HobbyAlpha Frequently Asked Questions

HobbyAlpha is a sports card portfolio app for collectors. It scans and prices cards from recent eBay sold comps, provides player outlooks and buy, sell, hold, or watch guidance, and organizes your collection in a shareable digital display case.

Yes — most features work on the free plan. A few advanced tools are Pro (paid), and they're clearly marked. You can see exactly what's included on the Pricing page.

From the Dashboard, click Scan, then upload or snap a photo of the front of the card. After a few seconds you'll get the player, the card details, and an estimated value.

Free accounts get a set number of scans per day. Pro unlocks more scans and lets you scan many cards at once.

Yes. To add one card, open a display case and click Add card, then type in the details. To add a lot at once, open Import and upload your list as a CSV file.

The verdict uses player outlooks, news, momentum, liquidity, supply, career stage, and comparable card prices. Buy means the card may be undervalued, Hold means keep it without adding, Sell means the market may be ahead of itself, and Watch means the evidence is not strong enough yet.

Yes. HobbyAlpha is a responsive web app and installable PWA. Use it in a browser, install it from Safari on iOS, or install it from Chrome on Android. It is not a separate App Store or Google Play download.

HobbyAlpha pulls real eBay sold listings for your specific card — the exact player, set, parallel, and serial number — and uses those actual transaction prices as the anchor. AI fills in context when comps are thin.