One year-old StarStock, a trading card marketplace, is getting a big influx of cash courtesy of a group of investors that includes a couple of NBA players. The company announced Monday that it had raised $1.3 million in seed funding “to fuel the company’s growth plans.” Participants in the round include NBA all-star Kevin Durant and long-time veteran guard Matthew … [Read more...]
Selling Your Sets, Part II: Picking the Right Auction Outlet
This is the second of a two-part series on getting the most money out of your better baseball and other sports card sets if you decide to sell. Part I covered putting a plan together and showcasing some of the best cards in your set. In part two, Mark Arzoumanian offers some insight on how to pick the right place to help you with the sale. If you’ve identified … [Read more...]
How to Sell Your Trading Card Sets Part I: Have a Plan
I’m a glass half full guy. But lately I’ve been thinking about death. My own. It’s hard not to when every day the news is dominated by Covid-19 stories. Sad and disconcerting. But if I were to die from this virus next month, one thing I know for certain: An auction house of my own choosing will auction off my baseball card collection. My two younger brothers, neither of whom … [Read more...]
COMC Releases Details on eBay Auction Consignment Service
COMC will open its eBay consignment service next month, with its first batch of auctions set to launch at the end of the year. Earlier this month, the company announced it was planning to supplement its online consignment store with an auction option. The new platform will allow users to shuttle their current COMC inventory to eBay auctions or submit new items to … [Read more...]
Tips for Successful Selling at Local Sports Card Shows
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...]
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 … [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...]