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PCC-GRADING • News & Articles Go back
PCC-Grading: Presentation of the Pokémon card grading company in Europe
09 September 2025 •12 minutes of reading

Company specialized in grading and certifying TCG cards, with a clear ambition: to become the European reference for collectors.

PCC Grading offers a reliable and accessible service, designed to enhance and protect your cards

Whether you are in France, Spain, Italy, Germany or elsewhere in Europe, our goal is to offer you a consistent and coherent grading experience, with innovative tools and options adapted to the needs of European collectors.

GradeTool: an innovation for more impartiality

The strength of PCC Grading lies in GradeTool, an internal software designed to assign subgrades in a consistent, reproducible, and impartial manner. This software puts an end to grade variations depending on the grader's experience and sensitivity by providing total impartiality.

• What are the advantages of GradeTool?

It is an internal software designed to assign subgrades in a consistent, reproducible, and impartial manner.

• Subgrades no longer vary from one grader to another.

• The grading remains identical over time, which reduces the risk of inconsistencies.

• The collector is certain that their card is judged with a stable and objective reference.

In other words, GradeTool removes the subjective factor too present in traditional grading. A public and simplified version of GradeTool is accessible here.

The grading report: included and practical

Every card graded at PCC-Grading systematically receives a detailed grading report, an element often ignored or overpriced by other companies.

Included and free

The report is provided at no additional cost, automatically included in your order. No hidden fees: as soon as a card is graded, you receive its report.

Sized to stack on the case

• It fits the size of the case

• It fits the size of the case

Unlike bulky or hard-to-store reports, the PCC report is designed to stack directly on the card’s case.

The grading report is not limited to the final grade. It provides:

• Card details: Name, Series, Year of release, Number in the set.

• The overall grade of the card

• The subgrades: CENTERING, CORNERS, EDGES, SURFACE

• The date and unique certification number

• Any recommendations or observations on the card’s condition

In summary, the PCC grading report is a true tool for collectors: it documents the condition and value of your cards, facilitates display and consultation, and is delivered automatically and free of charge.

The ordering process at PCC Grading is designed to be both simple and innovative.

Step 1: Choosing cards via the API

The first step is to select the cards you want to grade. Thanks to the PCC Grading API, it is possible to search directly in a complete TCG card catalog

By typing the card name, its number, or its set, you will get:

• The official visual of the card

• The exact name

• The original number and set

This avoids input errors and guarantees that the information on the case label will be correct.

Step 2: Choosing options

Once the cards are added, you can customize your order with several options:

Post-grade photo: a professional photo of the card in its case, ideal for collectors or for online sales.

Transport & workshop insurance: coverage of the value of your cards during shipping and processing at PCC Grading.

Label language: possibility to choose the language in which the label will be printed (French, English, etc.), a real plus for European collectors.

Minimum grade: You can set a floor grade (e.g. 8).

If the card receives a grade strictly below this threshold, it will not be digitally graded but will receive the mention “A” for Authentic. This avoids a card receiving a degrading grade, while certifying its authenticity and protecting it in a case.

CrossGrade service

PCC also offers a CrossGrade service: secure opening of a case from another grading company.

This operation is carried out with specialized tools in a clean and antistatic environment, ensuring extraction without scratches, folds, or contamination. Your card is then analyzed and regraded by PCC, while preserving its condition and value.

Step 3: Shipping and choice of processing time

In this final step, you provide:

Your shipping address

Your billing information

The desired processing time for your cards

The desired processing time for your cards

Three options are offered:

Normal processing

Processing in 30 business days

Free

Express processing

Processing in 10 business days

+ €5 / card

Super-Express processing

Processing in 2 business days

+ €20 / card

The positive points

• A French company with a European ambition

GradeTool: an innovation that guarantees impartiality and consistency

• A clear and easy-to-use website

• Solid and elegant cases

• A transparent grading scale

• Deadlines respected

Honorable mentions

PCC also innovates on the user experience of loyalty-related discounts

From your customer profile, you have access to a page dedicated to Achievements. It features a list of 25 achievements to unlock by completing various challenges related to your shipments and loyalty.

For example, in my case I recently unlocked the achievement:

20 Certifications: having graded a total of 20 cards.

PCC also innovates on the user experience of loyalty-related discounts.

8 loyalty levels are available, each offering an exclusive reward

This system of achievements and rewards makes the customer experience much more engaging and encourages continuing to grade cards while enjoying exclusive benefits. A true gamification aspect not found anywhere else in the European grading market.

Conclusion on the company PCC Grading

PCC Grading is not just a grading company, it is a player modernizing the European market. Thanks to its innovation GradeTool, it provides a concrete answer to one of the major criticisms of collectors: the lack of consistency in grading.

With its quality cases, transparent approach, and desire to become a reference at the European level, PCC Grading has everything to become a key player in TCG grading in the coming years.

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