Pokemon ETB restock alerts
Elite Trainer Boxes are the most consistently sold-out Pokemon TCG product. bujusjujus watches every major retailer in parallel and pings your phone the second an ETB comes back in stock at MSRP — $49.99 standard, $59.99 Pokemon Center exclusive. No marketplace listings, no scalper prices.
Start getting ETB alerts →What is an Elite Trainer Box?
An Elite Trainer Box (ETB) is the flagship Pokemon TCG product released alongside every new set. Each ETB contains 9 booster packs of the current set, energy cards, dice, condition markers, card sleeves, and a player's guide — all in a collectible themed box. ETBs are produced in limited runs and almost always sell out at the major retailers within minutes of going live.
ETB MSRP — what you should be paying
- $49.99 — Standard retail ETB at Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, Sam's Club, Hot Topic.
- $59.99 — Pokemon Center exclusive ETB (carries a Pokemon Center stamp on a promo card; otherwise functionally identical).
bujusjujus only fires an alert when the listing is at or near MSRP from the retailer itself. Any third-party marketplace listing or above-MSRP price is suppressed.
Which retailers we monitor for ETBs
| Retailer | Coverage | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Direct monitoring | Highest-frequency ETB drops. Morning restock windows + TCG promo days. |
| Walmart | Direct monitoring + queue page detection | Thursday midnight – Saturday end-of-day stocking window (MJ Holdings). |
| Pokemon Center | Direct monitoring | First-party PC-exclusive ETBs at $59.99. |
| Best Buy | Direct monitoring | Sold by Best Buy only — marketplace filtered out. |
| Amazon | Direct monitoring (buy-box validated) | Third-party buy-box rotations suppressed. |
| Sam's Club | Direct monitoring | Member-exclusive bundles when carried. |
| Hot Topic | Direct monitoring (gouge filter) | Habitual ~100%-above-MSRP pricing filtered out. |
| GameStop | Drop watcher | Social/news drop signals — no direct scraping. |
Why ETB alerts beat refreshing pages
By the time the Add-to-Cart button appears in your browser, bot-driven monitoring services have already added it to their own carts. Manual refreshing is a losing strategy. bujusjujus watches the underlying stock signal continuously and pushes the alert to your phone via the free ntfy app within seconds of the change.
How to start getting ETB alerts
- Subscribe — $8.99/month or $53.94/year via Square. Sign up here.
- Install ntfy — free iOS/Android app, 2-minute setup.
- Get alerts — push notification with a tap-to-buy link the moment an ETB restocks.
Cancel anytime. No questions, no fees.