Boxed.gg vs Royale.gg
Both show how often what is in a box comes up before you open it. Boxed.gg is built around cards: Pokémon, Magic, One Piece, Riftbound and sports cards, with a marketplace of graded cards and boxes you can make yourself. Royale.gg is well designed, with a very wide range of items from fashion and golf gear to luxury goods.
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Rip.fan site score Boxed.gg 8.0 out of 10
Rip.fan site score Royale.gg 8.8 out of 10
How Boxed.gg and Royale.gg differ
A single Royale.gg box can put a luxury watch, a tuxedo, a designer briefcase and a laptop on one list, and each list runs on past the first items in view. With goods that mixed, seeing how often each one comes up is the clearest way to read a box, and Royale.gg shows it on each box page we looked at. The one card we came across there was a graded Pokémon slab in a box of collectibles.
Boxed.gg prices each box by the rarity of what it holds, so a box gets cheaper as its contents get less rare. Members also build boxes of their own there, each showing its price, who made it and how often it has been opened, so you can see which ones get opened most. Our Boxed.gg boxes were hockey and baseball, and at Royale.gg we went through its page of boxes and six of its box pages.
Someone who opens for cards and likes the idea of a box built by another collector will get more from Boxed.gg. A shopper who would open a box for a handbag or a golf simulator should go to Royale.gg.
Which to pick
| If you want | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A site built around cards | Boxed.gg | Its boxes hold Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, One Piece and Riftbound cards and sports cards, and Royale.gg is much less about cards. |
| Graded cards for the items you hold | Boxed.gg | Its marketplace lists graded cards from PSA, CGC and Beckett, which you get in exchange for cards you hold in your account. |
| Fashion, watches and gear | Royale.gg | Its boxes hold clothing, sneakers, designer bags, luxury watches and golf gear. |
| How often each item in a box comes up | Royale.gg | Each box page we saw listed the items the box holds, each with how often it comes up. Boxed.gg shows value ranges and how often each range comes up. |
Side by side
| Fact | Boxed.gg | Royale.gg |
|---|---|---|
| What it sells | Pokémon cards, other card games and sports cards | Sneakers, handbags and streetwear, watches, other collectibles and Pokémon cards |
| Trade-in offer | In our test, the card a box gave could be sold back to the site for the account balance as soon as the box opened. | |
| Payment | Credit card | Money is added to a balance in US dollars |
| Shipping | A card a box gives can be withdrawn to be shipped; a limited-time card is not held for you, and if its stock runs out first you get a voucher instead. | Items reach the US, the UK and the EEA in one to four weeks, depending on the item, and tariffs and taxes are paid by the buyer. |
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