How To Make Money Grading With PSA

[@Mountain_Peak_TCG]

Love this video. The detail and classroom setting is awesome

[@PokemonSteven]

I did my best! haha

[@Karu_19_]

Really blessing us with the awesome info Steve, it's crazy how I just recently realized I can leverage my PSA returns and then this video comes out lol, definitely cleared up some things I was not sure about.

[@PokemonSteven]

Stay safe!! It can get really bad mentally if you aren't prepared, so just be careful and remember slow and steady wins the race.

[@Karu_19_]

Definitely, been selling for 2 years now. Started with importing anime goods from JP now transitioned over to trading cards and it's a slow grind started TCG with singles now I also offer graded cards. Your videos are great for every level of seller, always something new to learn!@@PokemonSteven

[@ryosendoh]

Just started collecting cards because of 151. Enjoyed this video even though this may not apply to the market in my country - but very informative and definitely interesting nonetheless. Maybe some day!

[@PokemonSteven]

Enjoy! Thank you for watching.

[@elijahriggs462]

Thank you for the vid I've been trying to get into Pokemon reselling and submitting cards to PSA and this was very helpful

[@PokemonSteven]

Glad I could help!

[@justjack21]

Steve, top video mate. Really valuable, especially the stuff at the end. I've always submitted through a middleman because of the shipping fees which makes it so I pay up front which throws off the leverage stuff. Next year, I'm definitely gonna get a PSA membership

[@PokemonSteven]

Well said. I hope it helps you out.

[@czygriff]

Mate, you are thoroughly entertaining to watch whilst providing a whole lot of incredibly useful information. Subscribed!

[@PokemonSteven]

no problem, im doing my best, so i hope it helps you

[@LaughOutLoudSnickers]

Bless you for everything you do for the community. Imma go buy something from your store right now as a thanks.

[@PokemonSteven]

Thank you so much. And don't mention it, its the least i can do for people putting me in the position i am in today =]

[@Christianronniedrums]

Loved this video, thanks for all the info. I'm new to selling Pokemon cards on eBay (also from Australia) and always looking for new ideas to branch out on what I'm currently doing

[@andylopez8480]

Steven is the goat for these thorough videos 😊

[@PokemonSteven]

🤴

[@sam7222]

Great video Steve, as usual!

[@PokemonSteven]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@lukehughes3078]

love the real break even selling advice, thanks!

[@PokemonSteven]

no problem king

[@kinghenry4124]

Great video sir! Very detailed advice here.

[@PokemonSteven]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MrGigglerz.]

Where do you buy bulk of a specific card from?

[@Bombvial]

Could you do like a live session of finding cards on ebay and going through your thought process with it? I know it's a lot to ask but it would help with a lot of questions that I have!

[@PokemonSteven]

Its a good idea; maybe in the future

[@Bombvial]

@@PokemonSteven Sounds great, looking forward to it!

[@haunterspokemonopenings5751]

Great information. While psa is taking so long for subs to come back have you ever thought about sending to cgc for shorter turnarounds and lesser costs or do u see the decrease in value in such slabs too much of a risk?

[@PokemonSteven]

I did do that for a while, but i usually don't care how long it takes me to get cards back, since once you get to a point of having a "revolving wheel", you will always get some back each month.

[@KetchumAllCollectibles]

Use all the leverage I can get access to, got it. I have been contemplating making a video about cashflow and rewards credit cards to smooth it (and the bit of leverage you can use from time to time).

[@PokemonSteven]

Gimme some of that leverage

[@KetchumAllCollectibles]

@@PokemonSteven 💪

[@Brodieplayspokemon]

Great video Steve & great reminders 👌

[@PokemonSteven]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mattv2834]

Appreciate the detailed video :)

[@PokemonSteven]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Sebastiaan487]

thanks steve, but 1 question what do u do with the raw cards u bought for like a premium (like 30% of your invest money) and u think it will get a probably get a 9 (break even). and u can't really sell ik easy back for the invested money raw (like u lose a 25% of the 30%) invested money. Do u wait the 3 months as a beginner for a still risky psa return or do u take the loss en try to buy something else te send?

[@PokemonSteven]

I think the question is too dependant on which cards, some cards sell fine in psa 9, some cards don't. If you don't think it will get a high grade its usually best to try and sell it raw ASAP and buy more stuff =]

[@cjot123]

Watched this on my commute home. Pretty nice

[@PokemonSteven]

Yo!! Focus on the road.. haha, 🤣🫡thank you

[@GrumbleGamer18]

I see a special box in the background… did the Japanese box already come out?

[@PokemonSteven]

The box is the master battle collection

[@brotato77]

2nd :D Love your vids steve, watch them all - quick question, I saw a product recently that is a bulk card scanner that has an associated AI listing creation program - have you thought about using something like this for your singles store? I think the cost is expensive but they boast the ability to list like 10,000 cards a day.

[@DanGString]

Out of curiosity what is program is this?

[@PokemonSteven]

I use the scannner that they advertise, the fujitsu 8170, but i think that software is for sports cards, but let me know if there is something better!

[@brotato77]

The product/related scanners I was looking at were by a company called Card Dealer Pro@@DanGString - based on my research I think there are 3 companies with a similar offering.

[@brotato77]

Oh ok, thanks for replying, It's good to know you use the Fujitsu 8170. The software I was looking at was Card Dealer Pro - They are sports card-based but I saw Pokemon card scanning in some of their advertising material? I'm contacting their support for a trial so I'll let you know how it goes! @@PokemonSteven

[@brechtdecancq7794]

Great video Steven! Could you give an inside about how to package cards that you send out to buyers?

[@PokemonSteven]

hey man, i have a VERY old video on packaging, but i will have a revamped one soon!!

[@TheCollector123]

Really great videos as always nice pokemon shop i like it.

[@PokemonSteven]

thanks

[@Darkrais_Dungeon]

Awesome video. Thanks for the information.

[@PokemonSteven]

np, glad you enjoyed it

[@Kubs1023]

Steve’s the man

[@PokemonSteven]

you are

[@casino_official9206]

Good video Stevan , where do you usually buy the cards in bulk in those that you wanna grade or do you slowly search for the raw card ?

[@PokemonSteven]

i like to go to japan to find cards to see the conditions in person

[@DarkTruth1]

You don't use TCG as a place to check value of cards?

[@CCGtavern]

I've leveraged for years and didn't know how to explain it this well lol I can now just show my friends this video 😂

[@PokemonSteven]

glad it helps lol

[@TheDarkFabula]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@frenchycs2677]

Quick question off the back of this, Ive been hunting cards for my PC and have been winning some cards at bid for 20$ or less, how are people making money off this ?

[@PokemonSteven]

just making their money back i guess

[@dunalar9454]

Do you focus on Japanese Pokémon only or what is your diversity between Eng/Jpn cards? Thanks you

[@PokemonSteven]

I just like japanese cards

[@VicariouslyTCG]

So to confirm, do you want one that has a high pop 10 rate for easier grading? What % is considered high and what is considered low relative to other cards in general?

[@PokemonSteven]

every card is different, probably best to study the cards you want to submit before sending in

[@wacaba22]

nice video.. i learn a lot cheers mate

[@PokemonSteven]

thank you mate.

[@000FireStorm37000]

Massive video Steve! I have recently started going through my card collections. Selling the cards which I believe have no chance on at least breaking even as raw. Chose 15 of the nice ones and sent to PSA. I am in EU and it was 23€ per card inc grading shipping and vat. Waiting for them to come back but since its my first time not expecting huge results. Your videos motivated me to start ❤ Btw did you ever use TCG fish for PSA price checking?

[@PokemonSteven]

No i don't use TCG fish, but it looks pretty good. I should have done a better job explaining international fees and stuff for grading, but its very hard to do so since everyone lives in different countries, i cant do breakdowns for every single country. For me in australia it's almost 20usd per card at the moment aswell, after shipping/vat too :( Thanks for the kind comment.

[@draugh1r219]

How it went?

[@GrumbleGamer18]

How much did you have to invest into this initially for this to be something profitable? I know half-adding this isn’t something that would work out well, so I want to really consider all the financial aspects of this. Great video Steve!

[@PokemonSteven]

Hey grumble, if you can ask this on my ask Steve #10 video I will answer this on video for you :-)

[@SteeZyBdos]

Appreciate these videos, as an Australian I was originally drawn to your videos because it was easy to follow your pricing and strategy for everything. I know you’re now catering to a larger audience for more viewer coverage, but I do miss the Aud pricing as not many Australians are on KZbin doing what you’re doing. Keep up the great content!

[@PokemonSteven]

I put the prices in USD for the video, because PSA charges in USD, if i put them in AUD.. then the currency fluctuates, it won't be accurate. I appreciate the comment but I am not doing anything for more viewer coverage.

[@SteeZyBdos]

@@PokemonSteven I appreciate the reply, just something I’ve started noticing and just assumed that was the case which is my bad. So many Pokémon channels are based overseas so it was great to finally find someone in Australia with a good personality.

[@PokemonSteven]

@steezybdos3732 I understand where you are coming from. But I deal in AUD, USD and YEN. I'm constantly swapping between them. If i can put our near one hour long videos free of charge, I feel like you can take a few seconds to convert the currency on your own time haha!

[@k0pokeYT]

Good video!

[@Guillermocr]

Great video

[@chexcollects]

Excellent vid

[@PokemonSteven]

thank you!

[@krislvx]

even break even Steven

[@PokemonSteven]

[@GrumbleGamer18]

12:55 MORE PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS. Just because it’s low pop does not mean it’s hard to grade. I’m a niche collector focussing on one evo line, and several cards I’m looking for either have a pop of 1-3 or 0. Because of this, sellers will pop up and list the card for 200$ with big crazy titles like LOW POP RARE, HARD TO GRADE. It’s not hard to grade, it’s just that no one but me and a small handful of others are out here trying to collect every card of this specific Pokémon 😂 smh

[@PokemonSteven]

Atleast someone gets it lolo

[@jloading6621]

1st! Let's go Steve, love these long videos

[@PokemonSteven]

thank you!

[@Doors067]

Thank God you Saif you were a human being I thought you were an alien cowboy robot

[@PokemonSteven]

Thank you for understanding

[@Gibbers5]

if they're not worth it then just buy the slab and wait for a price bump.. I've made better profits buying undervalued slabs and holding for 6 months

[@PokemonSteven]

always a good idea

[@kartgal]

What if they go down instead?

[@GrumbleGamer18]

@@kartgaleither wait longer or take the L

[@Wakanda412]

@@kartgalsell them in bundles if the price drops

[@Cyan1de]

What’s a slab?

[@TJCOLTS87]

30 mins in finally hes talking about the stuff that will put him in jail. this is the exciting stuff i wonder if psa will send subs to the warden or directly to ur cell??

[@PokemonSteven]

Directly to my cell

[@TheSnackAttackingSnorlax]

Jeez… 20x17… $340 minimum just to get bulk pricing to grade cards? God … that’s an awful big investment…. And that’s not for expensive cards? Jeez… I’ve been thinking about sending some cards in…. In fact I just bought one of those grading kits for like $17 off Amazon…

[@PokemonSteven]

slow and steady wins the race, not everyone starts with grading thousands of cards

[@PokeRetroFan]

the amount of time / dedication that you put into your videos is simply amazing. Thanks

[@PokemonSteven]

Haha, its not that bad, but i appreciate the comment :)

[@kartgal]

+15 Positive Reinforcement Awarded

[@PokemonSteven]

Thank you

[@myname_isblaine]

Never thought a charmander could give such well thought out advice about card grading. Thanks, great video

[@PokemonSteven]

Any time! Char!

[@xjamiec]

Grade big number, make moneyz

[@PokemonSteven]

big dollars

[@seekretestablishment]

13% of $8 is 1 dollar. A lot of work for nickels and dimes

[@PokemonSteven]

nickles and dimes made me a millionaire

[@Sebastiaan487]

Just unnecessary info for someone from the netherlands if u send everything by yourself our total grading costs are around 20 euro per card if u send bulk around 50 cards shipping to and returned back

[@jloading6621]

how can you hate on free knowledge 🤣😭

[@PokemonSteven]

I was going to break down international grading but there is too many countries and i don't know everything about all of them, but i appreciate the info.

[@yukhoe9547]

日本へ遊びに来てください🇯🇵

[@PokemonSteven]

I did, and I spent all my money

[@yukhoe9547]

🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶💸

[@TheCollector123]

bUT the cards are a shab to expensive compared to ebay and tcg player scammer

[@PokemonSteven]

are u ok?

[@chacegoodwin8626]

Please don't identify as anything else but male lol

[@PokemonSteven]

i am a cat

[@chacegoodwin8626]

@@PokemonSteven when scientists dig up your body they will see your not a cat 😂

[@bretwentzel8824]

Bro this is terrible info just buy expensive cards you believe can be a ten because if not a ten you get a 9 and still make a profit while some may be hard to sell at a 9 it WILL SELL and then you take that profit and you buy a more expensive card or maybe two moonbreon you think can be a ten and grade them for that ten then bam, 2k to get another big card in which you can grade again and make even more profit.

[@PokemonSteven]

Who

[@TheCollector123]

scammer

[@PokemonSteven]

u ok?