Miniswap

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The Marketplace for Complex Hobbies

Fall 2025Founded 20252 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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About

Miniswap a marketplace for complex hobbies, starting with Warhammer. In hobbies as complex as Warhammer, finding what you want on general marketplaces is a huge pain. Filters don't work, free-form listings mean that products are regularly misidentified, and piles of counterfeit junk crowd search results. Miniswap saves hobbyists from this chaos with its catalogue of more than 20,000 unique miniatures. Sellers match their listings against Miniswap's catalogue giving buyers more information and structure as they shop. The global market for tabletop games is estimated to be worth $20B in 2025 and Warhammer alone is projected to grow to $3B by 2030. By capturing the market in this untapped niche, Miniswap is strongly positioned to bringing greater transparency, simplicity, and connectivity into adjacent verticals. Miniswap's founding team merges deep domain knowledge with elite programming expertise and years of experience in business consulting and startups. Co-founders Zak and Will met while studying together at Cambridge, bonded over their love of Warhammer and early modern history. They have been best friends ever since.

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Miniswap is a marketplace for buying and selling tabletop wargaming miniatures, including new and used items from popular games like Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar. It enables users to list, browse, and purchase hobby miniatures from a wide range of sellers and inventories. The platform markets low seller fees and automated listing features to simplify selling.

Miniswap provides a user account-based marketplace where sellers can list tabletop wargaming miniatures, manage inventory, orders, and payouts, and buyers can browse categories (e.g., Warhammer 40k, Age of Sigmar) and purchase items. The site auto-fills mini details from a product database, allows imports from external listings (eBay or CSV), and charges a 7% selling fee. Users can browse new, used, and pre-owned items, including specific faction and model listings, with pricing shown by sellers and a search/filter experience for different games and factions.

Who it’s for: Tabletop wargaming hobbyists and sellers looking to buy/sell miniatures (new or used) for games like Warhammer 40k, Age of Sigmar, and related properties.

Features

Sell on Miniswap with 7% fee
Easy listing with auto-filled mini details
Inventory and orders management
Import listings from eBay or CSV
Refer a friend credit program
Browse new and used miniatures by game and faction
Pre-order and new release listings

Hiring/traction/funding mentions: none explicit in provided text

Founders · 2

Zak SinghFounder

🎓 Cambridge

Former Cambridge CS PhD. East Bay native. Lover of Warhammer and concatenative programming languages (in that order).

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Will HannaFounder

Former strategy consultant/law student. Canadian. Lover of tabletop games and road cycling (in that order).

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Nov 2025

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Helping tabletop gamers find exactly what they want

Miniswap launches a marketplace for tabletop game minis starting with Warhammer, offering a catalog of over 20,000 minis and 1,000 sign-ups in four weeks. The platform enables precise search by detailed attributes and auto-generated, accurate listings from photos, aiming to streamline buying and selling and compete with existing store/inventory systems.