As the other commenter said, it didn’t go through Niantic. There were message boards at one point where you could set up a time to meet and make the trade. As I understand it, my entire collection would have been worth the pretty penny. I only kept Pokemon with an IV of 96 or better. I have a bunch of IV 100 Pokemon. The ones that stick out in memory are my Gyrados, Alakazam, the water varient of Evie, Rayquaza, and Raikou.
As the other commenter said, it didn’t go through Niantic. There were message boards at one point where you could set up a time to meet and make the trade. As I understand it, my entire collection would have been worth the pretty penny. I only kept Pokemon with an IV of 96 or better. I have a bunch of IV 100 Pokemon. The ones that stick out in memory are my Gyrados, Alakazam, the water varient of Evie, Rayquaza, and Raikou.