I have to ship on the weekends | My plans for eBay going forward

[@yodhanhunter]

As I just crossed into my 40s with a bad heart, I have come to realize that two things matter more and more in my life; couch time with the dog is paramount and never underestimate the importance of comfortable shoes.

[@The90sCollector]

Dude, you had me rolling about that HP printer bit 😂. Always picking up good tips from you, thanks for always being transparent and sharing super valuable info.

[@virx227]

You bring such a unique perspective to the card business. Thinking of TCG Player as wholesale and Ebay as retail is genius! It really paints a clear picture of your business model

[@zandgemporium]

Printer rants are the best

[@UnrelentingTCG]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet but the video's audio is only in the left ear.

[@rng-gamez]

@@UnrelentingTCG not again!

[@TheGrimKeeper]

I’m printing the labels directly on to the envelope with a laser printer and using the 4x6 thermal label printer to print the packing slip. I know it’s weird, but it works. Ink jet printers are slow and have frequent problems.

[@guldekkgaming]

Epson Ecotank printers!! Ink is refillable, last longer and cheaper! Great quality also

[@ItsMeEbby]

Great video. Can't wait for the eBay video. I'm dipping my toes into eBay.

[@scottrogers2186]

I started printing my pick skip on the 4 x 6 shipping label printer. Yes, it's more expensive and sometimes hard to read but I am really tired of laser/inkjet printer crap.

[@TheGrimKeeper]

I’m doing the same thing! it’s awesome. never going back.

[@carpwinn]

There's a certain price point where the margin is too low, too, we have realized. If you're buying cards for $0.10 and selling them for $0.30, it seems like a good margin (66%!). Your labor, however, isn't worth the $0.20 of profit margin because you have to deal with opening the packages, listing cards, shipping orders, and keeping track of it all. The sweet spot seems to be like $1.00-2.00 cost selling for $3.00-4.00, I think.

[@rng-gamez]

@@carpwinn yea your probably right, I’m mostly enjoying the process of building the ebay marketplace for my business. Seeing what works and what doesn’t is something I like to get hands on with. In most cases on eBay because of the coupons I run most people buy 2-3 cards so it substantially ups my margins, but yea I can see what you’re saying.

[@eliseonava8291]

Thanks!

[@le_med]

For printer I only use Brother laser printers (Brother HL-L3280CDW). Cheap and efficient. Also HP discontinued their need-to-be-online because guess what people complained but HP sucks anyway because their inks are too expensive.

[@ghoul479]

Hey man wanted to say thanks for your videos they've been super informative I've been going through them slowly when I can. Question for you as a starting out seller trying to grow I want to adopt "sustainable" buisness practices as you said before, just curious when sourcing stuff locally people try to use tcg market for cards and obviously I have to go lower than that with my offer so as to turn a profit...after shipping and all said and done what would you consider an acceptable minimum return on a card like as a percentage or is it more of a case by case basis? Thanks again for the vids super informative keep it up man!

[@rng-gamez]

I try to always stick to a 30% margin after fees and shipping. Buying thigs at 40-50% off market will assure that margin.

[@ghoul479]

That's what I've been offering on marketplace and such just wanted to confirm that was realistic thanks for the response!

[@rng-gamez]

@@ghoul479 it is but people get annoyed when you offer them 50% off market, if you re word it and offer 30% off tcg low sometimes that works better

[@ghoul479]

​@rng-gamez ill keep an eye for that good idea thanks

[@nunuknowstheway6710]

Thanks for the amazing video once again. What scanner do you use for scanning your cards? I currently do them all by hand with an iphone and it takes forever.

[@ChicagoMintTCG]

Dude if you haven't bought one already, get any brother laser model. I just replaced mine after 5 years and like 50k+ pages printed and it was still working great. Things are bombproof

[@rng-gamez]

@@ChicagoMintTCG yea I’m trying to figure out what model I’m going to go with

[@ChicagoMintTCG]

@@rng-gamez If you don't need scanning, HL-L2460DW for $160 or HL-L2405W for $120. Both basically the same, the 2460 just has an ethernet port and prints a few more pages per minute. Both are wifi/usb. Can't go wrong.

[@TheEpicenterGaming]

What scanner do you use for your eBay listing pictures?

[@Mr0erick0]

The same thing happened to our printer lol. We ended up buying a canon printer with fax.

[@Ifyouhavethecoin]

Got a bunch of bulk rares i was going to list to try out ebay. Probably individual scans unless the cards are NM then do quantity?

[@rng-gamez]

@@Ifyouhavethecoin yep that will work

[@TheBuffetBar]

I bought a Brother printer online. Monochrome,never an issue. Worth every penny

[@rng-gamez]

I think I'm going to make the switch to brother

[@IneptCardCollector]

Smart man

[@rocknroller167]

Also like my Brother printer.

[@CodyCooper]

@@rng-gamez Also, the models of Brother printers I’ve tried are all “3rd party friendly”, so buying toner from Amazon works just fine as opposed to some companies that lock the printers from anything but their ink/toner.

[@CodyCooper]

@@rng-gamez Also, when you do get a replacement can we get a video of you dealing with the HP “Office Space” style?

[@Vse8311]

Is it viable to just sell sealed product alone? Also are you planning on cracking sports boxes and grading?

[@riddleTCG]

That printer subscription issue is the craziest shit I've heard.

[@TheSenselessName]

When you gave the middle finger to the printer😂👍

[@trkyjrky99]

That’s why I bought a Brother printer ! HP is annoying

[@smix137]

Do you keep your ebay and tcgplayer inventory separate. Or are you syncing your inventory with a third party app. Is it better to list certain cards on ebay vs tcgplayer?

[@CodyCooper]

Brother printers are great! Check them out!

[@MadTownHobby]

Gotta sleeve everything that is played and mark it, man. it's so hard to keep track of those otherwise.

[@rng-gamez]

I think we have a good process now, Everything is separate

[@bronzgod3214]

The song you're lookin for is "I can't turn you loose" i reference it all the time, and is in the Blues Brothers..... Also, YOU"RE DA BEST!

[@FirstContactX]

He's talking about the Benny Hill theme surely?

[@thegamemasterllc]

:: Insert Benny Hill theme song ::

[@rng-gamez]

yes!! thats it !

[@novasnotvibing]

audio is out on the right side and its making this a terrible watch experience, maybe check to see if ur cameras audio is working for ur next vid (love the channel)

[@adamlingwood7585]

Time to buy a Brother printer, brother 🤣

[@MrGingersnap25]

it's all about snuggle time with the dog

[@moviecore4621]

Volume was extremely low on this video

[@parsandstripes9445]

U ain’t lying about eBay from a previous video I had a stack of rares that only sold for .5-.10 on tcg sell for .99+.99 all day on eBay sometimes more

[@rng-gamez]

Hell yea!

[@Infinite_War]

The only problem with selling on ebay is you have a ton of fees. .67 cents for a shipping label. 13% for a sellers fee which includes your shipping label in the price, and then .25 cents for top loader and penny sleeve and envelope. You have to sell something for at least 2-2.50 $ just to make a few cents in profit =T Selling is incredibly hard to do profitably. The sweet spot for selling on eBay is right at 20$ because then it's low enough that the 13% isn't eating into your profits at a ridiculous amount, and if it goes above 20$ then you have to pay 4-9$ for a shipping label.

[@rng-gamez]

@@Infinite_War where the hell are you buying top loaders, Gucci?

[@Infinite_War]

@@rng-gamez well, it was an estimate. It's toploader, envelope, penny sleeve combined. I was looking for my top loader purchase so I could accurately price it out, but couldn't find it fast enough so just guessed. Either way it's hard to turn a profit on eBay because of the 13% fee and shipping costs.

[@rng-gamez]

@@Infinite_War it’s really not. I think you might have a sourcing problem

[@RandomLILZAY1]

I have heard about the HP subscription service and i have no clue why people are being charged lol. I have an HP and have never been charged shipping ever. But they def lost their minds with it

[@benjamincortina7755]

Alpha Quest update? :)

[@rng-gamez]

@@benjamincortina7755 yea I did buy some more I’ll share it in a future episode:)

[@benjamincortina7755]

@rng-gamez yes please, I've been looking forward to it for some time. Cheers mate & goodluck!

[@TyLianti]

I would like to open up a store one day.

[@crunkpunk419]

I also had HP. Fuck em. That $5 is the baseline too. I think it charges you more after the first 100 sheets or so.

[@superretrogamerbros.8492]

Do you take photos of each item or use stock photos?

[@rng-gamez]

I take scans but once I have the listing up I just add quantities

[@superretrogamerbros.8492]

@@rng-gamez Thanks for the quick response man, keep doing what you’re doing bro! I keep meaning to get down to Jersey to check out your shop. Hopefully I can before I leave New England!

[@IneptCardCollector]

That's a great arbitrage for the churn and burn sales. Oh and also, every time I see your thumbnails I'm happy for you that you lost that weight and are looking great.

[@KetchumAllCollectibles]

HP is the worst lol. Brother laser printers have always treated me right

[@CodyCooper]

ROB!

[@TheTugenukem]

can hear only on left ear, gives me headache :(

[@TotallySearch]

TCG player just sucks as a seller not as a buyer

[@PokeTexas_TCG]

Thermal printer bro! It’s been a life saver for us at least. Got one in Amazon for $75 and it’s been going smooth since December 👌🏼

[@rng-gamez]

I burned through two thermal printers before i upgraded to the zebras

[@TheRafy]

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