EBay and Funko advance their commercial partnership
Justin Sullivan

EBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) announced the launch of a series of exclusive Funko products as part of a newly formed collaboration with the pop culture and lifestyle company.
The new collaboration is bringing exclusive inventory onto the EBay (EBAY) platform and expanding the overall offerings of rare collectibles.
Amid continued growth of the collectibles market, eBay (EBAY) has expanded its Authenticity Guarantee service to trading cards, and also launched the eBay vault, a secure storage facility and digital marketplace for trading cards. 
Collectibles is a top eBay (EBAY) category. In 2021, there were over 4M listings and 88M searches for Funko Pop on eBay.
Earlier this year, Funko (FNKO) and eBay (EBAY) entered into a commercial agreement after The Chernin Group made a $263M strategic investment in the company. The agreement set forth that eBay (EBAY) is the preferred secondary marketplace for Funko (FNKO) and that the companies would partner on creating exclusive product releases.