A Story About Cards.
The story behind Slabfy — a collector who came back to the hobby, saw what was missing, and built the thing that should have existed already.
It started at 7-Eleven.
My friends and I would go in, grab the price guide off the shelf, flip through it to see what our cards were worth — and put it back. We never bought it. We just wanted to know the number.
I grew up a Lakers fan. Kobe was everything.
The cards weren't just cards — they were moments. Something you could hold. Something real.
Then life moved on, the way it does.
I got into tech. I've been designing and building apps for years — products that feel good to use, experiences that make people feel something. Cards stayed in the past.
Then Caitlin Clark happened.
And just like that, I was back.
I started going to card shows.
Hundreds of tables. Thousands of cards. Little kids wide-eyed at displays. Old heads who've been in the hobby forever. Everyone talking, trading, dealing. The community is alive. The energy is real.
But standing at a table, trying to price a card — I'm on my phone, the seller's watching, cross-referencing three tabs, doing math in my head, and still making gut calls.
I tried everything.
130pt. CardLadder. Others. All great apps. Genuinely useful. I just wanted something different.
“I wanted a partner. Not a tool. Something that knew what I had, knew the market, and could tell me the play — like a great dealer friend standing next to me at the table.”
I love Robinhood. The way it makes investing feel intelligent. You know your positions. You know your momentum. The interface doesn't make you feel like you're working. Cards deserve that.
So I built it.
Not because it was a business idea. Because I'm in this space. I love this hobby. I have the background to build something worthy of it. It felt like a calling.
Slabfy is the intelligent layer the hobby deserves — portfolio tracking, AI-powered pricing at shows, grade analysis, consignments, storefronts, and an agent that knows your cards and can tell you what to do with them.
The vision is bigger. A real marketplace where buying and selling cards is as fast, smart, and trusted as trading a stock. That's what we're building.
— Peter, Founder of Slabfy