STRATEGIC PARTNERS

We’ve partnered with brands, organizations, and professionals that believe in real solutions, not just awareness.

• 800-GAMBLER (The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey): A trusted resource for gambling prevention and recovery, providing confidential support, education, and referrals. Our partnership supports the #RipResponsibly initiative by helping collectors access help when gambling-adjacent behaviors become overwhelming.
• All Touch Case: A revolutionary magnetic hard case designed to protect and display valuable trading and sports cards. Their patented magnet-stacking technology helps collectors stay organized and treat high-value cards with intention rather than impulse, making them a natural fit within the #RipResponsibly initiative.
• Better Way of Miami: A long-standing treatment and recovery organization in Miami, FL providing structured support, counseling, and community resources for individuals rebuilding their lives from addiction.
• Birches Health: A nationwide leader in behavioral health and addiction recovery, offering insurance-covered virtual therapy and direct clinical support to members of our community.
• Bodega Cards: A bodega-inspired hobby shop in Hoboken, NJ that prioritizes community, culture, and intentional collecting over hype. Their space and staff reflect a collect with intention mindset, making them a natural partner in the #RipResponsibly initiative and a strong example of what a healthier hobby environment can look like.
• Bogo Breaks: A former break group turned collector-first marketplace founded by longtime hobbyists. While they no longer run live breaks, they continue to buy, sell, and trade with a strong focus on responsible participation and intentional collecting, aligning closely with the #RipResponsibly initiative.
• C3Grading: A collector-first grading company focused on accuracy, transparency, and affordability in card grading. By offering simple pricing, fast turnaround times, and a grading philosophy built around fairness rather than hype, C3 Grading helps collectors protect and preserve their cards without the barriers often associated with traditional grading services. Their approach aligns closely with Collectors MD’s mission of intentional collecting—prioritizing long-term enjoyment, accessibility, and trust within the hobby ecosystem.
• Card Ladder: A leading platform for transparent card values and market analytics, equipping collectors with reliable tools to track the hobby and make informed, intentional decisions.
• CardsHQ: A respected hobby retailer and community-focused card shop owned by Sports Card Investor, committed to promoting responsible participation in the hobby and elevating collector education. CardsHQ is one of the first adopters of our #RipResponsibly initiative, helping bring responsible-collecting messaging directly into the breaking space.
• Certified Trading Card Association (CTCA): The first trade association dedicated to the trading card industry, working to strengthen the hobby through transparency, accountability, and professional standards. CTCA brings together retailers, breakers, collectors, and industry professionals to develop best practices, advocate for integrity, and promote long-term trust across the marketplace. Their mission to unify the industry and elevate ethical standards aligns with Collectors MD’s broader goal of building a healthier, more sustainable hobby environment.
• Chronic Cards: The fulfillment partner behind our official #RipResponsibly collection—supplying custom-branded card mats, backdrops, and card stands that let breakers and shops display their support for responsible collecting.
• CLLCT: A comprehensive collectibles media hub delivering reporting, storytelling, and insights that bring transparency and awareness to collectors across all categories.
• Collectibles On SI (Sports Illustrated): A trusted media and collectibles brand amplifying responsible collecting through storytelling, education, and broad hobby reach. Operated under Sports Card Nonsense, the parent media company, Collectibles On SI now features a monthly column in partnership with Collectors MD focused on awareness, accountability, and healthier engagement within the hobby.
• Evive: The leading mental health platform for gamblers. Built by people with lived experience, validated by leading experts, and used by thousands of people around the world, Evive helps those suffering from gambling harm change their habits through personalized tools, education, and on-line community.
• Gamban: A trusted name in online gambling blocking software, helping collectors stay off high-risk ripping platforms and digital casinos with customizable self-exclusion tools.
• GorillaShip: A UK-founded international shipping service that helps collectors safely consolidate and ship sports cards and memorabilia from their U.S. warehouse to addresses around the world.Their platform supports #RipResponsibly by providing secure handling and reliable global delivery for high-value collectibles.
• Grader’s Reserve: A collector-built brand supporting #RipResponsibly, Grader’s Reserve creates durable, thoughtfully designed slab guards to protect graded cards at every level—from everyday pieces to true grails.
• Hobby Scan: A collection-management platform that helps collectors organize and track their cards with clarity and intention—supporting #RipResponsibly by reducing friction, stress, and impulsive behavior in the hobby.
• The Hobby Spectrum: A collector-identity and psychology platform developed by Sports Cards Live Media. It helps collectors better understand their motivations, behaviors, and place within the hobby, supporting Collectors MD’s mission of collecting with intention, awareness, and accountability.
• KNVRT: A decision intelligence platform that helps leaders turn fragmented data into clear, actionable guidance they can act on immediately. By unifying signals across marketing, sales, and operations, KNVRT operates at the decision layer, replacing guesswork with direction so organizations can move faster, spend smarter, and scale with confidence.
• Mantel: Our primary discussion community platform where collectors can engage in deeper conversation, reflection, and support with peers in a safe, moderated environment.
• Market Movers: A premier card-data platform owned by Sports Card Investor, providing real-time tracking, portfolio tools, and market insights that help collectors stay grounded in facts—not hype.
• Mr. Minty: A collector-built brand specializing in premium card prep and pre-grading supplies that help hobbyists evaluate condition and make more informed buy, sell, trade, and grading decisions. Focused on quality, education, and transparency, Mr. Minty supports intentional collecting by giving collectors real-time insight into their cards before taking the next step.
• My Card Post: A is a subscription-based, collector-driven marketplace offering a safer, community-oriented alternative for buying, selling, and trading—designed to reduce friction, fees, and risk. They’re the first marketplace to offer sellers zero fees, putting more control and value back in collectors’ hands, and they proudly support #RipResponsibly, aligning with a more intentional, transparent, and community-first hobby experience.
• NewForm: A recovery and mental well-being marketplace that brings together thousands of live events, tools, and communities in one place—making connection more accessible and recovery more social. The platform hosts trusted organizations like The Phoenix, while also welcoming Collectors MD as its first gambling-adjacent recovery space. Together, these communities offer multiple pathways to support, helping individuals reduce isolation, find aligned resources, and build healthier, more connected lives.
• North Jersey Recovery Center: A northern New Jersey–based treatment provider offering comprehensive addiction and mental health services. Through individualized care plans, detox, outpatient programs, and dual-diagnosis support, their licensed clinical and medical team helps individuals achieve long-term sobriety and mental wellness.
• ODAAT Gambling Awareness: A mission-driven organization dedicated to educating communities about gambling harm and promoting practical steps toward recovery and prevention.
• OpenRecovery: A modern support network bridging technology and mental-health care, offering digital tools, coaching, AI therapy, and pathways to long-term emotional stability.
• Parents Standing Together: A parent-led nonprofit founded by families with lived experience navigating youth gambling harm. They provide education, peer support, and community connection for parents and caregivers of children, teens, and young adults impacted by problem gambling—helping families reduce isolation, recognize warning signs, and find clarity and support in today’s digital gambling landscape.
• The Phoenix: A national sober active community centered on connection, belonging, and resilience. Through free, volunteer-led in-person and virtual events, The Phoenix creates accessible, stigma-free spaces where individuals impacted by substance use can build relationships, find support, and strengthen recovery through shared experience and movement. The Phoenix community is also discoverable on NewForm, where members can explore events, connect with aligned organizations, and stay engaged in recovery-focused community spaces.
• The Problem Gambling Coalition Of Colorado (PGCC): A statewide advocacy group advancing prevention, awareness, and recovery support—helping shape our responsible-collecting initiatives. In partnership with PGCC, we launched the first franchised version of Collectors MD peer-support meetings: Unboxed: Powered By Collectors MD.
• Right Choice Recovery: An outpatient treatment provider in Dayton, NJ specializing in gambling and substance-use recovery, offering stigma-free pathways to care that complement Collectors MD’s peer-support model.
• RipHamiltonRips: One of the biggest sports-card breaker communities active on Whatnot and Instagram, running live breaks and offering access to hobby products. Based out of Trace ‘n Chase in Totowa, NJ, RipHamiltonRips is one of the first adopters of our #RipResponsibly initiative—helping bring responsible-collecting messaging directly into the breaking space through both digital and in-store presence.
• Rippinwax: A New Jersey-based, community-focused break group hosting live breaks on TikTok, Whatnot, and other platforms. Rippin Wax is part of the #RipResponsibly movement, helping promote transparency, moderation, and a healthier breaking culture within the hobby.
• Santiago Sports: A community-first local card shop based in Matawan, NJ, known for balancing modern hobby engagement with credibility, transparency, and restraint. As an active supporter of the #RipResponsibly movement, Santiago Sports demonstrates that a shop can thrive without relying on nonstop hype, exploitative mechanics, or volume-driven pressure. Their approach prioritizes trust, education, fair dealing, and long-term relationships—reinforcing healthier norms for collectors while keeping the hobby accessible, authentic, and grounded.
• Saturday Morning Clubhouse: A community-driven retro collectibles platform that turns nostalgia into real charitable impact through its Pixelated Heart Foundation. Their mission promotes healthier, purpose-driven collecting and aligns naturally with the #RipResponsibly movement.
• Sealed Wax Nation: A collector-driven platform dedicated to preserving unopened trading card boxes and packs across generations. By celebrating sealed wax as the origin story of cards, the platform highlights how a sealed box can hold possibility without forcing the outcome—allowing collectors to appreciate the nostalgia and history of the hobby without always needing to chase the next hit.
• SlabTrack: A collector-first operating system designed to bring structure, organization, and clarity to modern collecting. SlabTrack helps collectors track, manage, and understand their collections with transparency—supporting intentional decision-making and reducing impulsive, emotion-driven behavior by giving collectors real-time visibility into what they own.
• The Smarter Collector: A collector-first platform providing guides, tools, and an app that help hobbyists collect with more intention, organization, and confidence. Their focus on smarter decision-making and long-term fulfillment aligns naturally with Collectors MD’s mission to support healthier, more sustainable engagement in the hobby.
• SmartRipSociety: A collector-first initiative designed to encourage more thoughtful, responsible participation in the breaking space. SmartRipSociety promotes moderation, awareness, and healthier engagement within live breaks—aligning closely with the #RipResponsibly movement and helping normalize conversations around responsible collecting inside one of the hobby’s most high-energy environments.
• Sportano Collecting Club: A community-first platform built around curated hobby events and authentic collector experiences. As the creator of The Underdog Hobby Show, they bring together sports cards and TCG communities in a more intentional, welcoming environment. Their focus on connection over hype aligns naturally with Collectors MD’s mission to promote healthier, more meaningful participation in the hobby.
• Sports Card Investor: A major card-data and media platform helping collectors make informed decisions through analytics, education, and widespread hobby coverage. Sports Card Investor is also the parent company of Market Movers and CardsHQ, further supporting transparency and data-driven decision-making across the hobby.
• Sports Card Nonsense: A leading hobby podcast and media partner committed to honest dialogue, entertainment, and transparent conversations about the state of the hobby. Sports Card Nonsense also owns the licensing rights to Collectibles On SI, helping shape responsible storytelling and education across the broader collectibles space.
• The Sports Man Dan Show: A hobby and sports-focused podcast network who brings together athletes, veterans, and collectors for thoughtful conversations around sports, collecting, and history. The show supports the #RipResponsibly movement by promoting transparency, education, and intentional participation in the hobby.
• SportsCardInvest: A fast-growing sports card media and content platform delivering hobby news, athlete engagement, market insights, and collector-focused storytelling to a rapidly expanding audience. Through its blend of media access, athlete relationships, and hobby coverage, SportsCardInvest helps bring greater visibility to responsible collecting conversations while supporting the broader mission of #RipResponsibly.
• Stand Up Displays: A hobby-focused accessory and display company supporting our #RipResponsibly initiative by helping collectors showcase cards with intention rather than compulsion.
• Stop Predatory Gambling: A national advocacy organization focused on exposing and challenging systems and business models that profit from addiction and financial harm. Their work centers on education, public policy, and consumer protection—aligning closely with Collectors MD’s mission to bring real guardrails, accountability, and harm-reduction principles into gambling-adjacent environments, including modern collecting.
• Trace ‘n Chase: A collector-built trading card shop and hobby destination in Totowa, NJ. An official partner of Panini America, Topps, Fanatics, and Upper Deck, it also serves as the headquarters for our #RipResponsibly partner, RipHamiltonRips, strengthening the on-the-ground presence of the #RipResponsibly message.
• The Trading Card Hall of Fame: An independent hobby initiative dedicated to recognizing and preserving the legacy of the most iconic trading cards in history. By highlighting storytelling, innovation, and collector culture, they reinforce the importance of meaningful and intentional collecting within the #RipResponsibly movement.
• Tropic Collects: A collector-owned sports card brand focused on buying, selling, and trading within a transparent and community-driven environment. Tropic Collects emphasizes trust, accessibility, and responsible participation in the hobby—welcoming collectors of all levels while prioritizing honest communication, fair dealing, and long-term engagement over hype.
• Tropic Media: A culture-driven digital marketing and viral strategy agency that helps brands grow through high-impact content, branding, social media management, and performance-focused storytelling—aligning with Collectors MD’s mission to modernize and protect the hobby ecosystem.
• Collectors MD Referral Network: A growing network of therapists, doctors, social workers, clinicians, and financial professionals who provide specialized support for collectors navigating recovery, budgeting, and long-term mental well-being.

These partnerships strengthen our ability to provide actionable help—not just words.

If our mission aligns with yours and you’re interested in collaborating, we’d welcome the opportunity to explore how we can create meaningful impact together.

For general inquiries reach us anytime at info@collectorsmd.com. To explore partnership opportunities connect with Conor McGrath, Director of Partnerships at conor@collectorsmd.com.