This page collects verifiable facts, media appearances and key figures about AP Grading – quotable for press, trade media and research.
TV documentary: WDR (German public broadcaster)
German public broadcaster WDR features cards graded by AP Grading in a documentary on the card-grading phenomenon. It is available on our YouTube channel: WDR documentary on trading cards and grading (YouTube, German).
Known from professional football
Bundesliga players such as Nico Schlotterbeck and Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund) have shown their AP-graded cards – see the pictures on our homepage.
Factsheet (as of 9 August 2026)
- Legal entity: AP web solutions GmbH, Hoher Kamp 3A, 48465 Schüttorf (Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Commercial register: HRB 216279, Osnabrück local court (registered 11 June 2021) · VAT ID DE346371430
- Managing director: Daxwaz Acar · Brand: AP Grading (formerly “Alpha Professional Grading”)
- Services: grading, authentication and encapsulation of trading cards (Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Lorcana, Magic, sports cards) and comics
- Key figures: more than 150,000 cards graded, customers in over 30 countries (as of 08/2026, own figures)
- Terms: fixed price €19.90 per card incl. subgrades, comics €39.95 · typical turnaround ≤ 5 business days
- Grading: 0.5–10 scale in 0.1 steps against a published grading standard (centering, corners, edges, surface)
- Technology: ultrasonic sealing, security engraving, QR code, 7-digit serial number, public population report, certificate check at check.apgrading.de
- Web: 7 language domains (apgrading.de/.net/.nl/.dk/.fr/.it/.es)
- Trustpilot: 4.5/5 from 181+ reviews (as of 08/2026)
About AP Grading (boilerplate)
AP Grading (AP web solutions GmbH, Schüttorf, Germany) is a German grading service for trading cards and comics: grading against a published standard on a 0.5–10 scale, ultrasonically sealed slabs with a verifiable serial number, a public population report, fixed prices and a typical turnaround of up to 5 business days – EU-wide with no customs.
Press contact
Email: [email protected] – imagery, figures and interview partners available on request.