Pull It Forward.
ETC is a trading card collective where 90% of all card sales revenue, and a majority of every member’s dues, goes into the collective’s Team Bank to fund future Drops.
Join now and claim the lowest available monthly rate:
Join The TeamGems Open for Offers
Promo Event
We are NOT a breaker.
The hobby has long begged for a better alternative to breakers. ETC is here to answer the call.
For a limited time only, make an offer on any open card and automatically get your first month of membership for FREE.
Why rip alone when you can rip with a team?
Ripping packs in today’s hobby is too expensive. Common advice is “Just buy singles”, but that’s no fun. ETC is here to give you the best of both worlds.
Our Team Bank System
The collective uses our Team Bank system to give our members affordable access to exclusive cards they probably couldn’t afford on their own. The Team Bank gets continuously filled through three primary channels:
This is just the beginning.
The key to any collective’s success is growth. Take a look at what the team can look forward to as we progress towards our goal of 4,000 team members and beyond:
| Team size | Drops per week | Size of each Drop |
|---|---|---|
| 400 members | 3 | $500 |
| 1,000 members | 3 | $1,500 |
| 2,000 members | 3 | $3,500 |
| 4,000 members — our goal | 3 | $7,000 |
Assumes an even split between monthly and yearly subscriptions and 20% recoup between ETC sales and eBay sales.
Our ultimate pursuit.
ETC uses Elevation Day rewards to motivate the team along the journey to 4,000 members and beyond. Each reward is an ETC Drop (past wax, funded by ETC) of increasing value:
Member #41 joins — Trailblazer Seniority begins
Elevation Day #1 Reward
$15,000+
1987 Fleer Basketball
ETC Drop
Starting the month after the team’s Elevation Day #3 reward, they’ll be rewarded with another $10,000+ ETC Drop…
EVERY MONTH.
You’ve never bought cards like this before.
Our Name Your Value offer system combines the following five factors into an easy, affordable way to buy cards unlike anything the hobby has ever seen:
Blind Offers
Name what a card is worth to you — privately. Every offer stays sealed until the card’s window closes: no timers to race, no numbers to react to, no pressure.
Backed by Real Funds
Every offer is backed by real dollars, earmarked from your Wallet the moment you make it. Deposits are 1:1 — a dollar in is a dollar to offer with — so every offer on every card is genuine.
Complimentary Comp
Determining the value of a card can be challenging; really challenging. That’s where our Complimentary Comp comes in — a price quote direct from one of the most trusted pricing services in the hobby. Just another way ETC does the hard work for you.
Pay the Second-Highest Price
When the window closes, the member with the highest offer wins the card — but pays only the price of the second-highest offer. Your own offer is always your ceiling.
Members-Only Competition
Your offers never face the open market. Only active ETC team members can offer on a card — a members-only collective means members-only competition.
We don't ask for your trust. We prove we deserve it.
Our Total Transparency commitments ensure that every card, and every dollar, is accounted for and public-facing at all times. The Drops we've already completed speak for themselves.
Highest offer$225.00Sold for$100.00Second-price Savings55%
Market (ungraded): $250.10 — PriceCharting, Jul 2026
Highest offer$175.00Sold for$120.00Second-price Savings31%
Market (ungraded): $335.64 — PriceCharting, Jul 2026
Highest offer$185.00Sold for$140.00Second-price Savings24%
Market (ungraded): $294.20 — PriceCharting, Jul 2026“I think it’s a great system, and is one of the best ways to get started in the hobby.”
More commitment means more value.
ETC’s Seniority Tiers reward the earliest, most committed team members with the most valuable membership prices. Your tier is assigned the moment you join, based solely on your place in the line of active team members:
- 1 month$15/mo
- 3 months$13/mo
- 6 months$12/mo
- 12 months$10/mo
Stay committed to get elevated.
If your commitment to the team outlasts a more-senior member, then you get rewarded with an automatic elevation of your Seniority Level the second their membership lapses. Get elevated enough and you could Level Up into a more valuable Seniority Tier.
