Pokemon Card Show Vendor Tips And Tricks

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Let me know if any of this advice was beneficial for those thinking about vending at a show!

[@b.g.3786]

thx man! Very helpful indeed!

[@Tmuneah]

Vending my first show in October! Thanks for the info and tips.

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Good luck!

[@BEKO-su8qc]

i respect the courage you took to step outside of your comfort zone! Fans here are looking forward to seeing you at one of the card shows!!

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

I hope to go to more in the future. I will be attending the Burbank card show and Front Row card (not as a vendor). Hopefully I can expand on that moving forward.

[@BEKO-su8qc]

@@Itwasneveraphasecards nice nice, you would also get a pretty good feel on what you would wanna set up for your table the next time! you made some pretty good points in your video! Hopefully you can come to the one in Atlanta soon!

[@PokeStopWorld]

Hey, keep doing you, man. I totally get the social anxiety part, you’re doing a great job here, and I know you will continue to in the future with vending

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Thanks for the kind words! I’ll keep working on it

[@Mjsd1706]

Hey thats awesome you pushed yourself! Maybe the more you do it the more comfortable youll get and eventually want to do it. If not oh well, love the content! I tried streaming and had a lot of anxiety about it also and eventually stopped. Hoping to go to my first show just as a buyer in 2 weeks

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

I feel ya on the anxiety! Props to you for trying I know how hard it can be. Keep pushing!

[@ajs6036]

From someone who's previous job was to interact with lots of people in a booth, essentially pitching my company's services to the people who may benefit from it, it can be overwhelming. Add the aspect of negotiating and managing easy to difficult personalities, and it can be a nightmare. Kudos to you for staying on course and learning from the experience while also conquering a fear. Was very informative and you've earned a sub!

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

@@ajs6036 I appreciate the kind words and the support it means a lot! If you have any questions or want me to focus on anything specific in a video let me know. Happy collecting!

[@brianzarate6391]

The video is not boring at all!! I don’t even vend and it was entertaining and interesting to listen to your experience.

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Good to know! Some times when the videos are longer I feel like I'm just rambling and no one would want to listen to me haha

[@kristinmarquardt6851]

I sincerely appreciate all you shared in this vid, and just your realness all in all.super helpful info and tips. You’re a gem. Keep up the good work.

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

I GREATLY appreciate your support! It means a lot to me.

[@scottrogers2186]

I made the same mistakes at my first show. I brought my best online sellers thinking I would make a killing on sealed and graded cards. I was a dud. My next show it was mostly raw cards, binders, bargain bins, toys and other stuff that typically doesn't sell well online. The difference was amazing. Shows are to sell your extra stuff that doesn't move online and to buy/trade for stuff that does sell online. They are complimentary.

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Great points and well said!

[@LavaDude]

Honesty is the best policy. I appreciate the vid and transparency

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Thanks! I try to be as transparent as possible. I'm glad you appreciate it

[@fictixn]

First time is always a lesson learned. It's only up from this point forward! 👏

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

So true! Appreciate your continued support as always.

[@DavidLee-by5kq]

Pretty good advice :) Keep it up with the vids!!

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Appreciate it! I will keep pumping out the videos.

[@Jertwig]

I couldn’t agree more. The main appeal of vendoring is the buying capabilities. I’ve worked at a card shop and also as a vendor, getting cards in is the most challenging (and fun) part of the experience. You can technically sell cards anywhere, but vendoring gives you the opportunity to get inventory to fuel your business. Great video 👍🏻

[@georgeallen4007]

My local card shop buys slabs from people at 60% . You would be shocked to see what kind of stuff people bring in

[@Jertwig]

@@georgeallen4007 It’s very cool to see the interactions, especially on the bigger deals. I had someone come in with a near mint master set of neo genesis. I was so jealous haha.

[@ThatSnyper]

Almost everything you've said sounds exactly like my brain. Love all the advice, some real solid gems in there, I appreciate it all. I've been watching all the vendor pov videos around and, for the past week or so, been wanting to get into it. 2 questions I can think of are: about how much inventory would I need? And how do I find shows to vend at? I've been looking and not seeing any around me

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Two binders full and at least one dollar box would be the minimum to aim for. Add some graded cards in there if you can. Then you are attracting a more wide variety of people. Finding card shows can be difficult! I actually found this one from someone on Instagram. I had no idea it was happening. Get on insta and Facebook groups as well as ask your local card shops they would definitely know about or even be involved in hosting/advertising for a local show.

[@ThatSnyper]

@@Itwasneveraphasecards Solid! Thanks so much 🙏

[@StephenStoughton]

Would love to see which cards you picked up at the event. Could be a future video

[@garytsi3058]

Excellent Tips thank you so much! Getting ready for my first show. Would you suggest putting sealed products into a display case or just graded cards/singles?

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

@@garytsi3058 Sealed product in a case if it’s valuable or behind the table on one of those cheap plastic shelves. It’s a nice piece of mind having the valuables inside the case.

[@garytsi3058]

@@Itwasneveraphasecards awesome! I was thinking the same since I will be selling a bunch of sealed products and there's no way to put them all in! Thank you again!

[@MiinecraftOTD]

People overestimate how much of the market is into slabs.

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Yes agreed

[@xrayhawk]

Great video 🔥

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Thanks so much!!

[@zandbandw]

Good tips!

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Thank you!

[@PokeDangDeals]

I thought about vending at a very small local show. How much inventory value do you think you need for the show to be worth your time?

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Great question! It really depends on your goal. I would say the very minimum would be enough to make more than what the table costs if you just want the experience. Maybe if you split the table cost with a friend you wouldn’t need to bring as much. I would probably aim to bring at least 2 binders and one box with like $1 cards. That’s where I would focus.

[@georgeallen4007]

Who wouldn’t want to buy at 70% . I feel sorry for anyone selling a $1200 umbreon at 70% and losing $360 😂 . Good to be a vendor

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

@@georgeallen4007 I would have paid higher than 70% for a moonbreon. Nothing that high dollar came my way

[@georgeallen4007]

@@Itwasneveraphasecards speaking of the moonbreon . It’s slowly creeping back up in a psa 10 .. even thought there’s like 13k psa 10s that card will always be in demand by millions of people

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

@@georgeallen4007 Oh yeah it shows the strength of the hobby currently. That’s a high pop count but so many more people collecting than ever

[@bluebanisters2889]

The reason people probably didn’t want the slab stands is that they’re annoying to carry around.

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Very possible

[@wafflez9191]

What was your cost to have the booth space?

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

This was a smaller show it was only $50 for the table.

[@draxthemsklounst52]

Curious how does anyone have business or make money if all you guys buy the cards at 70 percent to 20 pwrcent the value of the card?

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Buy at 70% of market value. Sell for 100-95%. That’s 25 or 30% for profit. What you have to understand people just want to offload the cards they don’t want to get some they do want. Sure they could sell themselves but it’s easier just to take less for them and have cash instantly

[@newb387]

What is buying at comps?

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Buying at market price. Paying below comps is below market.

[@PandaOfRegret]

Don’t watch Coop vendor povs for making money 😂

[@SDCISHERE]

GRE at video

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

I appreciate your continued support! The comments mean a lot to me.

[@Wayoutofdate]

Can literally hear you swallowing, does the mic have to be so close 😂

[@Itwasneveraphasecards]

Noted, I will work on it. Appreciate the constructive criticism.