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The Eckhardt Tribune

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Founder Declares War on Fragmented Collectibles Market

Norfolk Man Unveils Ambitious Plan to Unite Scattered Vertical Marketplaces Under Single Operating System

Ricky Eckhardt at work on marketplace systems
Mr. Eckhardt at his Norfolk offices, surveying plans for the Nerdbase system. (Staff Photograph)

By RICKY ECKHARDT

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For too long, collectors have wandered a wilderness of fragmented platforms—sports cards sequestered here, Pokemon isolated there, vintage toys scattered to the digital winds. This reporter has seen enough. The hour for unity has arrived.

The thesis burns with simplicity: every collectible vertical deserves its own dedicated marketplace, yet all should share a common backbone. One system to rule them all—not through tyranny, but through efficiency.

What emerges is nothing less than the Operating System for Collectibles: Nerdbase. A single backend powering infinite frontends, each tailored to its community.

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