TCGplayer Direct Sellers try this please

[@tjpalme4298]

Hey man. I'm 3 months into selling on TCG player and in the direct program and their new seller development program. I only do pokemon and mostly just pick up collections/sealed for 50/60 percent if possible. In under 3 months I've done around 12000 in sales and it's been really fun. Thanks for all of the tips and tricks from a pro for a noob like me. 👊

[@cryptomuscle1986]

Lie lie and lieeee

[@tjpalme4298]

@@cryptomuscle1986 60 thousand in sales now but alright...

[@tjpalme4298]

@@cryptomuscle1986 update 68,000 in sales :) thanks for the help and inspiration Rob

[@davidtorstenson1848]

​@tjpalme4298 how much capital did you start with?

[@davidtorstenson1848]

How much money did you start with?

[@arttay1090]

We've had 2 accounts for about a year. Similar to you, we have it broken into non direct and direct. Mostly we list whats in whatever is considered standard for the card games and/or cards in sets less than a year old. Everything else goes on the 2nd account. We found that the labor cost did not make sense when we had every card on the "main account". Something we started doing a year ago was utilizing local card shows to offload pokemon. We do between $2-$3k per show. We're a much smaller business, and we only do smaller shows. I'm 100% if you took your inventory and/or went to the bigger shows like any Collect a con or the Dallas card show, you'd do 10k a day easy. On the last point: At this point, I view this all as just working at Target or Walmart, but instead of stocking lightbulks, its bits of cardboard.

[@rk100_official]

I've been selling more seriously on tcgplayer for around 3 months now. I find it surprising and reassuring that a lot of what you say in your videos is things I've already considered, things I've experienced, or things I'm aware if prior to having watched these. It tells me I'm on the right track for what I'm trying to do and that the profits I'm seeing are legitimate. I managed to increase my inventory from around 500 cards to nearly 20,000 in just 3 months and I've solved for most of the growing pains for how I'm handling sales. Still having others like you discuss your experience is an invaluable resource as it helps me understand that others have seen much larger scale success through the methods and considerations I came up with naturally through running my business. So thank you :D

[@CodyCooper]

Hey Rob! Congrats on the weight loss! I'm glad to hear it was changes in your diet and not stress (although, as a business owner, you're going to have some of that regardless!). Thank you for being the example of an operator who is successful through consistent adaptation.

[@IneptCardCollector]

Every time I see his thumbnails I'm inspired.

[@MTGUnpacked]

Good point about eBay. I usually only list higher value cards there due to the additional effort to list. Probably leaving money on the table with all the bulk!

[@ItsapaulChannel]

I've done everything from running two store locations' singles to just selling bulk as a side hustle, and hearing how things pan out from someone actually doing it vs someone that just talks the talk is refreshing. Great stuff!

[@here-lies-wes1738]

Love the content man. Very upfront and informative.

[@pshobbiesandthings]

I ran into this when I setup my two TCGPlayer accounts. You must have a separate name, bank account, and separate contact information for each account. They told me it was for fraud reason. Appreciate your video and insight as a b&m!

[@NathanielLKN]

Holy shit at the very last part. Brutal.

[@MadTownHobby]

thank you for always being just restless enough to try everything the rest of us want to try

[@malleycattcg]

20k worth of alt arts sell in facebook groups all the time, just gotta kno the right people and build relationships

[@gregesparza5857]

Good stuff, love getting a different perspective on several issues

[@JarretZimmerman-j5e]

Summer sales have been brutal (I cover 7 card games) , hoping Fall we get the usual pop.

[@lucky13cards25]

Another amazing video. Crazy how just taking to the camera can provide so much knowledge and entertainment. I do have a question I feel like you started to hint at but wasn’t sure if you answered. If you get a second TCGplayer account is there a threshold monetarily you’d list on the second account? Like floor-$3? Or just based off condition for the second account? I need to pick up my eBay game. Sports card are easy in eBay but I’m scared to start MTG

[@tjpalme4298]

Second comment but I wonder if Tcgplayer adding an option for sellers to choose what cards they want available via direct based on price level. Example like if I could check a box and say that I don't want anything I price under 5 dollars to be available via direct. This way it would allow sellers to do this without having to handle multiple accounts. Seems pretty cool

[@chongojeff]

I'm waiting for a spot to open up in the patreon - is there any good way to ask you questions directly?

[@TheCardChef]

You are looking great Rob! Gonna have to get my ass on whatever you doing 😂. Do you still work at the storefront yourself or are you just behind the scenes working at the warehouse now?

[@ridernick1927]

Could you do a video talking more about the cards with a higher fee I know that they do any card over $3 is 50% be is there any others we need to know about

[@MegaEvoMartYT]

agree on $1 binders, works well at shows too (shoutout njtcgshow haha), but yeah totally not worth time to condition, price, list, send vs just shoving anything 1.5 and under in a binder and letting the customer do the work, even random japanese holos of popular pokemon that are worth a penny will sell sometimes

[@Tendedfatback]

Tcg recognized my computer and halted my second account lol. I know with all new information I could get around it though.

[@Ziddari_Vyx]

Very small seller here, but interested in expanding into eBay. From an MTG singles perspective by what metric are you deciding what goes on TCGPlayer and what goes to eBay? What's the process? Is it play sets? Is it price point? Thanks for the video!

[@peternordstrom9991]

whats the blue card hes talking about that spiked from 2.49 to 10?

[@Rubiksguy]

I JUST got my 2nd account set up with help from tcgplayer, so it's all good to do still :)

[@hannatscorner]

They do still offer multiple accounts you just have to message them

[@Gxryy_]

New seller in the Yugioh space, when it comes to promotion % on ebay would you suggest always going with 2%?

[@ItsMeEbby]

Awesome advice.

[@Julnlecs86]

10 orders away from Level 4 seller. 💪 Thank you.

[@TheEpicenterGaming]

Great info! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@PokeWojo]

Do you list sealed products on tcgplayer?

[@josephessig6055]

In my opinion, fees are getting worse on Direct. I'm a small seller usually much less than 10k cards listed at a time. I have had months where my fees from platform cut and direct are between 28% to 35%, that's including some higher margin lower fee sales I fulfill myself. It's brutal: if I could get fees down closer to 20%, I would be making an additional thousand dollars in profit a month. For me, that's the difference between it not being worth it for me and being a profitable side business. Any thoughts on this from anyone?

[@Nintendomac]

That’s interesting because you can get 60-70% value just from buy listing through card kingdom or card conduit. If direct is getting close to those numbers it starts making much less sense

[@josephessig6055]

@@Nintendomac 60-70% of direct prices is definitely better, but it’s definitely painful. - everything under $4 or $5 comes out to less than 60% - even over the 50% fee threshold for a $4 card I’m at less than $2 after fees. If I shipped it myself in a PWE, even with no shipping credit, I’m closer to $3 on that card.

[@TheTCG_Show]

Casual CA-Ching from eBay in the background!

[@dominicmetzger3246]

I think you could start reminding customers they’re going to be paying income tax on eBay, PayPal and tcgplayer sales this year. Their margins will go down by a ton, so it’s even better to just dump the cards at a store

[@kain630]

I've messaged them and I got one account for Direct and one account not on Direct.

[@2bitcents429]

In the binders you have in your store, do you put price tags on all the card sleeves, or do customers have to ask how much each card is?

[@rng-gamez]

@@2bitcents429 no price tags, we are integrated with TCGplayer so it’s normally the same price. People always have their phones out pricing cards anyway so if they ask me I just tell them our prices closely mirror TCGplayer so they normally stop asking prices

[@wsbnew1412]

Upload your singles as scans on tcg as well. I shop on tcgplayer way more than eBay and almost always buy the cards with scans.

[@rng-gamez]

@@wsbnew1412 it doesn’t really work properly as a direct seller

[@Ifyouhavethecoin]

Believe me I am Billy boy

[@CUTS_cards]

Sick T-shirt!

[@stephenlafleur4091]

Hey man I took your advice and asked a few of the LGS in my area about buying standard set booster cases. The lowest offer I got was $750 before taxes for Bloomburrow. Does that seem like a fair price for getting started selling on ebay/tcgplayer?

[@rng-gamez]

@@stephenlafleur4091 I’d say 125 a box all in is fair.

[@stephenlafleur4091]

@@rng-gamez Alright, thanks again. You the man!!

[@pwetcg]

Do you know if there is any way to sell on tcg player if you're not american (im in canada) and need another outlet to offload bulk cards

[@RegimentJoker]

Try sending the product within three days?

[@rng-gamez]

@@RegimentJoker what part are you referring to?

[@le_med]

Why not have your own store online in a wordpress site with all the individual cards LP and lower with your control of shipping fees? Offer these cards with free shipping up to 20 cards and then put a shipping range every 25 so that someone can buy 1000 10 cents cards and they pay shipping for 1000 cards. That s what I do

[@rng-gamez]

@@le_med the amount of eyeballs you get on TCGplayer and eBay are astounding, we get over 20 million impressions a month just on eBay. That’s traffic you can’t really buy. Gotta pay to play. We also can’t sit on cards for an eternity waiting for someone to stumble onto my site.

[@le_med]

@@rng-gamez Oh I understand I meant for the low value cards using that site to sell your cheap stuff. High end goes to ebay and tcg and in your store and in your mailing you advertise the other site for cheap singles telling your customers that it helps you save on shipping and taxes and fees. For people who can t be patreon they can support you that way while getting cheap cards that way and you give one week for shipping. The idea is to use your traffic to let your customers know you have a site with lower fees

[@NOLA-vv3sz]

Shhhhhhhh. Don't talk about Alpha. I am not done buying all of it.

[@tezcatlipocaone8796]

Bro, you look like a #Stoner. Are you a Stoner?

[@rng-gamez]

I'm not sure what you mean, but no

[@CartridgesandCoffee]

Go home lady you’re drunk

[@tezcatlipocaone8796]

@@rng-gamez You've inspired me to be a seller, I did use the funds gained for medical cannabis. Thank you for the insperation

[@tezcatlipocaone8796]

@@rng-gamez I mean You've inspired to have my cards sold, in exchange for Medical Cannabis. Thank you my friend