Card marketplace and repack seller Courtyard will release its new app Tuesday, bringing its popular digital vending machine concepts to mobile for the first time.
The app will allow collectors to rip digital packs of graded Pokémon and sports cards, as well as comic books. While the cards are purchased digitally, the physical slabs can be redeemed and shipped to collector’s homes or they can be listed in the marketplace.
After ripping a pack, Courtyard offers instant buy-backs at 90% fair-market value of the item. The company emphasizes transparency in its packs, claiming to price packs to match expected value.
Courtyard says it generates around $50 million GMV each month and has sold more than 1 million Pokémon packs to date.
“We’re incredibly excited to launch the app — it’s a big leap forward for the collector experience,” CEO and co-founder Nicolas le Jeune told cllct via email. “Opening packs is such a tactile thrill, and features like haptic feedback bring us closer than ever to that physical feeling. We’re building a platform where the entire hobby lives in your pocket, and this launch is just the beginning."
The app is set to offer a more immersive experience for collectors, like introducing haptic feedback to imitate the physical feeling of opening a pack by hand.
Will Stern is a reporter and editor for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture.