2025 Will Be HORRIBLE for Pokemon Card Businesses

[@mciarlillo]

This is why I think Terastal Festival is going to be popular in the states as a stop gap for anyone that will have a hard time finding Prismatic Evolutions.

[@SomeoneNamedMark]

Bro nobody gives a fuck about japanese cards. Stop trying push that shit on others just because you fell for it.

[@martzthomas]

Jp cards are better quality too

[@TheSnackAttackingSnorlax]

I might’ve misplayed the terastal….. it might do a lot better than I thought.

[@Zeldrisxo8]

this set shouldn't come in complete booster boxes lowering the chance to guarantee hits same as crown zenith. should keep prices of cards up in english

[@marioaltamirno2855]

It’s not going to be great set, because easier pull rate, which hurts the value of the set.

[@peteg22]

My LGS usually gets 70k from distribution, pokene called it they said they're getting 5k allotment. Rough times ahead

[@PokemonUnwrapped]

Im diggin your channel man. Love your input on current Pokemon TCG business hurdles.

[@MorganFleurDeLys]

I think I would counter this with a few things: 1). Incredibly rare for an LGS to so overly dependent on just sealed Pokemon to survive. Sure, they could take a hit, but most of the established stores are more well rounded. 2). Other TCGs are popping off just fine to pick up the slack. 3). Your working thesis seems to be centered around Pokemon not raising production levels to better meet demand for the most part. I just don’t think that’s going to be the case. 4). I’m not sure enough emphasis was put into consideration about the singles market for LGSs. Since Prismatic will largely be sold out upon release, collectors will buy other stuff. It’s the LGSs job to figure that out. 5). That being said, you are correct in that a lot of LGSs fail and it’s a super tough business.

[@fvcrobert6944]

I know very little about business but this seems his take seems very click bait. I have never been to a store that only sold the newest Pokémon sets. Even Pokémon only stores - have so many other products. But if they are Pokémon only stores - they are usually VERY small so low expenses.

[@RyanOrWelshy]

I was going to comment something along these lines. Though I do wonder what the lead time is for Pokemon to ramp up printing production to meet the increased demand. The fact Prismatic has low allocation doesn’t mean that will be the case for every other set this year (or for the various restocks of prismatic which will happen over the next 2 years). You also need to consider the allocation for reprints / restocks of existing sets. I am sure some LGSs won’t make it through 2025, but to say it will be Armageddon is some wild hyperbole.

[@2Balendin2]

@@RyanOrWelshy its a win and loss if they print more though, certainly at increased demand, if they increase print more of the chase cards will be available and thus buyer confidence will drop and then they'll lose sales. cos lets be real for a second, knowing your cards have value in a collectable card game is a pretty big selling point.

[@RyanOrWelshy]

@ 100% correct. Also, it’s not as simple as the Pokemon Company just deciding to print more cards. That being said, if they see the growth in demand as a long term sustainable increase then I imagine they’ll look to ramp up production to some extent. They’ll want to try to meet the increased demand because, otherwise, they are leaving money on the table and, as we all know, the Pokemon company likes making money.

[@2Balendin2]

@@RyanOrWelshy i dunno, they've tried in the past to do that and its just not been good for them. i suspect that what they'll probably do is print more Japanese stuff to accomodate for those that really want the cards and aren't too fussy about prices. i like to mix and match mind for best value.

[@PokéHustler]

Even a better reason to start a online shop. Whats the overhead $100/month? You dont have to only sell prismatic.

[@Dilemma009]

It was hard to form relationships with me distro without brick and mortar

[@SamuraiBlaqk]

Start now, and buy everything you can.

[@DavidPatrzeba]

You think pokemon is cooked? Sports cards are completely cooked.

[@MeiaLuaDeCompasso]

They really should find a way to merge the sports cards with fantasy leagues. Would bring it back in full force. Sports leagues hate money though.

[@imsweetbeats]

dang. i was literally just talking about starting something up. love this hobby and would like to be more involved in it. Hopefully everything still pans out

[@PokéHustler]

Still go for it! You have nothing to lose. Those big online shops depend on large amounts of products. You won't!

[@darthsaint7743]

you find locals for an IRL shop and youll be sweet man we would rather support local small stores than the biggest in each region/area (:

[@ItsPhurpl]

I just finished signing all my paper work today. Working on getting distros in the next few weeks.

[@imsweetbeats]

​@ItsPhurpl that's what I need. Congrats to you!🎉🎉🎉

[@PokéHustler]

@@ItsPhurpl hit em with everything you got!

[@Skreebee]

Nice commentary and talking points! I like how you mention that when sellers or stores are selling a newer set with lower supply but higher demand, they may make a fraction of what they otherwise would with other sets and lessened demand/hype 👍🙂

[@gengartweetz2526]

Product is so hard to get, either from LGS or big retailers. People are waiting and ordering from retailers instead of paying “Market Prices” on preorder items. It’s a lose/lose for LGS

[@BruceThaJuiceBanner]

Despite ruffling any Fearow feathers, hopefully this opens up debate on the topic. Your insight & candor in delivering that msg is very much appreciated 🔨

[@BruceThaJuiceBanner]

& who knows, u very well may have saved someones, if not multiple people's livelihood in doing so.

[@slayerzerg]

when everyone's doing it, it's too late. when nobody wanted to buy pokemon the last 3 years i was collecting heavily, now everyone wants what i have and at a premium. but as you said in the video i also want to keep collecting and buy new sets for the upcoming exciting year, but i don't see me being able to get much for a good price, so i'll probably stay out of it except for the small plays i've done here and there (PC ETB preorders, booster box preorders, etc.). the market has changed. don't expect prices to come down a few months after a set, preorder is probably your best bet for low pricepoint entry.

[@PokeUnited100]

But won't preorders be cancelled? Isn't that what nostalginomics and Brian have been saying?

[@DiegoFerreiraV]

We all know distributors ruined the market and will only stop when/if PC steps in and take control of distribution. Since I don’t really see that happening, I can easily see it becoming a big box retailers only product in the next years.

[@krazyvegan1716]

People that are dissatisfied with the way this release is shaping out should be directing all emails to TPCi, the lgs is just playing the hand they've been dealt

[@PokeNerdd]

This video is spot on! This year is going to shake people off as fast as they’ve been jumping on with these allocations!

[@ClearwayCollectables]

It is crazy how people don't realise how bad it can be for retail sellers. Full respect to you for the transparency, always appreciated!

[@slj1537]

Hey man keep up the great work. What makes you so unique is your willingness to openly talk about the business side of being this amazing hobby.

[@lulucolby8882]

I think you’re right on. Glad you can keep doing what you do ✌

[@TannerNeese]

Pokémon is going to hit a big downturn late may when people can get outside and they realize prismatic will be printed like crown zenith

[@keju6669]

it hit a dow3nturn in may june and it always come back...

[@marioaltamirno2855]

English set hardly reprints compared to Japanese

[@callumdeegan5275]

​@marioaltamirno2855 but he's right about crown zenith, which is an English speciality set that has been printed into oblivion and stayed at MSRP for over 2 years and has been easily available that whole time

[@Hellscollect]

@@marioaltamirno2855 lmao not true. It's printed for a year + in eng

[@2Balendin2]

@@Hellscollect yet here we are with Crown Zenith sitting at £50 an ETB for mostly pokemon that people don't want that much. Prismatic has Eeveelutions, which is probably the most valued group of pokemon outside of the OG (151) also need to look at 151 as a prime example. its a holiday set and its already x2 value.

[@_2twenty2]

Yea I just hit 1000 sales and was about to pull the trigger on LLC on my home bizz. But got laid off from work and having to sell most of my sealed (profit or not). I see alot of general housing market fears and recession fear lately. No telling what next year will bring. There's always opportunity somewhere.

[@nevercold808]

With as much work as it takes to run a card shop, regardless of being online only or brick and mortar and as razor thin as profit margins usually are... I'm surprised we have as many as we do. I think the business model is really tilted to benefit the manufacturers and distributors of the TCGs. The storefronts are usually left with very little meat on the bone. Even when money making opportunities come along, the stores get screwed because their allocations are fractionalized or they have to buy ridiculous bundles of stuff like "1 case of Surging booster boxes if you buy 10 cases of the latest Battle Academy" or something along those lines. I have nothing but respect for LCSs that run an honest business and try to sell at reasonable prices. From the outside looking in, it seems like a lot of hard work for not too much in return. A true labor of love is being displayed by those who stick with it year after year.

[@DubC208]

Retailers can balance their profits from higher margin products to compensate for lower margin items like Pokemon, or Blurays. That's the system distributers are used to dealing with and quite honestly that's what it needs to be to keep these products at a reasonable price for collectors.

[@Dengkee]

I was in the middle of writing a comment to ask your thoughts on making gains in a tough market moving forward, and then you answered it by mentioning diving into other TCGs and the Japanese market! Awesome insight and great content as always. Keep up the amazing work, man!

[@PokeDKShow]

Next year is going to be rough for businesses in general.

[@johnaugustyn9179]

We are seeing hype around Pokémon in general like it’s 2020-2021, except people are not trapped in their houses and supply chains are not completely strained. It seemed like there were quite a lot of stores that entered the space at that time despite the macro environment. Maybe I’m wrong tho, I don’t have numbers in front of me. I get it is a volume issue with allocations spread to more hands, but I have a hard time believing it will be an Armageddon. Maybe it will thin out some of the competition, but those are likely stores that were gonna close anyway due to poor diversification. But again you would be more familiar with the numbers. There will be a lull in PE hype just like 151 and evolving skies, then it will pick back up, especially if the pull rates are like 151 and current SV pull rates. Prices over MSRP are justified given how high the demand is and how small allocations are. Now comes the fun part of looking for msrp product in stores haha

[@paradoxdogma8067]

Very valuable video for me. Thank you for the different perspective.

[@jdedekoning1750]

I think that maybee 50% of all the printed stuff is hoarded by investors. No child can buy a Prismatic Evolutions ETB next month because all the grown ups buy it up as an investment. So there is a HUGE stock stashed away, which is way bigger than the demand will ever be. For example: If all those Fusion Strike that are stashed away by 'investors' get unloaded this week, the boosterbox price from that sets drops from 250 to a 100 because its way WAY more volume than the demand for it. Same for 151 boxes, Chilling Reign etc etc... Its a bubble.. Pokemon HQ knows this exactly and because none of the Scarlet and Violet sets was a hit yet, they created ''a shortage'' by printing a lower run on Surging Sparks, just to light the fire up again , create a BUZZ, before all those crazy hoarders/investors turned away from stockpiling their stuff.

[@pacman4705]

1st point - Children have never been able to purchase pokemon product. They don't have the capital and means to do so. If pokemon knows anything, they know it's adults buying their product. Some of it is for their children. Some of it is for themselves. Go to a card show, and you'll see who the big collectors are. They are all adults. Pokemon may have been made for children, but those children have now grown up. This is their hobby.

[@pacman4705]

2nd point - If everyone sold their chilling reign/fusion strike or whatever older set tomorrow, yes the price would temporarily drop....but only if they decided to sell below market price. Which they aren't. The reason those boxes are more valuable is because they are a collector's item that is no longer in print. Many of these boxes will be ripped. Many will be kept in sealed collections. If everyone sold tomorrow, it doesn't change anything. Supply is still low, will become lower, and will never be resupplied. There are people to this day still trying to pull the moonbreon....buying $900-1000 evolving skies boxes to chase that card. What's pokemon doing about that? Nothing. That's right. There won't be a reprint. Supply will continue to dwindle.

[@jt-xz6tr]

are you new?

[@Jefferwee]

Honestly, you are correct. I've gone around to big retail like targets, gamestops and walmarts, when I asked how many pre-orders did they get for PE on release day, they were only able to get about 100-200 pre-orders for store location. Most LGS I've seen only got like 10 to maybe 50 for high end LGS stores. Unless they plan on unloading an ungodly amount of stock on the shelves... you're right, theres no saving grace for most LGS.

[@JeremyHutchings-x5c]

Idk how any LCS that doesn’t have a social media platform makes it these days. I sell sports cards on EBay and card shows and my only overhead is shipping supplies, it’s such a hustle that it’s not nears fun as it used to be.

[@PokeMartin]

So you’re telling my GameStop preorder is more than what most stores get…

[@pokene_pokemon]

If that’s the case, your GameStop pre/order will probably get cancelled - good luck ! They’re horrible at that

[@Vroomy1986]

I think you're right, the only way to actually buy stuff now, is pay a huge premium or you have to buy it off a rip n ship on tiktok or KZbin. You have to be sitting on the internet constantly refreshing to buy anything for a preorder. The only other way I think (all my opinion) is buy korean or something like that if your collecting for just you. I dunno it is rough indeed.

[@GPokédex]

Can’t wait to get the set !! And thanks again received my order . Will order again bro !! 😎

[@aLeIGHkaT]

The fact that it’s already sold out everywhere is nuts. And any that the big box stores have will be gobbled up in mass by the scalpers. I honestly think I’m going to skip this set for the moment. The cards are beautiful but not worth the prices they are asking.

[@thomasgrace3465]

Does this not concern anyone? It’s starting to become a little bizarre that there is hardly any Pokemon product in stores or online from their website. I travel a lot for my job and go into several Walmarts, Sam’s, targets, ect. And there is NOTHING. It’s like the supplies have stopped restocking drastically.

[@t.flannel1]

Thought i was seeing this just here in my state... so weird 😅

[@AlexJohnston-jx3mo]

I live within 15 minutes of two targets, two of Walmarts, and a Sam’s club - Walmart doesn’t restock as often, but targets stock shelves every week, sometimes twice. I can only get it if I happen to go into the store the day it was stocked. There are people who literally buy out the entire shelves, this is the issue. I bet if you stopped by your stores at the right times you would see the same people walking through every day waiting for the restock.

[@michaelmason7687]

Same here. I drive for a living and I travel to many many cities in California. I check stores like target and Walmart and then I even check every vending machine……there’s nothing! People say scalpers know the delivery times for stores and for these PC vending machines. I’m sure it’s partly true but it’s gonna be impossible to find stuff for a long while. Best bet is competing with bots online when stuff drops and good luck to us on that

[@jordand1554]

I’m the low man on the totem pole with my distributor, I didn’t even get a full case allocation of ETB’s (6x) but I did take all the supplemental products. I do think most LGS’ will sell a small pre-order and then just jack up the price with the rest (already seeing this). I disagree though with 2025 being a bad year for pokemon / sellers. Interest rates going down will stimulate consumer spending, Pokémon is coming out with super desirable product and it’s in demand. I’m sure for every LGS that closes someone else will pop up to suck up that demand in the eco-system.

[@NyxusTCG]

I’ve talked with some LGS stores in my area about carrying Japanese to add some more Pokemon stuff for when the English stuff is hard to come by. They told me that they couldn’t do that because it would get them in trouble with the distributors because it would be against their policy or something I’m not sure. Either way that’s gonna be rough.

[@mysterymanager78]

We are a store in Sweden and I have not gotten my allocation numbers yet for prismatic but im dreading it! And yes we are going to sell at below MSRP if I look at the prizes from distro but above normal for standard set ETBs! I have a store front and yes rent is due every month! Im tryng to get from multiple sources but we really only have one distributor in EU!

[@gekhang]

Stores dont make money from sealed product. its all singles, supplies and other smaller stuff. Our rent is only 4k utilites maybe 4-500. We made it through last year which shows alot about how much you know about how a storefront works.

[@pokene_pokemon]

If your rent is 4K you got a shack in the hood where I’m at lol / so good for you, fr

[@gekhang]

@@pokene_pokemon Just gotta look. sometimes you gotta go out further for the right place. Sure there are places that is 8-10k but there are also places that are 2-4k. For you it might be a business strip and not necessarily a retail storefront since you need more storage space than anything.

[@Leeboski345]

If they would focus more on the players and supporting them rather then taking a chunk off a slab. A lot of problems would be solved

[@Smokey2021]

This is actually a pretty enlightening point, profit = margin * supply. If the supply is nill you need insane margins to make it up

[@samersalama6275]

I saw your video on TikTok. It’s scary how things are slowly getting more scarce. I thought distribution is the same but demand increases. I guess that’s not the case.

[@mech0p]

pokemon will ramp up production imo and meet as much demand as possible. While hes right to an extent 12k for one drop is a good chunk and its not counting the other drops of everything else throughout the year. Now if allocaions stay the same by pokemon then sure they may have something to worry about but i font see that happening.

[@joydivision1976]

What I don't understand is why TPC suddenly starts to run the market short? I'm into this hobby for some years now but never had problems like this - not getting the chance to buy new product. Do they have production troubles? Too many new products? I don't get it.

[@DubC208]

Too many products, they have like 5 or 6 sets in print at the same time which lowers the quantity printed for each set. They need to slow down their release schedule and print more of each set instead of diving printing among so many.

[@harrisonhinton4859]

I think this will be an AMAZING year for new businesses but I think bigger stores will struggle to get enough product.

[@Unknown_TCG]

I’m excited for the video when you review your takes from the beginning of the year

[@Sun33daze]

Distributors are sending to the big box stores more and more. Plus since everyone and their cousin is buying into and getting distro access the allocations are very thin across the board.

[@benysharma1264]

😢 I am a Pokemon collector and I even have a binder. I may cry a lot. 😢

[@gabrielrouleau8697]

Like your honesty. Keep it up buddy!

[@MeiaLuaDeCompasso]

There isn't even a proper LGS in my city anymore. MY CITY. They all had to branch off into other businesses. One doubles as a night club at night and cafe during the day (anime themed which is as amazing as it sounds). If you own an LGS, you're going to have to really get creative if you want to stay open. Sad but true.

[@GreatPokeSailor]

I agree 💯!! I think this huge surge in hype/cost is also going to start killing the hype train... Pokemon is not adapting quickly enough.

[@alejandrojuarez3318]

Hey u think u can make a video explaining the tax side of the business.? Sorry to sound like the rest but I just bought around $2k worth of merchandise. I was feeling good about it until I started seeing videos about some sort of resale certificate for tax purposes. My question is, should I be worried about those resale exemption certificates if I'm planning to sell locally and online.?

[@anthonyrivero3887]

running tournament is a huge way to make money not only selling cards

[@pangm.4280]

I've always thought about that. I understand that you gotta make some kind of profit. Most of store owners break even or lose profit everyday

[@Alexc-xn7mw]

How much did it cost you to buy the prismatic evolution product to make that much profit and was that all the different products or just etbs?

[@pwetcg]

Good points. I could only get 10 boxes. Sold them all fast and there is no way my distributor is going to give me the next restock at preorder price. its going to be slightly lower then market price. wish i could get more.

[@tracerump3557]

do you think this could be due to game stop coming into the Pokémon scene strongly and taking a lot of the available stock?

[@expsharevideogames]

This is the most honest, complete, and unbiased assessment I have seen of this entire situation. That Applesauce video was painful to watch. I don't blame him for not knowing how any of this works, but man..

[@mols183]

Thanks for the info 🥃

[@LuckyBunnyTCG]

Question if time allows it. Will there not be a chance that because this can (or will) kill stores, that distributors will instead use this as an opportunity to instead bundle other product together or realize they're chocking the people that they supply and sell at a higher premium?

[@nerdstemplar5063]

Pretty sure if pokemon produces the coming sets the way they did Prismatic, Pokémon card collecting will be die quickly, on the side of people who aren't willing to instantly pay $20+ for a pack

[@samuelbourdeau1545]

I’m roughly a year old into this hobby but does anyone feel like maybe distributors are holding on to stock and will simply resale to LGS stores at “market price point”

[@arthur719]

Is Pokemon moving away from LGS and going to big box stores? Target, Walmart, Best Buy and Game Stop had a ton for pre order. I got more on Pre Order than your average LGS is getting. That makes no sense.

[@sirmaster8972]

Not sure why it would be treated any differently than any other set/ special set release… you can make money with them at msrp but can’t with the new ones coming out? I would assume distributions raised their prices?

[@dannytruong1470]

If allocation is low for the LGS, then I wonder where all the allocation is going or is this is a situation of the pokemon company creating artificial scarcity. I feel like the issue is the later with the pokemon company created this havoc.

[@jobalde377]

he spoke about this before. he said stores/shops that haven't ordered pokemon before and are now ordering it so the distributors have to spread out the product to more ppl.

[@finalhearts676]

Pokémon Pocket Mythical Island is whats making MONEY RIGHT NOW! I know many people who have already sold their physical collections because of Pocket. And this app is making the Pokemon company millions of dollars at the moment, will probably bypass paper TCG in the next few years and have every single upper hand over paper cards. Storing, shipment, no second hand loss, no transport, no resellers, so on!

[@ZeeBeeZB]

I wonder if they’ll do a paper format based off the rules of TCG pocket like how speed duel in Yugioh was based off Duel Links

[@AKcam7]

Do you think they allocated LGS's more because big box stores are getting the majority of the products?

[@bbq1040]

I'm not sure why they decided a few sets with a cool market meant they should print 1/4 of the number of cards going forward.

[@PackFam_Ash]

Has anybody said why all the allocations are so low?

[@avenger1212]

Don't you think they'll reprint so much of this set you'll be rolling in it when the next big thing comes along?

[@seanausdemore5289]

We sell a lot of Japanese at our store. Japanese is one of our biggest sales one of the only few in Omaha metro that has a wide variety of Japanese

[@BobCCLIV]

Great video. Respectfully “LGS store” is saying local game store store. I’m sorry I’m the way I am

[@Junkwax8694]

It will be interesting to see the Journey Together main set booster box pre order prices. $125 or higher is my guess and team Rocket $140 minimum

[@joaquincarrillo5354]

i think pokemon company its taking care about their bussiness, they now using retail stores more than ever, because hype can create a bad image to pokemon if a customer cant find stock anywhere, so they give distributors and lgs less power to control the market, giving retail stores a big cut so everyone has their chance to get the product they want, if they go as they usually do with distributorts and lgs, they may do shady moves, some that even you been complaining, like canceling orders, increasing prices over already paid products, never sending product and months later returns your money, etc.. but dont worry once the hype is gone pokemon will use their wildcards, distributors and lgs, because retail stores wont be selling that much anymore and they cant have a lot of inventory not moving, pokemon dont care about distributors and lgs, they just using them as their best interest

[@tpot.cardcollector]

Most of the Sports seller now selling TCG not just pokemon but everything else cause they know sports is not really making them richer!

[@nightmaregaming3614]

so if stores have lost money in the past with sets and still survived, how will they go out of business if they can sell these new sets and make a profit, i dont understand, its not like they are dependent on 1 set

[@pokene_pokemon]

I don’t think they’ll make money on a single set this year is what I’m saying… not enough… unless they diversity (see end of video) or scalp heavily

[@hidus1178]

My buddy has a small collection store here in Hawaii and was allocated 25 cases of etbs for prismatic. He said that's tiny from what he typically gets

[@TropicalMint808]

nice which shop? ain't no way those are being sold anywhere near MSRP who the hell would do that? even footballpete on eBay sold ETBs at $70 so I'd consider that the floor 🤙

[@hidus1178]

@TropicalMint808 yea he'll do market. But he said even at $100 per etb they'll sell out in a day or 2😬

[@TheDildaddy]

Players just buying singles and with the prismatic evolution they are reprinting a bunch of playable cards.its the cheapest to just buy singles.

[@cwright1407]

I mean, how people aren’t going after the individuals scalping that make this situation come about in the first place, but then go after the actual stores and their owners who are literally invested into driving the different hobbies forwards is nuts!! Timmy from home does not have the same expenses and RISK the stores have by a country mile…

[@ag_8338]

ahh yes its the people trying to make money. Its DEFINITELY not the pokemon company printing limited quantities purposely to build up hype? boohoo supply and demand is working as intended clown

[@cwright1407]

@@ag_8338you do realise prices get inflated due to people not actually wanting the product (target audience), but yet buying it because the people who actually want to open product and enjoy it for its intended purpose will pay a premium in order to do so. Its a fine balance between creating enough so its actually worthwhile for the company to produce, but scarce enough to actually retain some value, so that consumers (intended audience) actually want to buy and collect these things- and keep purchasing into the IP as a fan. It’s not supply and demand working as intended at all.

[@gordoncorson9263]

Well you can't base this off 1 item. The smaller stores will be able to get other stuff. If "NoOne" can get a hold of prismatic they will invest in another set., therefore making people pay msrp for other sets.

[@yo.deadhaus]

market is completely oversaturated with people selling. Japanese will be on the rise again!

[@vinceuy7698]

Well better to lose these scalpers so all stocks go to first hand retail stores then to customers.

[@snackbread]

I didn’t know Dr Applesause was still making Pokemon vids. I thought he quit after ‘you know’

[@Pokemaster1988]

After what?

[@hibik420]

Please elaborate

[@brickcitycomics2135]

Applesauce is so phony. Never forget how he gave up Pokemon and went all in on MetaZoo until that died and he was rejected by the community. Now he's on the "anti scalping" bandwagon since he doesn't have a store and wants to drag stores down ho sell their items at market rates.

[@CrediFilms]

I was waiting for you to say "Buy my stuff" at the end of the video. 😅

[@FRoZeNShAdY]

Good video. Nice channel. Subbed

[@8bitgoonies]

What I find amazing is the any store in todays TCG world would try to operate a Pokemon only business?? I have 5 LGS's in my area, all of them sell at least 5+ different TCG's and only one of them runs Pokemon game nights, I figured by now most people have expanded beyond one game, you know the whole eggs in one basket line...

[@Poke_Garage]

who are the best distributors for japanese sealed products?

[@xdarknessog7596]

how do you have a distributor without a brick & mortar store?

[@MazdaRx7Fd24]

He gave them the Gawk Gawk 3000

[@Pokefaze808]

The dog was barking the at mail man I know that type of bark lmao more inventory

[@Venom-f7o]

I can't tell you how much I have but I sold everything. And we have to believe that you are funny.

[@Kiblaster]

Think the takeaway on this is English REALLY needs to step up it's reprints cause you're right this could brick some businesses if they just don't get enough to sell and I know I wouldn't pay above market price typically cause I'm not rich

[@jihoonyang4830]

can someone explain the math to me 😭 why would stores struggle even after scalping the set for above msrp? bc supply is so low per store?

[@pokene_pokemon]

Yes it’s a qty issue. You can sell 10 ETBS for $1000 but at the end of the day, that’s only 10k

[@SleepingElephant]

Some shouldnt take preorders if they arent giving out enough. Sell it for whatever but dont break the deal

[@The_Card_Father]

Distribution holding back product and Pokemon focusing more on big box stores is the real root cause. Lgs' doing what they're doing is just a consequence of said cause. Not to mention Pokemon is still operating under the pretense that SV era wasn't selling well the first year. All of this combined is creating a perfect shit storm. Good luck everyone may the force be with you.

[@Zach-e8i]

Bro, you’re a scalper. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Profshorebreak]

Can anyone give examples of “sports shops” that don’t normally carry pokemon, have now started carrying pokemon? Sorry I’m not a sports card person but curious

[@jasonmays7953]

Sports Card Shops routinely order sealed product from distributors; the same ones who have the Pokemon. These shops stand to gain alot by having sealed product when customers call or walk in. They caught on in 2021.

[@RoCheyPokeDECKS]

Good look, but most stores also have yugioh, one piece, magic, Weiss, Digimon, etc etc so they shouldn't be cooked.

[@iownjimmy]

I mean if theres still profit, why wouldn't the stores be able to stay in business?

[@hasaki_oce4611]

You are thinking gross profit. Say I have overhead=rent+salary+nnn=$6,000 and my gross profit margin=30%, that is I get bb for $70 and sell for $100. I need $6,000/30%=$20,000 in sales, and that is $14,000 worth of product from distributor just to break even. On a more realistic level, you also want boxes on your shelf, so people come in and buy sleeves, deck boxes, drinks etc. Selling sets like this for msrp=1scalper came in day1 and taking everything, you are literally out of business until god knows when your distributor have mercy and send you some more.

[@iownjimmy]

@ I understand what you’re saying. Thanks for the breakdown. So the gross profit he mentioned may not be enough to cover the overhead needed for these local stores. Hes fortunate himself to be an online business, employee of 1 with low overhead.

[@germy_the_wormy]

8-12k?! That’s not cool. Is it worth the stress or do you think not selling it to keep your sanity would be better? lol

[@RayDavidCEO]

Bro got the best camera on KZbin.

[@breakerscollectors]

I think this is right on the money!

[@AV-guard]

Dramatic Evolution is going to be something like Evolving Cry 😂😂

[@fabiopolar]

Why is everybody so obsessed with a set, that's not even out yet? There are so many opportunities, but people just don't get it. Buy japanese displays, buy the top 4-5 SwSh set Booster boxes, buy Charizard UPCs, buy sealed Van Gogh & Eeveelution Vmax Promos, buy the still cheap PC ETBs (especially Surging & Paldean), wait for reprints and restocks, don't Fomo! Try to get as much worthy sealed SwSh Product as you can, Pika & Zekrom Collection boxes with ES in it, japanese SwSh sets like Paradigm & Lost Abyss with the most popular chase cards who are still cheap in cpmparison to Eevee Heroes and Skyscraping...

[@fabiopolar]

And if you wanna risk bit more, buy japanese singles (especially ARs), look closely, only hold on to the minty ones and try to get rid of every card which is not perfect or already graded an not in your top list of your cards.

[@juicebox8566]

LGS owner here. Overhead is real and MSRP is backbreaking.