CardPulse
A sports card price tracker that watches player news, contract extensions, and award results, and alerts you the moment a card you own or watch gets a price move.
NBA and sports card collectors holding modern rookie cards and graded grail pieces
- Custom watchlists for rookie cards, parallels, and graded slabs across PSA, BGS, and SGC
- News-driven alerts linking price moves to specific events such as max extensions, All-Star nods, and injuries
- Collection portfolio with cost basis and unrealized gain ready for tax time
- Comparable sales filter that strips out washed comps and flags suspicious flips
Wembanyama's max extension and the 1.4 million dollar Wemby Kaboom sale show how a single news event moves modern rookie card prices overnight
Viral demand confirmed: Wemby Prizm Black 1/1 sold for $5.11M, 116 Wemby card sets tracked, $12.62B 2024 market, StarSnap reports 10k+ downloads and 4.7 rating.Victor Wembanyama rookie card sells for $5.11 million ↗Sports Card Market Trends 2024 ↗
Highly crowded market with direct competitors offering the exact feature (news-triggered price alerts): Card Hedger advertises 'Unlimited Price Alerts', plus StarSnap, 130Point, Clector, Market Movers, SetScribe, SportsCardInvestor all overlapping on NBA price tracking.Card Hedge Subscription Plans ↗StarSnap - Sports Card Scanner & Value Checker ↗130 Point ↗
Proven willingness to pay: Card Hedger runs a paid subscription with a 7-day free trial, the broader market is projected to grow from $12.62B to $23.08B by 2032 at 7.8% CAGR, and headline Wemby sales demonstrate collector spend power.Card Hedge Subscription Plans ↗Sports Card Market Trends 2024 ↗
Mixed: market growing 7.8% CAGR to 2032 and modern rookie demand is anchored to multi-year NBA careers, but sports cards are historically cyclical (junk wax era crash) and modern values depend on player health and league popularity trends.Sports Card Market Trends 2024 ↗
Build is straightforward with off-the-shelf pieces: eBay/130Point price feeds, news/contract APIs, push notifications, and existing AI vision libraries for card ID — StarSnap proves the MVP is buildable by a small team.StarSnap - Sports Card Scanner & Value Checker ↗