The Digital Collecting Glossary
Every term you'll hear in the hobby, defined without jargon. New to all of this? Start with what VeVe is, then come back here whenever a word trips you up.
- AR (Augmented Reality)
- Technology that places digital collectibles into your real-world space through your phone camera - full-scale figures on your floor, comic covers on your wall. VeVe's app includes AR photo and video modes.
- Blind box
- A drop format where you buy a sealed digital box without knowing which variant or rarity is inside until you open it - the digital version of trading card packs and gashapon culture.
- Collect Chain
- The public blockchain ledger VeVe migrated to in 2026, where edition ownership and transfers are publicly verifiable.
- Common / Uncommon / Rare / Ultra Rare / Secret Rare
- VeVe's rarity tiers. Higher tiers mean smaller edition sizes and lower pull odds - Secret Rares are the chase pieces.
- Drop
- A scheduled release of a new collectible series at a set date and time. Popular drops sell out in minutes.
- Edition number
- The unique number of your copy within a limited run (e.g., #42 of 1,000). Low numbers - especially #1 and numbers matching a character's first-appearance issue - carry extra collector prestige.
- First appearance
- The debut of a character - the comic world's rookie card. First appearances like Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider-Man, 1962) are the most collected issues in the hobby, physical or digital.
- Floor price
- The lowest current asking price for a collectible on a marketplace - the entry cost to own one.
- Gems
- VeVe's in-app currency (1 Gem ≈ US$1) used to buy drops and marketplace items. Purchased with regular payment methods; since late 2025 Gems are in-app credit only and can't be withdrawn as cash.
- Grail
- The piece a collector wants most - usually scarce, culturally significant, and personally meaningful. Borrowed from 'Holy Grail.'
- Grading
- Professional condition assessment of physical collectibles (CGC for comics, PSA for cards). Digital editions don't need grading - every copy stays mint.
- Licensed collectible
- A collectible produced under official agreement with the rights holder (Disney, Marvel, DC...). The key difference between platforms like VeVe and unlicensed NFT projects.
- Mint (verb)
- The creation of a digital collectible's edition on the blockchain - the moment your copy and its edition number come into existence.
- NFT (non-fungible token)
- A blockchain token proving ownership of a unique digital item. VeVe collectibles are technically NFTs, but licensed, purchased with normal payments, and built for collectors rather than traders.
- OMI
- The token of the ECOMI ecosystem VeVe belongs to. Not needed to collect on VeVe - it functions in the wider ecosystem including StackR trading.
- Open edition
- A drop with unlimited (or time-limited rather than count-limited) supply - the opposite of a numbered limited edition.
- Provenance
- The ownership history of a collectible. Blockchain ledgers make digital provenance publicly verifiable - no forged certificates.
- Pull
- What you get when opening a blind box - 'pulling a Secret Rare' is the moment collectors chase.
- Showroom
- VeVe's virtual display space where collectors arrange and share their collections.
- StackR
- The marketplace in the ECOMI ecosystem where VeVe collectibles can be traded with value exit via OMI - the current cash-out route.
- Variant
- An alternate version of a collectible - different pose, colorway, or cover art - usually at different rarity tiers within the same drop.
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