{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "title": "Card Collector Capital research verification kit",
  "reviewedOn": "2026-08-24",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/research-partners",
  "editorialIndependence": "This is not a paid partnership program, approval badge, or endorsement exchange. A factual review does not give an outside organization control over inclusion, comparisons, wording, or conclusions.",
  "correctionUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/editorial-standards#report-a-correction",
  "personalInformationNeeded": false,
  "companyChannels": [
    {
      "company": "PSA",
      "profileUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/grading-companies/psa",
      "officialServiceUrl": "https://www.psacard.com/services/authentication",
      "officialSupportUrl": "https://www.psacard.com/support",
      "valueContext": "Established certification lookup, population research, collection tools, vault workflows, and selling connections.",
      "verify": "Current service level, total cost, value limit, eligibility, and timing."
    },
    {
      "company": "CGC Cards",
      "profileUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/grading-companies/cgc",
      "officialServiceUrl": "https://www.cgcgrading.com/en-US/grading/cards",
      "officialSupportUrl": "https://www.cgcgrading.com/en-US/contact-us",
      "valueContext": "Flexible direct grading for sports cards and trading card games with public certification tools.",
      "verify": "Current tiers, handling fees, eligibility, value limits, and estimated timing."
    },
    {
      "company": "SGC",
      "profileUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/grading-companies/sgc",
      "officialServiceUrl": "https://www.gosgc.com/card-grading/services-pricing",
      "officialSupportUrl": "https://www.gosgc.com/collector-support/contact-us",
      "valueContext": "Strong vintage context, a detailed condition scale, and straightforward service information.",
      "verify": "Live tier, declared-value ceiling, return shipping, format, and timing."
    },
    {
      "company": "TAG",
      "profileUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/grading-companies/tag",
      "officialServiceUrl": "https://taggrading.com/pages/pricing",
      "officialSupportUrl": "https://help.taggrading.com/en/articles/9780200-how-do-i-reach-tag-customer-service",
      "valueContext": "Modern-card imaging and digital grading reports that help collectors review the result.",
      "verify": "Tier availability, accepted cards, report features, insurance, and timing."
    },
    {
      "company": "Arena Club",
      "profileUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/grading-companies/arena-club",
      "officialServiceUrl": "https://www.arenaclub.com/sellers/pricing",
      "officialSupportUrl": "https://arenaclubsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/7666605496347-Grading",
      "valueContext": "Connected grading, reporting, vault, and marketplace workflow.",
      "verify": "Grading, return, vault, retrieval, selling, eligibility, and timing terms."
    },
    {
      "company": "Advanced Grading",
      "profileUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/grading-companies/advanced-grading",
      "officialServiceUrl": "https://advancedgrading.io/pricing",
      "officialSupportUrl": "https://advancedgrading.io/contact",
      "valueContext": "Positive value to qualify for larger submissions, with published volume tiers beginning at 50 cards and a custom bulk route for 1,000 or more cards.",
      "verify": "Qualifying count, live price, turnaround estimate, eligibility, insurance, and shipping."
    },
    {
      "company": "Fanatics Collect",
      "profileUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/grading-companies",
      "officialServiceUrl": "https://www.fanaticscollect.com/how-to-grade",
      "officialSupportUrl": "https://support.fanaticscollect.com/",
      "valueContext": "A submission route connecting several grading providers with marketplace and vault workflows.",
      "verify": "Selected provider, live total cost, custody, destination, timing, vault terms, and return options."
    }
  ],
  "reuse": {
    "dataLabUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/data",
    "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "licenseScope": "Card Collector Capital's compilation and original annotations where stated. Third-party source rights remain unchanged.",
    "attributionFields": ["publisher", "dataset or research title", "version or reviewed date", "canonical URL", "retained source URLs"]
  },
  "shareReady": [
    {
      "title": "Sports Card Data Lab",
      "canonicalUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/data",
      "graphicUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/graphics/research-product-grid.svg",
      "summary": "Card Collector Capital's Data Lab publishes free, versioned sports card datasets with fields, review dates, source URLs, and CSV or JSON downloads under CC BY 4.0 for the site's original compilation and annotations."
    },
    {
      "title": "Grading comparison tools",
      "canonicalUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/grading-companies",
      "graphicUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/graphics/research-grading-stack.svg",
      "summary": "Compare PSA, CGC Cards, SGC, TAG, Arena Club, and Advanced Grading by collector goal, published service details, and the facts that still need live verification. Fanatics Collect is documented as a separate submission route."
    },
    {
      "title": "Emerging player research board",
      "canonicalUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/research/emerging-player-watchlist-method",
      "graphicUrl": "https://cardcollectorcapital.com/graphics/research-prospect-evidence.svg",
      "summary": "The Emerging Player Research Board organizes exact-card evidence, current player stage, the next official check, and uncertainty without investment rankings or return forecasts."
    }
  ],
  "tracking": {
    "scriptsIncluded": false,
    "pixelsIncluded": false,
    "cookiesIncluded": false
  }
}