Real Talk About Selling Trading Cards On EBay…

[@CHASINGTYWILSON]

Good job on the video. Enjoyed it

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@CHASINGTYWILSON thank you for taking the time to check it out!! It’s truly appreciated!!

[@michaelthurman5879]

Your straight forward honest approach in a industry full of slick talking sharks is refreshing.

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@michaelthurman5879 thank you for the kind words!!

[@stevem9203]

I use eBay primarily as well but also use my slabs and fanatics collect and Alt. The other sites are a lot harder to move stuff but I really want to sell as much as possible elsewhere since they have lower fees. We have to put pressure on eBay to lower there ridiculous 15-16% they end up taking. I believe Fanatics now offers a 6% fee on cards listed within 120% of their fair value price.

[@kenfett7070]

I clicked on this based on the Title of the video, immediately went full screen and thought I was watching a hostage video. Glad you're ok. LOL. Great video and advice. I don't do football but moving Ohtani, Betts, Judge, and Soto are always safe bets to maximize income but the way those teams are built, they will be contenders for years to come and may be cards to hold for a couple more seasons as their stock goes up in price. I had a lot of Pena RCs, hate the Astros, and wish I saw this advice when he won MVP and dumped his cards when his cards were hot. Got yourself a new follower.

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@kenfett7070 i just film in my basement. It doesn’t look great, but that “bunker” is my bunker. 😂😂

[@richardlaino1079]

As a 30+ year non -sport collector…best advice….selling cards when there hot…baseball….makes sense…but holding onto worthless cards will only take up space in the years ahead…I’ve held on to CASES of non sport cards….im glad I finally sold them…but it took 25 years ! Best of luck!

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@richardlaino1079 I could stand to sell a few more, I give a good bit away to friends if they are players or teams I know they collect, but the accumulation of cardboard can get a little overwhelming at times.

[@geoffreyjurgensen1877]

Great video! Love how inciteful you are!

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@geoffreyjurgensen1877 thanks for the support!!!

[@theboringchannel2027]

group up some $2-3 cards to make $10-$20 lots to sell. Will work out much better for you when you consider your earnings per hour.

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@theboringchannel2027 might be worth considering. I don’t generally buy cards in lots, so I’ve tended to only list singles. As for the earnings per hour aspect, I do this in my down time, and wouldn’t generally be doing anything else during that time so I don’t really worry about the time too much. If I start to sell in volume, it must be considered though.

[@beliedat2457]

Just sold a card for $90 plus tax and shipping. I ended up pocketing $77.19. Small discount for top rated seller. LCS would have given me $50 at most.

[@ShaneGillis432HZ]

I’m a top rated seller how do you get the discount?

[@tombullard6167]

Same with tax, shipping, fees & suggested promoted listing fee it's about 40% off by final. So if I want to break even including shipping I add 50% to my price paid for the card thanks to fees. So $50 card gotta be at $75 just to break even not counting time. But if you play it smart & patient you can do well which i need to get better about. Just turned a Gerrit Cole rookie bought week ago for $35 into $150... Baseball has been hot for BINs & Offers for me last couple weeks

[@coopstain1728]

Having SOMEONE ELSE sell your cards for you is just ridiculous. You can sell on Ebay, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, etc.

[@TheCardHunter]

Thx for the video

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@TheCardHunter thanks for stopping by!!

[@DetroitTyler]

Most TCG shops will scale it, 50% for modern, and generally 60-80% on rarer stuff that will sell super fast. The more liquid the card is to their customers the more you should try and haggle for. The way i'd look at it is, will this card sit in their case less than 2 weeks, will it sit for a month, will it sit for 3 months. That's a great way to tell value+demand. If your card store is just 50% on everything that's a bad shop, and their glass is most likely pretty stagnant. Also find out their value metric, one store I went to would try to buy at USD prices in Cad, and then sell the cards for the Cad prices. To that 50% buy is much less than actual value, I never sold a card to that store.

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

My LCS is a great shop, but those are the averages. Of course a hot card is more negotiable, but those are general guidelines. Point being, eBay is pretty much on par with the averages.

[@Tontos37SportsCards]

Good video sir. I recently started eBay and use Mercari as well. But. eBay is better

[@vernoncarey5971]

Ebay is the only way to go. I do both auctions and BINs without offers. If someone is really interested in the card, they will send you an offer anyway. Auctions typically get less, but there are outliers that will shock you on the upside. BINs take longer to sell, its a trade off. I have found through about 8000 sales that it's about a tie overall between the two. Some cards are better for auctions, some are not, usually depends on the Player. Brand name players do well at auction because of the name recognition, more bidders.

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

8,000 sales is absolutely tremendous!! I try to keep 30 to 50 active listings at a time; sounds like I need to step it up 😂😂

[@johnnym415-rn3ct]

Wait! A KZbinr that tells what they actually made on a card? I think you just broke some kind of unwritten rule. 1st time watching your video, very nicely done. I’ll be back!

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@johnnym415-rn3ct thanks for the support. Never understood the secrecy around KZbin or eBay.

[@beliedat2457]

Also whatnot ap seems to be a hot spot to sell cards. Live auctions starting at $1 do quite well. Just about to venture into that myself. Looking to up my low end selling. Been on eBay since 2019.

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@beliedat2457 I’m not super interested in having to go live to sell, it just isn’t something I can do consistently enough to gain a following.

[@MorrieLow]

Hey there, you mentioned $0.69 for standard envelope. How do you get that price when a stamp is $0.72? Also, are you sending it untracked as a regular 1st class letter? Thanks for the insight. Always looking to learn from others.

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@MorrieLow if you purchase your shipping through eBay you can ship a “standard” envelope, up to one ounce and .25 inches thick, for .69. It does have limited tracking capabilities.

[@MorrieLow]

@@searchingforsportscards7127 oh ok thanks for the info. I realized I’ve been listing my single cards at 3 oz so I’m overpaying for the standard envelope shipping. Thank you!

[@RobertSinClair-m8p]

@@searchingforsportscards7127 the tracking is a real issue.

[@richardolney1822]

On Ebay & Mercari you just put 1 ounce for the weight. Then look under shipping methods should be a option for a .69 envelope with tracking(only for cards under $20).

[@MorrieLow]

@ yes thank you!

[@denny_cards]

50% at the LCS if you sell to them, and then how much do you see their cards listed in their showcases vs. comps?

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@denny_cards they’ll usually take the last three comps and average it out. In theory let’s say the last three sales were $35, $29 and $40. That averages out to $34.66. They would likely offer $17.50 and it would either go to their eBay store or the display case for $35-$40.

[@denny_cards]

I liked this video, gave you a follow! ✊

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@denny_cards thanks so much for the support. I’m certainly not a pro, but I’m glad the information is helping a few people out.

[@David-fv7zg]

Damn, I think I got a few of those Peña cards from you.

[@nomoreshiny]

Why is my eBay standard envelope ~$1.35? Yours is 69 cents?

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@nomoreshiny must be in your settings, I have another video with a screen recording of exactly how I change my settings for 69 cent shipping! Thanks for tuning in!!

[@jimbobrobertson3285]

I’m with you on EBay, until I’ve been shown a better, more highly trafficked site, I’m staying. And in my experience, whatnot is better for buyers, if you know what you’re doing.

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@jimbobrobertson3285 I just can’t see a better way to move product at this point either.

[@chiefdigger5216]

Bro stop buying sports cards and fix your house 😂

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@chiefdigger5216 that’s just an extra room in my basement. It was dug out when the addition was built. It’s literally a storage room. There wouldn’t be much point in putting any money into that room.

[@chrisf4948]

Cmon man. U can tell that's a basement.

[@jamesmau9882]

❤

[@humbertoolascoaga7941]

COMC?

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@humbertoolascoaga7941 I’ll have to give it a look perhaps

[@KetchumAllCollectibles]

Never use tape. Use team bags or other self sealing sleeves if needed. Or use card savers instead of toploaders.

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@KetchumAllCollectibles nothing wrong with painters tape, in my opinion. I have used team bags in the past, and just picked up some more. Now if you use clear scotch tape, then I’m just angry about it….

[@KetchumAllCollectibles]

@searchingforsportscards7127 no tape is ever needed or excusable imo. Lots of people use painters tape but it looks bad, is lazy, and can damage cards still

[@searchingforsportscards7127]

@@KetchumAllCollectibles never once seen a card in a penny sleeve, in a top loader get damaged by painter’s tape. Do what works for you.

[@richardolney1822]

@@searchingforsportscards7127 The problem is blue painter's tape can dry out and be difficult to remove and leave behind a sticky residue on the top loader, had that happen recently and it was a pain. FROG TAPE DELICATE SURFACES(Yellow) this is best tape I found at Lowes, I use it for comics mainly(it's terrible for painting though). Other option is Scotch Painters Delicate Surface(Purple) this tape is decent, little harder to remove than the yellow tape.

[@tombullard6167]

In my experience if it's legit painters tape & not a more sticky blue tape then never an issue & have seen raw paper cards left unscathed. Personally outside of ESE I like to use a rubber band around my cardboard slats but do have painter tape if needed. it's the clear tape that still blows my mind & true test of whether someone is going to get continued business or not. Painters tape used to hold cardboard slats together or put over top of a semi-rigid is issue #99 out of 100 issues so would have to respectfully disagree with OP & agree with the video host. Much Love, Stay Safe, & Collect Cardboard!