Marketplace Platform · Gaming & E-commerce
TCGKingdoms
Marketplace platform for trading card game buyers and sellers.
The challenge
What the client or product needed to solve.
Trading card game communities often buy and sell through fragmented social channels and generic marketplaces that lack category-specific discovery, seller trust signals, and community-focused browsing experiences.
The solution
How PixelNation approached the build.
TCGKingdoms focuses marketplace discovery around TCG categories with search for cards, sets, and sellers, plus clear paths to shop the marketplace or start selling.
Features built
Core capabilities delivered in this project.
- Marketplace homepage with buyer and seller CTAs
- Search across cards, sets, and sellers
- Category coverage across major TCG product lines
- Sell, scanner, and dashboard navigation for marketplace operations
- Join and cart flows for marketplace participation
Results
Outcomes and value delivered.
Category focus
Discovery flows designed around how TCG collectors actually search for products.
Two-sided marketplace
Clear Shop Marketplace and Start Selling paths support both sides of the market.
Platform foundation
Demonstrates PixelNation's ability to build multi-sided marketplace platforms.
Technologies used
Stack and tools behind this project.
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Supabase
- Stripe
- Tailwind CSS
Lessons learned
What this project reinforced about building software that works in the real world.
- Marketplace products need trust and discovery solved together—not listings alone.
- Category taxonomy is a product decision as much as a technical one in niche commerce.
- MVP marketplace builds should prioritize search and seller onboarding before payments complexity.
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