They need to create a full Bloomburrow line separate from the rest of magic and have 3-4 releases per year. change my mind.
@awllmann363Сағат бұрын
It brings me joy to see Yu-Gi-Oh behind you on your shelf.
@wsbnew14122 сағат бұрын
Where do you get the dividers do you sell any
@hannatscorner4 сағат бұрын
It is possible that you have ghost inventory that is out of your control
@JohnDoe-ld8nr4 сағат бұрын
I think the dividers are a good idea because when you need to search for something without the dividers you're putting all of those touches on the cards each and every time. 7:50 LOL, as I was typing this you said this same thing,
@Jockustoe4 сағат бұрын
Direct is a TCGplayer cash grab. Instead of switching to an eBay shipping model they devised a plan to use brick and mortars with vast inventory as their own pseudo inventory. If a shop shipped singles 1-2 per week and could easily print labels from TCGplayer without conversion to another application or website, Direct wouldn't be a thing. 5:22
@MysteriousSoulreaper6 сағат бұрын
Do the orders you fulfill through the store (in-person or online) result in many condition complaints from your customers? What would you say is your biggest fear about leaving (or being kicked) from Direct? Is it having to fulfill all those orders yourselves but not having the time? Or is it not commanding as much of a price premium?
@JakeMlogan6 сағат бұрын
Have you seen this video from TCGBulkKings kzread.info/dash/bejne/imyVkpOemMbQm7w.html it may be that the slow down in sales isn't just because of bloomburrow condition issues. It appears that direct is making silent changes to the program that has a major negative impact on bulk sellers. But thanks for the videos always love your content and am excited to see the weekly progress on bulking up.
@CNA-Games6 сағат бұрын
I have seen this video and talked to him about it a little. It’s a big find that I think isn’t working quite as intended.
@TheDarkElder4 сағат бұрын
As I commented on that linked video of BulkKings, it hopefully is just a broken code on the TCGplayer site. Else any listed inventory for under $1 or 2 may go unsold through Direct if they silently changed policy to not restock "cheap cards" in numbers as they used to.
@audrisampson6 сағат бұрын
Does your system say what employees entered cards? If so then you could review random cards and see if it was correct. This would only work on cards you have one of I guess though.
@Cardiac.Gaming6 сағат бұрын
I feel like you should just run it as you do at your prices without direct. They have to many expectations for you doing 95% of the work for them.
@wsbnew14122 сағат бұрын
Aren’t they doing like 95% of the work for you. They are selling your cards for you and shipping them to the customer and making sure you get paid. All you have to do is send them the right stuff in the right condition when they send you an invoice. That’s literally your only job.
@MrMADMADHATTER16 сағат бұрын
You would be the ONLY store on tcg listing their stuff LP. Your good nature is being taken advantage of. List the cardboard as NM and run your business
@chesterfieldthe3rd9293 сағат бұрын
That's not how you be a good person, which should matter. Making a million isn't gonna mean crap if your heart and soul are stained with greed. I sell mine exactly what they are, too. I want my customers to be happy.
@MrMADMADHATTER13 сағат бұрын
@@chesterfieldthe3rd929 if listing a card as NM rather than LP because of a broken system draws the line between good and evil for you....good luck🫡
@jeremyarmes24049 сағат бұрын
Thanks for the calm and easy to follow along tutorial. Job done - I even bought a cheap SMD Rework Station (finally!) - and it all worked out. Let's see what my kids break next... 😂
@chrisoverholts881622 сағат бұрын
Most ppl call it crazy, but I sleeve every single card. Everytime I crack packs and add them into boxes the bottoms of the cards scrape on the bottom of the box. And idk about you, but when random cards spike in value from new set releases, I want to KNOW those cards are pack fresh. And that's how I sell. If it's pack fresh, it's NM. Unless there is an obvious flaw. Which I usually pull when cracked out of a pack. Pack fresh is NM and everyone can get over it. The border width is shown in the picture. I give you all the details for you to make an informed purchase.
@JohnDoe-ld8nr5 сағат бұрын
"Pack fresh" doesn't mean anything as with the low quality TPCI has been putting out in recent years "pack fresh" cards could be as low as "moderately played" straight out of the pack. "Near mint" is near mint. "Pack fresh" is a sign a seller is not knowledgeable about his wares.
@chrisoverholts88162 сағат бұрын
@@JohnDoe-ld8nr all I'm saying is it's time the buyer took some responsibility. I sell on eBay, provide close up pictures. Out of the pack is NM from the same TCG we are both referencing. I've done no damage to the card whilst in my possession. If it's good enough for a multi billion dollar company's quality control it's good enough for me and good enough for you. Or just don't buy from me.
@David-fv7zg23 сағат бұрын
How do I find a local place that buys bulk? If not is there anywhere I can send for bulk sales? Thanks!
@JockustoeКүн бұрын
I penny sleeve all holos. I group up in penny sleeves 6-8 cards per sleeve of common/uncommons/rares. All other cards(unless $1.00 or more) are raw in box by alphabet. I use the dividers for the aphabatized cards. Anything thats moderately played or worse is never penny sleeved until sold. This saves the cards, space, and amount of dividers needed from damage thats removing value, and most importantly time spent sorting. I am enjoying the series of "bulking up". For refrence...I have 9k inventory in TCG player(only recently added 3-4k cards). 100% 5star rating lvl 4 pro seller, w/ almost 1k orders in less than 10mo. Credentials out of the way... If you have any questions on how I make $.65 per order on ave each sale. Profit, (i.e. every order is just a math problem of 1(.55)=approx. Profit.) after shipping costs and packaging costs. I'm solo posting shipping, not using tcg direct. Im also able to have the $5 and up free shipping. When i heard you're only making .08 per order on a .05/.10 order, I'm curious as to how? Do I have the secret sauce? 😅
@MrCobrabytesКүн бұрын
My shop sleeves at least a playset of every card and only use dividers for the letters if the alphabet. It’s super efficient and our store is about as large as yours. The sleeves also tell us the condition of the card
@cryptonite8495Күн бұрын
We don't often get to see just how much bulk product that card stores have in their back rooms. What you see in the store's cases and bargain boxes is just a drop in the bucket. Not just TCG, but sportscards, too, from the junk wax era forward.
@jessicabenjegerdes7438Күн бұрын
Stop saying stupid things on KZread videos because it’s so stupid and dumb and who cares about you saying stupid things on KZread videos because it’s so stupid and dumb and who cares about how much Pokémon cards are worth because it’s so stupid and dumb
@fumanchuaeon47252 күн бұрын
Chad king! great method!
@daveybuildslego3 күн бұрын
When the card scanner finds a really good card does an alarm go off? I just imagine it saying something like “big hit alert!” Nice video and thank you for the behind the scenes. I have around 10k common/rare/reverse holo Pokémon and have no idea what to do with it
@asphaltentertainmentheadch57423 күн бұрын
I was like everyone’s looking must have bad luck like some people got it like that
@tattedcodementor10354 күн бұрын
dude that card sorting machine is SICK! I had no idea something like that even existed. One day maybe ill own my own shop........
@Julnlecs864 күн бұрын
I use paper index cards to divide my sets and cards in alphabetical order.
@azury21sameasxbl925 күн бұрын
I want a job that all I have to do is sort cards!
@CUTS_cards6 күн бұрын
Divider between sets and “raw dog”
@fallingxshadow6 күн бұрын
Somebody commented this 2 years ago but I just casually found your channel & I'm glad I did. Nice store!
@krynndotca6 күн бұрын
My sorting system is to sleeve the first of the same cards. For example, if I have 10 of the same cards, I sleeve the first card only, and that sleeve essentially became my divider. I also don't consider that sleeved card as part of the inventory so that sleeved card become at the same time a place holder as well as a safety stock in case I even am exactly one card short.
@MrFfffd7 күн бұрын
(Note: I am a person predisposed to over-complicating things, so keep this in mind when reading.) Direct Seller with a Brick Mortar here. Average daily inventory is ~2000 cards between 5 games (MTG, PKM, FAB, Lorcana, and SWU). I have changed things a few times, but I currently have cards organized by game, then foil or non-foil, then alphabetically. When I box break a bunch of one set, I'll temporarily have that set in it's own box (also broken down by foil then alphabet) until it gets down to a more manageable size them I'll merge it back in with the larger inventory box for that game. It's a hybrid approach and seems to work pretty well for an inventory of _this_ size and also given that I'm really the only person pulling from and adding to it, but we'll have to see how it works as we scale up both inventory and labor. I also sleeve ALL my cards, but I try to emphasize sleeve reuse as much as possible. To save time and material, I tend to throw multiples of the same card (if lower value) in one penny sleeve, then mark those sleeves with a number so I know to check those sleeves for extras to avoid accidental overships.
@Categoryonegames7 күн бұрын
All of our product is separated by game, then by set alphabetically, then by Condition breakdown, and then alphabetically within those conditions. All NM and LP condition cards are sleeved. If the foils are separated into their own section on our website, they will have their own section otherwise foils go after regular versions of cards. Our separator for sets/condition of that set is a note card. For larger sections that go more than a row, we use slips of paper just higher than the cards with letters on them to separate out and make it easier to pull. Since NM and LP have sleeves on them, we aren't worried about our fingers touching them. MP and lower condition will not make much difference so we don't mind touching the cards. We use Costco racks (8 of them) where you can fit five of the 4-row boxes and one 2-row box both front and back, so each shelf has 11 total 4-row boxes - basically. Times that by 4 with using the floor and you can get 44 4-row boxes of cards in use with one rack that cost $250 or so and the top shelf is used for storage, supplies, etc.
@Jenn-lq9yu7 күн бұрын
Did a bit of quick math because I'm a nerd, each of those boxes assuming they're full holds 5,000 cards. There are 8 shelves per row on each of those stands, and 2 rows. You have 10 stands in total, so for magic assuming every box was completely full you would have 800,000 cards on the shelves alone. So you're probably pretty close on the 1 million cards count.
@martinwood7447 күн бұрын
How much do I get for a mint condition Ace of Spades?
@MegaEvoMartYT7 күн бұрын
sleeves
@videogametrader7 күн бұрын
Dividers. I find the sellers that put dividers between ever card have like 20-30 copies of these cards. We put dividers based on the alphabet. Usually a dividers ever 2-3 inches so we can grab the cards with one hand to look through them. We do sleeve foils. We don’t sleeve normal cards. That was a suggestion from our growth rep
@videogametrader7 күн бұрын
How many hours a week do you feel your have dedicated to putting cards in stock (conditioning, filing, etc)
@TheRealWarez7 күн бұрын
Create a "control" group now... put some pristine cards (foils, non-foils, new, and old) in a special marked section of a heavily flipped through box... you'll know exactly how long they've been in there and that they weren't cycled through... in 6 months you'll have an idea about damage. In a year... you'll have a very good idea and can let us know the outcome! I've always wondered about those same things!
@brickcitycomics21357 күн бұрын
At my shop we use: 3200 count boxes for each condition NM/LP/MP/DMG We then have BCW Tall Dividers for each condition, labeled with each TCGplayer set (MTG currently has like 400 different set listings) so that's 1600 label dividers we have just for the MTG inventory We do combine non-foils and foils into the same box based on condition. Each set is loaded alphabetically from A-Z for non-holo, then another blank divider with the foil inventory then loaded A-Z. All foils and cards over $1 are penny sleeved. So 2 dividers per set, per condition. We leave the dividers in the box in order (alphabetically not not TCG sorted system) regardless if we have cards from the set or not to avoid having to alphabetize in the future.
@urbanaltar8 күн бұрын
twilight masquerade gets us all sometimes tough luck! ive ripped two etbs before and pulled like ten dollars worth of cards haha
@RandomLILZAY18 күн бұрын
Imo, this 2% direct thing that tcg gave is causing you to worry and overthink condition to an extreme. Im not saying the conditions shouldn't be important but not to the point where we're asking if sifting through cards in the box is going to overtime cause damage. I personally just do dividers by set, rarity, and alphabetical. Leave enough room where you can put 2 or 3 fingers in between cards to search without having to force cards out of the way, can mitigate potential damage. As long as someone isn't man handling the cards, it should be fine.
@Dscaggs918 күн бұрын
Dividers for each set. A-Z from there. If I had as many dividers as you're using it would give me an aneurysum.
@jamiemacdonald95948 күн бұрын
Just started getting into collecting and watching to better my know. One thing that's impressed so much is the realness of some of content creators I've seen, so refreshing.
@TheDarkElder8 күн бұрын
From a raw mechanical view: Every movement causes friction to some level. The point is rather: Is that friction causing damage to the card, i.e. mostly the surface if cards are shoved against one another while shuffling through the big boxes. That again depends on the distance the cards can move and the force applied. Each movement may cause insignificant stress on the surface but repeated over hundreds or thousands of iteration that may well add up to surface damage - especially if the very same spot(s) are hit over and over again.
@MysteriousSoulreaper8 күн бұрын
The damage kind of depends on your turnover rate. Risk is minimal from other cards or tags if the product moves in and out of your inventory quickly. In my experience as long as the "wiggle" isn't very extreme you shouldn't have to worry too much. Though I've definitely had pack fresh foils in a box that I barely look at and brought them out later with a big scratch I definitely didn't put there myself. I chalked it up to too much movement when moving the box around. In other words you want space but not too much or too little. As for how much you should tag, that also depends on what you need your pick rates to be or how much you believe your employees will grab the correct version of a card if there isn't a divider. If you need speed then you don't want then sifting through a bunch of A or B to find a copy. However if you're putting cards into your inventory it can go a lot faster when you don't need to look for a specific tag. So there's kind of a balance there.
@PokèMyBalls8 күн бұрын
*You should make an updated video!*
@rytramprophet8438 күн бұрын
please. Any shop worth its salt has a card sorting machine or two. These machines can be programmed in many ways and one of which is checking the value of the card by referencing it with pricing sites. these machines can drop any card that is worth more than the programmed amount into a separate bin. This is why as a non-professional buyer it is NEVER beneficial to buy in bulk because those cards have already been sorted and picked through for the most valuable cards. The only ways to get valuable cards is by direct purchase, buying sealed packs, or simply getting lucky and finding cards in the most random of places. I had the idea to look into online estate liquidation auctions where foreclosed, death or any other means resulted in some collection being put up for auction. However, i quickly realized it was not an original idea as i found myself in competition with card stores outbidding me on nearly EVERY auction. Card stores, Especially online card stores are a damn cancer and are only in it because it is big business. you just cant compete with em.
@sneakyquick8 күн бұрын
99 percent if card shops fail. Go work at mcdonalds or drive uber
@mhammer92238 күн бұрын
I've been running a small tcgplayer shop (mostly just Pokémon) for over a year to help fund my hobby. I'm still using penny sleeves on cards and dividers just for sets. Nonfoils I will put up to 10 copies in a single penny sleeve so it is less "units" to flip through in the box and then holos and reverses either get their own sleeve or 2 per sleeve, back to back so they don't scratch. However, my inventory is currently in the 20-30k cards range so I could see it becoming prohibitively time and cost expensive if I scaled up significantly. I could definitely see dividers being helpful in an operation with multiple people working on the same inventory because it makes it harder for things to get mis-filed. I don't know how many times I've had a brain fart and forgot alphabetical order several letters into a card name and then spent time later trying to catch my mistake when I have to pull cards for an order. But similar to my sleeves approach, I think it would largely depend on the ratio between how you separate the cards and how many copies fit in each "bin". I like the approach you mentioned in an earlier video of keeping all NM cards together, all LP cards together, etc. A lot of why I use sleeves in my inventory is so I can encode the condition on the sleeve, but with a large enough inventory and high enough throughput, duplicating the set structure to keep conditions separate would probably be easier. Because pull sheets are sorted by [condition, set, card name] I imagine that allows parallelism across multiple employees as one could be pulling the NM cards for an invoice, another the LP cards, etc. Overall I just find it very interesting how much inventory scale and process scalability changes what is best practice for a given tcgplayer system. Look forward to seeing how this series unfolds!
@Chadderboxhobby8 күн бұрын
The amount of doofuses on tcgplayer groups saying "IVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE REFUND OR DISCREPANCY, I DONT GET IT, JUST LIST LESS CARDS". I wish facebook replaced the poke button with slap.
@KetchumAllCollectibles8 күн бұрын
Team less dividers
@Chadderboxhobby8 күн бұрын
This is how we sort our MTG. Pro LGS with over 100k in inventory First we divide in half, 93-2014 & 2014-current. 2014-current has the 3 digit set code you can alphabetize (vow, one, 2x2, 2xm, afr, etc) We use the white dividers just for the 1st letter, so between 6 boxes we have a-z dividers. We use a red card sleeve with a backwards land as the divider between sets. Within the set it's by card number. 001-999 Prior to 2015. We sort first by year. We have white dividers with just the year on them. We then organize sets based on chronological release date and within those sets we organize alphabetically. This method allows anyone to look at the card and either find the year or set code and narrow down quickly. It allows easy inventory audits via CSV exports.
@TealGaming-fb8bs8 күн бұрын
Lorcana is the only game I divide by letter (card names are in the middle of the card) everything else set
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They need to create a full Bloomburrow line separate from the rest of magic and have 3-4 releases per year. change my mind.
It brings me joy to see Yu-Gi-Oh behind you on your shelf.
Where do you get the dividers do you sell any
It is possible that you have ghost inventory that is out of your control
I think the dividers are a good idea because when you need to search for something without the dividers you're putting all of those touches on the cards each and every time. 7:50 LOL, as I was typing this you said this same thing,
Direct is a TCGplayer cash grab. Instead of switching to an eBay shipping model they devised a plan to use brick and mortars with vast inventory as their own pseudo inventory. If a shop shipped singles 1-2 per week and could easily print labels from TCGplayer without conversion to another application or website, Direct wouldn't be a thing. 5:22
Do the orders you fulfill through the store (in-person or online) result in many condition complaints from your customers? What would you say is your biggest fear about leaving (or being kicked) from Direct? Is it having to fulfill all those orders yourselves but not having the time? Or is it not commanding as much of a price premium?
Have you seen this video from TCGBulkKings kzread.info/dash/bejne/imyVkpOemMbQm7w.html it may be that the slow down in sales isn't just because of bloomburrow condition issues. It appears that direct is making silent changes to the program that has a major negative impact on bulk sellers. But thanks for the videos always love your content and am excited to see the weekly progress on bulking up.
I have seen this video and talked to him about it a little. It’s a big find that I think isn’t working quite as intended.
As I commented on that linked video of BulkKings, it hopefully is just a broken code on the TCGplayer site. Else any listed inventory for under $1 or 2 may go unsold through Direct if they silently changed policy to not restock "cheap cards" in numbers as they used to.
Does your system say what employees entered cards? If so then you could review random cards and see if it was correct. This would only work on cards you have one of I guess though.
I feel like you should just run it as you do at your prices without direct. They have to many expectations for you doing 95% of the work for them.
Aren’t they doing like 95% of the work for you. They are selling your cards for you and shipping them to the customer and making sure you get paid. All you have to do is send them the right stuff in the right condition when they send you an invoice. That’s literally your only job.
You would be the ONLY store on tcg listing their stuff LP. Your good nature is being taken advantage of. List the cardboard as NM and run your business
That's not how you be a good person, which should matter. Making a million isn't gonna mean crap if your heart and soul are stained with greed. I sell mine exactly what they are, too. I want my customers to be happy.
@@chesterfieldthe3rd929 if listing a card as NM rather than LP because of a broken system draws the line between good and evil for you....good luck🫡
Thanks for the calm and easy to follow along tutorial. Job done - I even bought a cheap SMD Rework Station (finally!) - and it all worked out. Let's see what my kids break next... 😂
Most ppl call it crazy, but I sleeve every single card. Everytime I crack packs and add them into boxes the bottoms of the cards scrape on the bottom of the box. And idk about you, but when random cards spike in value from new set releases, I want to KNOW those cards are pack fresh. And that's how I sell. If it's pack fresh, it's NM. Unless there is an obvious flaw. Which I usually pull when cracked out of a pack. Pack fresh is NM and everyone can get over it. The border width is shown in the picture. I give you all the details for you to make an informed purchase.
"Pack fresh" doesn't mean anything as with the low quality TPCI has been putting out in recent years "pack fresh" cards could be as low as "moderately played" straight out of the pack. "Near mint" is near mint. "Pack fresh" is a sign a seller is not knowledgeable about his wares.
@@JohnDoe-ld8nr all I'm saying is it's time the buyer took some responsibility. I sell on eBay, provide close up pictures. Out of the pack is NM from the same TCG we are both referencing. I've done no damage to the card whilst in my possession. If it's good enough for a multi billion dollar company's quality control it's good enough for me and good enough for you. Or just don't buy from me.
How do I find a local place that buys bulk? If not is there anywhere I can send for bulk sales? Thanks!
I penny sleeve all holos. I group up in penny sleeves 6-8 cards per sleeve of common/uncommons/rares. All other cards(unless $1.00 or more) are raw in box by alphabet. I use the dividers for the aphabatized cards. Anything thats moderately played or worse is never penny sleeved until sold. This saves the cards, space, and amount of dividers needed from damage thats removing value, and most importantly time spent sorting. I am enjoying the series of "bulking up". For refrence...I have 9k inventory in TCG player(only recently added 3-4k cards). 100% 5star rating lvl 4 pro seller, w/ almost 1k orders in less than 10mo. Credentials out of the way... If you have any questions on how I make $.65 per order on ave each sale. Profit, (i.e. every order is just a math problem of 1(.55)=approx. Profit.) after shipping costs and packaging costs. I'm solo posting shipping, not using tcg direct. Im also able to have the $5 and up free shipping. When i heard you're only making .08 per order on a .05/.10 order, I'm curious as to how? Do I have the secret sauce? 😅
My shop sleeves at least a playset of every card and only use dividers for the letters if the alphabet. It’s super efficient and our store is about as large as yours. The sleeves also tell us the condition of the card
We don't often get to see just how much bulk product that card stores have in their back rooms. What you see in the store's cases and bargain boxes is just a drop in the bucket. Not just TCG, but sportscards, too, from the junk wax era forward.
Stop saying stupid things on KZread videos because it’s so stupid and dumb and who cares about you saying stupid things on KZread videos because it’s so stupid and dumb and who cares about how much Pokémon cards are worth because it’s so stupid and dumb
Chad king! great method!
When the card scanner finds a really good card does an alarm go off? I just imagine it saying something like “big hit alert!” Nice video and thank you for the behind the scenes. I have around 10k common/rare/reverse holo Pokémon and have no idea what to do with it
I was like everyone’s looking must have bad luck like some people got it like that
dude that card sorting machine is SICK! I had no idea something like that even existed. One day maybe ill own my own shop........
I use paper index cards to divide my sets and cards in alphabetical order.
I want a job that all I have to do is sort cards!
Divider between sets and “raw dog”
Somebody commented this 2 years ago but I just casually found your channel & I'm glad I did. Nice store!
My sorting system is to sleeve the first of the same cards. For example, if I have 10 of the same cards, I sleeve the first card only, and that sleeve essentially became my divider. I also don't consider that sleeved card as part of the inventory so that sleeved card become at the same time a place holder as well as a safety stock in case I even am exactly one card short.
(Note: I am a person predisposed to over-complicating things, so keep this in mind when reading.) Direct Seller with a Brick Mortar here. Average daily inventory is ~2000 cards between 5 games (MTG, PKM, FAB, Lorcana, and SWU). I have changed things a few times, but I currently have cards organized by game, then foil or non-foil, then alphabetically. When I box break a bunch of one set, I'll temporarily have that set in it's own box (also broken down by foil then alphabet) until it gets down to a more manageable size them I'll merge it back in with the larger inventory box for that game. It's a hybrid approach and seems to work pretty well for an inventory of _this_ size and also given that I'm really the only person pulling from and adding to it, but we'll have to see how it works as we scale up both inventory and labor. I also sleeve ALL my cards, but I try to emphasize sleeve reuse as much as possible. To save time and material, I tend to throw multiples of the same card (if lower value) in one penny sleeve, then mark those sleeves with a number so I know to check those sleeves for extras to avoid accidental overships.
All of our product is separated by game, then by set alphabetically, then by Condition breakdown, and then alphabetically within those conditions. All NM and LP condition cards are sleeved. If the foils are separated into their own section on our website, they will have their own section otherwise foils go after regular versions of cards. Our separator for sets/condition of that set is a note card. For larger sections that go more than a row, we use slips of paper just higher than the cards with letters on them to separate out and make it easier to pull. Since NM and LP have sleeves on them, we aren't worried about our fingers touching them. MP and lower condition will not make much difference so we don't mind touching the cards. We use Costco racks (8 of them) where you can fit five of the 4-row boxes and one 2-row box both front and back, so each shelf has 11 total 4-row boxes - basically. Times that by 4 with using the floor and you can get 44 4-row boxes of cards in use with one rack that cost $250 or so and the top shelf is used for storage, supplies, etc.
Did a bit of quick math because I'm a nerd, each of those boxes assuming they're full holds 5,000 cards. There are 8 shelves per row on each of those stands, and 2 rows. You have 10 stands in total, so for magic assuming every box was completely full you would have 800,000 cards on the shelves alone. So you're probably pretty close on the 1 million cards count.
How much do I get for a mint condition Ace of Spades?
sleeves
Dividers. I find the sellers that put dividers between ever card have like 20-30 copies of these cards. We put dividers based on the alphabet. Usually a dividers ever 2-3 inches so we can grab the cards with one hand to look through them. We do sleeve foils. We don’t sleeve normal cards. That was a suggestion from our growth rep
How many hours a week do you feel your have dedicated to putting cards in stock (conditioning, filing, etc)
Create a "control" group now... put some pristine cards (foils, non-foils, new, and old) in a special marked section of a heavily flipped through box... you'll know exactly how long they've been in there and that they weren't cycled through... in 6 months you'll have an idea about damage. In a year... you'll have a very good idea and can let us know the outcome! I've always wondered about those same things!
At my shop we use: 3200 count boxes for each condition NM/LP/MP/DMG We then have BCW Tall Dividers for each condition, labeled with each TCGplayer set (MTG currently has like 400 different set listings) so that's 1600 label dividers we have just for the MTG inventory We do combine non-foils and foils into the same box based on condition. Each set is loaded alphabetically from A-Z for non-holo, then another blank divider with the foil inventory then loaded A-Z. All foils and cards over $1 are penny sleeved. So 2 dividers per set, per condition. We leave the dividers in the box in order (alphabetically not not TCG sorted system) regardless if we have cards from the set or not to avoid having to alphabetize in the future.
twilight masquerade gets us all sometimes tough luck! ive ripped two etbs before and pulled like ten dollars worth of cards haha
Imo, this 2% direct thing that tcg gave is causing you to worry and overthink condition to an extreme. Im not saying the conditions shouldn't be important but not to the point where we're asking if sifting through cards in the box is going to overtime cause damage. I personally just do dividers by set, rarity, and alphabetical. Leave enough room where you can put 2 or 3 fingers in between cards to search without having to force cards out of the way, can mitigate potential damage. As long as someone isn't man handling the cards, it should be fine.
Dividers for each set. A-Z from there. If I had as many dividers as you're using it would give me an aneurysum.
Just started getting into collecting and watching to better my know. One thing that's impressed so much is the realness of some of content creators I've seen, so refreshing.
From a raw mechanical view: Every movement causes friction to some level. The point is rather: Is that friction causing damage to the card, i.e. mostly the surface if cards are shoved against one another while shuffling through the big boxes. That again depends on the distance the cards can move and the force applied. Each movement may cause insignificant stress on the surface but repeated over hundreds or thousands of iteration that may well add up to surface damage - especially if the very same spot(s) are hit over and over again.
The damage kind of depends on your turnover rate. Risk is minimal from other cards or tags if the product moves in and out of your inventory quickly. In my experience as long as the "wiggle" isn't very extreme you shouldn't have to worry too much. Though I've definitely had pack fresh foils in a box that I barely look at and brought them out later with a big scratch I definitely didn't put there myself. I chalked it up to too much movement when moving the box around. In other words you want space but not too much or too little. As for how much you should tag, that also depends on what you need your pick rates to be or how much you believe your employees will grab the correct version of a card if there isn't a divider. If you need speed then you don't want then sifting through a bunch of A or B to find a copy. However if you're putting cards into your inventory it can go a lot faster when you don't need to look for a specific tag. So there's kind of a balance there.
*You should make an updated video!*
please. Any shop worth its salt has a card sorting machine or two. These machines can be programmed in many ways and one of which is checking the value of the card by referencing it with pricing sites. these machines can drop any card that is worth more than the programmed amount into a separate bin. This is why as a non-professional buyer it is NEVER beneficial to buy in bulk because those cards have already been sorted and picked through for the most valuable cards. The only ways to get valuable cards is by direct purchase, buying sealed packs, or simply getting lucky and finding cards in the most random of places. I had the idea to look into online estate liquidation auctions where foreclosed, death or any other means resulted in some collection being put up for auction. However, i quickly realized it was not an original idea as i found myself in competition with card stores outbidding me on nearly EVERY auction. Card stores, Especially online card stores are a damn cancer and are only in it because it is big business. you just cant compete with em.
99 percent if card shops fail. Go work at mcdonalds or drive uber
I've been running a small tcgplayer shop (mostly just Pokémon) for over a year to help fund my hobby. I'm still using penny sleeves on cards and dividers just for sets. Nonfoils I will put up to 10 copies in a single penny sleeve so it is less "units" to flip through in the box and then holos and reverses either get their own sleeve or 2 per sleeve, back to back so they don't scratch. However, my inventory is currently in the 20-30k cards range so I could see it becoming prohibitively time and cost expensive if I scaled up significantly. I could definitely see dividers being helpful in an operation with multiple people working on the same inventory because it makes it harder for things to get mis-filed. I don't know how many times I've had a brain fart and forgot alphabetical order several letters into a card name and then spent time later trying to catch my mistake when I have to pull cards for an order. But similar to my sleeves approach, I think it would largely depend on the ratio between how you separate the cards and how many copies fit in each "bin". I like the approach you mentioned in an earlier video of keeping all NM cards together, all LP cards together, etc. A lot of why I use sleeves in my inventory is so I can encode the condition on the sleeve, but with a large enough inventory and high enough throughput, duplicating the set structure to keep conditions separate would probably be easier. Because pull sheets are sorted by [condition, set, card name] I imagine that allows parallelism across multiple employees as one could be pulling the NM cards for an invoice, another the LP cards, etc. Overall I just find it very interesting how much inventory scale and process scalability changes what is best practice for a given tcgplayer system. Look forward to seeing how this series unfolds!
The amount of doofuses on tcgplayer groups saying "IVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE REFUND OR DISCREPANCY, I DONT GET IT, JUST LIST LESS CARDS". I wish facebook replaced the poke button with slap.
Team less dividers
This is how we sort our MTG. Pro LGS with over 100k in inventory First we divide in half, 93-2014 & 2014-current. 2014-current has the 3 digit set code you can alphabetize (vow, one, 2x2, 2xm, afr, etc) We use the white dividers just for the 1st letter, so between 6 boxes we have a-z dividers. We use a red card sleeve with a backwards land as the divider between sets. Within the set it's by card number. 001-999 Prior to 2015. We sort first by year. We have white dividers with just the year on them. We then organize sets based on chronological release date and within those sets we organize alphabetically. This method allows anyone to look at the card and either find the year or set code and narrow down quickly. It allows easy inventory audits via CSV exports.
Lorcana is the only game I divide by letter (card names are in the middle of the card) everything else set