Really looking forward to the new videos and you being back to giving out all the awesome info

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! Glad to be back.

Quickly becoming a new favorite. Keep up the good work

Keep up with the content man your one of the only people that will help with directly selling cards on platforms

Coincidentally saw your videos two weeks ago and you inspired me to start my own shop! (Albeit just a small hobby shop) and thanks to your videos I made my first sale today! Keep up the amazing work!

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome Alondra, congrats! Best of luck in your future ventures :)

@JoseSprays

Жыл бұрын

Hey any updates on the shop? Both feel free to answer😂

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

@JoseSprays also curious to hear about it. Alondra, what's the update?

@alondraramos7296

Жыл бұрын

@@TheLabTCG I've had about 20 more sales! still very small things but fun nonetheless!

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

@@alondraramos7296 Nicely done, congrats1

Thank you for this information, look forward to future uploads!

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for the Vid Will. I appreciate your videos the most.

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Let me know if there is anything you would like to see me improve or cover.

I am so glad you are back !!!!!!!! I so missed you man

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thank you a ton! Super happy to be back!

LETSS GOOO can’t wait to watch. Thanks for the motivation and info from all your videos. Also being from MD myself isnt our state flag the best haha

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

It is a pretty great flag lol. Thanks for the comment, best of luck with your business journey!

Glad to see you back again making content! A lot of your information has helped motivate me to start up a business here in the UK, with other 2000 sales across two platforms in the past year! Next on the to do list is to get a distribution agreement and a Shopify store set up.

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

That is amazing! Huge congrats on the succees!

@jackresells

Жыл бұрын

That's great man! I'm in the UK, what's your store name?

I love the honesty and transparency

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thank you William!

Great video mate👍 interesting watch.

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Awesome info, thanks!

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Bryan!

Thanks for the information 👍👍👍

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

No problem!

Will! So glad you are back, and I hope your time away was rewarding for you! Looking forward to continual content. It's helped me start my online business in AZ!

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton! Huge congrats, I know it must have been a lot of work!

@bullish3584

Жыл бұрын

I'm in AZ. You in the Phoenix area? I'll check out a local shop.

@pokehobbyaz

Жыл бұрын

@@bullish3584 Hey! I'm actually in Prescott, just an online shop at the moment (shop is the name of my KZread account). Feel free to check it out or shoot me a message.

@genrl_madman264

8 ай бұрын

What parte of AZ, bro I live close to snowflake,az and I’m just starting to buy and sell cards

@pokehobbyaz

8 ай бұрын

I'm in Prescott! Reach out if you are ever in the area. @@genrl_madman264

Solid material 👍🏽

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome vid! Looking forward to level 4 with tcgplayer. Didn’t realize there was a 100 card cap for level 1. So far I’ve only sold a single raikou… trying to figure which cards sell fast. I could go the cheap route…

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, good luck!

Hey so I’ve been starting to sell a bit more heavy on tcg this month. Quick question on storing cards, I was thinking of separating by condition, then set, then A-Z order within the set. How do you do you recommend we organize the monster boxes? I’ve bought the sorting trays you recommended and the tall cards to go A-Z for the monster boxes.

Crazy how quickly this business is changing. Being able to adapt so important.

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

For sure, changes all the time.

Love the content and you're smart as a whip for your age. On your own Shopify store You obviously are dealing with returns on your own? I'd imagine the hardest part of running your own shop is there's no third party to help you with scammers?

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Yes, I have dealt with returns and scams. There is now a little bit of protection, but it is contingent on a couple things and won't fit every scenario. So there is still risk on shopify.

Hey Will! I have a question. When do you sell a high value card vs. getting it graded and selling later? For example let's say for Obsidian, since it just came out, would it be more profitable to sell the Charizard EX 223 immediately or hold onto it, professionally grade and sell later? I would love your feedback. Thank you

how do i know whats a low end/high end card?

Just stumbled across your video, awesome work! One question, as far as taxes go, I am not a business, just a collector looking to offload some duplicates. If I am not selling a lot, how does that work? Does TCG Player take your taxes out?

LETS GOOOO🙌🙌🙌🙌

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Ayeeee, thanks MrChonkachu!

subd, good stufffff

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Spencer!

Hi Will, I recognize you from your playing days! Nice to hear how well this side of Pokemon is working out for you! I've sold around 100 cards on ebay over the years, but those were always mid-to-high price singles. I'm now sitting on around 20k bulk cards. Am I correct to assume that you'd recommend that I go TCG Direct with the bulk? I don't even have a seller account with them (though I've made hundreds of purchases over the years). Do I need to do some sales before trying to get to Direct, or do you think it's worth it for me to email them asking to sign up?

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Hey that is awesome! Thanks for the comment. If you are looking to just move it asap, I would sell to another store at bulk rates. If you do want to sell them as singles, I think direct is the best. That being said, yes, you should start a regular tcgplayer account and start getting the ball rolling.

@HoopaHideout

Жыл бұрын

@@TheLabTCG I've held onto it for this long. I'm not in a hurry when the difference is $200 vs $3k+. I set up my initial TCG Seller account today. Wish me luck!

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

@@HoopaHideout Best of luck!

Hi Will, what kind of card sorter are you looking at? I stumbled onto Jack Baumgartel's KZread channel and he is in the process of making one. I am looking into card sorters right now but can't justify the steep cost at the moment. Looking forward to more videos.

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Hi Devin, I'm currently looking into the Magic-Sorter.

@devlinmurray5853

Жыл бұрын

@@TheLabTCG That one does seem to be the most cost effective at the moment.

@Stranger-mg6qo

Жыл бұрын

@@TheLabTCG wouldn't mind a video on the different card sorters available and cost for the machine and monthly subscription fee

Could you tell us how you soruce your inventory?

Awesome tips! Is there any way to make TCG selling work from Europe?

Do you recommend selling online or to a local card store?

Love from Philippines, just starting to collect and sell

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Very cool! Thanks for the comment!

Idk if you have but do you have a video on how you ship the cards back to tcg direct?

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

I don't, but I do have a video on direct itself. Ill make one on shipping eventually

If you do "certified mail" with USPS you can get tracking number with a envelope.

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! I have not tried this.

tcgplayer isn't available to canada :( is there any alternative that you know of? thanks in advance ^_^

Do you have any tips on where to buy singles to sell? E.g buy out collections? I

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Locally and Facebook are great options! Making relationships with customers is also a great way to source unwanted cards.

Any tips for starting outside the US? As an American in South Africa, I've noticed there's a market where I live in Johannesburg, but nobody is really offering singles, so everyone is buying sealed product. Not sure if it's a viable endeavor, but I'd like to do the market research and try if it makes sense.

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

I think the same concepts can apply internationally. Start to post in local groups offering to buy pokemon cards and resell them for higher.

Would be great if you can make a video explaining how it works during tax season. I made about 25-30 grand last year with pokemon which is not much but decent. Like what do we need to have ready, what can I use as tax write offs.

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

This is a sticky subject and highly subjective to one's state. Contacting an accountant is your best bet.

@hunteroneill7300

Жыл бұрын

Don't report any of the income.

Do you suggest eBay?

Question! How do you integrate say for example 500 cards from Chilling reign that you just uploaded, to your already existing 1000 card inventory of chilling reign

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Hey Fernando, in terms of physical cards, I would just add them by hand to your inventory.

Next goal for me would be to get on TCG Direct !

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Yessir!

Where do you buy bulk cards? Like commons and uncommons?

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Online and from people in my local area.

I really appreciate this video. Im new to ebay and selling online in general. It appears ebay gets to charge 13% commision of every pokemon card sale. Thats insanely high in my opinion. I just reached the $600 mark in sales in which I finally found out that my payout is only $413 after "fees". Its wild because that means Ill be paying taxes for $600+ when ive only received $423 so far. I have to be wrong. Please tell me im wrong! Are there other listing sites that dont charge this much commission?

@TheEverydayPreacher

6 ай бұрын

👀👀

hi , im locking for distributor

i moved to Montana so now i get to play less taxes

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Cool!

Where is the best place to buy your singles iv been slowly buying of ebay to get a start going

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Locally is going to be your best bet.

video starts at @6:07

Hi Lab TCG thank you for your videos, I am looking to buy and sell pokemon products wholesale from official distributors however most of them require me to have a brick and motar store which I do not have. How do I get around this as I am currently only able to sell online

@ryant9549

Жыл бұрын

sealed pokemon tcg products***

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ryan, thank you for the question. At the moment there is no work around. My advice is to try and differentiate your business from others and show sales history. When you talk to distributors try and show that you are currently doing business and are looking to purchase x amount per month / year. I hope this helps.

@kb6530

9 ай бұрын

​@ryant9549 I had a distributor reach out to me , they had a $5000 order minimum, and the booster boxes were $98 , I could buy the booster boxes cheaper on tcgplayer and wouldn't have an order minimum...just a heads up , shopping with a distributor isn't all that amazing

How strict is TCG direct on card conditions

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

They are pretty strict

You run your business solo or with a partner?

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Solo

Why would it be difficult to get a distributor in 2023?

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

They aren't accepting applications for sellers that are strictly ecommerce

What about taxes now on ebay

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ramon, I would ask a local Certified Public Accountant about taxes.

eBay is 13.25% so lower than tcgplayer

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Yep

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@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support!

someone buy all my cards i got a lot of rare shit

cool!!!!!!!!

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Daniel!

Why is coolkicks here

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

lol

Check out cardtrader zero it's like tcgplayer

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

I've heard of it, looks interesting!

Subbed! Thank you for all the valuable information. My son has finally gotten into Pokémon which put me back into the rabbit hole!

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome!