Frequently Asked Questions

You probably saw someone share their card collection online and thought, "that looks clean — how do I do that?" That's ShowVault. It's a professional storefront for graded card collectors who vault their slabs with PSA, Alt, or Fanatics. You sync your vaulted cards and ShowVault turns them into a shareable gallery with beautiful high-res slab imagery, pricing data, and a custom URL.

Setup takes under two minutes, no credit card required. Install the browser extension, visit your vault, click sync, and your storefront is live. You can check out a real one at /v/franklucaa/gallery to see what yours could look like.

No manual entry at all. The VaultBridge browser extension reads your card data directly from the vault page you're already logged into — PSA, Alt, or Fanatics. You visit your vault like normal, click "Start Sync" in the extension, and it pulls everything: player names, cert numbers, grades, images, the works.

No API keys, no CSV uploads, no typing cert numbers into a spreadsheet. You click one button and your entire collection shows up in ShowVault. If you add new slabs to your vault later, just re-sync and the new cards appear automatically.

Absolutely — check out a live storefront here: /v/franklucaa/gallery. That's a real collection with high-res slab scans, an infinite scroll gallery, and a custom shareable URL. What you see is what your collection looks like to anyone you send the link to.

Every card pulls directly from your vault data, so you get accurate grades, cert numbers, and images without lifting a finger. Easier to show than tell — go click around.

Yes — ShowVault surfaces live pricing estimates and tracks your total collection value over time. Your dashboard shows estimated values per card and an overall portfolio number so you can see where your collection stands at a glance.

To be clear, this isn't a full comp research tool like 130point or Market Movers. It's designed to give you a reliable snapshot of what your collection is worth and help you track trends, not replace deep-dive comp analysis. Pricing data and collection analytics are included with Pro ($24.95/quarter or $79/year) — and knowing what your collection is actually worth beats guessing every time.

That's exactly why ShowVault exists. If you're juggling three vault tabs just to see your own collection, you already know the pain. ShowVault syncs PSA, Alt, and Fanatics into a single unified dashboard — all your slabs, one view, one shareable URL.

No more tab-switching to remember where that Jeter rookie is vaulted, no more screenshotting from three different sites when someone asks what you have. Sync each vault once and your entire collection lives in one place — with more vaults like Courtyard.io and Arena Club potentially on the way. One link, every slab, every grader.

Under two minutes, seriously. Install the VaultBridge extension from the Chrome Web Store, navigate to your vault (PSA, Alt, or Fanatics), click "Start Sync," and you're done. No account configuration, no manual data entry, no credit card required.

Your cards show up in your dashboard immediately after syncing. If you want to make your storefront public, that's one toggle in settings. The whole thing is designed so you can go from "never heard of ShowVault" to "my collection is live" in the time it takes to grade a card — minus the six-month wait.

Yes, ShowVault uses a Chrome extension called VaultBridge — and the skepticism is fair. Here's why it's needed: PSA, Alt, and Fanatics don't offer public APIs for accessing your collection data. The only way to pull your cards is by reading the vault page you're already logged into, and that requires a browser extension.

VaultBridge is listed on the Chrome Web Store (which means it's reviewed by Google), requests only the minimum permissions needed (just the vault domains — nothing else), and never stores or transmits your login credentials. It only runs when you click the sync button — no background activity, no credential capture. Install it, visit your vault, and sync your first collection in under two minutes.

Yes. The sync engine processes cards in batches of 50 with built-in pacing, handles pagination automatically, and tracks progress so you can see exactly where it's at. Whether you have 50 slabs or 5,000, the sync runs through your entire vault without you needing to do anything after clicking the button.

Larger collections obviously take longer to sync — a 2,000-card vault might take a few minutes — but it was engineered for exactly this. You'll see a progress indicator in the extension so you know it's working. Grab a coffee, it'll be done when you get back.

You decide when your storefront updates — syncing is always user-initiated. That's by design, not a limitation. ShowVault never runs in the background, never scrapes your vault without you knowing, and never accesses your data while you're not looking.

When you pick up new slabs or sell something, just open the extension and hit sync again. It takes seconds for updates since it only processes changes. Think of it as "refresh my collection" — you're always in control of what's live on your storefront.

First — don't panic, this is usually a quick fix. Try re-syncing from the extension. Most missing cards or image issues resolve on the second sync because ShowVault's enrichment pipeline automatically fetches high-res images and fills in any gaps from the initial pull.

If cards are still missing after a re-sync, it typically means those cards weren't visible on the vault page during the original sync (collapsed sections, pagination quirks, etc.). The extension handles pagination automatically, but occasionally a vault site hiccup can cause a miss. If the problem persists, hit up [email protected] with the details and we'll get it sorted fast.

Email [email protected]. We're a small team — Frank and Alex — and we read every message personally. You'll hear back from a real person, not a chatbot or a ticket queue.

Include details about what's happening (which vault, what you expected vs. what you got) and we'll get it sorted. We built ShowVault because we collect too, so when something's broken, we want to fix it as much as you want it fixed.

ShowVault Pro is $24.95/quarter or $79/year (save ~21% with annual). That's it — no listing fees, no per-card charges, no hidden costs.

For context, that's less than the cost of grading a single card. You get a professional storefront, live pricing data, collection analytics, and a custom shareable URL. You can sign up and sync your cards for free to see how it works before committing — no credit card required to get started.

Yes — you can sign up, install the extension, and sync your cards without entering a credit card. The free tier gives you sync and a basic dashboard so you can see your collection in one place and make sure everything works before spending a dime.

Pro ($24.95/quarter or $79/year) unlocks the public storefront, live pricing, collection analytics, and your custom URL. But there's zero pressure to upgrade until you're ready. Try it, kick the tires, and decide for yourself.

50 slabs is a legit collection — and honestly, smaller collections can benefit the most from a professional storefront. At $24.95/quarter (or $79/year for ~21% off), that's roughly 50 cents per card to have every slab displayed with high-res images and live pricing. If you sell even one card because a buyer was impressed by your gallery instead of a blurry screenshot, it pays for itself.

There's no minimum card count and no tiered pricing based on collection size. Whether you have 20 slabs or 2,000, you get the same storefront. Start with the free tier to see your cards in one place, and upgrade to Pro when you're ready to go public.

You definitely can — spreadsheets work in a pinch. But think about what that actually looks like to a buyer: a Google Sheet with cert numbers, maybe some eBay links, and zero images. Now compare that to a dedicated storefront with high-res slab scans, live pricing, and an infinite scroll gallery they can browse on their phone.

ShowVault isn't charging you to display data — it's the difference between "here's my spreadsheet" and "here's my storefront." No manual data entry, no maintaining formulas, no pasting screenshots into cells. At $24.95/quarter (or $79/year), if having a better-looking collection helps you sell one extra slab, the subscription paid for itself before you even thought about it.

Yes — the quarterly plan is $24.95/quarter and the annual plan is $79/year, which saves you about 21% compared to paying quarterly ($99.80/year). Same features, same storefront, just a better price for committing to the year.

You can switch to the annual plan in your Settings page after signing up. No promo codes, no hoops to jump through. Collectors chase value — we respect that.

ShowVault never sees, stores, or transmits your vault passwords. Here's exactly how it works: the VaultBridge extension reads data from the vault page you're already logged into in your browser. It doesn't enter credentials on your behalf, doesn't store your login anywhere, and doesn't run unless you click the sync button.

Think of it like a "copy-paste" from your screen — the extension reads what's already visible on the vault page and sends the card data (player, grade, cert number, images) to your ShowVault account. Your login session stays between you and your vault provider. There's no automated scraping, no background activity, and a kill switch to stop any sync instantly. We built it this way on purpose because we'd want the same thing for our own vaults.

ShowVault is built by Frank and Alex — real names, real people, real card collections. Frank is a collector who got tired of juggling three vault tabs and sending screenshots in DMs. Alex is the engineer who built the whole thing. This started as a tool to solve our own problem, and it turns out a lot of collectors had the same one.

We're not going to promise we'll be around for 50 years — nobody can. But this is actively developed, actively used, and built by people who actually care about the hobby. You can read more about the team on our About page.

No. Your cost basis, purchase prices, and private notes are completely private — they never appear on your public storefront. Buyers see your cards, grades, and images. They don't see what you paid, your margins, or any private data.

You control exactly what's visible on your public gallery through your dashboard settings. Your margins are your business — ShowVault keeps it that way.

ShowVault collects your card data (what you sync from your vaults) and your account info (email for login). That's it. We don't sell your data to dealers, we don't run ads, and we don't use analytics trackers that follow you around the internet.

Our revenue comes from subscriptions — $24.95/quarter or $79/year. That's the business model, full stop. We don't need to monetize your collection data because you're already paying us to build a good product. Your cards, your data, your control.

You can export your full collection data anytime — even before you cancel. There's no lock-in, no "pay to download your own data" nonsense, and no cancellation penalties. Your cards, your data, your choice.

If you cancel your Pro subscription, your public storefront goes offline but your account and data stay intact. You can re-subscribe anytime and pick up where you left off, or export everything and walk away. We'd rather earn your subscription every quarter than hold your data hostage.

If you're vaulted with PSA or Alt, your cards might already be listed on eBay through the vault provider — you didn't even have to do anything. That's great for selling individual cards, but eBay listings are scattered, temporary, and don't give anyone a view of your full collection.

ShowVault is the gallery behind the listings. It's a single link that shows your entire vaulted collection across PSA, Alt, and Fanatics with high-res slab images, whether those cards are listed for sale or not. When someone asks "what else do you have?" — that's what ShowVault answers. Not another listing platform, just the best way to showcase everything you've got vaulted.

You can — and it works until someone asks "what else do you have?" Then you're cropping 50 more screenshots, uploading them one by one, and hoping they don't get buried in the chat. Next week, you sell three cards and your screenshots are outdated. Rinse, repeat.

One ShowVault link replaces all of that. It's always current, it's searchable, it looks professional, and it doesn't disappear into a Discord channel at 2 AM. You can keep sending screenshots, or you can send a link and get back to actually collecting.

Most card apps (CollX, Cardlens, etc.) are built around scanning — you point your phone camera at a card and it tries to identify it. They're great for raw cards or building a casual catalog from scratch. Services like COMC take a different angle — they'll organize and sell your cards for you, mostly lower-value singles across every service tier. ShowVault is a different thing entirely.

ShowVault is built specifically for graded cards that are already vaulted with PSA, Alt, or Fanatics. It pulls directly from those vaults — no scanning, no photographing, no manual entry. You get the vault's own high-res slab images, accurate grades, and cert numbers, not a phone camera's best guess. The result is a public storefront with a shareable URL — check out a live example and see the difference.

PSA Vault is solid for what it does — it shows your PSA cards and even lets you list them on eBay without lifting a finger. But it only shows your PSA cards. If you also have slabs with Alt or Fanatics, those live on completely separate sites with separate logins and no way to combine them.

ShowVault unifies all your vaults into a single storefront with a custom URL, collection analytics, and live pricing. It's the difference between an inventory page locked to one grading company and a professional gallery of your entire collection. If you're PSA-only and never share your collection, the native vault view might be enough. But if you use multiple vaults or want a shareable link that actually looks good, that's what ShowVault is for.

Fair question — ShowVault depends on reading vault websites, and websites do change. We've planned for this with nightly automated smoke tests that detect vault DOM changes within hours, plus a dedicated adapter architecture that isolates each vault's extraction logic so a change to PSA doesn't affect Alt or Fanatics.

We've handled vault site changes before and shipped fixes fast. When something breaks, the smoke tests catch it, and we push an update. Your existing synced data stays safe regardless — it's already in your ShowVault account. A vault website change only affects the next sync until we update the adapter. It's a real dependency, and we've built real infrastructure to stay ahead of it.