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PEOPLE WHO CARE.
Every listing comes from a real collector's personal collection. Condition-graded, honestly rated, and backed by PayPal buyer protection.
Quality you can trust before you buy.
Verified Condition Grades
Every listing uses the Goldmine grading scale — the industry standard. Media and packaging graded separately, so you know exactly what "VG+/VG" means.
Mandatory Photos
Listings above $50 require actual photos of the media and packaging. Not stock images. Not catalog photos. The actual item you’re buying.
Blind Ratings
Ratings stay hidden until both buyer and seller submit — or after 14 days. No retaliation. No pressure. Real feedback that keeps sellers accountable.
PayPal Protection
Every transaction processed through PayPal. Your payment details never touch Sleeved’s servers. PayPal’s buyer protection backs every purchase.
From browsing to buying in minutes.
Browse Unsleeved
The global marketplace shows every item listed for sale across all collectors. Search by artist, album, label, or catalog number.
Filter and Sort
Narrow results by format, genre, condition grade, price range, seller location, and shipping destination.
Add to Cart
Found something? Add it. Items from multiple sellers, one cart. Sleeved handles the rest.
Checkout with PayPal
Secure payment processing through PayPal. Multi-currency support. Buyer protection on every transaction.
Track Your Order
Every order follows a clear lifecycle: Confirmed, Shipped, Delivered, Completed. Sellers add tracking numbers.
Rate Your Seller
After delivery, rate the seller on a 5-star scale with an optional Sleeve Note review. Blind until both sides submit.
"THAT ALBUM WITH THE BLUE COVER."
Traditional search requires exact titles and artist names. Deep Sleeve, our AI-powered search, understands natural language descriptions, cover art references, partial memories, and vague recollections. In any language.
→ “Miles Davis album with the blue cover, 50s”
→ “that Radiohead album where the kid is on fire”
→ “Nigerian funk from the 70s, something groovy”
Deep Sleeve resolves your description to the right release, then shows you every copy for sale on the marketplace. Up to 50 free searches per day.
Server-side cart
Multiple sellers. One cart.
Every collector on Sleeved has their own showcase at username.sleeved.it. Browse someone's collection, check their Unsleeved tab, add items to your cart. Then visit another collector and add more.
Your server-side cart persists across all subdomains.
Discover a collector through Sleeve Peek or Discovery
Browse their showcase — see their taste, their story
Check their Unsleeved tab for items they’re selling
Add to cart and keep browsing
Check out once, from anywhere on the platform
Buy with confidence.
Something not as described? Open a dispute within 30 days. Upload photos as evidence. Escalate to platform admin if unresolved.
All payments go through PayPal. If a dispute can’t be resolved through the platform, PayPal’s standard buyer protection applies.
Real-time status on every order. Auto-completion after 14 days if no dispute filed. Sellers required to provide tracking.
For items above $50, the seller’s listing photos serve as a condition agreement. If the item arrives in worse condition, you have evidence.
Sleeve Match
Hunting for a specific pressing? Set an alert. Get notified when it surfaces — new listing, price drop, or a collector adds it to their sleeve.
Up to 25 active alerts. Email, in-app, or both. Stop refreshing search results.
Find records through the people who own them.
The best record recommendations come from people with great taste. Follow collectors whose taste you admire. See what they're adding in your Sleeve Peek. Write Sleeve Notes on releases.
Discover Collectors is a full immersive experience — browse featured collectors, filter by genre and location, find sleevemates worldwide. Browse their Crates for themed curated lists.
On Sleeved, buying is social.
Your next record is out there.
Condition-graded listings. Blind ratings. PayPal buyer protection. Browse for free, buy with confidence.