Photocard prices

Live tracker (beta)

Live resale index across the 5 main K-pop photocard markets. Member-level price floors, sold medians, and demand signals.

πŸ“Š Markets we track

  • Bunjang (번개μž₯ν„°)

    πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Korea

    Primary domestic market β€” largest 미곡포/LD pool

    Currency: KRW

    Korean phone + μ•ˆμ „κ²°μ œ required. Most rare cards (fansign, 미곡포) surface here first.

  • X (Twitter) #포카거래

    🌐 Global

    Real-time peer trading + flagged listings

    Currency: KRW / USD

    Search Korean: '포카판맀', 'PC sale [member]'. Highest volume but highest counterfeit risk.

  • Mercari Japan

    πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Japan

    JP-localized resale β€” Japan-only POBs

    Currency: JPY

    Buyee/Tenso proxy required for global. Authentication moderate.

  • eBay (Global)

    🌎 Global

    USD-priced β€” slowest but PayPal-protected

    Currency: USD

    Higher prices, lower counterfeit risk via buyer protection.

  • Whatnot (US live)

    πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA

    Live-streamed auctions β€” group buys + breaks

    Currency: USD

    Fastest-growing. Album breaks + photocard mystery boxes.

πŸ“ˆ Signals we surface

What you'll see on each member-level price page

  • Floor price

    Cheapest active listing. Best estimate for a quick buy.

  • Median sold (30d)

    What buyers actually paid in the last month. Anchors fair value.

  • Demand index

    Active buyers per active listing. >1.5 = high demand.

  • Supply index

    Active listings vs total album press run. <2% = scarce.

  • Trend velocity

    30d % change. >+20% = pump Β· <-15% = cooling.

πŸš€ Quick links

πŸ›  Live data hub coming

We're wiring a daily-refresh pipeline that pulls active listing counts, sold-median prices, and demand signals. Each artist page will gain a price chip. Public launch coming after the live calendar.

Why a cross-market price index exists

A K-pop photocard does not have one global price. The same Jungkook Standard Cover card can sit at 9,000 KRW on Bunjang, 14 USD on eBay, and 1,800 JPY on Mercari Japan in the same week, with each number reflecting a different mix of currency exchange, shipping friction, counterfeit risk, and demand pocket. Buyers who only watch one venue end up either overpaying for "the same card" or missing actual deals. This index normalizes the five biggest venues into one view so the comparison takes seconds instead of tabs.

How we choose what to track

We index official-release photocards: album POBs, version-specific inclusion cards, fansign and Lucky Draw exclusives that have a confirmed source, and Korea-only retailer giveaway sets. We do not surface unofficial fan-art reprints, AI-generated lookalikes, or listings flagged as "photo of real card" without a verified inventory image. When a listing wave looks suspicious β€” same seller, identical photo, mass-listed across markets β€” we exclude it from the floor and median calculations rather than letting it pull the average down.

How to read floor and median

Floor is the cheapest active listing at the time of refresh. It is useful for an "I want this now" decision, but it is also the figure most easily skewed by a misprice, a misposted member, or an underage seller. Median sold over the last thirty days is the number to anchor a fair offer on β€” it represents what buyers actually closed at, after negotiation, after shipping, after the counterfeit checks that fall on the buyer. We display both so you can decide whether the floor is a deal or a trap.

Counterfeit risk by market

The five venues we cover have very different counterfeit profiles. Bunjang carries the most rare cards because Korea is where they originate, but unverified sellers on Bunjang are common and the burden of proof is on the buyer. X (Twitter) #포카거래 is the highest-volume and highest-risk venue β€” listings disappear the moment they sell, which makes pattern-matching against scam accounts essential. eBay carries the lowest counterfeit rate due to PayPal buyer protection, but that protection is reflected in a higher price band. We label each card's recommended buying venue based on this risk-versus-price curve.

Update cadence

The index will refresh daily once the live pipeline is live, with intra-day refreshes for high-demand comebacks during pre-order weeks. Until then, the snapshots you see represent the most recent verified read for each member-album combination.