Dear Cardmarket Users,
When Guard and Grading Solutions first approached us about a potential partnership, we saw the opportunity to further make Cardmarket the go-to place for all things TCG with the Cardmarket Grading header. Because we hosted them on our platform and they sold their gradings through our platform, this was the best option at the time.
Since then, our partnership has grown, and their business has grown, and now they do a lot of their business on their website and not through our platform. To better reflect this change, Cardmarket Grading is going back to its original name: Guard and Grading Solutions. Additionally, users will no longer be able to purchase gradings on Cardmarket. Instead, they should go directly to the Guard and Grading Solutions website.
One of the main reasons for this change is that Cardmarket isn’t well suited to grading purchases. Grading involves multiple steps before an order is complete. The card has to be sent to the grading company, graded and then sent back to the user. Additionally, the normal postage used for most orders on Cardmarket is often insufficient for grading orders, which deal in high quantities of high-value cards. When grading is on Cardmarket, these steps are done through messages and not through any official process on our website. The Guard and Grading Solutions website is just better equipped to handle these orders and users are better off doing it directly on their website.
Finally, Guard and Grading Solutions is a partner, like TCG PowerTools and TCG Home, and not a core part of our website. To reflect this, we're adding Guard and Grading Solutions to our partnerships page.
For users with pending gradings - all gradings done through Cardmarket will still be processed normally. If you have any further questions regarding your grading, you can contact Cardmarket-Grading on Cardmarket right here or on the Guard and Grading Solutions website.
We believe these changes are best for both parties and we look forward to seeing how our partnership develops down the line.
Happy Shopping,
Your Cardmarket Team