FAQ
Short answers about the product. New to breaking? Read how card breaking works and the glossary. Buying always happens on the seller or platform, not here.
- I'm new to breaking. Where do I start?
- Start with How card breaking works (breakradar.co/how-breaking-works) for the long guide — spots, PYT vs random, hobby vs high-end, and shipping if you are in Canada, the US, or the UK. The glossary (breakradar.co/glossary) is the short definitions. Buying still happens on the seller's page, not here.
- What is BreakRadar?
- BreakRadar is a card-breaking aggregator and scheduler. It brings together upcoming and live sports card and TCG breaks from Fanatics Live, Whatnot, and independent card shops across the US, Canada, and the UK into one searchable schedule, plus a buy-now price comparison board across multiple sellers for sealed wax.
- Is BreakRadar free to use?
- Yes, browsing the schedule and buy-now board is free.
- Does BreakRadar sell cards or run breaks directly?
- No. BreakRadar doesn't sell anything or run breaks itself — it aggregates listings from Fanatics Live, Whatnot, independent shops, StockX, and eBay so you can find and compare breaks and buy-now listings in one place. When you buy, you're buying directly from the seller or platform.
- How often is the schedule updated?
- BreakRadar is built to refresh on an automated daily crawl. Between refreshes, times and prices can be out of date — always confirm final details on the seller's own page before buying.
- What platforms does BreakRadar track?
- Fanatics Live, Whatnot (show start alerts), independent card shops across the US, Canada, and the UK, StockX (sealed wax buy-now only), and eBay Live. The Releases page is a manufacturer calendar (Topps, Panini, Upper Deck, Pokémon, Leaf) — dates can change.
- Where do the release-page notes on autos and relics come from?
- They are BreakRadar write-ups of the published hobby configuration — what the box is built to hit. We expand them so you can tell a relic product from a color product. We do not invent a checklist, a hit rate, or a date the manufacturer has not posted. Open any set on Releases for the full notes.
- Where do release dates come from?
- The release calendar lists hobby and TCG sets by the name on the box. Dates are whatever the manufacturer currently posts and can move. TBD means the set is announced without a street date. When we have a tracked buy-now price that ships to your market, we show the lowest one.
- Does BreakRadar work in Canada?
- Yes. BreakRadar tracks Canadian independent shops and clearly flags shipping coverage on every listing so Canadian buyers can tell whether a US or UK seller actually ships to Canada. Fanatics Live is region-locked: a US Fanatics shop is not a UK shop, and UK Fanatics does not ship to CA/US.
- Does BreakRadar track Pokémon and other TCGs, or just sports cards?
- Both. We track sports cards (NHL, NBA, NFL, MLB, and more) as well as Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and other trading card games from shops and sellers already on the allowlist.
- Why don't I see live inventory from a specific Whatnot seller?
- Whatnot doesn't allow advance browsing of what a seller will sell before they go live. BreakRadar tracks a curated list of sellers and shows show-start alerts, rather than promising a catalog Whatnot itself doesn't expose. You can also get an email when a watched seller is going live.
- Can BreakRadar email me when a show goes live or a price drops?
- Yes. On Alerts you can watch an allowlisted Whatnot seller, or a sealed product. We email you after you confirm the address: when that seller is going live, when we find a cheaper listed price that ships to your market, or when a hard-to-find box you asked for shows up. Every email has an unsubscribe link.
- Is buy-now pricing on BreakRadar live and accurate?
- Prices are pulled from each seller's own listing during our crawl. Always double-check the price on the seller's page before completing a purchase, since prices can change between refreshes.
- What's the difference between the Buy Now and Auctions & Rips tabs?
- Buy Now shows fixed-price listings only. Auctions & Rips shows starting-bid and live-format listings separately, since a $1 starting bid isn't a real price comparison against a fixed listing.
- Does BreakRadar show shipping information?
- Yes, wherever the seller publishes it. Every independent shop and platform listing is tagged with what we could confirm about where it ships — we don't guess or assume a shop ships somewhere just because most shops do.