Built for local card shops

Know what to price, what to buy,
and what to let go —
before your customers do.

Hobby Heat Index scans 38,000+ athletes daily and tells your shop which cards are heating up, which ones have peaked, and what to hunt at your next show. Live radar for your floor — and your buylist.

No commitment. Cancel anytime. Credit card required after trial.

38K+
Athletes tracked daily
6 AM
Daily signal update (UTC)
$79
Per location / month
60
Day free trial
Sound familiar?

The market moves faster than your counter.

No shop owner can monitor 38,000 athletes by hand. The ones who keep winning aren't spending more time — they have better information.

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"I spent two hours pricing last night and I still wasn't confident."

Manual research means tabbing between eBay sold listings, checking social media, guessing at grade premiums — and still leaving money on the table. That's not a you problem, it's a volume problem.

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"A guy walked in with a PSA 10 and I had no idea what to offer him."

Walk-in buys are the hardest call in the hobby. You have 30 seconds to make a decision that could cost you $50 or make you $200. Lowball and he walks. Overpay and it sits in your case for 6 months.

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"I'm holding cards I should have sold two weeks ago."

By the time a player is trending on social media, the window has already closed. The shops that win moved inventory on the way up — not after everyone else figured it out.

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"I go to card shows and mostly guess at what to buy."

Your sourcing decisions at a show happen in seconds with incomplete information. The shops walking out with the best pickups aren't luckier — they came prepared with a list.

Everything you need to run a smarter shop.

Price confidently. Buy smarter at walk-ins and shows. Turn the leaderboard into a conversation starter at your counter.

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Live Shop Display

A live TV display showing today's top 10 BUY signals, refreshing every 5 minutes. No login required on the screen. Works on any TV, tablet, or monitor with a browser. Set up in under 5 minutes. Customers see what's hot — and they start asking about cards you actually have or can get.

Walk-In Buylist Pricing

A customer walks in with a card. Look up the athlete and see the current heat score, signal, and grade-specific comps from recent eBay sales — in under 10 seconds. Raw, PSA 8, PSA 9, PSA 10: each grade tracked separately. No more gut-feel lowballs or expensive overpays.

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Restock & Sourcing List

Filter the leaderboard by BUY signals to build your sourcing list for the week. Athletes with heat scores climbing and underpriced card comps are your targets. Go to your next show with a prepared list instead of wandering the tables.

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My PC Board (Per Location)

Log your active inventory by athlete, grade, and cost basis. When a signal changes on something you're holding, you get an alert. Know the second a HOLD becomes a SELL. Up to 200 active slots — each display location gets its own board.

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Team Access

Give staff view or manager access without sharing your login. Everyone works from the same signals. No more "I didn't know that card was hot" from the person who made the trade.

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Embeddable Widget

Drop the live leaderboard onto your own shop website. Let your online customers see what's moving today.

Coming Phase 4

Put the radar on your wall.

The TV display mode puts a live leaderboard on any screen — TV, tablet, monitor. It refreshes automatically. No login required at the display. Customers walk in, see the signals, and ask about the cards. The conversation does the selling.

See shop pricing →

Set up in under 5 minutes. Works on any screen with a browser.

🔥 TODAY'S TOP BUY SIGNALS
1Caitlin Clark94BUY
2Travis Hunter91BUY
3AJ Dybantsa88BUY
4Patrick Mahomes84BUY
5JuJu Watkins81BUY

"If this thing can tell me what to pay for a PSA 10 Wander Franco walking in the door, I'd pay for it just for that."

Bill · Local card shop owner

Up and running in 10 minutes.

1

Set up your shop

Add your location name, logo, and a promo message. Takes 2 minutes.

2

Put the display on your TV

Copy the secure URL and open it on any screen in your shop. It refreshes automatically. No login on the TV.

3

Start using the signals

Check the leaderboard before your next show. Look up any athlete during a walk-in buy. Filter by BUY to build your restock list.

This is just the start.

We're building directly for LCS owners. Here's what's coming:

Phase 4 POS integration — Shopventory, BinderPOS, ShadowPOS sync
Phase 4 Buy list intelligence dashboard — automated sourcing recommendations based on your inventory gaps
Phase 4 "Buy from [Your Shop]" on athlete pages — your inventory surfaced to collectors browsing the leaderboard
Phase 4 Weekly stock recommendation email — Monday morning: what to stock up on, what to move out
Phase 4 Embeddable widget — live signals on your own website
Pricing

One flat rate. No per-location surprises on day one.

$79/month includes everything above, plus your first display location. Additional locations are $79/mo each — same full feature set.

Shop Plan
$79
per location / month
60-day free trial · Credit card required after trial
Start Your 60-Day Free Trial →

Cancel anytime. No contract. If it doesn't help you run a smarter shop in 60 days, you pay nothing.

FAQ

Common questions

How does the TV display work?

You get a secure, token-gated URL for your display. Open it in any browser on any screen — smart TV, Fire Stick, tablet, monitor. It shows today's top BUY signals in a clean full-screen view and refreshes every 5 minutes automatically. No login required at the display.

Do I need special hardware?

No. Any screen with a browser works — a $30 Amazon Fire Stick is enough. We've tested it on Chrome, Safari, and Android browsers. If you can open a webpage on it, it runs.

What sports are covered?

NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, and major college sports (NCAAF, NCAAM, NCAAW). We also track high school breakouts through the Rookie Pipeline. Coverage expands as we add sources — Pokémon/TCG is on the roadmap.

Can I try it before paying?

Yes — the 60-day trial gives you full Shop plan access. Credit card required to start the trial but you won't be charged until day 61. If it doesn't change how you price or buy during those 60 days, cancel with one click before then.

I already use Card Ladder / 130point. Why do I need this?

Those tools show you what cards sold for yesterday. Hobby Heat Index shows you which athletes are breaking out today — before the price moves. They're complementary: use our signals to know who to target, then use comp data to size the opportunity.