Thanks so much for the video, I was selling postcards a while back, but thought that all you could make is $1 to 3 dollars on average, so I decided to stop and stick with clothing & Diecast cars. I never thought of looking for certain postcards & publishers to sell even though I new that rppc can bring more money. Anyway I decided to go to my local Antique store and apply what you taught & picked up a postcard of a Baptist Church in Texas. It has a horse drawn carriage & the congregation standing in front on the day it opened. It was not in good shape the 2 bottom corners were cut off. Anyway this was a test run and I put it for $39.95 or best offer and a collector offered $21.99 plus shipping. Not bad for a $1 purchase. Sorry for the long story but I appreciate what you taught & have joined your channel
That’s awesome! Printed postcards (not RPPCs) are often overlooked by people that don’t know too much about postcards, and they can sell for good money.
Excellent video! I'm just sticking my toe into postcards and researching like crazy. Haven't listed a card yet. I won a small lot of ephemera on local hibid just because I thought it was cool. There are a few street scenes of Washington towns from like 1908 Era. I didn't have a clue the value they might hold, in fact in the auction photo you really couldn't even see the posrcards. I'm planning on starting a new ebay store just for photos and postcards. So I will likely wait until I have some solid feedback before I even think of listing these and continue learning and researching in the meantime. Just subbed 😊
Thanks for sharing your experience with the video, it was very helpful. I inherited a bunch of 1930's through 1950's post cards while cleaning out a multigenerational Iowa farm house. Trying to figure out how to price them all is a challenge.
Great video. Thank you for the tips. FYI, I think your microphone needs to be turned around. The Blue Logo is the front of it, I believe and the side you talk into.
Thanks! That’s funny, I’m sure you’re right. This was one of my first videos so I didn’t really know what I was doing (and the audio is definitely bad!).
I kept waiting on more ebay tech details, i.e., how many do you list per day / week etc... how much time do you take to research your items to know how much to list them for so you're not leaving money on the table... I am one of those people that have boxes full and I'm so exhausted at the thought of listing a $2 item... looks like you just scan your item front / back - period...right.... these are the nuances an ebay seller also wants to know --- do you list every day? -- so many people trying to unlock the ebay algorithm of getting sales --- so that kind of info would be helpful... otherwise... fun content - thanks so much for sharing :)
I’ve got a video coming out in a couple hours that covers all that stuff! How much I list per day, how I research, how often to list, etc. Check it out and then let me know if you have any questions!
Fantastic information! Absolutely price high. Especially for unique cards. Do you have two stores? One for low priced cards and one for more unique ones?
Thanks Julie! I just have one store. I do have categories at the top with some more curated/unique postcards, such as RPPCs, postcards with old cars, and some of the states I specialize in.
Great video Daniel, thank you for some useful info. I sell quite a few Albertype, that is one Pub I'll put in the title. Also anything signed/distributed by JR Willis, have quite a few collectors who buy those, not much money but they sell. I usually put Rotograph Co in title on those as well. I believe that was you that purchased some clearview/wayne paper cards at one time from me?
Yes that would’ve been me! I personally collect the Wayne Paper cards, usually they don’t go for much but they published some unique views of smaller towns in the 1930s.
i have cumulated so many 100 years old postcards. I'm not sure why i just buy so many at the estate sale for about $.20 each. I'm selling for $7.99 on ebay. I don't care what publishers they are, I just want to unload them because i have about 15,000 postcards. My goal is to upload 100 listings a day. I'm getting decent hits of my listings. I need to post atleast 5000 listings on ebay to make a decent living.
Easiest way to tell is a loupe (magnifying glass), if they don’t have printing dots it is an RPPC. You’ll be able to tell better with time. They have a different feel to them and the stamp boxes on the back are different.
I wound up buying about 11,500 cards at $40 a box…. I knew NOTHING about cards but I knew them being 1901-1950 I could not loose “even if I just wanted to look and organize because I actually enjoy that” However I’ve been giving a lot of thought to dealing on eBay…. But I honestly just don’t see any evidence that anyone’s seriously collecting them anymore…. That’s how I wound up with mine is the antique dealer was “tired of them taking up space” Another antique dealer friend of mine I asked said: “good luck with that, you can’t hardly give away a damn postcard anymore…paper collecting has been done for sometime.”
@@mailseum we might could do something…. I’ve became very attached to the romance/couples (about 200) I’d keep those for myself... and the old Savannah Georgia ones, I’ll send you some pics of you’d like. Even if I went through eBay I’d be trying to sell lots of topics/eras as I simply don’t have the patience for one-at-a-time-ing them off. We could see if there’s a category or box you could use.
@@andrewgarratt5191 oh that’s cool! Savannah’s a beautiful town. I’d love to talk more, my contact info is on my website here: www.mailseum.com/contact
Just found this video after I picked up some old postcards at a thrift shop... new to making content here! My question is do you sell postcards that have writing on them too? Very cool niche and Ive always wanted to sell them along with old ads and vintage books!
Every single day! Probably about half of the cards I sell have writing on them. The majority of the time it doesn’t affect the value, but if there’s writing on the front over the image, it might make it worth a little less. If it was written to or from someone notable, it may be worth a little more. I work with the site EphemeraSearch and we are working to transcribe written postcards and connect them to family members and ancestors. Postcards are a really cool thing to sell! I’ll be making more videos like this with more info about how I sell.
I’m closing in on 12,000 right now - it definitely takes at least a year or two to get where I’m at now. You can also check out my store on eBay and filter by sold/completed to see every single postcard I sell, instead of just the ones that make it into videos. Hope this helps!
Thanks a lot :-) but can you tell me how and where I can sell them, As I am from Pakistan and I am facing much trouble opening ebay account, is there any other market place or a buyer I could get?
There’s something called eBay standard envelope that’s $0.60 per one ounce label. You can use it for postcards, trading cards, and a few other things. It makes it really easy to ship. The tracking can be a little unreliable, but I probably only get one or two questions a month about tracking being off (out of hundreds of orders).
@@mailseum can you do a how to video on this too? I just watched someone else's and still have so many questions... weight limit - for postcard I'd rather use a protective cardboard envelop - but is that too much weight? if you use a regular envelop how do you protect it from getting bent... such a small topic - but loads of questions... thanks again and good luck on your channel growth :)
Yeah I’ll try to make a quick video or a short! What you’re gonna want to use (and what most postcard sellers use) is the EcoSwift 6.5 x 4.5 semi-rigid envelope. Enough protection to keep them from getting damaged, but very lightweight. You can get them on eBay, Amazon, and their own website. 3 sleeved postcards can go in one envelope for one ounce. Any more than that and I’ve found it usually weighs 2+ ounces. You can only use eBay standard envelope shipping for orders that weigh 3 ounces or less, and the total order must be under $50. But there’s no limit to the postcards you can ship in one envelope as long as it’s no more than 3 ounces.
I ship them the same way I always have, any that qualify for eBay standard envelope for that way and any that don’t go first class package (now called ground advantage).
Part-time, I work a full-time job during the week. After eBay fees I usually get payouts of at least $1,000 a week. I talk more about how much I make after fees, costs, taxes, and everything else in an upcoming video.
Hi! I don’t know much about stereoview cards. I do know that some were mass produced and are worth $5-$10, while some sell for hundreds of dollars. If you have some, try searching eBay for similar views to see what’s out there. Hope that helps!
I actually don’t think ROAS is a very useful metric. It’s just 100/ad rate. Mine is 16.67 since my ad rate is 6%. I could raise my ROAS to 50 if I just lowered my promoted rate to 2%, but I’d be selling a lot less. ROAS also assumes your listing sold because it was promoted, when it might have sold regardless. For example, if I promote a postcard at 6% and a buyer finds it organically, but they visited a promoted listing in my store in the last 30 days, it will still count as a promoted sale and positive ROAS even though it should be negative ROAS (promoting in this case cost you money).
@@mailseum I've just started promoting all my listings after watching your video. I've started at 2%. I wanted to see if I getting everything set up correctly. I may increase to your 6%.
@quintoncarroll4828 I tried out a bunch of different percentages before I settled on 6%, higher and lower. I’d recommend keeping track of all promoted sales and testing a bunch of different rates!
Just checked and I’m currently #9. I think last year I was around 12 towards the end of the year, and I checked after I had the nearly $10,000 month and I think I was 7. Goal is to eventually get into the top 5!
@@mailseum Thanks for sharing. I hover around 24, but peaked at 9 in February on a fluke month. I've noticed my ranking has held steady as sales have dropped since April, so I'm just trying to connect with other sellers who deal in volume. I'm trying to understand if it's the category, the economy or eBay glitches that have made things so difficult lately.
My answer, might be unpopular, is none of the above. People are spending a ton of money on travel right now so I don’t think the economy can be hurting too bad. I really just think it’s the classic summer slowdown.
@@mailseum Yes, that's another good possibility and perhaps the simplest explanation. My metrics that are based upon percentages have held steady (0.5% clickthru and 3.3% conversion). These numbers almost never budge, so it probably is just a function of traffic.
I use newspapers.com a fair bit, both for unidentified real photos and postcards with no information or with not much info. I sell mainly view cards, probably 95%+, so I don’t have to lookup artists much at all. I occasionally use the TuckDB website and the Sundry Collectibles Disney checklist.
@@memphisblazer2476 ah gotcha! Unfortunately I’ve found resources for publishers are scant. Really the only checklists I’ve found are for Disney & Tuck’s. Even newspapers from back then don’t contain much publisher information. In the future, I would love to do more videos and research about publishers since that seems to be a pretty big gap in the postcard world.
Wish you wouldn’t tell people about this. We are getting way to many new postcard sellers and flooding the market. Also people that refuse to educate themselves on value and are literally de valuing postcards
I understand the concern, and it’s something I think all resellers with TH-cam channels think about - “how much do I share?” and “what should I NOT share?” I truly believe that a rising tide lifts all boats. I don’t think there are a fixed number of buyers; and I’m going to create content not just for sellers, but for buyers and people interested in history. There are always going to be sellers out there that price low and do $0.99 auctions, etc. I used to be one when I first started! They do their thing and I’ll do mine. They sell a card for $0.99 in a week, and I’ll sell the same card for $5, but maybe it will take 6 months instead.
I disagree. This content is GREAT, because he's showing the potential for postcards sales to be higher. Most other content creators show blowing them out for 4-5 dollars each, and that sets the precedence for people dumping a bunch of low priced cards on the market. Like it or not, the boomer generation is passing away, and their kids and grandkids don't collect like they did, so they're inheriting these lifetime collections and are looking to liquidate them fast and easy.
bro, it's alright. it is a fair game. I quit my $140K cpa job to get into the vintage postcard business. Over the years, i would go to estate sale in the bay area and just buy 100 years old postcards. I have been getting a decent hits and getting decent sales. I'm trying to post 100 listings a day. I got very low hits when i used mini ipad for the photos. Ever since i switched to epson scanner, the photos look great, i got more hits on my listings. I'd like to increase to 5,000 listings then 10,000 listings. My cost for those 100 years cards are usually about .25 cent a piece.
None of this makes sense. No one is buying postcards in 2023. If this is real then I would be concerned that these buyers have some kind of mental illness and access to money that they should not have access to.
Very real! Most buyers are middle-aged or retired with lots of disposable income, but there are plenty who are younger. I sell to individual collectors, libraries, museums, historians, and the one-off buyer looking for something from their hometown or a unique gift for someone else.
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Thanks so much for the video, I was selling postcards a while back, but thought that all you could make is $1 to 3 dollars on average, so I decided to
stop and stick with clothing & Diecast cars. I never thought of looking for certain postcards & publishers to sell even though I new that rppc can bring more money.
Anyway I decided to go to my local Antique store and apply what you taught & picked up a postcard of a Baptist Church in Texas. It has a horse drawn carriage & the congregation standing in front on the day it opened. It was not in good shape the 2 bottom corners were cut off. Anyway this was a test run and I put it for $39.95 or
best offer and a collector offered $21.99 plus shipping. Not bad for a $1 purchase. Sorry for the long story but I appreciate what you taught & have joined your channel
That’s awesome! Printed postcards (not RPPCs) are often overlooked by people that don’t know too much about postcards, and they can sell for good money.
Excellent video - especially the publisher info. Really appreciate you sharing your insights and what sold info.
Thank you for all this. All this information makes us all better collectors!
*grabs notebook* I've been trying to find other categories to resell besides clothes and cologne. Thanks man
Me too! Something that doesn’t take bubble wrap lol
Excellent video! I'm just sticking my toe into postcards and researching like crazy. Haven't listed a card yet.
I won a small lot of ephemera on local hibid just because I thought it was cool. There are a few street scenes of Washington towns from like 1908 Era. I didn't have a clue the value they might hold, in fact in the auction photo you really couldn't even see the posrcards. I'm planning on starting a new ebay store just for photos and postcards. So I will likely wait until I have some solid feedback before I even think of listing these and continue learning and researching in the meantime.
Just subbed 😊
Oh that’s really awesome! I love finds like that. Washington postcards have always done really well for me.
It’s good you are doing all this research , many won’t. Get a worthpoint account. It will pay for itself , trust me
You make some very good points about buying lots on ebay and what to look for. Great vid!
Thanks for sharing your experience with the video, it was very helpful. I inherited a bunch of 1930's through 1950's post cards while cleaning out a multigenerational Iowa farm house. Trying to figure out how to price them all is a challenge.
14:15 Great Info. I have seen post cards and just walked on buy. I won't be doing that anymore.
Great video. It is very informative. We look forward to your next one.
Thank You Very Much! Alot of Great Tips, looking forward to your next video
Enjoyed that very much. Thank you sir for that excellent content
Thanks for sharing! I look for similar things on eBay.
Awesome video. I didn't know anything about this, so interesting
Thanks for watching!
Great Video and very useful info. Thanks😀
Excellent info! Thanks!
Great video. Thank you for the tips. FYI, I think your microphone needs to be turned around. The Blue Logo is the front of it, I believe and the side you talk into.
Thanks! That’s funny, I’m sure you’re right. This was one of my first videos so I didn’t really know what I was doing (and the audio is definitely bad!).
Ok nevermind..lol obviously I asked that question before finishing your video. You're on number 2😁
No worries! I will be talking more about sourcing future videos as well.
Thanks Daniel! 😃
I really enjoyed this.
Thanks Barbara!
Thanks for the info, especially the publishers.
Great Video
I kept waiting on more ebay tech details, i.e., how many do you list per day / week etc... how much time do you take to research your items to know how much to list them for so you're not leaving money on the table... I am one of those people that have boxes full and I'm so exhausted at the thought of listing a $2 item... looks like you just scan your item front / back - period...right.... these are the nuances an ebay seller also wants to know --- do you list every day? -- so many people trying to unlock the ebay algorithm of getting sales --- so that kind of info would be helpful... otherwise... fun content - thanks so much for sharing :)
I’ve got a video coming out in a couple hours that covers all that stuff! How much I list per day, how I research, how often to list, etc. Check it out and then let me know if you have any questions!
Fantastic information! Absolutely price high. Especially for unique cards. Do you have two stores? One for low priced cards and one for more unique ones?
Thanks Julie! I just have one store. I do have categories at the top with some more curated/unique postcards, such as RPPCs, postcards with old cars, and some of the states I specialize in.
Great video Daniel, thank you for some useful info. I sell quite a few Albertype, that is one Pub I'll put in the title. Also anything signed/distributed by JR Willis, have quite a few collectors who buy those, not much money but they sell. I usually put Rotograph Co in title on those as well. I believe that was you that purchased some clearview/wayne paper cards at one time from me?
Yes that would’ve been me! I personally collect the Wayne Paper cards, usually they don’t go for much but they published some unique views of smaller towns in the 1930s.
@@mailseum yes, i just looked what i had mostly zoos/animals. had one from rushville and one from lake wawasee IN.
i have cumulated so many 100 years old postcards. I'm not sure why i just buy so many at the estate sale for about $.20 each. I'm selling for $7.99 on ebay. I don't care what publishers they are, I just want to unload them because i have about 15,000 postcards. My goal is to upload 100 listings a day. I'm getting decent hits of my listings. I need to post atleast 5000 listings on ebay to make a decent living.
100% new at postcards, how does a beginner learn what real photo looks like... and all that good stuff with the photos on these cards!
Easiest way to tell is a loupe (magnifying glass), if they don’t have printing dots it is an RPPC. You’ll be able to tell better with time. They have a different feel to them and the stamp boxes on the back are different.
@@mailseum thanks so much!!!!!
You haven't mentioned the best publisher, Kruger
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I wound up buying about 11,500 cards at $40 a box…. I knew NOTHING about cards but I knew them being 1901-1950 I could not loose “even if I just wanted to look and organize because I actually enjoy that”
However I’ve been giving a lot of thought to dealing on eBay….
But I honestly just don’t see any evidence that anyone’s seriously collecting them anymore….
That’s how I wound up with mine is the antique dealer was “tired of them taking up space”
Another antique dealer friend of mine I asked said: “good luck with that, you can’t hardly give away a damn postcard anymore…paper collecting has been done for sometime.”
They can be slower sellers, but plenty of serious collectors out there. Happy to take them off your hands if you aren’t interested in selling on eBay!
@@mailseum we might could do something…. I’ve became very attached to the romance/couples (about 200) I’d keep those for myself... and the old Savannah Georgia ones, I’ll send you some pics of you’d like.
Even if I went through eBay I’d be trying to sell lots of topics/eras as I simply don’t have the patience for one-at-a-time-ing them off.
We could see if there’s a category or box you could use.
@@andrewgarratt5191 oh that’s cool! Savannah’s a beautiful town. I’d love to talk more, my contact info is on my website here: www.mailseum.com/contact
Just found this video after I picked up some old postcards at a thrift shop... new to making content here! My question is do you sell postcards that have writing on them too? Very cool niche and Ive always wanted to sell them along with old ads and vintage books!
Every single day! Probably about half of the cards I sell have writing on them. The majority of the time it doesn’t affect the value, but if there’s writing on the front over the image, it might make it worth a little less. If it was written to or from someone notable, it may be worth a little more. I work with the site EphemeraSearch and we are working to transcribe written postcards and connect them to family members and ancestors.
Postcards are a really cool thing to sell! I’ll be making more videos like this with more info about how I sell.
@@mailseum just subscribed. awesome!
Hi Daniel. Would you mind telling how many cards you have listed at any given moment on eBay. If not I understand. Thanks really enjoyed tips.
I’m closing in on 12,000 right now - it definitely takes at least a year or two to get where I’m at now. You can also check out my store on eBay and filter by sold/completed to see every single postcard I sell, instead of just the ones that make it into videos. Hope this helps!
Thanks a lot :-) but can you tell me how and where I can sell them, As I am from Pakistan and I am facing much trouble opening ebay account, is there any other market place or a buyer I could get?
I’m not sure, sorry! If you have Etsy in your country you could try there - and take a look at Delcampe and HipPostcard as well.
also - how are you doing shipping for $1.50? do you just put a stamp on it ?? with no tracking? ---
There’s something called eBay standard envelope that’s $0.60 per one ounce label. You can use it for postcards, trading cards, and a few other things. It makes it really easy to ship. The tracking can be a little unreliable, but I probably only get one or two questions a month about tracking being off (out of hundreds of orders).
cool --- looking forward to it :)
@@mailseum can you do a how to video on this too? I just watched someone else's and still have so many questions... weight limit - for postcard I'd rather use a protective cardboard envelop - but is that too much weight? if you use a regular envelop how do you protect it from getting bent... such a small topic - but loads of questions... thanks again and good luck on your channel growth :)
Yeah I’ll try to make a quick video or a short! What you’re gonna want to use (and what most postcard sellers use) is the EcoSwift 6.5 x 4.5 semi-rigid envelope. Enough protection to keep them from getting damaged, but very lightweight. You can get them on eBay, Amazon, and their own website. 3 sleeved postcards can go in one envelope for one ounce. Any more than that and I’ve found it usually weighs 2+ ounces. You can only use eBay standard envelope shipping for orders that weigh 3 ounces or less, and the total order must be under $50. But there’s no limit to the postcards you can ship in one envelope as long as it’s no more than 3 ounces.
How will you ship postcards? The new shipping for first class is minimum 3 oz, when my first class item would take only two forever stamps.
I ship them the same way I always have, any that qualify for eBay standard envelope for that way and any that don’t go first class package (now called ground advantage).
Great info; thanks for sharing. Curious, how much time per week are you working eBay with postcards? Is this full-time for you or...?
Part-time, I work a full-time job during the week. After eBay fees I usually get payouts of at least $1,000 a week. I talk more about how much I make after fees, costs, taxes, and everything else in an upcoming video.
@mailseum how many do you think you have in your inventory
Total including listed, probably about 25,000
@mailseum i have someone that gave me over 10,000 post cards and I don't know what to do with them
Hi I have a lot of post cards for addresses of "hitchin" england, various are from same addresses and family members, would they worth any money?
Of course! Depending on scarcity and desirability, they could be worth anywhere from $1 each to much more.
Hello, Do you know anything about stereo cards or have a video about them? I’m not sure that’s what they are called.
Hi! I don’t know much about stereoview cards. I do know that some were mass produced and are worth $5-$10, while some sell for hundreds of dollars. If you have some, try searching eBay for similar views to see what’s out there. Hope that helps!
Great video! How do you mail the post cards you sell on ebay?
Thanks! I ship them in EcoSwift 6.5x4.5 semi-rigid mailers using the eBay standard envelope shipping service (currently $0.60 for a 1 ounce envelope).
@@mailseum wow thats awesome! I hope you blow up on youtube. Your videos are awesome! Thanks for sharing the info.
What is a good ROAS?
I actually don’t think ROAS is a very useful metric. It’s just 100/ad rate. Mine is 16.67 since my ad rate is 6%. I could raise my ROAS to 50 if I just lowered my promoted rate to 2%, but I’d be selling a lot less. ROAS also assumes your listing sold because it was promoted, when it might have sold regardless.
For example, if I promote a postcard at 6% and a buyer finds it organically, but they visited a promoted listing in my store in the last 30 days, it will still count as a promoted sale and positive ROAS even though it should be negative ROAS (promoting in this case cost you money).
@@mailseum I've just started promoting all my listings after watching your video. I've started at 2%. I wanted to see if I getting everything set up correctly. I may increase to your 6%.
@quintoncarroll4828 I tried out a bunch of different percentages before I settled on 6%, higher and lower. I’d recommend keeping track of all promoted sales and testing a bunch of different rates!
Just wondering how you rank in eBay's listing quality report for topographical postcards?
Just checked and I’m currently #9. I think last year I was around 12 towards the end of the year, and I checked after I had the nearly $10,000 month and I think I was 7. Goal is to eventually get into the top 5!
@@mailseum Thanks for sharing. I hover around 24, but peaked at 9 in February on a fluke month. I've noticed my ranking has held steady as sales have dropped since April, so I'm just trying to connect with other sellers who deal in volume. I'm trying to understand if it's the category, the economy or eBay glitches that have made things so difficult lately.
My answer, might be unpopular, is none of the above. People are spending a ton of money on travel right now so I don’t think the economy can be hurting too bad. I really just think it’s the classic summer slowdown.
@@mailseum Yes, that's another good possibility and perhaps the simplest explanation. My metrics that are based upon percentages have held steady (0.5% clickthru and 3.3% conversion). These numbers almost never budge, so it probably is just a function of traffic.
I've just discovered postcards. Where can I source them?
Antique malls/stores, auctions, local classifieds, eBay lots, and much more. Just do some research of your local areas.
Do you use any other sites for research besides metro postcards?
I use newspapers.com a fair bit, both for unidentified real photos and postcards with no information or with not much info. I sell mainly view cards, probably 95%+, so I don’t have to lookup artists much at all. I occasionally use the TuckDB website and the Sundry Collectibles Disney checklist.
@@mailseum sorry I wasn’t specific. I was referring to researching publishers
@@memphisblazer2476 ah gotcha! Unfortunately I’ve found resources for publishers are scant. Really the only checklists I’ve found are for Disney & Tuck’s. Even newspapers from back then don’t contain much publisher information. In the future, I would love to do more videos and research about publishers since that seems to be a pretty big gap in the postcard world.
Have your postcard sales declined in spring 2023?
They have - in future what sold videos I’ll give my gross and net sales for the month so you can see how they change from month to month.
Wish you wouldn’t tell people about this. We are getting way to many new postcard sellers and flooding the market. Also people that refuse to educate themselves on value and are literally de valuing postcards
I understand the concern, and it’s something I think all resellers with TH-cam channels think about - “how much do I share?” and “what should I NOT share?”
I truly believe that a rising tide lifts all boats. I don’t think there are a fixed number of buyers; and I’m going to create content not just for sellers, but for buyers and people interested in history.
There are always going to be sellers out there that price low and do $0.99 auctions, etc. I used to be one when I first started! They do their thing and I’ll do mine. They sell a card for $0.99 in a week, and I’ll sell the same card for $5, but maybe it will take 6 months instead.
Thank you
I disagree. This content is GREAT, because he's showing the potential for postcards sales to be higher. Most other content creators show blowing them out for 4-5 dollars each, and that sets the precedence for people dumping a bunch of low priced cards on the market. Like it or not, the boomer generation is passing away, and their kids and grandkids don't collect like they did, so they're inheriting these lifetime collections and are looking to liquidate them fast and easy.
bro, it's alright. it is a fair game. I quit my $140K cpa job to get into the vintage postcard business. Over the years, i would go to estate sale in the bay area and just buy 100 years old postcards. I have been getting a decent hits and getting decent sales. I'm trying to post 100 listings a day. I got very low hits when i used mini ipad for the photos. Ever since i switched to epson scanner, the photos look great, i got more hits on my listings. I'd like to increase to 5,000 listings then 10,000 listings. My cost for those 100 years cards are usually about .25 cent a piece.
None of this makes sense. No one is buying postcards in 2023.
If this is real then I would be concerned that these buyers have some kind of mental illness and access to money that they should not have access to.
Very real! Most buyers are middle-aged or retired with lots of disposable income, but there are plenty who are younger. I sell to individual collectors, libraries, museums, historians, and the one-off buyer looking for something from their hometown or a unique gift for someone else.