CGC Announces Strategic Partnership with WeTheHobby; Now Offering On-site Pre-screening and Grading Options

Certified Guaranty Company® (CGC®) is thrilled to announce that it has entered its first in-house partnership with WeTheHobby, a leader in sports card collecting and live-stream shopping. With this partnership, CGC is now an Official Grading Partner for WeTheHobby, while WeTheHobby has been designated as a Strategic Submission Partner for CGC, bringing expert grading services directly to customers worldwide.

An exciting aspect of this partnership is that a professional CGC card grader is now on site at the WeTheHobby Rochester, New York, store to support both the company and its customers. The CGC on-site grader will provide pre-screening grading options during both WeTheHobby’s on-air shows and offline. Additionally, WeTheHobby’s customers will enjoy flexible grading options, including the ability to grade and return cards to WeTheHobby, or have cards shipped directly back to the customer's address.

Additionally, WeTheHobby customers can look forward to streamlined intake and submission processes, including an improved turnaround time of just 30-35 days.

“Through this partnership, we’re offering a true white glove experience for our customers — the ability to pull a card live, have it pre-screened by a CGC expert on-site, and then decide exactly what happens next,” said Zach Stanley, CEO of WeTheHobby. “Whether they choose to grade and pick up locally or have it shipped, collectors now have a seamless, end-to-end process that brings convenience, trust and excitement to every hit.”

“As the result of continuous innovation and striving to deliver the best possible experience for their customers, WeTheHobby is one of the fastest growing companies in the card collecting space, and we’re thrilled to partner with them,” said Steven R. Eichenbaum, CEO of the Certified Collectibles Group, of which CGC is part. “Being able to offer collectors easier access to grading is a priority for us, and the integration with WeTheHobby offers just that: a seamless process to get cards graded.”

About CGC

Since revolutionizing comic book grading in 2000, CGC has certified more than 20 million pop culture collectibles. They include the most expensive comic book ever sold (an Action Comics #1 for $15 million) and more than 15 million other comics and magazines. The CGC Cards division has now certified more than 10 million sports cards and TCG collectibles, including a Magic: The Gathering Alpha Black Lotus that sold for $3 million and a Mickey Mantle rookie card that sold for more than $1 million. CGC also certifies video games and home media through its CGC Video Games and CGC Home Video divisions.

CGC is part of the Certified Collectibles Group, a global provider of expert and impartial authentication and grading services for collectibles. Since 1987, the Certified Collectibles Group companies have certified more than 100 million collectibles, including coins, banknotes, comic books, cards, autographs and stamps.