You want a friend to see which cards you have. Or a trader in a group wants to know what you could swap. Or you are selling a bunch of cards and need to show more than three blurry photos.

Most people solve this the same way: photograph the binder page by page, or type everything into a spreadsheet. Both work, and both are a chore. The photos hide the condition, the spreadsheet has no card art, and a week later one of them is out of date because you traded a card away.

This guide shows the options, what each is good for, and how to share a binder with a link in PokeTrade so it never goes stale.

The usual ways to share a binder, and where they fall short

  • Photos of each page. Fast for one page, painful for twenty. Glare on the sleeves makes card numbers hard to read, and nobody can search through photos.
  • A spreadsheet or a shared note. Searchable, but you type every card by hand, and the reader has to look each card up to see what it is.
  • A screenshot of an app. Fine as a quick answer, but it is a picture of one moment and shows only the part of the list that fit on the screen.
  • Posting in a group. The post gets buried, and the list in it does not change when your binder does.

What people actually want is simple: a page they can open, scroll and search, that always matches what is in your binder today.

Every binder in the app has a Share with link switch. Here is how it works:

  1. Open the binder in the app and turn on Share with link.
  2. Tap Share binder. The app opens your phone's normal share sheet with a short link that starts with pktr.cc.
  3. Send it anywhere: a chat, a group, an email, a message to a buyer.

The person who gets the link opens it in a browser. They do not need the app and they do not need an account. They see the cards in your binder in your order, with the art, the name, the set and the number, and for each copy its condition (or the grade, if it is a graded card) and its price.

Because the link points at the live binder, there is nothing to resend. Add a card tomorrow and the same link shows it.

What people see, and what they do not

This is worth knowing before you send a link to a stranger:

  • They see the cards, the copies, the condition and the price of each copy.
  • They do not see a total value for the binder.
  • They do not see your location.
  • They do not see your private notes, what you paid for a card or when you got it.
  • The binder is not added to your public profile, and it is not shown in Google. Only people who hold the link can open it.

You can switch the link off at any time. The next time someone opens it, they get a page that says the binder is no longer shared.

If you also want a binder on your profile for everyone to browse, that is a separate setting, Public binder. It is for binders where every card is verified, and the two switches do not depend on each other.

Sharing a list instead of a whole binder

Sometimes you do not want to show a whole binder, only the ten cards you want to sell or swap this weekend. For that you can build a list and share it. The link shows those cards and what they are worth, and you can choose to show the price you are asking next to each card. A list is a snapshot: if you change it later, a link you already sent does not change.

Tips for a binder people want to look at

  • Set the condition of each copy. Buyers and traders ask about it first, and a binder with honest conditions gets answered faster. Our guide to card condition explains the grades.
  • Keep one binder for trades. A binder called "For trade" is easier to share than your whole collection, and the cards you are keeping stay private.
  • Give the binder a name that says what it is: "Base Set", "Spare Scarlet & Violet", "Japanese promos".
  • Use the scanner to fill it. Scanning is quicker than typing and picks the right printing. See the card scanner.
  • Say what you want, too. The link shows what you have. In the app you can also add cards to your Looking for list, so people nearby who have them can find you.

Frequently asked questions

Can people see my binder without installing the app? Yes. The link opens in any browser.

Can someone edit my binder through the link? No. The link is read-only.

Is a shared binder searchable on Google? No. A binder shared by link is for people who hold the link and is not indexed.

What if I sell a card? Remove it from the binder, or lower its count, and the link updates by itself.

Where can I read more about binders? The collection tracker page covers binders, sharing and importing a collection.

Try it

PokeTrade is free on iPhone and Android. Get the app, build your first binder, and send the link to the next person who asks what you have.