Preview · Founders season, fall 2026
Your inventory, working harder.
Nexus gives vendors and card shops one place to sell close to market, borrow against slabs without selling them, and earn on cards you don't own.
By application · Southern California first · About 90 seconds to watch
The spread you live with
A $5,000 slab shouldn't leave your table for $4,000.
Dealers at shows pay 75–85% of market value. Selling straight to a collector gets 90% or more, but it takes time and buyers you might not have that week.
That gap pays for four things: capital, risk, time and access to buyers. Nexus covers the first three and pays you for the fourth.
What you walk away with on a $5,000 slab
+$512.50 more in your pocket
How it works
One loop, from your table to paid.
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Verify
At a partner shop or our show desk: cert check, photos, weight and a tamper seal, in about 10 minutes.
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Value
A 30-day cash value from real sold comps, with a confidence level you can tap.
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Choose
Sell through the network, borrow against it, or keep it on record.
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Settle
Buyers pay into escrow. Money releases after delivery and a 48-hour check.
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Get paid
Your payout lands with a receipt, and every sale sharpens the next price.
The Account Arrives October
Every slab gets a record that follows it.
Your Account is the proof behind every slab: what it is, where it is, what it would sell for in a bad month, and whether it's pledged. When it sells, the Nexus Verified record goes with it, so the next owner doesn't start from zero.
- Cert checked against the grader's record
- Photos, weight and a tamper-evident seal
- Cash value for a 30-day sale, with the sales behind it
- Custody and collateral status on one timeline
Higsby, your AI operator Arrives December
Higsby does the homework. You make the call.
Hand Higsby a collection and it drafts the work: identity checks, comps, a cash value, an offer range and which partners already want the cards. Nothing moves until you approve it, and every number comes from code you can check.
- Prices a walk-in collection before you make an offer
- Matches your slabs to partners' want lists
- Drafts listings and floors for the network
- Never moves money or approves its own work
The partner network Arrives October–November
Earn on cards you don't own.
Every verified slab in the network shows up in your storefront, under your name. When your customer buys one through your link, escrow pays out and you earn 2% of the sale, or 3% at the top tier.
Your own aged slabs reach every other partner's customers too, so they sell near market instead of at a dealer's discount.
- Slabs you own
- 30
- Slabs you carry
- Hundreds
- On every sale you bring
- 2–3%
Credit Arrives November
Borrow against your slabs without selling them.
When cash is tight before a show or a collection buy, borrow against inventory you already hold. Every line is sized to what your slabs would fetch in a bad month, so it stays safe for you and for us.
Same-day advances
Up to 50% of cash value when you consign a sale as a business seller, repaid from escrow first.
Inventory lines
$5K–$50K against pledged slabs, in draws sized to your show calendar.
The Nexus case
Carry network slabs at your table, secured by your line. Unsold slabs come back within 72 hours.
Credit is offered through our funding partners, for business purposes, subject to approval. You see the full terms before you accept.
The league Arrives October
The partner side plays like a season.
Card people love the chase. So the partner side runs like a league, scored on price achieved and clean deals, never on raw volume.
The Combine
A 10-minute tryout: price ten slabs and spot the fakes. Your score sets your starting tier.
Drops and the Monday Night Draft
New slabs release twice a week. Pick the ones you'll champion, in snake order by standings.
Seasons
Monthly standings for side-hustle vendors, full-time vendors and shops. Winners move up a tier and get their next show table paid.
The Friday recap
What you earned, where you stand and which wants matched.
Skill-based, with published rules. Buyers and sellers never see the game.
What's next
The next 90 days.
Founders partners get each piece as it ships, starting in October.
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October
Founders season
Accounts and intake from Oct 7. The partner catalog, tagged checkout links and commissions from Oct 21. The Combine, drops and the Monday Night Draft all month.
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November
Credit season
Advances, inventory lines, dealer auctions and the Nexus case from Nov 10. Storefronts and crews arrive too.
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December
Holiday season
Higsby in assist mode and paid expert tasks from Dec 1, with holiday bounties and season awards.
Built to be trusted
Your money and your slabs, handled like they matter.
Escrow on every payment
Buyers pay a licensed escrow partner. Nothing releases until delivery and inspection.
Private by default
Seller identities stay private, and network slabs stay in our custody until they sell.
Two people approve money
Every advance, larger draw and collateral release needs two approvals.
Fees you can see
Every payout shows the sale, each fee and your net, before you agree and after it settles.
Founders season
Founders season is by application.
We're opening Southern California to our first 30 vendors and shops. Founders partners get:
- First access to the partner catalog, drops and the Monday Night Draft in October
- A Combine invite that sets your starting tier
- First consideration for inventory lines in November
OJ reviews every application personally, and you'll hear back within a week.
Your application is sealed
Application NX-00000
Under review
- OJ reviews every application personally.
- You'll hear from us within a week, by text or email.
- Approved partners get a Combine invite: a 10-minute tryout that sets your starting tier.
- Founders get the partner catalog and their first drops in October.
Keep your application number.
Already sealed
You've already applied.
We have your application, and OJ is reviewing it personally. We'll be in touch by text or email.