Frequently Asked Questions
TCG Local! is a search platform that helps you find trading card game products from local game stores. We aggregate inventory from multiple stores to help you discover the best prices and availability for Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and other TCG products.
For unverified listings we crawl the web for Shopify powered game stores and use public APIs to grab the top 100 in stock cards for each category.
For verified listings we work with the store to have webhooks sent to our platform to instantly update stock/prices. We have to do a little work to match items, but many store already follow common formats we can work with.
If you are a store and want to be verified, it's free and you can do so here: Store Verification
We strive to keep our data as current as possible by syncing with store inventories regularly. However, inventory can change quickly, especially for popular items.
We recommend checking with the store directly by clicking on the listing and visiting their website to confirm availability.
If you're a store and want to add or increase the accuracy of your inventory listings please check out our Store Verification page.
TCG Local! is a discovery platform - we don't handle transactions directly. When you find an item you want to purchase:
- Click on the store listing to visit their website
- Purchase directly from the store's online shop
- Contact the store directly for in-person pickup
- Check if the store offers shipping to your location
No problem! If you find your store's inventory listed on TCG Local! and you don't want it to be, please click here and we'll add your site to our exclusion list.
Currently, we support:
- Pokémon Trading Card Game
- Magic: The Gathering
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
As we find more availability for other games we'll add them!
Yes! You can filter search results by zip code to find stores in your area. This is especially useful if you prefer to shop locally or want to arrange in-person pickup.
Yes, TCG Local! is completely free for everyone to use store and customer alike!
And we make nothin’! Zero! By the time we pay our scientists, all the people in our lab, our developers, the lab rats, it’s a wash! Well why you do it then TCG Local? Cause we love local game stores!
Verified stores have real-time syncing, while others may update hourly. You can see the age of the listing next to it in the listing browser.
We appreciate feedback! If you notice any issues with inventory data, pricing discrepancies, or have suggestions for improvements, please reach out to us here: [email protected].
Please reach out to individual stores directly for store-specific issues.
Yes, we did! TCG Local! was created in a single night of hacking and caffeine fueled enthusiasm. We wanted to build something that would help local game stores and the TCG community, and we hope you find it useful!
We are a team of two both with 10+ years of software engineering experience. Our full time project is ShadowPOS, which we hope to some day soon be the best in store software for local game stores! We needed a break and decided to build TCG Local! to try out some of the new toys available in the web dev world. It was fun, and hope you can enjoy it too!