How to price your comic books

My way of pricing comics

[@aftacomics5865]

Great program. This is 6+ years old and still very relevant in 2019. I think we're around the same age ,you are a little younger, but either way we were collecting the same type of stuff and around the same time. I just noticed something: How does this get 34 thumbs down and do we really need thumbs down in 2019? Of course when you have as many views as you get, the trolls are bound to come out.

[@entrthedragon]

Like you I collected comics for the love in the eighties. Like you, I collected for the cool covers earlier and then for the cooler characters and storylines. I loved the cosmic stories like SIlver Surfer and Adam Warlock. When prices in the early nineties skyrocketed and multiple covers came out, I stopped collecting. I probably wasn’t the only one.

[@philrobinson1336]

Thanks Brother good info I appreciate it. Good tip on the shipp[ing because some people will not think about it as a factor. There are costs of doing business. I like the fact that I can sell for free on comics price guide and everything is right there.

[@livingdeadcomics]

The hardest thing sometimes as a collector is to find a seller who is honest. I have been lucky, but it seems your guy is trying to maximize due to your interest in that series. It's a good system but is only as good as the people who use it. Thanks as always for watching.

[@livingdeadcomics]

Thats why i use this system. it shows what the average sale price is for a book by the collector market.

[@livingdeadcomics]

i never use e-bay fee's, but if you buy multiple books you should split shipping costs. Just my feeling. Thanks for watching.

[@eZeZBReeZY360z]

What's your phone number I'll send you pictures

[@williambaldridge1203]

Very good video. I learned a few things from it. And if i'm not mistaken it looks like you have a store in Lutz. I live in hudson , so i'm gonna try to make it to your store one day.

[@brentkeller1213]

Good topic.....I would also add that it depends on if a person needs a sale immediately (auction style). I have found that Ebay is very erratic in the price methods depending on the time of the year, available supply in that particular week,etc.....Usually a major dealers pricing is better and more reliable evaluation for your collection value (ie..mycomicshop). Ebay is simply a marketplace (a TON of foreign collectors won't use Ebay) in which to secure a sale today....GREAT videos!

[@jonbeckstein8044]

I usually go with free shipping over $50 because I can absorb the shipping cost of a comic book.

[@MROR74]

Truest video about comics I have seen in a long time, rather an odd video but I deal with this from stores all the time.

[@artboston4787]

The GPA tracks sales data from most of the big auction houses in addition to eBay. For the more expensive gold/silver/bronze books the GPA comes in handy for data as most of those books aren't sold through eBay. Using eBay for price checking works great for lower dollar and common stuff. For the more advanced collector, the GPA is the way to go.

[@Reapertate728]

Great vid, my friend. Yeah, eBay is def a modern gauge that determines a lot of pricing nowadays. I look at sold listings to determine what a ballpark value of a book is. Enjoyed this video very much!

[@MrNovaman96]

Excellent discussion and examples.

[@nickyb5827]

Thanks. I have a ton of old comic books from my dad and I am afraid to get robbed. I'm do U g research and this is a great start instead of relying on a store.

[@livingdeadcomics]

Anything to help

[@b4syth1]

Another angle is that many books sell extremely well in October and November, and then barely at all for the rest of the year.

[@itsdonenow]

@SuperJoeitall If a seller sets a reserve of $100 on a book but it sells for $200 it is worth $200, it just means that the seller needed a certain price to part with the book. On the other side of things if the seller has a reserve of $200 but people will only pay $100 then it is worth $100. What the seller wants or ends up with is meaningless. The amount of cash a buyer is willing to part with to obtain a book is the critical piece in determining value.

[@stephenkotarbo]

Where do you go and look when you get to eBay to see what is worth because there’s high prices and lower prices what is worth just a little confused I just landed a lot of comic books through a trade I’m a Star Wars buy and sell and trade guy I have older and newer thanks I’ll wait for your reply have a great day

[@livingdeadcomics]

ace man give the book the grade you think it is and look on E-bay for comparable sold books in the same grade. I have found this to be the most consistent

[@carlosmedrano7005]

Just subscribed to your channel. Great insight. You cut to the chase like a buddy of mine.

[@endoffate5475]

But shipping charge is not the same to everybody??How can you include that in the price?

[@johnnyfuture3524]

Great video! And this is much needed in the community and it is my hope that more people see this. Im going to send this video to all my collecting friends. Quick question though......as I am looking at the sold listings, and at the top right side of the listings I see "Sort by", and I set it to "MOST RECENT". I dont set it to "highest first" or "lowest first"....I set it to "Most Recent".......am I right? If not, what setting?

[@chernofilms]

Nice Myers tattoo earned my sub just for that. Also good video man keep uploading really enjoy watching them

[@livingdeadcomics]

Thanks, love Halloween

[@SilverGoldComics]

Good system, I do that when figuring a bid price on EBay, but for figuring your comics worth, I don't think shipping should be included (my opinion). What if that cost included up to 5 books? Now you have to split it by 5, etc. Also, if you add shipping, then you need to deduct 18% for EBay and Paypal fees (since they charge on shipping also, it ends up around that %) since the real selling price to that seller is less those fees. Thanks!

[@rubenzhamkochyan7676]

+ArkhamComicsLasVegas I have four boxes full of comics from DC, Marvel, and Image. 90% are in Mint/NM condition. All the books have been bagged and boarded since I got them. Read through them once carefully and made sure there were no printing errors. 80% of the books were not on the common shelves in the Comic book Store but were kept in my box in the comic book store by owner because I had a deal with him to buy certain number of titles per month. They are kept in comic book boxes, in a dry, dark and safe place. Looking to sell 80-90% of them. Keeping a few that have sentimental value and I intend to get graded. But I am still willing to sell them if the price is right. If you are interested I'll offer them to you if not i'd like your advice as you are a more seasoned collector and deal more in comics and comic book character related collectibles.

[@livingdeadcomics]

I'm interested, but need to know what you have

[@livingdeadcomics]

Thanks for watching and the nice comment.

[@eZeZBReeZY360z]

I have a bunch of old comics can you take a look at them? Or may I be able too send u pictures of them

[@livingdeadcomics]

Noah Torres yes that would be fine

[@livingdeadcomics]

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[@johndarosa3684]

Mate that's what I do .. Go to ebay and get the price for that comic that I have. .. It is a good idea and a great vid man .. Love it mate . Take care

[@ed13adema]

Check out my video on how to make extremely easy shelves for your CGC CBCS comics..... Thanks

[@kanyeNef]

I need to unload the invincible iron man 600 and infinity Wars 1. I just sold batman adventures 12yesterday back to the shop

[@maskedmarvel7869]

Great tips. Thanks.

[@irocdaily199]

So you sell all your books with no shipping fee because you already changed for it correct?

[@777superlightwater]

eBay: sold listings

[@AlextheComicHoarder]

I love the information. I guess the only thing I'd argue about shops doing their pricing based off of eBay. Unless they are listing everything on eBay they need to take into account their customer base and door traffic. eBay has an audience of millions. Your shop has an 30-50 people walk in a week. So unless you want to sell on eBay you shouldn't price as if you have an audience of millions.

[@livingdeadcomics]

Thanks for the reply. Pricing this way allows for a more accurate and up to date price listing. Batman adventure 12 was listed in the overstreet at one time for $30 but was selling in excess of $150-$200. This was 2012-13, but why sell it for $30 when you can get more? I understand your point, but very few shops or collectors go straight price guide anymore. Speculators and flippers are to thank for that.

[@AlextheComicHoarder]

Totally agree. I guess my thoughts on eBay are this. eBay traffic vs lcs traffic. eBay gets millions of hits a day/week. LCS get 30-50 people a week more obviously if it's a big city or huge shop. Unless the shop is going to sell everything on eBay I feel that they should be more realistic to their audience. We both know that that will never happen though. Anyways. Good conversation my man. I'm subbing right now.

[@misterwbb]

Great video! I use Ebay strictly to price out my books to sell.

[@janetlittleworth9869]

I will be in touch I have to go to work now!!

[@livingdeadcomics]

OK thank you

[@traderjoe1015]

i just started selling drawings now i'm going to sell comics ,so thanks for posting this!

[@janetlittleworth9869]

I got baseball cards too!

[@aimiloo]

Thanks for the post! I have a bin of comic books I inherited from my sister's ex-boyfriend and I typed all of the titles in to ComicsPriceGuide.com. According to that website, the collection is worth close to four grand; there are 570 issues. I was going to sell on their website. I'm not a comic book collector; I'd have to buy the sleeves and boards to sell them and do some more legwork. I already spent $50 a year ago on a membership with Comics Price Guide in order to sell them, but I've been super busy and I haven't gotten around to selling them at all and now my membership is expiring. I'd like to sell the comic books and just get a reasonable amount for all of them. Where's the best place to do that? Just sell them individually on eBay? I'd be happy with like two to three grand if someone bought all of them. Most of them are $1-$3 ones, but about ten of them are high value including the first appearance of Spiderman and some Batman ones. Please advise, thanks!

[@livingdeadcomics]

1st appearance of Spider-Man? Amazing Fantasy 15

[@MrSpidy930]

thank you for the observation....

[@michaelimburgia8417]

Hey some good advice, liked the video.

[@manchestergs]

good morning quick question how can you find out the last few sells on that product on ebay. I'm not familiar with ebay and I couldn't figure it out

[@livingdeadcomics]

+manchestergs you can click sold listings and the sold listings will come up

[@livingdeadcomics]

And thank you for watching

[@FoolKiller5150]

Newer sub here...great tips man!

[@vasiy]

The best thing you can get for free, it`s information! Thx!

[@foxtelremote]

Have you looked at comicpriceguide? just sign up its free and you can look up most books and they update quite often. ebay is still the best though

[@franciscoprice2561]

I like your logic.

[@ArminArlertILLUMINATI]

Mski361 So I was looking on Ebay for the whole running series and I saw the whole series in Fine to NM for 35 BUCKS so that shop was way off the price lol

[@alfredjnr9270]

i try and win books for a third of overstreet or less if possible.if i bid on dr strange or anything movie related i struggle to get those type cheap.

[@GodParticleZero]

How do you see the last X sales for something? I'm new to ebay buying

[@johnnyfuture3524]

When you search for something, and the list comes up, look to your left, and slowly scroll down until you see the "Show only" , then underneath that, click on "Sold listings". When you do that, all of the listings will come up for that particular item that have been sold already.

[@AtomicComic712]

Nice video, and Thanks for thegood informations, i'll try it soon dont have to sell them but just to look :)

[@letsplayagame5805]

Amazing video

[@connor8301]

just found out one of my comics is worth 4,000 dollars dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot ...........................................

[@FrankBergdoll]

Buyer beware though. Dealers will look at the top-priced "listings" - you need, as the video says, the last 5 "sales" - actual sales. If a dealer says let's see what is going for on eBay - ask for what it has actually sold for :) Also, if I could offer any advise - for what it's worth - variant covers is the 90's of today. Gimmicky and poised for a crash.

[@Mski361]

The shop I go to using Ebay to price their books too. I also look at Ebay before I go to the shop so I know what to expect to pay for a book. I was recently looking on Ebay for issue #1 of Forever People Volume 1. Their were no books listed in the sold section but yet the owner of the shop tells me there were 4 sold at $95. He knows I collect Jack Kirby books and apparently thinks Im stupid. The book is in fine to fine + condition and is NO way worth $95.

[@JohnHenrySheridan]

Thanks for posting this! Very helpful. I have just begun selling comics on eBay so this insight is very useful! :)

[@livingdeadcomics]

+John Henry Sheridan Good luck with your e-bay selling

[@jadajohnson7957]

How can I sell my comic books at home I made them

[@livingdeadcomics]

Jada Johnson if you are self published ask local shops to carry the books or sell on line

[@janetlittleworth9869]

I have 10 boxes of comics from 20 cents to 35 cents

[@livingdeadcomics]

I'll check it out Thanks

[@traderjoe1015]

$5.50 a reasonable price for me.I'm not as well i'm just a kid!

[@BioWebArts]

my paper comics its $20 when it have color and $15 when have no color

[@briannakelly26]

What thickness do you recommend the mylar? All of mine have it already but they are starting to look aged and I'd rather get really nice thick bags to put them in.

[@livingdeadcomics]

I use 2 mil size bags and they work well for what i do. Thanks for the question

[@briannakelly26]

ArkhamComicsLasVegas cool, thanks and no problem it was really informative and well put together.

[@Saisudhagudi]

I have Spider-Man number one how much is it worth

[@livingdeadcomics]

XXX_Mr.killywiggles_XXX what release? What's the condition?

[@janetlittleworth9869]

My mom gave me all these comics!

[@lozano-jd2ku]

I have that saga its worth. 8$

[@captainamerica258]

They bet not be old

[@Mski361]

2nd Msg. comicpriceguide has it listed for $105 @ 9.4 condition. I do understand the owner wants to make money but he won't be getting mine for much longer. The funny thing is he took the same book to a small show in Buffalo and put $150 price tag on it. Couldn't even put it in mylar. That's all for my rant. Love your videos keep up the good work.

[@Big_L_sportscards]

Just watched your video I agree with how you price books what I disagree with is adding shipping to price. I think you should only add shipping in your price if you paid for shipping to get that book not if you bought it at a con or your lcs you should not be adding shipping cost to it. just my opinion

[@livingdeadcomics]

I add shipping for a simple reason. If i sell a book for .99 and charge 12.00 for shipping, it cost me $12.99 for the book. In my opinion, if you don't add the shipping your not being honest about the price. Just my opinion. Thanks for watching

[@rj-vj8gr]

Need to get to the point faster to much rambling

[@cwright54]

Go Timber Rattlers

[@livingdeadcomics]

cwright54 the Mojave Rattlers. High school team i'm head coach at. GO RATTLERS

[@traderjoe1015]

Go Rattlers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL!!!!!