Once upon a time, you were all but guaranteed to make a profit if you set up at a local or regional sports card show. Before eBay came along in the mid-1990s, you could probably find one within driving distance. Make sure you had enough hot product or a nice stock of vintage cards and you would likely come away with money in your pocket. It was a … [Read more...]
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Creative Ways to Sell Modern Era Cards
A few months ago, I went to a painting class for a friend's birthday. There were about 20 of us lined up with paint and a canvas. The mission: To paint the perfect tree. I'm creative enough of a guy and have all the tools everyone else does, so I figured I'd bang out the greatest painting in all the land. I was wrong. I ended up painting my favorite baseball player, … [Read more...]
How to Efficiently Process a Bulk Buy
You did it! You landed the deal of the century. After two hours of driving, meeting, looking and negotiating, you picked up a quarter of a million sports cards. Trying to keep your cool while handing over the money and loading up the cardboard into your vehicle, you head home. Between the prayers for the safe trip back and the pure wonder of what gems may be hiding in all of … [Read more...]
Ramblings: Pondering Methods for Selling in Bulk
Recently, I was chatting with an old friend of mine who has way too many cards. Let's just say the amount of cards he owns could full my house, which of course would cause a lot of consternation with my wife and mother-in-law. But, like many of us, he does not want to retail each card on a one by one basis but would rather move bulk. So he has spent a ton of time putting the … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Make More Money with eBay Listings
Whether you’re offering a 19th century Old Judge card or a LeBron James autographed jersey, selling online can be rewarding. Smart sellers know much has changed on eBay over the last five years or so, though, and if you’re still using the same old methods or cutting corners to save time so you can list as many items as you can, you might be leaving money on the table. Not … [Read more...]
Beckett Accelerator Aimed at Helping Sellers Move Singles Easier
Beckett Business Solutions, headed by Burbank Sports Cards owner Rob Veres, has revealed a little more about a new piece of software aimed at enabling sellers to cross-post their entire inventory of singles to eBay and the Beckett Marketplace. Rich Klein wrote about the project late last year. It’s been in development for a long time and eBay is heavily involved in the … [Read more...]
“The Vault” Aimed at Helping Buyers and Sellers of More Expensive Cards
Few businesses in the sports memorabilia industry have made as much of a splash in a short period of time as COMC.com. The company has experienced strong growth over the last couple of years and its latest feature, The Vault, is designed to offer collectors and dealers another option for selling their more valuable cards. COMC (formerly Check Out My Cards) debuted The … [Read more...]
Buying and Selling Outlets for Sports Card Collectors
by Shane Elsberry Sports card collectors, both avid and casual, know how eBay changed the way cards and memorabilia are bought, sold, and collected. It remains the first stop for collectors looking to complete a base set, collect a particular team or player, or pick up that game used or auto item they have been trying to find. It also sets the market value for … [Read more...]
