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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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Shortboxed Launched Into a Lockdown - Then Turned Comic-Book Friction Into Its Product
Marketplace · Ecommerce · Consumer

Shortboxed Launched Into a Lockdown - Then Turned Comic-Book Friction Into Its Product

Two lifelong collectors built the comic marketplace they wanted to use, launched it as conventions vanished, and learned that trust is not a slogan - it is a stack of small operational choices.

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Company
Courtyard Put the Card Shop in a Vault - Then Added a Buyback Button
Consumer · Ecommerce · Marketplace

Courtyard Put the Card Shop in a Vault - Then Added a Buyback Button

The collectible is real. The pack is digital. Courtyard's bet is that the card-shop thrill becomes a much bigger business when storage, resale and even buyer's remorse happen in seconds.

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