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Courtyard.io

Courtyard.Io

Courtyard.io is a marketplace for physical collectibles, such as graded trading cards, which are represented as digital assets. The platform allows users to instantly buy, sell, and trade these authenticated and vaulted items. Key features include a 'Vending Machine' for purchasing digital packs that contain physical cards, weekly auctions, and secure, insured vaulting, enabling 0% fee sales. Users can choose to hold their digital collectible, trade it, redeem the physical item, or accept an instant buyback offer.
New York, USA

Description

Courtyard.io provides a platform for collectors to trade physical collectibles through a digital marketplace. The service involves securely vaulting physical items like trading cards in an insured facility, representing them as digital tokens for instant transactions without physical shipping. The platform features a 'Vending Machine' offering daily mystery packs of graded collectibles with options for instant buyback, holding, trading, or physical redemption. It also hosts weekly no-reserve auctions. Courtyard emphasizes transparency with a complete ownership history and aims to reduce transaction costs with 0% seller fees and no sales tax on vaulted trades. Users can also vault their personal collections for free, making them available for instant sale. The platform supports both credit card and digital wallet payments and is backed by investors like NEA and Y Combinator, with partners including Moonpay and OpenSea.