Getting Good... at BEGINNING Your TCGplayer Journey | Seller Level 1
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Starting a new series, where I go into detail for everything you need to know to GET GOOD at selling on TCGplayer. First thing's first - gotta get through Seller Level 1, so you can unlock the features that allow you to scale up. This is great because it lets you practice at everything you need to do so you know if you really want to keep going. But if you're following along enough to read all this copy, I'm sure you want to keep going, right?
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Thanks man bc of you i have a account and have posted 3 cards on there
Best of luck!
How common is it for new accounts to get flagged and put under review? After putting in a ton of work and making a handful of sales, my account randomly got flagged and put under review, inventory hidden. It would be nice if I was given more info as to what caused this! It doesn't give the best first impression of TCGplayer for them to pull something like this without providing more info...
I've heard of this a couple times, not very common for sure. If you haven't already emailed sales@tcgplayer.com, I would give them a try
@@TCGBulkKings I was flagged right after adjusting/undercutting competition (I'm aggressively trying to sell what I have in stock to level up the account) and i think the behavior must have triggered something in their system. I also set the sale price of an expensive card to $1 as i was adjusting its quantity to 0 because it wouldn't let me set both the price AND quantity to 0. I'm not sure if something like that would flag the account for review.
I really hope they do not take forever in reviewing my account 🤦 I have outstanding orders to ship from yesterday that I'll be mailing off, but with the deactivated status of the account i really do wonder if they will resolve this in a timely manner.
Do you have to ship with tracking?
No, only if above a certain dollar amount, I think it's $50
Do you recommend a price cap for singles when starting out? I’ve some NM $25+ cards that I’m looking to sell but am a bit gun shy to list those for fear of someone ordering and then claiming they didn’t receive them or received them damaged in order to get a refund. Might be overly paranoid but your insight is appreciated
Honestly, I've had almost zero fraud like that. I'm approaching 50000 completed transactions, and I can't really think of something that was certainly fraud. More likely is that I or USPS have screwed something up. Which is still waaaay less than 1% of orders. So I wouldn't be worried about that as much as I would be not properly packaging up a $50 card only to have it ripped to shreds. So, until you get comfortable with your shipping process, I would try to stick to the under $10 cards, just to mitigate the risk
Me and my buddy just started and as we were adding inventory and prices they hid our inventory and put the count under review? It’s been 2 days now and just curious if you had any thoughts on what is going on or if it’s just a formality. I reached out already to the sales department. Any thoughts? Thanks again for the information in the video!
No, I've never seen this. Not sure what that's about. Hopefully they get back with you soon
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Thank you so much! The default shipping settings got me - I can't believe I missed that. I was like - "How TF am I supposed to sell a .25 card and pay 4.99 to ship it?"
How long does it take your account to go live. My account is under review and no one is allowed to see my inventory.
I'm not sure, I don't remember the being an issue for any amount I've started with them. You may want to reach out to their help service 🤖
I noticed not a lot of people attach a photo to their card, why is this?
Listings with photos are meant to show certain non-fungible traits, such as autographs, altered art, or damage. The prices for adding photos to listings is relatively time consuming compared to simply typing in a quantity and price. The culture on TCGplayer understands that fungibility is assumed, unless it's specifically called out with a photo listing
does tcgplayer do that 90 day hold after selling like ebay and etsy?
As in, hold on releasing your funds? I don't think Ebay do that anymore either. I will say it takes about 2-3 weeks for TCGplayer to payout, they wait till your orders show delivered or at least get past the Expected Delivery Date without any kind of communication of an issue from the customer
I’ve been so intimidated by the process. Thank you for making it look so easy
I hope I didn't make it look TOO easy, wouldn't want to be lying to you. But it's not that hard either, nothing to be intimidated by. I'm glad you've found my video useful, that means a lot to me
Soooo…. After being the whole day listing cards and double checking conditions, out of nowhere my account got moved to “hidden” status. Doesn’t say why, just prompt me to contact sales. So I guess I wont be making any sales until next week😢
It says is “currently under review” but it was live until I listened some Flesh and Blood Promo (don’t know if that has anything to do)
Not sure what that could be about, never happened to me. Hopefully someone at TCGplayer can sort it out for you T.T
@@TCGBulkKings apparently it was a mistake on their part. It got fixed. I listed a couple more cards this morning. Now waiting for those sales haha.
Ty for the help and encouragement bro. Really appreciate it
Hey how to I remove items from my inventory if I’m a level 2 seller?
In the inventory tab, you should be able to tic a big for "My Inventory", then search, then select whatever card you're looking to remove. From there you can click a button to delete listings, or set quantity to zero
@@TCGBulkKings what’s the delete listing button? Is it clear inventory? Cuz I hit that and it doesn’t clear it . It’s worked before though when I used that.
@@TheLipsick maybe refresh? Sometimes it doesn't show up right away?
Just a couple of days and I am up to 10 sales. It would be nice if those sales post sooner than 6 days out, but it is still a pretty quick move to level 2! Great content. It has helped a great deal. I am off to get a new Epson Ecotank. My current printer will be out of ink every week if I don't.
Love your channel! I recently started selling about a month ago and just got to seller level 3. Handling bulk at your level i'm really curious if you're open to talking about yearly profits and what that looks like for you to see if if this is something I could also start doing on a fulltime level. I'm also curious about having photos, for level 1 and 2 taking photos while listing was pretty simple, but then at level 3 when I was granted access to sell up to 50,000 I realized that trying to list and take photos would take a huge amount of time. Any pros or cons to adding listings with photos?
As far as yearly - I've only been doing this at all with the intent to scale for 2 years. All my profits have been plowed back into the business, so it's a little difficult to see the actual According to Hoyle profits. I will say I've not really had to invest much external money into the business so it's mostly grown off the back of the initial 3k Theros: Beyond Death I listed July 2020. And I can say my top line sales were north of $15k last year, and we're blowing that up this year.
Regarding photos for listings - I don't think they are very important unless your card deviates significantly from what a card at that condition would normally look like. If you have a crazy limited print card, or else an error or a significant flaw that needs documenting, take a picture. Elsewise, the card should be as expected for a properly conditioned copy of that card.
Yeah let's get gud! Looking forward to this series and the info in it man.
Glad to hear it! Not that you need to be with that mountain of Alpha FaB bulk! But I've got lots of good info coming, finally able to organize it in my head in a way that's presentable
Really enjoying your content. Thanks for the awesome information and advice! 🎉
Thanks so much for your kind words, it means a lot to me to know I'm helping out
I just listed 100 cards for pretty cheap $3+ rares once I reached 51 sales I turned off my inventory and waited until I hit lvl 4 it took about 12 days roughly. Shipping stuff as fast as possible really helps too I feel. Edit: If you are selling magic and have Sol Rings, list those asap if youre level 1 mine sold practically as fast as I could list them.
That'll do it, for sure! Just gotta list that high demand stuff so it sells quickly
@@TCGBulkKings You have been such a big help I honestly can't thank you enough. Also do you think its worth holding onto some of these cards? The market has went down on magic a lot. For example I bought 70 talismans last year for $3-4 each bought at low price. Now they are worth 30-60 cents. Fetch lands were $30-40 each and i just sold 19 for $12-14 just under median price.
@@jasonskindell9578 highly profitable =]
@@jasonskindell9578 Absolutely! You just need to make sure you are taking packaging into account by that I mean make absolutely certain the cards are packaged extremely well so you don't get people mad. It always comes down to how much you are selling and what platform you are selling on. 10 and 15 cents cards are profitable it always come down to how much you're selling.
Edit: My first week I mostly sold $3-5 cards with a few $20 cards just to test the tracking system. I was level 1 with 0 feedback and made $280 roughly after tcg took their cut and taxes came out. "Not counting shipping costs" and I only sold around 60 or 70 cards.
@@jasonskindell9578 your taking your first steps into a larger world, thanks so much for thinking I might be helpful, means a lot to me
Good video brother 👍. Can you also sell Japanese cards on tcg? For payment options is it better to leave it at store credit or add a bank? And how does that store credit works? Thanks in advance. New to this
Can sell Japanese or other non-English with photos, if other than Magic. I prefer to have the payouts go to my bank. But if you use store credit, then you just can use it to buy something else from TCGplayer
@@TCGBulkKings thank you so much for the info, it's a big help. Appreciate it.
This is fantastic timing. I'm literally starting selling this week.
Hey there, so glad it's helping you out! New videos on the series coming soon!
Bro can I ask you
Can I ask you
Great video as always man.
Would love you hear your thoughts on today's news of Ebay acquiring tcgplayer!
I'm still processing. I don't like to post any kind of first impressions because my brain goes in 300 directions at once for these kinds of things lol
Thanks for enjoying the video!
this helped so much thank you! im going to watch all of these im excited to finally get started.
So glad it's helped you out! Best of luck!
Man I've been stuck with 4.99 shipping on singles. It's been killing me. At least I have finally done 50 orders just need to wait for it to process.
So glad you've got that order threshold! That's a big accomplishment. You'll get that lvl4 email soon, like a Christmas present from TCGplayer
You can change the price in shipping settings.
@jamesp7760 only after you reach level 4 as a seller. At least, that's how it did work unless they changed it since then.
@gamelockbreaks9607
I'm seller level 1 and I was able to change my shipping price in US right away.
How’s everythiing going?-TCG-insane ~see u around. =)
Slava Ukraini! Working working!
Just starting my journey!!! Thank you for this. Hopefully when you are done settling in to your new place you can make a video or two updating this since it’s been a year long.
Once again thank you!!!
Glad to have helped you! Best of luck!
Very nice video! I am a new seller for various different cards and I would like to know how to get them shipping packages you had at the end and that plastic that you put it in?
th-cam.com/video/w2gW_ucId3s/w-d-xo.html check out this video, links in the description will get you where you want to go ☺️
Thanks for putting all this info up and looking forward to more of this series. I just started selling this week and shipped my first orders out. I never realized all the prep that goes into it, but once you start moving cards it's really satisfying.
Congrats on getting started! It is satisfying! And it's really neat to see how it grows on itself.
@@TCGBulkKings Thanks! My worry is sourcing inventory and knowing what to do with the non mint bulk. Also, is your bulk buylist pricing page still accurate and up to date?
@@jaredt9718 needs an update, but I'm working on a major one to be done in the next few days, prices were accurate as of 3 weeks ago
Noob Question: Dose anyone know how to use the "TCGplayer-app" after scan the cards into the Collection "List" Then upload it to the "inventory" for sale on "TCGplayer-Website"?
I've never been able to get it to work, and it doesn't really work with my bulky workflow anymore anyway
Would love to see more of this series
Cool! I'm glad it's resonating with you. Got lots more I can do with it
Level 1-3 is as simple as buying low and selling high with a 13% fee minus shipping costs. Level 4 is a proxy for mass inventory. Pro is just software for a physical store and Direct is opening your physical warehouse due to the volume. 😂
I mean, yeah. With steps that aren't always intuitive, but this isn't a bad macro level description
How long does it take to get the account set up? I set my stuff up 4 days ago and it just says "Your account is currently under review." and my inventory status is "Hidden". Is something wrong or do I just need to wait for it to be activated?
O.o I've not run across that before. Maybe it has something to do with setting up the payment connection, or there's an email you need to click into to confirm something? If you still have problems, try to reach out to TCGplayer through their help feature, you should be able to find it in your account menus
Awesome video. Subscribed. What are your thoughts on selling from the UK? Would you suggest just using ebay?
In the UK you have access to Card Market and CardTrader, I'd definitely use at least one of those
Bro you helped me so much with this series of videos thank you Sensai
Happy to help!
Pricing to be the lowest is just a race to the bottom. I wouldn’t recommend that.
The point is these are cards with high demand so they should sell before they'll get to $.05. And also they are cards you already had, or acquired cheaply, so you aren't worried about maximizing dollars, but rather trying to accumulate completed sales
Oh cool I just started selling, now I'm at level 2, selling yugioh cards though but I assume the skills are the same
Congrats! Yeah, pretty much the same, easy to apply the ideas to one or another game, or heck, to selling beer cans on eBay, if you think hard enough lol
3:41 lol Lazarus Games is my LGS
Thank you. This is so on point. 🎉
Thank you back! I'm glad it's helpful for you
Your sub button did a cool thingy. You got my sub lol plus your video helped me out alot
I'm really glad to have helped you! Yeah that sub button thing is a new TH-cam feature I think 😂
My accounts currently under review. What i need to do?
As in you just started it? There may be some email you need to click a confirmation link in, or maybe set up your payment preferences? I'm not sure, you could reach out to TCGplayer in their help feature, should be accessible in your account menu
at this point you open a seller account without review?
@@dinoforlove4727 I'm not sure what you're asking. Were you able to get in touch with TCGplayer support? They will be best to help you
Hey there hon! I have another question. To move up to level 2 you have to show two shipments arrived by their EDD date. How is that possible when youre only shipping standard mail with just a stamp and dropping it at the post office? Or do you have to at least send 2 with tracking to get that? I'm a bit confused by that one. Your help is greatly appreciated. 😊
I think that if there isn't tracking, they assume if the edd has passed with no complaint from the customer then it's an good.
@@TCGBulkKings So I guess then they show it as delivered status rather than still in transit? I hope that's the case. Again thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions. I know you're busy so I really appreciate you! Please keep up the excellent work! 🤗
How do you truly make a profit? Gotta buy those stamps.
So, as a Level 1 Seller, as I mentioned in the video, you really have to list cards over $1 or so, preferably over $2. Once you get to the bulk range, and you're listing 50k cards, you will likely lose a little bit on the few lowest-end, small cheap card orders. But having a broad inventory will seriously mitigate those kinds of orders. I will have a video in this series about Shipping in the very near future, be sure to keep an eye out for it
How do I check to see total amount of money in cards I have as seller level 1?
I'm not sure of an easy way to do it, without the pricing tab, unfortunately. However, your inventory may be small enough to just do it manually 🤖
@@TCGBulkKings thank you for the response. Not sure if 100/100 inventory is considered small but I didn’t have a lot that was over $20. So I’m guessing I didn’t get close to the $1000 mark.
@@NotTellingYou- I don't mean anything by it, just that it's a small enough number that it isn't completely unreasonable to just check the price of all your inventory individually and add it up. Getting that kind of inventory maxed out quickly is a great way to get through the levels quickly! Price aggressively and you'll be Level 4 in no time
@@TCGBulkKings I know you didn’t mean anything by it. I appreciate the advice and thank you for the positivity.
One other question I do have, when someone buys a card from you does TCGplayer automatically remove the quantity from your inventory or do I have to do that manually?
@@NotTellingYou- they handle the quantity for you, for sure
How often would you go back and check your pricing?
Early on, when inventory is small, once per day, just to make sure those sales happen so you can level up.
How do you store them after listing them?
th-cam.com/video/mjBHWRANhCE/w-d-xo.html is the short answer
The longer answer is that early on, a binder would be fine, or a small box. Eventually you'll want to have some kind of dedicated box in which you can keep them organized. BCW makes the industry standard ones, available from your LGS, on eBay from Columbia Hobby, or directly from BCW themselves
Would you be willing to post how TCGplayer wants you to ship the cards like what way of sorting the cards I would need to match theirs
I made a video about that a while back, but I will certainly do another before long as part of this series
th-cam.com/video/15ia3zSoPVw/w-d-xo.html Definitely a little out of date now, but look forward to an updated version before long
Racing to the bottom.
Hey, at level 1, all you can compete on is price, you don't have any reputation or anything. Gotta put something in demand at a price that keeps you from being ignored
I dont get why some sellers listed shipping included but when checking out shipping fees were added?
Usually that means there is a minimum order total you have to meet to get the free shipping, as far as I know it's usually stated on the card listing
@@TCGBulkKings yea dont think it was listed
Can someone please explain the shipping prices? I set mine to low as possible but exactly what does this mean? Why would I set it higher? I’m a total noob so please help
TCGplayer will add a shipping charge to what they have the buyer pay to buy your product. You get to set this price, down to $.99 for sellers level 1-3, or to zero for lvl 4 sellers. If it's set to zero, they will still charge $.99 for orders with less than $5 of product on them, but will arrange your items' positions on each product page under the assumption of free shipping. Sellers set theirs higher when they want to be compensated specifically for shipping or if they don't want to sell as quickly for orders not through the Direct program.
@@TCGBulkKings 🤯
@@devildogus2187 I hope that means it makes sense now 😂😂
I'm late to the party but I so appreciate your content and love your easy to understand videos! Thank you for sharing! I do have a question: What do you call the sealable pouches, like the one you put the cardboard shield into? I would appreciate your time and help with this.
I'm really glad it's been helpful for you! These bags come in a couple different names, most commonly called team bags. I recommend you get them from BCW Supplies with my discount code ('tcgbulkkings'), but if they're sold out, try Colombia Hobby. I don't have a discount for them, but they fund autism support organizations out of their profits
@TCG Bulk Kings Thank you for the response and I definitely love a discount code so I appreciate that as well. Again these step by step walk through videos are fantastic so thank you for that too!!
@@roxannebunn2697 glad to help, feel free to ask if you have any other questions
Unlucky Canadian cant sell on tcg
T.T maybe that will change soon with the eBay purchase. I'm not qualified to give options for bulk selling in Canada unfortunately. Is anyone here able to help this poor soul with some ideas?
Thanks for this video. Listed my first cards today. Let’s see
Best of luck! If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I or someone will be able to help =]
@@TCGBulkKings appreciate you!!
Can you do a follow up on this video
Coming soon, sorry about the delay
New spot looks awesome
Thanks! It is pretty awesome, helps a lot just being able to get up and walk around
thank you brother. this information on the channel is invaluable. do you have a discord group?
I do have a Discord, but it is currently only open to Patrons =]