Day in the life SELLING on TCGplayer (Magic the Gathering, MTG, Pokemon Cards)

[@TuNgo]

My MTG KZbin channel - www.youtube.com/@TNCards

[@TCGBulkKings]

Looking good, you've got the spirit! Best of luck, and thanks for the shout out 😂

[@TuNgo]

Thanks man! You definitely have inspired me to get into the bulk game! 😂

[@drdunngg]

Agreed with the top loader for every order. I always do penny sleeve -> top loader -> team bag

[@AntlionCA]

I do this as well, do you run normal stamp or non machinable? we are trying to figure out but since we are new we just been doing non machinable ($1.19) but not sure how its treated with top loader if we do normal stamp.

[@Rubiksguy]

TCG tips: (10+ years experience doing Yugioh. I’ve scaled up to a sorting machine recently. Here’s what I’ve learned) Cardboard gold. Highly recommend. Much cheaper for toploaders by the case. Used thousands of toploaders, but card saver 1s have been much better to me. And yep. Just a basic forever stamp Also, in case you don’t yet, switch to windowed envelopes. Print the packing slip at 80% scale and fold near the dotted line. Fold packing slip with card inside. Shows through window. I used to write the addresses by hand for years. Switch to a toner using thermal printer too. Fractions of a penny per page and much faster.

[@TuNgo]

I’m going to get back into selling. I already have a thermal printer and will have to consider cardboard goal when I run out of my top loaders! Which sorting machine do you use?

[@proffesorbean226]

Great Video, thanks for sharing your process and insights, looking to sell a collection and this was the best video I have come across to help me understand what this would look like!

[@GrahamDay-p7e]

A lil extra thing you can do with top loaders is put a sliver of painters tape folded on itself in the top right corner on the sleeve. Kinda like this """[""sleevved card] , it allows for the buyers to pull the card out without having to fiddle with trying to get the card out.

[@vaporiiz]

that or you can get fancy and buy book tab markers. dirty cheap and come in all colors

[@woower100]

instead of toploaders for cheaper cards, i would use semi-rigid sleeves or shipping shields. Toploaders are technically non-machineable and require a higher price stamp. You risk your letter getting sent back.

[@DayzMan_670]

Well that depends. Ive sent single cards with a top loader and i never had a card get sent back to me. Btw i have 500 sales and 100% feed back

[@AntlionCA]

@@DayzMan_670 and you send top loader with regular stamp? i just commented above haha about this. I'm new just hit level 3 but we do non machinable stamp with 1 top loader but unsure if we can just do normal stamp to lower shipping cost.

[@Basti_Collects]

Great video! Where do you get the box for those singles and the dividers?

[@KrakenPacksOFFICIAL]

Hey dude! Love slice of life stuff, what are you using for the headset camera?

[@carterhalo255]

I’m a big fan of semi rigid card holders personally.

[@SuperMattman88]

I know this is a year old video but where did you get that phone holder? It would make my life a lot easier.

[@projectchaser]

I do toploader for $5+ cards

[@Jockustoe]

Also a return label stamp instead of a return label sticker is much cheaper.

[@jimmyt1144]

Nice video! I love how efficient that tcgplayer app card scanner is, I'm gonna try that out for myself to check my cards, I bet I have some hidden gems. Also, BCW has some awesome card storage options in case you outgrow the ETBs. They've got storage boxes on their site for anywhere from 100 cards to 3200+ cards and the cardboard box options are just a couple bucks. Worth checking out :) Edit: u could even use their 100ct boxes to ship mass bulk in case u ever sell like 100card bulk lots or something

[@TuNgo]

Keep me posted if you find any gems! I did see that they have storage boxes and I have a few in my cart on Amazon… just waiting to pull the trigger 😂

[@jimmyt1144]

​@@TuNgo haha I will, I'll go through the collection tomorrow 😁. And nice, yea I wanna get one too

[@TuNgo]

Good point about the 100 count boxes, pretty high priced though. For bulk, I’ve been packaging 50 into team bags and sending them in bubble mailers! 4K count boxes would be nice for organizing though!

[@rob2549]

how are you making profits when you account for the cost of the card, the sleeve and the toploader, the packaging and labels and shipping.

[@Gator_621]

It's not lol

[@michaelmurray6197]

Sleeve and top loader is maybe 15 cents. Packaging and labels is probably even less. You have to buy those in bulk though, like hundreds or even thousands of them to get those prices. A stamp for a letter has gone up to 73 cents recently, but it was 68 cents. So shipping really is around a dollar or less. So if you charge a dollar for shipping then you are making some profit. TCGplayer does charge a 30 cent processing fee, and another around 12-13% of the total selling price. In this case he said it was 55 cents. So he is probably make less than 50 cents on a $2 order. What really kills him is actually the labor involved. You could easily get a part time job making $15 an hour. So you need to list, sell, package, and ship 30 $1 cards an hour for you to be making the same. There are a few cases where it is worth it. In this guys case it's probably trying to level up on TCGplayer and get the reviews, that will make it easier for him to sell high dollar cards in the future. Also it works if you have a store or something and have employees just standing around waiting for customers. You can always have them working on sorting, listing, and packaging cards. Is this going to be something that you can do instead of your job? Absolutely not if you are selling them for a dollar and actually need to buy the cards. On the other hand you can make some money on the side if it's just a hobby. Also you can make decent money if you have a good idea about what you are doing and pursue higher value items. It's not a terrible side hustle, especially when combined with content creation for a youtube channel. But really for most people something like this is a side hustle and will never replace their job. But it's a good learning experience and eventually you may hit on a side hustle that uses some of the skills from something like this that really does make you a lot of money.

[@uckluck]

@@michaelmurray6197 any order with multiple toploaders is going to be over an ounce and take 2 stamps

[@Rubiksguy]

What is your head mounted camera?

[@TuNgo]

This is the camera I use (affiliate link) - amzn.to/4iOiSyP

[@jodo7814]

Is there anyway to scan cards with your phone and automatically update your inventory?

[@justinspragan4885]

What device is holding your phone my kind sir?

[@bikerboy3k]

I believe it's sold as: "Gooseneck phone holder with table clamp" .

[@Troglodyte]

Working on consignment? Fancy.

[@NomadsTavern]

Where do I find a phone table clamp like that??

[@NomadsTavern]

And how are you scanning prices?

[@shanewille5844]

where did. you learn?

[@Resapz]

What app are you using to scan?

[@TuNgo]

TCGplayer

[@user-dy2xu3uv8k]

Do you like / is it better profit margins to sell on TCGplayer vs. Ebay?

[@TuNgo]

Hard to say, with my inventory... TCG was good for volume and eBay was better for singles and playsets.

[@BrianLee-wk3ph]

Hi! I'm curious at what level on TCGPlayer did you get the option to offer "Free Shipping on Orders Over $5"?

[@YourDaddyismydaddy]

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[@user-hi1mj4mc3w]

cheers mate!

[@Pokelocks]

Fello tcg seller, Does the scanner put it in the system or just scans the price?

[@jodo7814]

I want to know the answer to this too. Scanning a waste of time if can’t automatically update your listings with the scan!

[@Lugozeir]

How often do people buy your cards on TCGplayer? I want to sell Cards fast currently i use mercari but i might move to ebay

[@DayzMan_670]

Mercari is a great place to sell but it takes a while because of buyers fees and same with ebay, your listing have to be on the first page or you have to promote your listing with ads. But with tcgplayer you can sell your card to the bottom penny to get your listing on the top. Kinda worth it in my opinion. I had to lose money to make money 😂

[@andrewvanness1473]

You are trippin doing that! Get a decent lot and start ripping the $1-2 boys