Getting Started
About Snapcaster
Snapcaster is a website that queries over 4 million Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yugioh, One Piece TCG and Lorcana trading cards sold in Canada across 71 Canadian local game stores. It allows users to efficiently search multiple websites simultaneously, aggregating the cheapest options in a single convenient location.
Snapcaster also provides custom advertising, analytics, and tools for some of the biggest online hobby retailers Canada including: Obsidian Games, Levelup Games, Chimera Games, Exor Games, and Enter The Battlefield.
Key Performance Indicators
2024 KPI’s according to Google Analytics and Shopify Backend Analytics based on Obsidian Games (Permission was given from Obsidian Games).
- Snapcaster receives ~30,000 page visits per month
- Snapcaster receives ~4000 unique visitors per month
- Snapcaster receives ~8 minute average retention time
- The top 5 local game stores we redirect traffic to average 1,000 redirect conversions every month.
- Translated ~$6,000 in direct sales through our coupon usage for June 2024.
- Doubled Obsidian Game’s first time visitors and retaining users since June 2024 and maintained these numbers to date.
Features
Aside from To help pay for monthly server costs, Snapcaster provides a combination of free and paid premium features for subscribers.
Single Search (Free)
Single search is a card query tool that allows users to search for the cheapest cards across 71 Canadian websites.
Multi Search (Premium)
Multi search is a card query tool where you can copy paste a deck list of up to 100 cards to aggregate all at once.
Advanced Search (Premium)
Advanced Search is a more advanced version of the single search feature. Users can apply custom queries based on the following filters:
- Website
- Set
- Condition
- Foil Type
- Showcase Treatment Type
- Frame: Borderless, Extended Art, Full Art, Retro
- Promo Card
- Pre Release Card
- Promo Pack Card
- Alternate Art
- Japanese Alternate Art
- Art Series
- Golden Stamped
- Sort By: Price, Name, Website, Set, and Condition
Wish Lists (Premium) (Depreciated)
Users can create custom lists of cards for easy price checking alongside a varierty of features including:
- Create custom lists of up to 100 cards
- Users can specify the minimum condition requirements for each card in their list
- Lists will be displayed in a table like format where users can view the cheapest option for their cards all on one page
Supported Websites (71 Local Game Stores)
| Website | Backend | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Boutique Awesome | Custom | Shopify |
| Face To Face Games | Custom | Shopify |
| 401 Games | Custom/Store Pass | Shopify |
| Enter the Battlefield | Store Pass | Shopify |
| Magic Stronghold | Conduct Commerce | Shopify |
| Prisma TCG | Conduct Commerce | Shopify |
| Abyss Game Store | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Black Knight | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Bootown’s Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Border City Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Boutique MagiCarte | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Chimera Gaming | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Crypt | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Dark Crystal Cards | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Dark Fox TCG | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Dragon Cards & Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| East Ridge Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Everything Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Exor Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Fan of the Sport | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Fantasy Forged Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Fetch Shock Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Game 3 | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Game Breakers | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Game Time Collectibles | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| GameKnight | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Gamezilla | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Gaming Kingdom | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Hairy Tarantula | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| HFX Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| House of Cards | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Kessel Run | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Kingdom of the Titans | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Level Up Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Manta Trading | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Mecha Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Multizone | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Nerdz Cafe | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Obsidian Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| OMG Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Out of The Box | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Pandora’s Boox | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Red Dragon | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Silver Goblin | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Sky Fox | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Taps Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| The CG Realm | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| The Mythic Store | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Time Vault | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Trinity Hobby | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Up North Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Vortex Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Waypoint Games | BinderPOS | Shopify |
| Aether Vault Games | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Atlas Collectables | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Carta Magica Montreal | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Carta Magica Ottawa | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Dragon Fyre Games | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| FirstPlayer | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Free Game | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Fusion Gaming | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Gauntlet Games | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Gods Arena | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| J&J Cards | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Manaforce | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| MTG North | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Orchard City Games | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Sequence Gaming Brockville | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| The Comic Hunter | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| The Connection Games | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Topdeck Hero | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |
| Wizard’s Tower (kanatacg) | Crystal Commerce | Crystal Commerce |