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I am still going through them! It’s very time consuming and a lot of work but I made a nice chunk of change doing it.
I am going through them one by one because even though at face value the card is worthless if it’s the only card on the site it sells for a premium. I can get through about 5k cards in a week or (8 hours).
After it’s all said and done I should make around $30k on the deal.
It is a possible solution. Just make sure the cards you send in are worth sending. You can look up similar cards on the site. If you want to price the card over $50 then do the 2 week option. If it’s under $50 then do the cheap option.
They will picture, provide a description, store, ship, and cross list on ebay/amazon. All you have to do is price the card which is easy to do.
The company cross lists on ebay, amazon, and their website. If it sells on ebay or amazon it is subject to their fees. If it sells on the site only the 10% fee. I basically pay a little extra for the company to store, list, picture, and ship the cards. In my opinion well worth the fee they charge.
You have to know what you’re doing in terms of sending in the proper cards etc. If you send in a bunch of worthless undesirable cards it’s not worth it. As far as average price per card it’s not very high. It’s more of a volume business where I am making high profit margin on low dollar cards.
I bought over a million cards last year for around $3K making my average price per card under 1 cent. Add the 30 cent fee to send in the card my total cost per card is 31 cents. I am selling a lot of cards between $1-$5 (last year was $3.19 average sale price) with an average purchase price of around 40 cents. Then I have some higher dollar cards mixed in but that is only about 20% of my sales.
I ran a couple of big sales. The way this site works is I send the cards to them directly. I pay 30 cents for them to picture and list each card and then 10% on cashing money from the site.
They ship etc. I could save money doing it myself but the opportunity cost of me spending all that time shipping would be impossible.
This is my site for comc. Which is all cards.
I am actually more of a consistent repeat buyer on eBay than seller. I buy consistently from a few sellers. Mostly because I can resell their items.
I do not have a repeat client base on eBay but I have a pretty strong client base on my comc account and when I do autograph signings. I have a growing list of buyers for signings where they can get a better rate than the public due to our buying power. I make a little and they save a little.
I have built most of those relationships on Instagram, Facebook, and face to face shows.
It’s been great because it’s opened a lot of interesting opportunities that I never would have expected to happen.
Like hanging out with Hulk Hogan or going to dinners Pete Rose.
Here are some random sales you can scroll through.
This little cutie has been keeping us busy. Totally worth it! She is good motivation to make more sales.
I have never really ran a sale before until now and it looks like it is working! First sale in 4 years of having a store and I didn’t inflate any prices which is why it is working.
I have been M.I.A but I’m back (not that anyone cares lol). My wife had a baby so that has been taking up most of our time but we have still been active on eBay. We are both working full time still but building up our fu money on eBay and now comc.com
I just got back from Nashville last night for a bachelor party. All I can say it was crazy and we had a good time. We stayed at an air bnb with a pool top roof/bar downtown with 7 guys and was a good experience.
I got there a day early and stayed at a hostel downtown which was also very cool. It was $35 a night and had a good atmosphere.
I had my bachelor party in Vegas and Nashville was crazier by far.
I am still here! Just lurking lately. We still have a few people picturing and listing for us. Both of us are also still working full time with a little trash elf due in early June!
We have around 10,600 items listed on our ebay store at this point.
https://www.ebay.com/usr/newvintageny
I have been putting time into this site. It’s basically amazon prime for baseball cards. I have around 37K cards listed with close to 29K different cards.
https://www.comc.com/Users/RawCardReview,i100
That brings our grand total to around 47K total items listed on the internet with full time jobs and a little one on the way! I don’t want to come across as bragging or anything. The point is to show that even with a full time job you can still have a large store if you leverage your resources and put the time in.
I would like to say all those items translate into huge money but realistically the money we make pays for our mortgage, taxes, insurance, and some other bills so we can bank our paychecks and/or invest elsewhere. The goal is to get everything paid off and then we will consider our next move!
Sorry if this was already discussed but in regards to your helper finding a full time job I wanted to discuss.
The person that was originally doing my pictures could not continue from my original interview with J&R. There was a 4 month stretch where my wife and I did the pictures ourselves. I eventually found a replacement and they have been great.
She is a stay at home mom that does it for side income and pictures/lists around 250-300 items a week for me. Once you hire a helper it’s very hard to go back.
Yes you can do it yourself but when you experience that extra time of not grinding it out taking pictures of low dollar items it’s very hard to go back.
Obviously you need to do what works best for your style but the sooner you find a replacement the better because it’s hard to go back grinding it out when you have had the luxury of having someone else do it.
Find a stay at home parent. They are smart and they choose to stay home but if they can make some extra money they will do it at a high level.
Couple of bread and butter sales nothing too crazy.
I haven’t really purchased a lot of new inventory in a year. We have been working on death piles trying to get caught up but when you have over 10k items you can afford to take a break from sourcing a ton of new inventory and focus on listing your back log.
Had a few cool sales. All prices are actual sale price.
