Be the Shop Turning Customers Into Smarter Collectors

Not just a drop-off counter for cards you already know will disappoint

The Consignor's Grading Playbook is a free 5-day email course that shows you how to set realistic grade expectations before submission, run ROI math that protects your customers, and position your shop as the trusted advisor collectors return to, not just a PSA middle-man.

Is this right for you?

  • You're a shop owner who processes grading submissions but suspects collectors are quietly walking when grades disappoint

  • You're a consignor tired of fielding "how did this come back a 7?" calls after every submission cycle

  • You want to give collectors real, data-backed guidance instead of gut-feel opinions

  • You're looking to protect your customers' ROI before the cards leave your counter

  • You want to turn your submission service into a recurring trust relationship

Here’s a sneak peek inside where you’ll learn how to avoid the 5 pre-grading mistakes that cost shops their best collectors

Day #1 How to push back against the decisions collectors made before they even walked through your doors.Day #2 What to do when customers want to send in low-value cards with negative ROI.Day #3 How you can quickly explain the nuances of notoriously difficult to grade sets and years.Day #4 The best techniques to keep your customers from over-submitting or under-submitting, and several options other than grading.Day #5 How to move from a “PSA middleman” to a trusted advisor collectors want to turn to.

Welcome! A little about the author

Mat Sposta is the founder and CEO of CHCK.AI, a platform built to help card shops and consignors move beyond guesswork and run a smarter, more defensible pre-grading process. He built CHCK.AI specifically to solve the problem that kills repeat business in the hobby: collectors who leave disappointed because nobody at the counter helped them think through what was realistic before the submission went in.CHCK.AI's pre-grading intelligence platform was from the ground up to serve card shops, consignors, and brick-and-mortar hobby businesses.And now, everything he's built into CHCK.AI's process – the frameworks, the questions, the data checkpoints – is available to you for free.

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