About TheCollective
A real-time sentiment and liquidity intelligence system for collectibles markets. We score price velocity, supply pressure, social momentum, and event catalysts across eight markets and surface the items where the evidence is concentrating, with the full scoring breakdown exposed on every card.
What we cover
Eight markets: NFTs, trading card games, sports cards, comics, sealed video games, sealed card boxes (Pokémon, Magic, and sports), non-sport trading cards (Star Wars, Marvel, Garbage Pail Kids, WWE / UFC), and nostalgia tech (Y2K-era consumer electronics). Seven of those eight are scored in USD against live market comps; the NFT panel uses ETH-denominated floors and is currently excluded from the cross-market USD scoring until we ship an honest USD overlay.
How we score
Per-item scoring fuses price change, liquidity, supply or population pressure where available, social mentions, and event proximity (auctions, film and TV releases, set drops). The full breakdown is exposed on every card via the why? button on /collective. We do not run a model in the sense of a black-box predictor; every signal is a named, defined threshold that you can audit on every card.
Affiliate disclosure
Some of the marketplace links on /collective are affiliate links (via the eBay Partner Network and TCGplayer's affiliate program). If you click one and complete a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. The commission is paid by the marketplace out of its own fees; the price you see is the price you pay.
Affiliate participation does not influence which items the engine scores or how they rank. The markets are scored independently of any commission consideration and the scoring math is deterministic. We will surface this disclosure here as long as any affiliate-wrapped links appear on the site.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or partnership inquiries: info@thecollective.market.