Every account on CEC Token comes with a public profile at /u/your-username. It's the page other collectors see when they're looking for trade partners, want to compare collections, or just want to see who's tracking what. This guide covers what the profile shows, how to make yours useful, and how other collectors find you.
The basics
Your profile page has four main areas:
- Header: your username, the date you joined, and your current collection-value estimate. The header also shows your avatar color (auto-generated when you registered; this is purely cosmetic).
- Collection tab: every item you own, paginated, with search and sort controls.
- Wishlist tab: items you want, used by the Trade Finder to surface matches.
- Messages tab: your inbox for direct messages from other collectors. Only visible to you.
The collection tab
This is the heart of your profile. Each item card shows the catalog code, name, your quantity, and the rarity tier. The page supports:
- Search: full-text across name and catalog code, useful for navigating a large collection.
- Sort: by catalog code (the default), vintage, rarity, or name.
- Pagination: collections beyond a few dozen items are paginated.
Other collectors looking at your profile see the same view. They can sort and search just like you can. This is intentional: a collector page is meant to be browsable.
Collection value
The number at the top of your profile is the sum of fair-value estimates across every item you own, multiplied by quantity. The site offers a decayed version of this figure too (see Tracking your collection for the difference), but the displayed number is the straight fair-value sum.
Fair values update as new sales data comes in, so the figure on your profile moves over time even if your collection doesn't.
The wishlist
If you mark items as "wanted," they show up in your wishlist tab and (more importantly) feed the Trade Finder. When another collector compares their collection against yours, the system can spot items they have and you want, and vice versa. Wishlists are also visible to anyone browsing your profile, which makes targeted gifts and trade offers possible without you having to explain what you're hunting for.
Messages
The messages tab is where direct communications between collectors land. Anyone with an account can message anyone else. The "Request Trade" button in the Trade Finder drafts a message for you and routes it here.
You get a notification when someone replies. Notifications are visible from anywhere on the site once you're logged in.
Making your profile useful
Three things separate a profile that gets messaged from one that doesn't:
- Populate it. A profile with five items in the collection looks dormant. A profile with several dozen looks active. People want to talk to active collectors.
- Use the wishlist. Collectors with detailed wishlists make it dramatically easier for trade partners to find a match. The Trade Finder works on wishlist + collection diff, so an empty wishlist invisibles you in that flow.
- Be reachable. Check your messages tab. The site doesn't email you on new messages by default, so you have to check in periodically.
How collectors find each other
Plus 10 other collectors.
There's no dedicated "collectors directory" page. Discovery happens organically:
- Item pages show the top owners of each token. If you own a lot of a rare piece, your username shows up there.
- The Trade Finder lets anyone compare any two collectors. If your username comes up in search, you're a candidate.
- Direct profile links shared in messages, the guides, or external collector forums.
The total collector count is 112 as of this writing.
Where to go next
- The Trade Finder tool explains exactly how collection-to-collection matchups work.
- Tracking your collection covers the mechanics of marking items owned.