How To Sell Pokemon Cards in 2023 *Beginner's Guide*

[@alondraramos7296]

Coincidentally saw your videos two weeks ago and you inspired me to start my own shop! (Albeit just a small hobby shop) and thanks to your videos I made my first sale today! Keep up the amazing work!

[@TheLabTCG]

That is awesome Alondra, congrats! Best of luck in your future ventures :)

[@JoseSprays]

Hey any updates on the shop? Both feel free to answer😂

[@TheLabTCG]

@JoseSprays also curious to hear about it. Alondra, what's the update?

[@alondraramos7296]

@@TheLabTCG I've had about 20 more sales! still very small things but fun nonetheless!

[@TheLabTCG]

@@alondraramos7296 Nicely done, congrats1

[@thepokemannin]

Glad to see you back again making content! A lot of your information has helped motivate me to start up a business here in the UK, with other 2000 sales across two platforms in the past year! Next on the to do list is to get a distribution agreement and a Shopify store set up.

[@TheLabTCG]

That is amazing! Huge congrats on the succees!

[@jackresells]

That's great man! I'm in the UK, what's your store name?

[@nolanvecchioni1587]

LETSS GOOO can’t wait to watch. Thanks for the motivation and info from all your videos. Also being from MD myself isnt our state flag the best haha

[@TheLabTCG]

It is a pretty great flag lol. Thanks for the comment, best of luck with your business journey!

[@AFWUNICORN]

Quickly becoming a new favorite. Keep up the good work

[@williamwest5208]

I love the honesty and transparency

[@TheLabTCG]

Thank you William!

[@mikesivad]

Really looking forward to the new videos and you being back to giving out all the awesome info

[@TheLabTCG]

Thanks Mike! Glad to be back.

[@pokehobbyaz]

Will! So glad you are back, and I hope your time away was rewarding for you! Looking forward to continual content. It's helped me start my online business in AZ!

[@TheLabTCG]

Thanks a ton! Huge congrats, I know it must have been a lot of work!

[@bullish3584]

I'm in AZ. You in the Phoenix area? I'll check out a local shop.

[@pokehobbyaz]

@@bullish3584 Hey! I'm actually in Prescott, just an online shop at the moment (shop is the name of my KZbin account). Feel free to check it out or shoot me a message.

[@genrl_madman264]

What parte of AZ, bro I live close to snowflake,az and I’m just starting to buy and sell cards

[@pokehobbyaz]

I'm in Prescott! Reach out if you are ever in the area. @@genrl_madman264

[@DripsNclips]

Keep up with the content man your one of the only people that will help with directly selling cards on platforms

[@jamiejensen801]

Subbed! Thank you for all the valuable information. My son has finally gotten into Pokémon which put me back into the rabbit hole!

[@TheLabTCG]

That is awesome!

[@cardboardnerd]

Love the content and you're smart as a whip for your age. On your own Shopify store You obviously are dealing with returns on your own? I'd imagine the hardest part of running your own shop is there's no third party to help you with scammers?

[@TheLabTCG]

Thanks for the kind words! Yes, I have dealt with returns and scams. There is now a little bit of protection, but it is contingent on a couple things and won't fit every scenario. So there is still risk on shopify.

[@FlaresBills]

Thank you for this information, look forward to future uploads!

[@TheLabTCG]

Thank you!

[@PANDRAA_]

Crazy how quickly this business is changing. Being able to adapt so important.

[@TheLabTCG]

For sure, changes all the time.

[@FindingCharizard]

Great video mate👍 interesting watch.

[@TheLabTCG]

Thanks man!

[@kylespc1372]

Awesome vid! Looking forward to level 4 with tcgplayer. Didn’t realize there was a 100 card cap for level 1. So far I’ve only sold a single raikou… trying to figure which cards sell fast. I could go the cheap route…

[@TheLabTCG]

Thank you, good luck!

[@joerainah9360]

Thanks for the Vid Will. I appreciate your videos the most.

[@TheLabTCG]

Glad you like them! Let me know if there is anything you would like to see me improve or cover.

[@bigfeetstudiollc1593]

I am so glad you are back !!!!!!!! I so missed you man

[@TheLabTCG]

Thank you a ton! Super happy to be back!

[@Btmaster8]

Awesome info, thanks!

[@TheLabTCG]

Thank you Bryan!

[@herotcg4028]

Thanks for the information 👍👍👍

[@TheLabTCG]

No problem!

[@DannyPerez-pj5zj]

how do i know whats a low end/high end card?

[@thegmodarchive]

If you do "certified mail" with USPS you can get tracking number with a envelope.

[@TheLabTCG]

Thanks for the tip! I have not tried this.

[@devlinmurray5853]

Hi Will, what kind of card sorter are you looking at? I stumbled onto Jack Baumgartel's KZbin channel and he is in the process of making one. I am looking into card sorters right now but can't justify the steep cost at the moment. Looking forward to more videos.

[@TheLabTCG]

Hi Devin, I'm currently looking into the Magic-Sorter.

[@devlinmurray5853]

@@TheLabTCG That one does seem to be the most cost effective at the moment.

[@Ifyouhavethecoin]

@@TheLabTCG wouldn't mind a video on the different card sorters available and cost for the machine and monthly subscription fee

[@brian942011]

Would be great if you can make a video explaining how it works during tax season. I made about 25-30 grand last year with pokemon which is not much but decent. Like what do we need to have ready, what can I use as tax write offs.

[@TheLabTCG]

This is a sticky subject and highly subjective to one's state. Contacting an accountant is your best bet.

[@hunteroneill7300]

Don't report any of the income.

[@babyface7440]

Love from Philippines, just starting to collect and sell

[@TheLabTCG]

Very cool! Thanks for the comment!

[@tracytvnguyen]

Hey Will! I have a question. When do you sell a high value card vs. getting it graded and selling later? For example let's say for Obsidian, since it just came out, would it be more profitable to sell the Charizard EX 223 immediately or hold onto it, professionally grade and sell later? I would love your feedback. Thank you

[@MrChonkachu]

LETS GOOOO🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@TheLabTCG]

Ayeeee, thanks MrChonkachu!

[@TnTinoGameplays]

Solid material 👍🏽

[@TheLabTCG]

Thank you!

[@gruwelljoshua]

I really appreciate this video. Im new to ebay and selling online in general. It appears ebay gets to charge 13% commision of every pokemon card sale. Thats insanely high in my opinion. I just reached the $600 mark in sales in which I finally found out that my payout is only $413 after "fees". Its wild because that means Ill be paying taxes for $600+ when ive only received $423 so far. I have to be wrong. Please tell me im wrong! Are there other listing sites that dont charge this much commission?

[@TheEverydayPreacher]

👀👀

[@cmosier4462]

Just stumbled across your video, awesome work! One question, as far as taxes go, I am not a business, just a collector looking to offload some duplicates. If I am not selling a lot, how does that work? Does TCG Player take your taxes out?

[@josekatchum]

Idk if you have but do you have a video on how you ship the cards back to tcg direct?

[@TheLabTCG]

I don't, but I do have a video on direct itself. Ill make one on shipping eventually

[@Zonum]

Hey so I’ve been starting to sell a bit more heavy on tcg this month. Quick question on storing cards, I was thinking of separating by condition, then set, then A-Z order within the set. How do you do you recommend we organize the monster boxes? I’ve bought the sorting trays you recommended and the tall cards to go A-Z for the monster boxes.

[@HoopaHideout]

Hi Will, I recognize you from your playing days! Nice to hear how well this side of Pokemon is working out for you! I've sold around 100 cards on ebay over the years, but those were always mid-to-high price singles. I'm now sitting on around 20k bulk cards. Am I correct to assume that you'd recommend that I go TCG Direct with the bulk? I don't even have a seller account with them (though I've made hundreds of purchases over the years). Do I need to do some sales before trying to get to Direct, or do you think it's worth it for me to email them asking to sign up?

[@TheLabTCG]

Hey that is awesome! Thanks for the comment. If you are looking to just move it asap, I would sell to another store at bulk rates. If you do want to sell them as singles, I think direct is the best. That being said, yes, you should start a regular tcgplayer account and start getting the ball rolling.

[@HoopaHideout]

@@TheLabTCG I've held onto it for this long. I'm not in a hurry when the difference is $200 vs $3k+. I set up my initial TCG Seller account today. Wish me luck!

[@TheLabTCG]

@@HoopaHideout Best of luck!

[@cannedbananas9950]

Where do you buy bulk cards? Like commons and uncommons?

[@TheLabTCG]

Online and from people in my local area.

[@jackresells]

Do you have any tips on where to buy singles to sell? E.g buy out collections? I

[@TheLabTCG]

Locally and Facebook are great options! Making relationships with customers is also a great way to source unwanted cards.

[@ManAdam712]

Could you tell us how you soruce your inventory?

[@anarchocapatlaist]

i moved to Montana so now i get to play less taxes

[@TheLabTCG]

Cool!

[@colelaker4985]

Do you recommend selling online or to a local card store?

[@highlander758]

Next goal for me would be to get on TCG Direct !

[@TheLabTCG]

Yessir!

[@cabonko]

Awesome tips! Is there any way to make TCG selling work from Europe?

[@user-yn2zs5yi6j]

Do you suggest eBay?

[@mdkabir-yj4ld]

hi , im locking for distributor

[@kaseywahl]

Any tips for starting outside the US? As an American in South Africa, I've noticed there's a market where I live in Johannesburg, but nobody is really offering singles, so everyone is buying sealed product. Not sure if it's a viable endeavor, but I'd like to do the market research and try if it makes sense.

[@TheLabTCG]

I think the same concepts can apply internationally. Start to post in local groups offering to buy pokemon cards and resell them for higher.

[@SDoucet]

subd, good stufffff

[@TheLabTCG]

Thank you Spencer!

[@kickzNkardz]

How strict is TCG direct on card conditions

[@TheLabTCG]

They are pretty strict

[@danollo]

tcgplayer isn't available to canada :( is there any alternative that you know of? thanks in advance ^_^

[@cardboardaddict6483]

You run your business solo or with a partner?

[@TheLabTCG]

Solo

[@ryant9549]

Hi Lab TCG thank you for your videos, I am looking to buy and sell pokemon products wholesale from official distributors however most of them require me to have a brick and motar store which I do not have. How do I get around this as I am currently only able to sell online

[@ryant9549]

sealed pokemon tcg products***

[@TheLabTCG]

Hi Ryan, thank you for the question. At the moment there is no work around. My advice is to try and differentiate your business from others and show sales history. When you talk to distributors try and show that you are currently doing business and are looking to purchase x amount per month / year. I hope this helps.

[@kb6530]

​@ryant9549 I had a distributor reach out to me , they had a $5000 order minimum, and the booster boxes were $98 , I could buy the booster boxes cheaper on tcgplayer and wouldn't have an order minimum...just a heads up , shopping with a distributor isn't all that amazing

[@lukewebber5531]

Where is the best place to buy your singles iv been slowly buying of ebay to get a start going

[@TheLabTCG]

Locally is going to be your best bet.

[@CageFreeLowFatSugarFreeRange]

Question! How do you integrate say for example 500 cards from Chilling reign that you just uploaded, to your already existing 1000 card inventory of chilling reign

[@TheLabTCG]

Hey Fernando, in terms of physical cards, I would just add them by hand to your inventory.

[@Regalman]

video starts at @6:07

[@PokeTrainerChase]

Why would it be difficult to get a distributor in 2023?

[@TheLabTCG]

They aren't accepting applications for sellers that are strictly ecommerce

[@NateSchneider7]

eBay is 13.25% so lower than tcgplayer

[@TheLabTCG]

Yep

[@Rayquaza894]

What about taxes now on ebay

[@TheLabTCG]

Hi Ramon, I would ask a local Certified Public Accountant about taxes.

[@danejedrewski6465]

someone buy all my cards i got a lot of rare shit

[@dido5835]

First

[@TheLabTCG]

Thank you for your support!

[@hoagtech]

cool!!!!!!!!

[@TheLabTCG]

Thank you Daniel!

[@alexitooproductions5252]

Why is coolkicks here

[@TheLabTCG]

lol

[@Ifyouhavethecoin]

Check out cardtrader zero it's like tcgplayer

[@TheLabTCG]

I've heard of it, looks interesting!