The platform went live quietly. No big announcement. No launch campaign. Just infrastructure turned on and a URL.

Creators found it anyway.

Early Adopters

Since soft launch, 13 artists and dealers have created business accounts on Nerdworth:

• Murray Henderson (mursart) — Pop art painter behind the inaugural auction piece
• Rebel Scum Art — Original art and custom collectibles
• HAUSKAT — Designer toys and limited editions
• ZETAW — Custom card artwork
• Holo Point — Rare trading cards and sealed product
• Kingdom Creators Guild — Community-driven custom cards
• Mike Olson Art — Original paintings and prints
• J.Clarke's Custom Cards — Hand-painted custom cards
• Masked_I_N_K — Custom card art and commissions
• Jerrski — Custom artwork and collectibles
• Under Rated Cards — Graded cards and vintage collectibles
• ZenPrototype — Prototype cards and one-of-ones
• Cheddaverse — Early test account (KAE vertical)

What They're Selling

The inventory mix is exactly what the platform was built for:

• Original paintings and custom sneakers (Murray Henderson's 1-of-1 Jordan)
• Hand-painted custom cards (several creators doing commissioned work)
• Rare and graded collectibles (sealed product, vintage cards)
• Designer toys and limited edition pieces

These aren't resellers listing mass-market inventory. They're creators bringing unique work that doesn't fit the commodity model. The kind of items that need either fixed pricing for known pieces or auctions for true 1-of-1s.

Why This Matters

Nerdbase wasn't designed for eBay's use case. It wasn't built to compete with StockX or TCGplayer.

It was built for creators who make things that don't have comps. Original art. Custom pieces. Limited runs where the market needs to discover price.

The fact that 13 creators signed up without outbound sales says the use case exists. They're testing the infrastructure: listings, auctions, checkout, payouts.

If the tools work—if creators can run their business on Nerdbase without friction—then the model validates.

The collectibles OS starts to prove itself.

What's Next

More verticals are coming. Each one brings its own creator community. The auction system is live and proven with Murray's drop.

The question isn't whether Nerdbase can support fixed-price marketplaces—it already does. The question is whether it can handle the edge cases: auctions, commissioned work, pre-orders, drops, consignment.

Early creators are the test cases. They'll find what's broken. They'll request features the platform needs.

That feedback loop is running now.