Hobby Arena
Custom online store for a Philippine TCG retailer — storefront, pre-orders, customer accounts, and admin — live on hobbyarena.ph.
Role
Design • engineering
Timeline
Jun – Jul 2026
Stack
React · Vercel · Firebase · Resend
— Summary
A custom online store for Hobby Arena Marketing Corporation — sealed TCG products, pre-order flows with deposit scheduling, customer accounts, and an admin panel for catalog and order management. Designed and built end-to-end, then launched on hobbyarena.ph.
— Section 01
The brief
Hobby Arena needed a store that matched how TCG retail actually runs in the Philippines: sealed product drops, pre-orders below SRP, account-based shopping, and an admin side that could keep catalog and orders moving without a patchwork of spreadsheets and DMs.
— Section 02
What shipped
Storefront & catalog
Dark, drop-led shopping experience with brand browsing, in-stock sealed products, and featured pre-order highlights.
Pre-order flow
Coming-soon drops with split payment cues (deposit now / balance later) so collectors can lock in sets before they sell out.
Customer accounts
Account access for browsing, ordering, and returning customers — built into the same storefront shell.
Admin dashboard
Live sales overview, orders, customers, inventory, classifications, CMS, and email tools — so ops stay in one place after launch.
— Section 03
Launch
Shipped to production on hobbyarena.ph after phased delivery — foundation and preview first, then go-live with DNS, third-party services, and client sign-off.
— Gallery
In situ.
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