We've grown from a single booster pack to a big business.
Yep. You read that right. Over a single booster pack at the Metro Centre here in the North East of the UK.
My mum purchased me a booster pack back in 2011. From this day it all began.
Since then, we've hit some pretty big milestones...
Our 8th Birthday!
We celebrated our 8th birthday with a slew of deals and a £100 store credit giveaway! With 8 years in our pockets, we push forward and gear up for our exciting rebrand!
Merry Christmas!
We celebrated Christmas in style, with our staff dressing up in their favourite Christmas Jumpers for the third year in a row!
Our first Whatnot stream!
As part of our Black Friday celebrations, we hosted our first ever stream over on Whatnot! We were joined by a group of wonderful people who engaged with Cameron as he opened Rip 'n' Ships for customers live! We loved it so much, we did 7 more streams afterwards!
New Site Announced!
Our team have been working hard on giving our site a much-needed facelift! We announced that we were working on the new site in November 2023, and since then we have been non-stop at the grindstone to make sure that the new site is perfect for our customers to navigate and have a positive, streamlined experience whilst shopping with us online.
Halloween in 2023!
Once again, the team here at Total Cards dressed up for Halloween! This year we had a cowboy, a pirate, a vampire and...Santa Claus?! We can't wait to see what our staff will wear next year!
Our first ever Lorcana Event!
With the release of Lorcana: The First Chapter, we held our first-ever tournament for this highly anticipated game in our Gaming Centre! The turnout was astounding, and the tournament ended in a draw!
Our Gaming Centre's 2nd Birthday!
Our Gaming Centre Birthday Celebrations were a blast! We had a fun-filled week of birthday themed events, raffles, big sales all around and cake to top it off! We can't wait for what next year's celebrations have in store for us!
We attended the Newcastle Card Show!
With a brand new card show being right on our doorstep, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to attend! We joined a multitude of TCG and gaming fans at the Newcastle Card Show in June and met so many of our lovely customers!
Our DPD Options Just Expanded!
We Reduced Our DPD Express Shipping Prices And Expanded Our Cutoff Time For Last Orders To 4:15pm, Allowing For Customers To Place Orders Later In The Day And Still Get Next Day Delivery!
1 Year Supporting Ecologi!
We're actively working towards being Climate Friendly, and it's been 1 year since we partnered with Ecologi to achieve a goal of 50K trees planted by 2030!
We Got A New Video Setup!
For our 7th Birthday, we decided to make our content more engaging and fulfilling to watch. We took the liberty to get a whole new setup for our YouTube and TikTok content, adding a backdrop filled to the brim with nostalgic TCG goodies, a face camera, a B-Roll camera for those sweet shots of epic cards, and a whole lighting setup! We've seen engagement skyrocket since, and we can't wait to keep using this setup in creative ways!
Total Cards Support Now Available 7 Days!
We began to offer 7 day support for our customers, eradicating the frustrations of being closed at the weekend! Previously our Support Team were only available Monday through to Friday, but we heard our customers' feedback and began to provide 7 day a week support for those who work or are otherwise busy!
Celebrating 7 Years!
Our Website Had An Epic 7th Birthday! We Celebrated In Style With A Birthday Video From Our Affiliates Which You Can Watch Here
DHL Joins Our Shipping Options!
A new shipping method is now available for select International Customers! Just select DHL Air Express at the checkout and fill your basket to your heart's content!
We announced that we were stocking Lorcana!
Disney revealed their next big project: Lorcana. A new TCG entry where your favourite Disney characters would be brought to life on the playmats from your local game store! We were proud to announce that we'd be stocking this exciting new product, which also meant that we'd be having dedicated events and more upcoming!
Happy New Year!
The Team Here At Total Cards Welcomed The New Year, And With A Plethora Of Exciting Things To Come We're Beyond Excited!
Christmas Day!
Although we were enjoying a nice break during the Christmas holiday, our staff got out their ugliest jumpers and got together for a photo to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!
SWSH12 Vault X Collaboration
To Commemorate The Final Set In Sword And Shield, We Collaborated With Vault X Once Again To Bring You This Icy-Themed Binder!
Halloween 2022 At Total Cards!
For Halloween, our staff dressed up once again in some iconic costumes! From Link to Gandalf, if you came down to our Gaming Centre you'd've caught one of us dressed up!
Loyalty Quest Launch!
To Give Back To Our Customers, We Decided To Launch A Loyalty Programme Called Loyalty Quest! You Get Back Rewards For Each Spend You Have In Our Gaming Centre! Isn't That Neat?
Introducing The Total Cards Magazine!
In October, We Decided To Minimise Our Flyer Usage And Compact Them Into A Handy Magazine Filled With New Product Announcements, Advertisements, Interviews And More!
Our boxes became recognisable!
If you were ever eager to receive your order in the post, you'd spot it a mile off after we introduced Total Cards branding to our shipping boxes! The postie would know to take extra care of your parcels when delivering, and you'd be able to feel the excitement whilst watching out the window for that oh-so-important delivery!
First Magic The Gathering TCG League Championship!
Due to the success of our Pokemon tournaments, we hosted our first Magic the Gathering Championship via TCG League! We had a great turnout but we had to crown our four lucky winners!
SWSH11 Collab With Vault X!
Back By Popular Demand, We Collaborated With Vault X To Bring You SWSH11 Themed Binders In Both 9 Pocket And 12 Pocket Versions!
Total Cards Academy Launch!
In September, we launched Academy; a program designed to bring like-minded individuals together! Bringing in new and experienced players alike, this has helped our community to grow!
Gaming Centre's 1st Birthday
We have come since our Gaming Centre's humble beginnings in 2021. With weekly events, epic prizing and huge growth since our grand opening, we celebrated the 1st Birthday of our Gaming Centre in style!
First TCG League Regionals
On July 9th, we hosted the first TCG League Regionals event themed around Pokemon! This opened the door for all your favourite TCGs to get the spotlight in fortnightly Regional events!
Vault X/Total Cards Collab 2.0
You guys loved our SWSH9 Collab with Vault X, so we had to do it again! This time, two designs to represent the iconic Dialga and Palkia!
Hosting The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Qualifier Regional 2022!
We hosted a regional for Yu-Gi-Oh!'s World Championship Qualifier, which we'd then wish our top 8 duelists luck at the next stage!
Introducing Klarna!
To give our customers more payment options, we brought Klarna on board! Shop now. Pay with Klarna.
Launched Our Mystery Bundles!
We launched our Pokemon Mystery Bundles, which were super popular with our customers and inspired us to broaden our range!
Celebrating our 6th Birthday!
6 years since Total Cards had started. From something as small as a pack, to the fantastic team of people we have shipping out your orders and teaching you TCGs in our Gaming Centre! Here's to many more!
Vault X/Total Cards Collaboration
With the release of Brilliant Stars on the horizon, we provided you with the perfect solution to store your collection! This marked the beginning of our partnership with Vault X!
Christmas Day!
Our staff gathered together to snap a photo of all our stunning Christmas Jumpers and to wish you all a Merry Christmas!
Halloween 2021!
For the first time, our staff got together and dressed up in spooky costumes to celebrate Halloween!
10,000 Reviews On Trustpilot
Just over a year since our 1K milestone on Trustpilot, we managed to hit 10K reviews with a 5* rating!
First Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament
Through lockdown we hosted Remote Duels for Yu-Gi-Oh!, but it was time to step it up and host our first in-store tournament to win an Egyptian Gods playmat!
First Magic The Gathering Tournament
Following the lifting of lockdown and our successful Pokemon Tournament, we proceeded to host our first Friday Night Magic Tournament!
First Pokemon Tournament
We hosted our FIRST Pokemon Tournament to win a Shining Fates ETB, and was the kickstart for more exciting events in the months to come!
Grand Opening Of Our Gaming Centre
Since moving to the much larger space here at Unit 6, we now have the space and ability to host events.
Moved To Unit 6
After more months of succsessful trading, we had to upgrade our warehouse space to a much larger premisis, going from 2500sq ft to now a 10,000 sq ft.
Launched Website Version 2.0
Over the past few weeks our web team had been hard at work to bring you the new and improved website design. It's been praised and we're super happy with the results. The hard work is not completely finished we're constantly making improvements which will be added over the coming weeks and months.
Moved To Unit 20
As Total Cards continues to grow and expand we needed a much larger premises to continue trading and providing the very best service.
1,000 Reviews On Trustpilot
We hit our first big milestone on Trustpilot with 1,000 reviews! Taking on board feedback from customers and improving pushed us forward and allowed us to grow into who we are today!
Moved To Unit 16
We moved our operations to Newton Aycliffe to better serve our local community and for our growing business demands.
Affiliate Program Launched
We opened the door to welcome Affiliates to earn cash with us.
Victoria Joined Total Cards
Our Team expanded when Victoria joined, who is now our Director & CEO!
TotalCards.Net Founded
On this day TotalCards.net was launched, opening to the public selling Pokemon cards only.
Selling Small On Ebay
During the very early days, Adrian began selling cards on eBay to help make money for future purchases. His aim was to complete his personal Pokemon collection, and this was the very early stages of what would become Total Cards.
From A Single Pack Of Cards
On this day the journey began on what would come to be the making of Total Cards.
