VeVe Profile Goes Public in 2026: Sharing, Showcases, and What's Actually New

VeVe Profile Goes Public in 2026: Sharing, Showcases, and What's Actually New

On May 21, 2026, VeVe shipped a complete redesign of its Profile experience. The single biggest change isn't on the inside of the app — it's that your VeVe Profile is now shareable across the open web. Anyone with the link can view your collection in a browser, on any device, without installing the VeVe app first. That's a real shift in what a collector identity is allowed to be on the platform, and it's worth thinking through before you start handing out the link.

I'm Smellsfunn. I've been collecting on VeVe since April 2, 2021, so I've seen the Profile go through a few iterations. This redesign is the most consequential one, because it changes who can see what you've built. I'll walk through what's actually new, how the sharing works, what I chose to show on mine and what I deliberately kept private, and what the public-Profile era means for how the community evaluates each other.

Smellsfunn's VeVe Profile on a phone in the foreground — username, banner, stats panel, and curated thumbnails — flanked by floating browser-window frames showing the same profile re-rendered, with comic-art panel fragments at the edges and a cyan-and-magenta digital grid behind: the new shareable VeVe Profile fanning out into the open web in May 2026.

Key Takeaways

  • VeVe Profiles are now publicly shareable on the web as of May 21, 2026. Anyone with the link can view your Profile in a browser, no VeVe app required. Source: VeVe's official announcement.
  • Two new Profile surfaces shipped alongside the share feature: Showcases and Galleries. Showcases are curated themed views of pieces you already own; Galleries let you upload photos from your camera roll (physical collectibles, convention shots, display spaces) directly into your VeVe Profile.
  • Privacy is opt-in per section, not blanket-default-private. You choose which Showcases are public, whether stats and activity are shown, and whether your market listings are visible to other collectors.
  • Your active market listings can now sit on your Profile. That's useful for sellers, and a real consideration if you don't want everyone to see what you're trying to move.
  • The Profile is also where the referral link lives. VeVe's Friend-get-Friend program credits you 5 Gems when a friend you referred signs up and makes their first 5-Gem purchase. The redesigned share flow makes that referral surface noticeably easier to hand out.

What VeVe actually shipped on May 21

The announcement post is short, so I'll summarize the surface area in one place. There are six Profile capabilities to know about, plus one piece of navigation housekeeping that matters for anyone using the app daily.

Public Profile URLs and granular privacy

Every collector now has a web-accessible Profile at veve.me/en/user/[username]. Send the link to anyone; they open it in their browser and see whatever sections you've chosen to display. No login, no app install.

The privacy model is opt-in per section. You decide whether to show collectible stats, comic stats, Collector Rank and Level, Showcases, Galleries, Market Listings, Activity, and Profile likes and views. Each is its own toggle. "Public" is a deliberate choice you make per section, not a default.

Showcases — curated themed views

A Showcase is a curated subset of your collection grouped around a theme you pick. A Marvel Mightys run across rarities is a Showcase. A small but tight Star Wars set is a Showcase. A completed comic run is a Showcase. You can make individual Showcases public or keep them private, so most collectors will use Showcases to surface the parts of their collection that tell the story they want to tell rather than the full inventory.

Galleries — photos, not just on-chain pieces

This one's genuinely new. Gallery lets you upload images from your camera roll directly into your VeVe Profile. You can post pictures of physical collectibles, your collector room, convention shots, or themed display photos. For a community that has always lived between the digital and physical sides of fandom collecting, that's a different kind of collector story than "here are my digital pieces."

Market Listings, Activity, and Customization

Three smaller additions to know. Your active marketplace listings can now surface on your Profile (useful for sellers, worth thinking through if you don't want every visitor to see your secondary-market activity). An Activity section shows your engagement across the platform as a social signal. And you can customize the banner image, the Profile photo, your bio, and which sections appear at all. The Profile is intentionally flexible, so minimal-display and full-display collectors can both look at home there.

Navigation: "Community" is now "Social"

VeVe also refreshed the app's bottom navigation. There's a dedicated Profile button, and the "Community" tab is now "Social" to reflect the evolving feature set. Minor, but worth knowing if you go looking for something and don't find it where it used to be.

How to share your VeVe Profile

The procedural answer, for anyone landing on this article from a search engine wanting the literal how-to:

  1. Open the VeVe app and tap the new Profile button in the bottom navigation.
  2. Tap the Share icon on your Profile (or use the platform's upgraded Share suite, which now supports profiles, individual collectibles, and comics).
  3. Copy the link. The format is https://www.veve.me/en/user/[your-username].
  4. Send it anywhere — text, email, Reddit, Discord, X, Bluesky, your group chat. Recipients open it in any browser; no VeVe account or app install required to view.

If you want to see what a Profile actually looks like on the open web before you share your own, mine is live at veve.me/en/user/smellsfunn. (That's an affiliate link, meaning Common Club gets a small commission if you sign up via VeVe and complete a qualifying purchase. The Profile itself is free to view; the affiliate tracking only kicks in if you go on to sign up. No extra cost to you.)

The privacy toggles live in Profile settings inside the app. If you want to share the link but only expose a couple of Showcases and your Collector Rank, that's fully supported — flip the toggles for everything else off, share the URL, and recipients see only what you opted in to display.

Your Profile is also where the referral link lives

While we're talking about sharing: VeVe's Friend-get-Friend referral program lives in the Invite Friends section of the same Profile. If you've found something to like about the platform, the section gives you a personal referral link or QR code. When a friend signs up through your link and tops up at least 5 Gems on their first purchase, you get 5 Gems credited automatically, and the friend gets a joining reward (typically a free collectible). The public-Profile launch and the referral mechanic stack: the Profile you've configured becomes both a showcase and the surface your referral link sits on.

The framework I used to decide what to show

Rather than enumerate every toggle on my own Profile, here's the decision framework you can apply to yours. It's how I worked through it.

Default to off, then turn on the parts that tell your story. The opt-in design rewards thinking through each section individually rather than flipping everything to public at once. Start locked down, then turn on the sections that match what you want other collectors to know about you. For me, that's a few curated Showcases and Collector Rank. Other collectors will land somewhere completely different, which is the point of the design.

Showcases are the highest-signal surface. If you only enable one thing, make it a Showcase. "Here's my Marvel run," "Here's the Disney pieces I've held since 2021," "Here's my comic set." Each of those says something specific about who you are. Raw stats just say "I own things."

Galleries are where you get to be a person. The photo-upload Gallery is the part of the new Profile that lets you signal taste beyond the on-chain pieces. A collector room, a favorite shelf, convention photos: that's where the line between "VeVe collector" and "fandom collector who happens to use VeVe" blurs in a good way.

Be deliberate about Market Listings. Some collectors will want listings on Profile as a permanent shop window; others won't want every visitor to see what they're trying to move. There's no rule. Just choose deliberately.

VeVe collectibles spanning multiple licensed IPs — Maserati, Star Wars Boba Fett, Marvel Wolverine, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — representing the catalog breadth that sits behind every public Profile.

What I'd think hardest about keeping private

Three sections deserve careful thought before flipping on. The reasoning behind each, in plain terms.

Full collection inventory. A complete list of what you own is more information than most collectors need to share to communicate who they are. A good Showcase says "I collect Marvel Mightys" without listing every edition number. The richer your collection, the more this matters: a full holdings dump on a long-term collector becomes a roadmap of expensive pieces tied to a public username.

Specific grail-piece ownership. If you hold a piece that has reached headline secondary-market valuations, you've got a different threat model than someone holding mostly entry-tier pieces. Custodial platforms reduce some attack surface, but social engineering doesn't go away. Public exposure of specific grail ownership tied to an online identity is something to think through before flipping on.

Active Market Listings. If your listings are public on your Profile, anyone visiting knows what you're trying to sell, at what price, and how long it's been sitting. That changes the negotiation dynamic. Patient sellers may not mind; if you'd rather your listings live in marketplace discovery without being attached to your identity, leave the toggle off.

None of this is hypothetical caution. It's the same logic that applies to any collector identity that lives online. The new Profile design is good because it gives you the controls to make these decisions rather than choosing for you.

What this changes for the VeVe community

The community implication that matters most: collector claims are now publicly verifiable in a way they weren't before. "I've been collecting since the early drops" used to be an assertion. "I have the full Marvel Mightys run" used to be an assertion. Now, anyone can click your Profile and see the receipts, if you choose to show them.

For newcomers trying to figure out which voices to trust, that's a real upgrade. Public Profiles let you check whether the loudest long-time-collector voices actually have the holdings they reference. Influencer puffery versus real collecting becomes a distinction with a public artifact behind it.

The bigger frame is that VeVe is leaning further into the social side of collecting with this release. A renamed Social tab, a dedicated Profile button, Activity feeds, shareable URLs. It all points toward a platform that wants to look more like a place where collectors interact and less like a marketplace people log into to buy and leave.

Frequently asked questions

Are VeVe Profiles really public now? Yes, as of May 21, 2026. Profiles can be viewed in any browser at veve.me/en/user/[username]. The viewer doesn't need a VeVe account or the VeVe app installed. What's visible on the Profile depends on the privacy toggles the owner has configured.

How do I share my VeVe Profile? Open the VeVe app, tap the Profile button in the bottom navigation, use the Share icon to copy your Profile link, and send it. The link format is https://www.veve.me/en/user/[your-username]. Anyone with the link can view your Profile in a browser.

Can I keep my collection private? Yes. The privacy model is opt-in per section. You can keep collectible stats, comic stats, Showcases, Galleries, Market Listings, Activity, and other Profile details off if you choose. The Profile URL exists either way, but visitors only see what you've opted in to display.

What can other people see on my Profile? Whatever you turn on: any combination of Collector Rank and Level, total collectibles and comics owned, set completion stats, rarities, Showcases you've made public, Galleries, active market listings, Profile likes and views, followers, comments, and your Activity feed. Each is its own toggle.

Does viewing a VeVe Profile require the VeVe app? No. The big change with this release is that Profiles render in a normal web browser. Recipients can open the link on desktop or mobile without installing anything. The VeVe app is only required to manage your own Profile and to buy or trade pieces.

What's the difference between a Showcase and a Gallery? A Showcase is a curated themed view of pieces you already own on VeVe — digital collectibles or comics grouped around a theme like "my Marvel Mightys" or "completed sets." A Gallery is a custom photo collection you upload from your camera roll — physical collectibles, convention shots, your collector room — that lives inside your Profile.

Bottom line

Public Profiles are a real change in what a VeVe collector identity is. The redesign is well done. Opt-in per section is the right default, Showcases reward curation over inventory dumps, Galleries make the Profile feel like a place rather than a stat sheet, and the share flow is short.

If you've been collecting on VeVe for a while, it's worth spending an hour thinking through your Profile rather than flipping every toggle to public on the first pass. If you're new to the platform and curious about what this all looks like, the simplest entry point is still the standard onboarding flow: a free starter collectible and $10 in gems to try a drop on the house first. That gets you a Profile of your own to configure, even if you only ever make one Showcase.

VeVe collectibles — Maserati, Star Wars Boba Fett, Marvel Wolverine, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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For the broader beginner's frame on VeVe — what the platform is, how the marketplace works, how to start without getting lost — see my introduction to VeVe digital collectibles. For the deepest existing licensed catalog the new Profile is going to surface, see the Disney NFTs guide and the Marvel Mightys guide.

— Smellsfunn


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