Right now a collector who hears about your shop looks it up on their phone. What they find is a Google listing, maybe a Facebook page that last posted about a Prizm release two years ago, and no way to tell whether you carry what they're after or whether you're even open on a Tuesday. Of the 1,589 shops in this directory with no website at all, that's the whole first impression. A website fixes that, and it should belong to you when it's done.
Built by people who know the hobby
We run this directory, so we've read thousands of card shop listings. We know the questions a collector actually turns up with: what's in the showcase, do you buy collections, what nights do you run locals, is there a break schedule.
It says what you actually do
Singles and sealed, supplies, graded inventory, group breaks, trade nights, tournaments. Your site should sound like your shop sounds, not like a template with a stock photo of a handshake.
Yours at the end, in full
The domain is registered in your name from the start. When the build is done, everything is transferred to you — files, logins, all of it. You are not renting anything from us.
Hand over the keys
This is a build, not a subscription. The whole point is that when we're finished, you can walk away with the site and never speak to us again if that's what you want. Here's exactly what that means.
- The domain is in your name Registered to you, not to us. It's your address on the internet and nobody else holds it.
- Every file is handed over The site itself — the pages, the images, the code. You get all of it, not a licence to look at it.
- Every login is transferred Domain, site, anything the build touches. Nothing stays behind an account we control.
- No monthly bill Nothing recurring to us. Once it's yours, it's yours.
- You run it from there Change your hours, swap a photo of the case, post next month's break schedule — no permission needed.
- No lock-in, ever Want someone else to take it over later? Hand them the logins. You own all of it, so that's your call.
How it works
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Tell us about the shop
Fill in the form below. What you carry, what nights you run, whether anything exists online now. Photos of the shop and the showcases help more than anything else you can send.
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We build it and you look at it
You see the real thing, not a mockup, and you tell us what's wrong with it. Wrong hours, wrong emphasis, a game you run that we buried — we fix it before it goes live.
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We hand over the keys
Domain, files, logins. It's yours from that point on, and you run it.
Here's one we built
Nine Pocket Cards is a sample shop — a made-up store we built a full site for so you can click through the real thing instead of reading about it. It's built the way a card shop site should be: the address, the hours and the phone number are the first thing you see, what's in the shop and what runs on which night come next, and there's nothing on it trying to sell you something through a screen. Its job is getting people through the door.
Nine Pocket Cards isn't a real shop and the address, phone number and email on it aren't real either. Your site would be branded as your shop, not as this one — the only Card Shop Hub mark on the sample is the one ribbon at the top telling you it's a demo.
Tell us about your shop
No cost to ask and nothing is committed by sending this. Tell us what your shop is and what you're after, and we'll come back to you with a straight answer.
Questions shop owners ask
Who owns the website when it's finished?
You do, completely. The domain is registered in your name, and when the build is done we transfer the domain, every file, and every login to you. Nothing stays in our name and nothing is licensed to you.
Is there a monthly bill?
No. This is a build, not a subscription. Once the site is handed over you are not paying us anything, and you are not locked into a platform you have to keep renting to stay online.
Do you host the site or keep it running for me?
No. Everything is handed to you — the domain, the files, the logins — and you run it from there. If you would rather have somebody else handle it after handover, you can hire anyone you like, because you own all of it.
Can I change the site myself afterwards?
Yes. You get the logins and the files, so you can update your hours, swap out a photo of the case, or post next month's break schedule without asking anyone's permission.
What if I already have a website I don't like?
That's a common starting point. Plenty of shops have an old page they can't log into, or a social profile doing the work a website should do. Tell us what exists now and we'll work out what's worth keeping.
What do you need from me to start?
Your shop name, where you are, your hours, and a rough sense of what you carry — singles, sealed, supplies, what games you run locals for. Photos of the shop and the showcases help a lot. If you already have a logo, send it.
Does my shop have to be in the Card Shop Hub directory?
No. The directory listing is free and separate — it stays free whether or not you ever ask us about a website, and asking about a website does not change where your shop ranks.
What does it cost, and how long does it take?
Send the form and we'll give you a straight answer for your shop rather than a number that assumes a build we haven't scoped yet. There's no cost to ask.
Your listing stays free either way
Being in the Card Shop Hub directory costs nothing and always has. Asking about a website doesn't change your listing, your ranking, or anything else about how your shop shows up here.