Building Your Business
The tools we actually use to run CardPop — and how each one can help you grow your own card business, whether you sell at shows, go live, or move stock online. No single app builds a following; a multi-pronged approach does.
Why a multi-pronged approach wins
Every collector you want to reach is somewhere different — scrolling Instagram, watching a live break, hunting a Facebook group, or checking their inbox. Cover more of those places and the same effort reaches more people, and the channels compound: attention in one becomes a sale in another.
Payments
Stripe powers CardPop checkout and lets any seller take real card payments — Apple Pay, Google Pay and payouts straight to your bank — without a merchant bank.
A professional inbox
Google Workspace puts you on your own domain with Gmail, Drive, Docs and Sheets — the toolkit that makes a one-person card operation look and run like a real business.
Live selling
Whatnot is the fastest way to shift volume and build regulars — run auctions and pack breaks to an audience that turns up ready to buy.
Social reach
A Facebook Page plus Instagram is the free shopfront for a card business — groups, Marketplace, Stories and Reels put your stock in front of local collectors daily.
Own your audience with email
Kit runs the CardPop newsletter — the one channel we own outright. Capture sign-ups with forms and landing pages, grow reach through the Creator Network, automate with its API, and read the analytics to double down on what sells.