How we research, verify, and rank shops.

Our process, step by step

What each listing contains

For every shop we aim to record and verify:

• Name, street address, city, and state
• Phone number and website
• Opening hours
• What the shop carries (Pokémon, sports cards, singles, sealed product) and its services (grading, buying collections, events)
• A storefront image and location on the map, where available
• Aggregate customer rating, drawn from public review data

Keeping listings accurate

• Owner claims. Shop owners can claim their listing to directly manage their hours, description, contact details, photos, and events.
• Reader corrections. Anyone can report an error or a missing shop through our contact page, and we review every report.
• Ongoing review. We periodically re-check listings and remove or flag shops that appear to have closed.

Ratings and reviews

Ratings reflect aggregate customer review data from public sources. We do not write, solicit, or sell reviews, and paying for a listing does not change a shop's rating.

Editorial independence & how we make money

The Card Shop Finder is funded by optional paid listing plans. Shop owners can subscribe to a Basic or Premium plan to manage their own listing, add photos, post events, and (on Premium) receive featured placement.

To be completely clear, paying for a plan does not:

• Buy inclusion — unpaid shops are listed on equal footing.
• Change how we research or verify a shop.
• Affect a shop's rating or reviews.
• Remove, hide, or downrank competing shops.

Featured placement on Premium is always the result of a shop choosing to upgrade — it never alters the underlying research or affects any other shop. Our editorial coverage and the core directory are maintained independently of who does or doesn't pay.