trading.
Needs
- • Showcase
- • Wishlist
- • Trade matches
- • Community following
Stores
Local stores can publish needs/offers and cooperate on supply without surrendering customer data.
Needs
- • Bulk liquidity
- • Operational trust
- • Regional partners
- • Data standards
Builders
Build open tools, exporters, price visualisers, and community workflows around public resources.
Needs
- • APIs
- • Schemas
- • Free compute
- • Clear safety boundaries
Organizers
Create opt-in paths for events, meetups, trades, learn-to-play days, and local community support.
Needs
- • Event discovery
- • Safety norms
- • Regional channels
- • Beginner-friendly spaces
The no-fee boundary
The Global TCG Hub is for free opt-in discovery and introductions. Cambridge TCG does not collect a connection fee from this hub. For P2P Direct, Cambridge is only the connection channel: buyers and sellers choose communication, price/value, shipping, payment, timing, and completion terms themselves. Existing Cambridge commerce flows stay separate from this open connection layer.