Can You Make MONEY Grading Pokemon Cards??

[@WilsonFromCastaway3]

One thing is you missed is cost of shipping and returning back to you, but still cool to have breakdown.

[@slickfrostyyy]

if you go through gamestop all you have to pay is the $15 grading fee per card, no shipping fee, its pretty neat

[@crazychrain6691]

I currently have 52 cards in for grading, with another 8 ready to send in. Bought low cost cards raw with high PSA 10 potential. Fingers crossed for a good profit from my first real effort in this space. Good to see you were about to come out way ahead

[@danielmcarthur9004]

What about the other costs associated with it. sending and return shipping, PSA premium, sales tax? Of course these are unrealized gains do you have to pay tax on profit once sold? How many of these cards won't sell? What are your costs when selling?

[@Alpha72989]

He’s just showing his pokemon equity. Obviously if he sells you can take off 20% off for selling/shipping fees

[@danielmcarthur9004]

@Alpha72989 sure but that equity didn't account for a lot of other costs. Having the equity is one thing but realizing it is another thing.

[@action4898]

The up charges ruin PSA for me its a bit scammy

[@devinwilcox2153]

100%. They’re charging too much for grading in general.

[@thingsofinterest603]

Yeah absolutely ridiculous

[@coreyrosek8236]

It’s not scammy, you just don’t understand grading.

[@action4898]

@@coreyrosek8236 don't take my comment to literally , I know it's not a scam . But please enlighten me

[@Brandon-pi4hg]

Just wait till you get pack fresh cards back graded as a PSA 8 with 0 reasoning as to why and are just told you have to pay them again to review the grade. Not only do you pay a premium, you often pay it more than once for the right grade.

[@Tactical_Prepping]

Doubling money at 50% explain this to me?

[@OhBenE2]

Congratulations on the return. Amazing to see your risk pay off with the vintage-era cards. I’m at the point where I only grade modern, and have focused a lot of Japanese promos.

[@stephenritucci7468]

Informative video. Works only If you have a good platform to reaell, especially for grades lower than 9, where you have a hard time getting fmv in a reasonable time. Would love to see follow-up when all slabs are sold for exact sales data and breakdowns

[@Henry-fr84]

Anybody can create a 5k -10k following within 30 days or at most 90 days, even 12 months is good return

[@HenryNguyen-tq3mc]

Do you have a blueprint or a tutorial of how to setup the spreadsheet?

[@carloschampaign8085]

I'm new to the sale area where do y'all sell your slabs and I'm not sure how to go about pricing.

[@MitchCalhounFilms]

Clutch video as I’ve been pondering having cards graded

[@PokeBarho07]

Great pack of graded cards, I want to send for 4:42 PSA, but it seems complicated!

[@peterstainburn2871]

If your going to sell, go PSA however expect random grades as there seems to be no set guidelines for the graders to follow unlike with other grading companies. If you wanting to keep the cards for your own collection go for whichever grading company you prefer the label for.

[@PokeBarho07]

@ Thank you very much. I will probably send for my own collection. 🤞👍🙏

[@its_thatsologuy5826]

I have the same umbreon card and it’s super mint besides a print line. Did yours happen to have one as well or? If not how bad would that effect my grading

[@Yunshikshin]

Appreciate the openings and fun grades

[@JabronyPlays]

Been two years and havent recived mine yet

[@jakewright4156]

CGC is what I use. I don't have much of a problem with PSA's design or grading methods, but their up-charges seem pretty petty to try and extract some of the profit. In fact, its not even ethical to do so. They can grade a lot of big cards 9 or 10 just because they know that will give them the biggest payout. And a long these lines of thought, it makes me wonder if I can trust psa grades.

[@peterstainburn2871]

@@jakewright4156 you hit the nail on the head with your last sentence. From all I have seen you can’t trust PSA grades at all as they all seem to be based on the mood of the grader that day or if they fancy making a boatload of extra cash for marking up a card. So many cards that they grade always come back as a completely different grade. 8 become 10, 10 become 8. Even seen a 5 become a 10. No pattern whatsoever.

[@coreyrosek8236]

You don’t understand grading clearly

[@robertromero8094]

Why did the psa 10 umbreon worth 6,000 get a 9. I thought they loed for the upcharge lol ​@@peterstainburn2871

[@robertromero8094]

Most people i know don't even take cgc slabs

[@jakewright4156]

@@robertromero8094 yeah it's true. I know most everyone at Cons for example don't even consider buying a CGC slab even if it's a good card. And I'm not shaming anybody for that because they just know what does the best business for them. I sell some of mine, and there's still a huge population on ebay who love CGC too, so it works for me. But I especially just like the company and the look of the slabs more for my collection.

[@ericgelormini3730]

I need that gold palkia for my collection to have all 10s would you be willing to sell to me through eBay or something if you wanted to part with it

[@ericgelormini3730]

My graded in a 9

[@AdasiXPresent]

Since i live in Hungary, the shipping would cost me 80USD, which is insane. If you don't have at least 20 good and expensive raw cards, it's not worth it at all. My most expensive card is Gardevoir from Paldean Fates, aside from that, nothing really special, that would be profitable.

[@peterstainburn2871]

@@AdasiXPresent I live in the UK, sending to PSA would cost me just as much. Luckily we have a few grading companies in the UK like Ace which is my preferred grading company as their slabs are better quality than most other graders and their ACE labels just look so nice with the continued artwork effect.

[@martinvargas1346]

I recently took a couple cards to psa. Odd cards people would t think I would grade either just stuff I would like in a slab. I’m not a wishful thinker but I guess I hot I get some 10’s. I have unopened stuff I hope one day I’ll trade for some slabs os stuff I really want. 151 was the only one I opened and wanted slabbed and I think rocket is the next one for me

[@ryanrich06]

I only grade my cards based on the current PSA 9 price + shipping, if the raw is worth more than that, it’s not worth grading. There’s some rare exceptions where I’d want to get a card graded just for the protection for my PC, but for making $$$ this is a simple formula to follow. And I’m talking my modern cards not vintage.

[@juanjotamr]

Thank you nick for this video i consider to send some of my card to PSA next year but filling your video the minimum amount looks like it’s to send 10 cards

[@smileitsgracexo]

Can send any number of cards through GameStop to PSA

[@juanjotamr]

@ I don’t trust GameStop… to handle my cards but thanks for the suggestion

[@recon7602]

I remember when it used to be about collecting and buying what you enjoy and the hobby was so much more affordable now everything is about the $

[@robertromero8094]

Honestly, grading plays are huge money. You really made it weird grading random cards that you knew wouldn't be a 10.

[@robthebuilder8624]

They just look so good in slabs for the pc as well, even 8’s and 9’s imo

[@Tolseren]

Congrats on the nice grades

[@jsample6859]

What about AGS, AI grading.

[@Whoareyoucalling]

You can but in the end youll lose money. See tons of 50 and 100 card submission returns and they have 90% 10s, I never believe these as its to easy for people to fake. Look at poke rev that man submits some 2000 cards a month and het gets a third back as 10s which is more realistic, he doesnt even do it for the money but for the fun. As always if you want the grade, buy the grade, if not buy the card as youll more thab likely end up wasting money.

[@coreyrosek8236]

Horrible example, Rev’s business model is content, not the cards specifically, especially the grading of the cards.

[@BatmanthePoet]

that Japanese ancient mew is worth more than 290!

[@shyton3047]

Psa is smart. Upcharge people for big payout lol. Cgc and bgs don't even Upcharge. People still hate them since they don't sell as much than PSA.

[@danmonty88]

Great video

[@juanday3732]

That new is dope🎉

[@juanday3732]

Mew

[@smileitsgracexo]

I hope once AI takes over grading it gets cheaper, has faster turn around and will be more consistent in grading

[@coreyrosek8236]

Then no one would grade

[@yanguscoins26]

Sometimes it’s not just about making money but to protect your valuable cards. That’s why I graded my cards😊

[@peterstainburn2871]

That’s also why I get chards graded. Not to sell, but to protect them. That’s why I never use PSA as they are the worst graders ever. PSA grading is only viable if you want to sell the cards.

[@Whoareyoucalling]

I don't believe this sentiment as you can protect your cards for significantly less money using top loaders and double sleeving. Paying to seal your cards in a PSA slab claiming it's "only for protection" is completely disingenuous. You only say that when you don't pull a 10, when you do I guarantee the first thing you do is look up how much its worth.

[@yanguscoins26]

@ doesn’t hurt to know the value of your collection as well

[@jakewright4156]

@@Whoareyoucalling I like looking up the value of my cards because if I'm keeping them, it let's me know they are more desirable and sought after by other collectors. Like other collectors, I can be proud to have some high end cards 👍

[@richardwade1544]

I got my first graded card a week ago. PSA 10 Pikachu SIR from Surging Sparks.

[@oliverhaines1894]

sell before it plummets

[@richardwade1544]

@oliverhaines1894 hmm.... Maybe, it might be worth more to me than the cash I would get for it.

[@oliverhaines1894]

@@richardwade1544 trust me man, psa 10s this early drop really fast. Sell it now for 2.5k and buy another when its lower

[@Smokeys76]

Nice pack of slabs!

[@cichrift9065]

Never using a company of thugs that take more than they are owed, they don't own the market!!! If and this is a big if the market crashes how can they justify upcharging you??? I understand charging you for insurance but anything beyond that is theft to me, I'm paying you for a service and because I got lucky and got a good grade you punish the card holder that has spent thousands to get that one chase card???? Go to degree grading, they will definitely be the next big grading company cause their contracts make sense and don't punish the lucky card holder.

[@coreyrosek8236]

Youn don’t understand grading or how a market works.

[@JonnWickk7]

Depends on the Card & Grade. Saved you 20 minutes. EZ

[@jsample6859]

AI grading.

[@coreyrosek8236]

😂 good one, grading would collapse.