MVP156: SortSwift - The Ultimate TCG Ecosystem

MVP156: SortSwift - The Ultimate TCG Ecosystem

From The Manaverse Podcast by Tom Traplin

June 13, 2025 · 43 min · Episode 156

About this episode

Mikah discusses his journey from a phone repair shop owner to the founder of SortSwift, a cutting-edge tool for the collectible card game industry.

Mikah, the founder of SortSwift and MTech Cave, comes onto the Manaverse Podcast to talk about his journey from running a phone repair shop to building cutting-edge tools for the collectible card game industry. Mikah shares how his business evolved from selling Magic: The Gathering singles to creating a Kickstarter for card drawers that raised over $150K, eventually leading to the development of his own card sorting machine—one of the first new production machines in over 20 years. Get started with SortSwift today - https://manaversesaga.com/sortswift But hardware is just part of the picture. SortSwift also offers an integrated software suite for game stores and at-home sellers that includes: Inventory management Auto-pricing via TCGPlayer Buylist management Shopify and marketplace integrations Chaos-style organization (bin-level card tracking) POS and customer kiosk systems CSV tools and fuzzy match imports Plans for a vetted seller marketplace and fulfillment network If you're tired of dealing with legacy systems like BinderPOS that aren't performing as promised and want something more responsive, modular, and affordable, you should take a look at SortSwift. Many game stores…

People in this episode

Host: Tom Traplin

Guest: Mikah

Topics covered

  • collectible card games
  • entrepreneurship
  • business evolution
  • software solutions
  • Kickstarter success
  • inventory management

Keywords

  • SortSwift
  • collectible card games
  • inventory management
  • Kickstarter
  • card sorting machine
  • game store software

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SortSwift, MTech Cave, Magic: The Gathering, BinderPOS, Shopify, TCGPlayer

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