Here is the nutshell version:
TCGLow is my blog where I post hints, short cuts, insider tips, and best practices I’ve discovered about selling trading cards on the internet.
Now, before I launch into the About Me, let me start with what, I hope, is a little About You. This blog is for people who enjoy collectible card games and are interested in starting their own business. Perhaps you are currently playing or collecting Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Flesh and Blood, Lorcana or some other TCG. Maybe you have played one of these games in the past and are feeling the siren song of nostalgia pulling you back in. Regardless, I’m hoping you are the sort of person whose fancy is tickled by holding little cardboard rectangles.
Secondly, if you are the sort of person looking to start their first business, let me be the first to applaud your choice. Having a business is one of the best things you can do to improve your life. Traditional employment is dependent on the needs of your employers. They decide how much you work, they decide how much you make, they decide what you do a when. Most importantly, they can take it away. A business on the other hand is yours. You own it. A profitable small business can provide you with a valuable revenue stream, security against job loss, and is the first step to living life on your own terms.
Now here is the synergy.
You probably already have scads of unwanted cards. If you draft, you have chaff. If you open boosters, you have bulk. Even if you only buy singles, I’m sure you have a few half built decks that you’d like to cash out on to start a new project instead. In other words, you most likely have plenty of cards to sell without having to invest anything at all.
Trading card platforms like Ebay, TCGPlayer, Facebook Marketplace, CardTrader, and Cardsphere are the perfect way to move these cards. These markets offer a multitude of easy to reach customers who already want the product you are trying to sell.
There could not be an easier business to start. I can’t think of another industry with a lower bar to entry.
Jump in. You got this. I believe in you.
My name is Brandon and I’m an Ebay Top Rated Seller, a TCGPlayer Direct Seller in the United States, and enrolled in the CardTraderZero service to sell in Europe and abroad. While building my trading card business, I’ve learned dozens of tips and tricks to maximize profits and shortcuts to save time and labor. Even now, years later, I still have thunderclap moments where I realize, “Why haven’t I been doing that all along?” My goal with this site is to immortalize these Ah-Ha moments into concise little blog posts that the internet can find and serve to you. I hope some of these tidbits save you a minute or two out of your day, or put an extra dollar in your pocket. Thanks for reading my page, and I wish you success in your trading card business endeavor.
All the best,
Brandon
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