You’re an absolute legend for sharing all this extremely helpful info for free! Seriously! Just goes to show the kind of integrity you have. I will definitely be making purchases to support you and your business. Thank you for the quality content at no extra cost! You guys are awesome!🎉🎉🎉

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Happy to help! And thanks so much for your business 🔥

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@StormxTCG

9 ай бұрын

I was trying to calculate how u got 1.66 per month ... i was like wait....how does 12x20..+.99 / 24= 1.66 lol broke my brain, anyway thank you for all the knowledge, I recently decided to go through with doing this same thing you are doing as ive been wanting to do this for years. Your videos are super helpful!

You're solid man! Thank you for doing your thing and helping others learn the biz!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Any time! Thx for watching 🙏🏻

Always one-of-a-kind helpful, informative, and entertaining videos. Thanks again PokeNE!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Hey appreciate the love ! Thx for watching 🙏🏻

Starting my own online shop! Just doin Ebay singles at the moment and managed to preorder a couple EN 151 boxes that I am reselling. And last night I finished designing my first boosterpacks to sell. Thanks for all the great content! It's definitely inspiring 🔥

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

That is awesome! You’ll kill it 🔥

@viceminerrr4802

9 ай бұрын

any tips i’m a everything reseller at the minute but want to get into comics and pokémon start of next year, ie we’re to learn about pokémon etc as i was never a collector but just love pokemon i have a few graded and have just bought a massive lot off ebay, how do you make your bundles etc sorry for all the questions

Great info, no one else is sharing this kind of information but its very eye opening and interesting to see the backend of a successful business. Thank you!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thx for the support 🙏🏻

really the best stuff ive seen for learning to run a home business. thanks and keep it coming

thank you so much for all the videos. I'm trying this out and all this info is very helpful. hoping one day this could grow and be sustainable, i'm sure it doesn't feel like "work"

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

You can do it! And yea it’s more fun than “work” for sure

just came across this channel, love the video. You have yourself a new subscriber!

AmaZing content!!! Thank you thank you for taking the time. I learned a lot and appreciate the insight

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thx for watching 🙏🏻

Thanks for the video! Could you maybe consider making a video about the different shipping incidents / stories you have had so far? I know I would find that very interesting. What scares me the most about holding on to booster boxes is if I manage to get a buyer and ship the boxes, then they get opened in customs, get stolen etc. I work in customer service and I've had my fair share of scares from there as well!

I love your content - keep it coming. So interesting to see how the sausage is made. Love buyin from ya.

This is so awesome of you to do this!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

It’s fun for me lol - thanks for watching !

Extremely interesting insight to the business! Thankyou for sharing in such detail 😁

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thx for being here

This was an awesome and informative video! I'm one of those shmucks that has yet to transition to a full scale business but this was super helpful. Thank you!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

😂😭 just playin, but thx for the view and nice comment - I appreciate you 🙏🏻

@benjaminkappler2255

9 ай бұрын

@@pokene_pokemon All good man haha likewise

Here is a warning about claiming low import fees! if you send out something that is worth 5k and you claim it to be 2k if it gets lost or damage by the shipper you can not claim more than the amount you put on the value bill. In addition it remains fraud and if you ever get an inspection or use a legal accountant and you claim you bought some stuff for 2k and sold it for 10k you hang. As a business it is up to you to prove you buy stuff very cheap and sell it with a massive profit. If you truly buy 10 parcels at 2k each you must prove it with an invoice of 20k If you bought those 10 parcels for 26k because 2 of them where 5k your bookkeeping and payment statements will prove your own fraud!

@Pokebino_tcg

9 ай бұрын

I'm not all knowing. When it comes to business tactics or anything in the category most people won't teach people and beat them at the same time. It's not how they made it up the ladder. But I'm curious about this just in case I do get into things further I'd like to be legit and aware as possible of what I'm doing

@ryanchatwin8535

9 ай бұрын

I think it falls under plausible deniability. It’s the sellers that declare the valuation, not the buyer. PokeNe hasn’t done anything wrong, the sellers did. He just paid them the agreed upon amount and paid whatever import fees came in. If he never asks about it then there’s no issue.

@ricardoblikman2676

9 ай бұрын

@@ryanchatwin8535nope, if you insure something for 2k that you will net get more than 2k. If you paid too little tax on low import fees you committed fraud. You should correct it yourself you are always responsible for tax and it is obvious when you pay too little so you are respansible.

@ThisisMindoMint

8 ай бұрын

WHO cares about fraud. everyone I know will defraud Uncle Sam where they can left and right. Why wouldn’t you. 😊

amazing video man

Thanks for another great video! Keep them coming! Love it!❤

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thx for being here 🙏🏻

this is really helpful hearing the online figures thanks!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Happy to help! Appreciate the view 🙏🏻

it’s so funny when u described my basement with the two 40$ shelves from walmart and how i cut labels out of my printer u had me dead but i’m hoping to grow to that level one day!

Amazing content I learned so much thank you

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Glad to help🙏🏻

thank you for the video. im going to start my own shop very soon. you've got my orders for paradox rift.

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Appreciate that!!! And Kill it 🔥🔥

Nice stuff, the extras really do add up lol. Can I ask how are you paying yourself? I think that would be a cool next “big” video idea. With low margin items, and all those added costs on top of the costs of the products, plus the necessity to reinvest the earnings into future product, when and where are you then paying yourself profits? And when did that actually start, because how can you reinvest all your profit into your company, while still having bills to pay.

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Really good video idea

Thanks for all the info! :D

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

You bet!

Great video as always

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Appreciate that 🙏🏻

Thanks so much for the great video, you’re absolutely amazing! I’m from the Netherlands and might start a business here😮! I’m wondering, do you primarily sell to NE and neighbouring states or all over the USA, shipping fees might be high across the country? Don’t you mind all the extra competition you might be creating with your videos? And lastly, since you’re already so transparent with your numbers; what are the average margins on products, I’ve done some calculations and came up with ~5%ish? Thanks in advance!!

This is super informative, thanks for the transparency. Is it not possible to use credit cards instead of wire transfers for international purchases?

Great video, very useful

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that! Thx for checking it out!

Definitely a ton of great info to take in

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Super excited. I bought a vstar 151 and black flame box to test out the product, I wanted to see legit box's so when I try to order from Japan I know what it looks like

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

That’s the way to do it 👌

Where do you get your pictures for the product on your website? I feel like it would take forever for someone who sells singles to edit all those images

That's a lot of things always forget when they try to do any business and I know I did too. The operation costs and supplies for any business will wreck businesses if you don't budget that wisely. Even when I buy stuff online I reuse as much shipping supplies that is salvageable.

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Facts

Love this

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Thx!!

Amazing content! Garyvee of Pokémon!!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Best compliment ever

So what happens when you want to go on vacation for like 2 weeks on a cruise or something like that? How do things keep running? Or do you shut down or have someone else run it while away? Legit curious. Now I gotta watch the business Playlist lol. Thanks for the transparency.

Thanks Brian for providing an overview of your numbers. 👍 In terms of your collectible insurance, how do you backup/proof on your overall inventory? Do you take photos of your stock inventory; for sales and investments or do you go by your invoices? Also, since the entire business is out of the lowest part of your house, is there flood and humidity contingencies in place? YT algorithm ~~~} ❤

Awesome info!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Im in Asia and it is really my dream to have my own Pokemon TCG shop one day.

A ton of great info here

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

one of my biggest questions is how to get suppliers that are trustworthy and are willing to work with someone new getting into it like me? thanks :) great video

Love the series I learned a lot I started selling on facebook marketplace it’s all profit from there for me. I was wondering what are the profit margins from selling online from all the shipping and packaging fees? You don’t really have a in-depth video on that.

@pokene_pokemon

8 ай бұрын

Answering this in my upcoming q&a video, thanks! 🙏🏻

Hey Brian, great video as usual. Keep up the great work and let’s stay in touch.

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! And for sure 👌

Do you have a link for your shelves on casters you are using to store your collection ? Thanks a lot !

Packs just came in today from you🎉🎉

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the order :)

Love the content, Brian! Random question… what shelves do you have to store your inventory?? I need a couple shelves and those look great!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

It’s been a while but If you type in “heavy duty 5 tier shelf” they’re all pretty much the same- should be $250-$300 and if they have less than 4 stars, don’t buy

well done man

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Appreciate it 😁

Thank you for sharing.. very interesting

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Amazing info! Also, for future reference it’s 1 gigabit or 1,000 megabits, but not 1,000 gigabits :)

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Lol I figured I’d get that wrong 😂

THANK YOU!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Question: why do you still work with Wix and did not change to a self made onlineshop when you get biger? As always great content!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

This

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Integrated with helpful tools and takes almost zero effort to update and maintain

Great video! Can u maybe make a follow up video om how much ur average monthly revenue is, and then the profit u make at the end of the month?

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the idea! Yes I’ll plan that

@JDee171192

9 ай бұрын

@@pokene_pokemon Awesome!! Thank u. Btw i an really jealous on how low the amount of inport fees are in the US. Here in The Netherlands it is about 21%. But in exchange for that i dont really need to pay sales tax i think is what its called in the US. Since i already payed that to customs.

Do you know about GIMP for photo editing?

What company do you use to supply cards

how did u find ur supliers and how high are ur profit margins?

Do you recommend using WISE in the beginning of the relationship with suppliers?

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

After a few transactions with PayPal goods and services first

Do you still collect cards just for your enjoyment? Can you share your collection ?

I need to move to the midwest ASAP

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

NE ain’t so bad

Wow. 😮

is that plaza japan place a good place to buy in bulk/get supplies for japan orders?

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

It’s a bit overpriced and not great for bulk in my opinion - but it seems safe and I haven’t heard any complaints. We offer some bulk discounts on certain sets, free free to look around at PokeNE.com and email me Brian@pokene.com if you need over 10 boxes of anything 👌

Quick question. If you make your purchases with a business credit card that has no international fees, do you need that middle man? As always, love the content. Incredibly helpful!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Wise is for bank wire transfers only - most suppliers won’t take cards

@PokeFi_CO

9 ай бұрын

@@pokene_pokemon great to know. Appreciate the reply. Keep crushing it!

GOAT!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

🙌

Can you make a video on how you acquire the initial capital to start this business? Via bank, own savings account?

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Good video idea- noted👌

I know you're obviously doing it, and successfully so but I honestly doubt the professional email thing. Keep going strong though! Love to see the process as it's gonna be a tremendous help for me and anyone trying to do the same thing!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view!! But Sorry can you clarify what you’re doubting?

When do you think OP new Era Cases will back on stock on the site?

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Next week 👍

How do you deal with people doing chargebacks?

@pokene_pokemon

Ай бұрын

You take it in the ass, yell about it to your wife, complain about on social media and punch a few pillows. All you can do typically - it’s nearly impossible to win

$20/m FOR A DOMAIN? That should only be costing you $20 a year my friend. Unless you meant a "website" in which case, that's different and 20 per month is pretty standard for a basic web setup.

@pokene_pokemon

4 ай бұрын

lol I haven’t watched this video in a long time but I deffs meant $20/year. Thanks man 😂

About the import fees and devalueing whats being exported. Most Japanese Suppliers have all ceased doing that, as it is against the law and will be severely punished if caught by the Japanese Autorithies. My suppliers have all stopped devalueing their shipments.

Do you have any protection for basement pipe floods?

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely

Some schmuck flipping boxes from cases Recycle shipping supplies.

Why don't you use Bitcoin compared to wire transfer.

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

I don’t mess with cryto

I m not a lawyer yet but i m a law student in europe. I m pretty sure if a parcel reaches you with an underdeclared value and you dont notify tax authoritys you are technically commiting a tax crime. Idk how the US handles this but you should talk to your accountant and or lawyer. If it s legal i m moving to the US lol. I just collect cards i never sell them but i pay about 300€ (20%(+5%)) in Importtaxes alone each month.

@russell4781

9 ай бұрын

Not sure of the question here but he pays the taxes when purchasing products from distributors or online.. like ebay auto takes out the tax fee for us in USA.. then can write off as business expenses I think.. I'm not a tax expert lol

@niklas8578

9 ай бұрын

@@russell4781 If you import goods from a country outside the US you also have to pay importtaxes if the amount is above 2k. I guess it might be different depending on the state you live in etc. Here in europe you have to pay ~20%(18-25% depending where you are from) taxes on everything +5% (duty tax/zoll) on top of the value + taxes so its more than 5% and there are no write offs. It just counts as expense. If you underdeclare a parcel you obv save a lot of money but ofc its highly illegal and fines are obv rly high.

@ericstockman662

9 ай бұрын

Report him to the IRS. You can actually collect a reward.

@niklas8578

9 ай бұрын

@@ericstockman662 why would i want to do that? I just wanted to learn and or warn him. I m just too lazy to study everything so i thought someone in the comments may be smarter and explain american customs to me.

PokeNE to the moon!

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

🚀🚀🚀 also not sure if you watched till the end but I shouted out you and Mason for creating equally real content. Hopefully my overwhelming levels of influence and power gained you a subscriber

@rng-gamez

9 ай бұрын

@@pokene_pokemonI did I appreciate that man!

What car is she toploading?

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

It’s the new Yokohama pikachu promo 120/sv-p

Yo! This is amazing. Been watching you videos for the past couple of weeks now and you are by far the most honest channel I've ever come across. Honestly refreshing. I had a question for you. As far as RipnShip goes, what is your opinion on doing Rip Till You Hit, is it profitable? What about having free shipping on tiktok streams. How does that work? I know nothing is truly free. 😃

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Worth it if you mark things up high enough. If you’re new you’ll have trouble marking packs up that much tho

Do you have extra insurance against a flood if a pipe were to burst in your basement? It would ruin your entire stock

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Yes we do 👌

Don't change. I like it bland, no sugar coating baby

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

No plans to change - thx homie 🙏🏻

Hello 👋

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Hello back 👋

Informative, but really hate your condescending tone "some schmuck flipping packs from Walmart". Unless you were born into money you had to start somewhere.

@ericstockman662

9 ай бұрын

Yah he’s quite pretentious.

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Just a character lol- it’s my brand as a business youtuber - opposite of the “motivational BS” you get from the other channels that don’t really care if you make it or not

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Just a character lol- it’s my brand as a business youtuber - opposite of the “motivational BS” you get from the other channels that don’t really care if you make it or not

How much did your daddy’s money start up this business and homeowner title lol bro these channels are goofy bunch of daddy money garage entrepreneurs

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Your mentality in life is pitiful. Watch our early videos when we started from scratch. You might need a “daddy” to have a chance at success but not everyone else does. Step one would be stepping away from KZread and actually putting your mind to something productive. Uninspired Swine.

hey man I'd block our your FedEx tracking number. Any FedEx employee can view your address

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Good to know - thank man 🙏🏻

Selling trash Japanese cards lmao.

Hi dude, i have been follow u recently, Im from Peru, here i have my own little business about cards collection and more. I have been selling Super Dragon Ball Heroes from Japan since 2020, but now also i want to sell pokemon cards in japanese, and english. I want to know if u can be my direct contact seller from United States. Please i really aprecciate if u give me an answer. Thanks and have a nice day dude.

@pokene_pokemon

9 ай бұрын

Good luck on the biz!! We only ship to the US but I’m cheering for you homie