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You can now find a Funko Pop! (or thirty) for just about every fandom; there are more than 8,000 different Pops, and that number never seems
big run, limited-edition color variations or were only sold for a day or two at a convention, the rarest Pops can sell for hundreds or
Winter 2020 class, wants to tackle the issue of fakes in collectibles by adapting a model proven by services like GOAT and StockX:
authenticated resale.As with the aforementioned, Whatnot works as the obsessively-informed middle man between buyer and seller
As we started to do this, we noticed it was much more difficult, and much more unsafe, to buy and sell Funko Pops than it was to buy and
counterfeits for buyers while limiting potential scams that could hurt sellers.Today all sales on Whatnot are verified by a human expert
That makes sense for the rarer, more expensive figurines
In time, this could allow for more of their verification to be automated, with the human expert (and the associated higher fees) reserved
StockX, the authenticated resale marketplace that first focused on sneakers, expanded into collectibles late last year
Whatnot is looking to find its fan base by focusing solely on collectibles, giving collectors the exact user experience, filters and info
me it has raised a $550,000 pre-seed round from Wonder Ventures, YC, and a handful of angel investors.
