Ownership & Funding

We believe you should know who is behind the journalism you read and how it pays for itself.

Ownership

TradingCard.news is an independently owned digital publication, part of the Pub.Cat group of titles. We are not owned by, and do not act on behalf of, any trading-card manufacturer, grading service, auction house or marketplace.

How we are funded

Our revenue comes from a mix of advertising, sponsorship, and affiliate arrangements (where we may earn a commission if you buy through certain links). Where affiliate or sponsored content appears, it is clearly labelled. Affiliate links never change our editorial judgement, and we do not let commission potential decide what we cover or how we cover it.

A specific disclosure about marketplaces

We use third-party marketplace and auction data, including sold-listing data, to power our market values. Using a company's public data does not make us a partner of that company, and it does not buy favourable coverage. If we ever enter a formal commercial partnership with a marketplace, grader or auction house, we will disclose it on this page and in relevant articles.

Editorial independence

Editorial and commercial are separate. No advertiser or partner gets to approve, alter or veto our reporting. We reserve the right to decline advertising that conflicts with our values, for example, anything promoting altered cards, counterfeit product or pack-searching.

Owning entity: Pub.Cat (legal-entity details to be completed on incorporation).