To be honest, I am not sure the origination of the eTopps. I do know there is a website where you can buy and trade and sell online and the cards are kept in an online portfolio, and if you want to have your card in hand, I believe you have to pay something to get it out of your online portfolio, but that is about all I know. I just look for those that have them in hand already and buy them LOL Kind of cool cards though, and they really don't fetch too much of the pocket book either.