A factory quoting a figure or apparel line needs a minimum order quantity that's far past what any one collector needs. That gap is where retail markup usually lives.
ANIMERCH 2.0 closes that gap two ways. Order solo and we source and ship your item on its own — fastest option, priced individually. Or join a batch with other members: once enough people are in, we quote the whole batch directly with the factory, and everyone pays the lower per-unit price a reseller would get.
We're not a store with warehouse stock either way. Every item is sourced against the manufacturer's own listing before it's posted, so nothing goes up that isn't real — solo or batch.