Hey Chase, thank you so much for your informative videos! You've given me inspiration to continue to improve my processes. I'm currently looking into buying a cardbot for my process, and I'm excited to incorporate it.
Awesome, thanks for your kind words! And let the boys at CardCastle know I sent you, it'll make me look good lol, and I'm sure they'll take care of you
Thank You for a lot more information on how to deal with bulk! I appreciate the knowledge. Hopefully I can get to this point on my tcg business journey! 🙏🏽
Thanks for sharing all the information on the tools you use. It's really helpful for me, since I'm going to start my own Pokèmon TCG Ebay Shop. I will definitely try out the Card Dealer Pro, thank you :)
Awesome! I'm glad you find my videos useful. Make sure you use my link to get your 500 free scans when you sign up for CDP (I only get a commission if you decide to keep using it =] )
Chase thanks for the video. I bought the cardbot as well and think it has great value! The bane of its existence though is the list! Thanks for the content and look forward to more videos!
@@NerdPawn buying outright new is 8k $140 I believe for software monthly. They have refurbished for sale right now for 25% off which I think is a good deal. Also you can lease to own a new one for 3 years and it costs like 10k over the 3 years and an option to buy out early at a discount. They’d set up a time to talk about it for free and very quick. They’re out of Australia and I’ve had one for going on 3 months and it’s really helped sifting.
Thanks for the great ideas on growth without employees. I love growing but at the same time I fear it. Employees are expensive and complicated situations.
I’m just at the beginning of your video now watching it and you mentioned an AI tool to help with doing eBay listings to increase the volume you can do a day and I hope there’s more information in this video about that because that is something that I have been thinking about andwould like to find something that could help in that way! Thanks for the video
Great to see new content! Random question regarding Automation. Are you still utilizing the scansnap scanner you previously made videos about? Been thinking of utilizing Card Dealer Pro but didnt know if it was functional with what you originally had. Looking into the Scansnap 8170 or something similar if it doesn't work with older ScanSnaps
I'm using a somewhat newer Fujitsu/Ricoh 6130Z, because my old ScanSnap ate itself x.x. There's no reason an older one won't work, you just have to be able to get photos/scans into the program. They've even got it now so that you can use photos from your mobile device
Thanks for another great video. With the volume of bulk that you can acquire have you found the time to list the bulk that is below your sift value? I imagine using a tool to sift will let you extract something like 80% of the value with 30% of the work and if you always have a backlog of bulk to sift and list then it seems like it would never make sense to go through the remaining cards. Curious if you are building up a huge backlog of below the sift bulk and what you are doing with all of it?
I have usually been able to sell any backlog of bulk to other businesses. I haven't ever had a lot of sifted bulk sitting around, I usually list everything I put work into, but I will occasionally have excess bulk that hasn't been touched (by me at least) that I sell off, with the only processing I do being to make sure that there aren't the wrong kinds of cards mixed in.
Hey Chase, loved the video! I'm looking for the cheapest available option that won't damage cards but can do basic sorting (alphabetizing or by set). It doesn't have to help list them on tcg player or anything like that. Just trying to start with some kind of automation to save time. Thanks!
Partially the price relative to the Roca and Phyzbatch, partially the reliability compared to the Magic Sorter, and partially because they reached out to me to work out a relationship
Heyya! Interesting that you’re still using the cardbot. I had one for a couple of months that was rejecting about 30% of the cards as “unidentifiable” errors and then would get those it identified as incorrect another 30% of the time. After more than one update and several weeks of the bit basically bricked on my desk - I had my machine refunded. I spent more time auditing the scans within the web app than it would take to scan them via quicklist. I’m interested in your experience so far regarding auditing for errors and your pass/fail rates.
@@toolfall I haven't had too bad of an experience. I'm not shooting for 100% accuracy with it, and I've got a lighting setup that works pretty well. For magic it's usually about 90+%, which is fine for my purposes. Slightly less for Pokemon, but still usable how I'm using it
At this point I mostly have people directly send me bulk, but I've had luck in the past with Facebook marketplace or Craigslist when it was still a thing.
What would you recommend for scanning cards into to be identified? I'm just trying to inventory my collection and identify anything of value. I'm using a Ricoh fi8040. Thanks for any advice.
I'm not aware of any free services that will identify from scans unfortunately. If you're a level 4 seller and have access to quicklist plus through a pro account then that would probably be best. Card dealer pro could work for you as well, it's just a bit of spreadsheet wizardry you'll have to do after the scan/id step to combine it all
@TCGBulkKings thanks for the input, I'm not concerned if I have to pay for some software or whatever. I did sign up to be a seller on tcg, but I know it takes a while to get leveled up. How complex is the wizardry we are talking about? Thanks again for the help. I have north of 500,000 cards that are mostly sorted i just haven't been concerned with value. I might have a lot of money just sitting there i could get rid of.
@@TCGBulkKingsthank you. How much time per card does it save realistically? Don’t you still have to check the information that card dealer pro comes up with still for each card? Also does card dealer pro have a way to check your eBay to see if your posting a duplicate listing of a card? Let’s say you have 5 of a card listed but a few days later you go through another collection and end up getting a few more but forgot you posted it previously?
quick question I've watched some of your video's and the one on the fujitsu s1500 helped me to mine to work. but i dont want to sell (yet) i just want to use my fujitsu to build a database of my collection so i can refer to it when deck building instead of manually searching. i know i can use some of the free apps on mobile but i really don't like using them enmasse it causes me back pain and joint pain to do the repetitive motions. I was wondering if you know of a tool that i can use with my scanner to just build a database or if there is any free to use ai api's i can put my card images through from the scanner to build the database?
@@TCGBulkKings Thanks for the reply I'm tying to build my own categorization program with python so far it is working but only to do names it can figure out what set or printing a card is. so it works for what i want in a limited way that can be out putted to a csv. I would wish that there was a free or one time fee program out there in the TCG world that would allow inventorying ect. Only thing i need to do is figure out the high spots on the s1500 so i can sand them down because mine is scratching the cards.
Are you listing every bulk card you get (even the 1-5 cent market price cards)? If so, I'm wondering why you are sifting out cards over a certain amount?
I am listing everything. But I have the $2+ cards pulled out to get listed right away and to list them on eBay and my website, rather than TCGplayer. My renewed inventory strategy calls for treating TCGplayer as mainly my bulk low end sales platform, while I want to prioritize higher end cards to my website by way of eBay
was wondering with the sorter, is there an option that it only lets through cards that you have 10 or less of on tcgplayer? keeps you from listing 300 of the same card that doesnt sell and just takes up space.
No, the CardBot isn't directly attached to your inventory. However, I think you can maintain a list that it checks against, which may be able to accomplish the same result. I'll have to look into it
I suspect this is a bug, it started in the middle of the day yesterday. There have been no announced promotions or marketing about this, so I doubt it was intentional
If you're on TCGplayer, you can either get a Pro membership that allows access to the MassPrice tool (just costs a bit of extra fees on your transactions), or if you are Lvl 4 without Pro, you can use the filtered csv option that I've discussed in a recent video as well. This gets you a spreadsheet in which you can use formulas to rapidly update pricing
Thanks for the analysis! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
love tho googly eyes on the Bot hahah :D great video, please keep up the great work I really enjoy seeing the business side of the card selling world.
Thanks for watching, glad I can be entertaining and hopefully helpful 😁
Hey Chase, thank you so much for your informative videos! You've given me inspiration to continue to improve my processes. I'm currently looking into buying a cardbot for my process, and I'm excited to incorporate it.
Awesome, thanks for your kind words! And let the boys at CardCastle know I sent you, it'll make me look good lol, and I'm sure they'll take care of you
Thank You for a lot more information on how to deal with bulk! I appreciate the knowledge. Hopefully I can get to this point on my tcg business journey! 🙏🏽
Can't wait to meet ya. Im one of the new US Cardcastle Reps!
Awesome!
Been missing you chase! Glad to see another video!
More to come!
Thanks for sharing all the information on the tools you use. It's really helpful for me, since I'm going to start my own Pokèmon TCG Ebay Shop. I will definitely try out the Card Dealer Pro, thank you :)
Awesome! I'm glad you find my videos useful. Make sure you use my link to get your 500 free scans when you sign up for CDP (I only get a commission if you decide to keep using it =] )
Great video Chase, hope all is well and wishing you and your family a great thanksgiving!
Thanks! You too!
Chase thanks for the video. I bought the cardbot as well and think it has great value! The bane of its existence though is the list! Thanks for the content and look forward to more videos!
@@tylerross2689 yeah reprints in general, especially ones with only miniscule differences, are tough, even on the quicklist system
How much does cardbot cost? I was thinking abt getting a roca but the pricing is absurd
@@NerdPawn buying outright new is 8k $140 I believe for software monthly. They have refurbished for sale right now for 25% off which I think is a good deal. Also you can lease to own a new one for 3 years and it costs like 10k over the 3 years and an option to buy out early at a discount. They’d set up a time to talk about it for free and very quick. They’re out of Australia and I’ve had one for going on 3 months and it’s really helped sifting.
Keep the great videos coming!!!
Will do!
Thanks for the great ideas on growth without employees. I love growing but at the same time I fear it. Employees are expensive and complicated situations.
Use that discomfort to help you get good 😊
@@TCGBulkKings Good call, will do! :)
I’m just at the beginning of your video now watching it and you mentioned an AI tool to help with doing eBay listings to increase the volume you can do a day and I hope there’s more information in this video about that because that is something that I have been thinking about andwould like to find something that could help in that way! Thanks for the video
Great to see new content! Random question regarding Automation. Are you still utilizing the scansnap scanner you previously made videos about? Been thinking of utilizing Card Dealer Pro but didnt know if it was functional with what you originally had. Looking into the Scansnap 8170 or something similar if it doesn't work with older ScanSnaps
I'm using a somewhat newer Fujitsu/Ricoh 6130Z, because my old ScanSnap ate itself x.x. There's no reason an older one won't work, you just have to be able to get photos/scans into the program. They've even got it now so that you can use photos from your mobile device
Pumped. Hope you’ve been doing well.
Getting these foundations in place has been tough but necessary
Thanks for another great video. With the volume of bulk that you can acquire have you found the time to list the bulk that is below your sift value? I imagine using a tool to sift will let you extract something like 80% of the value with 30% of the work and if you always have a backlog of bulk to sift and list then it seems like it would never make sense to go through the remaining cards. Curious if you are building up a huge backlog of below the sift bulk and what you are doing with all of it?
I have usually been able to sell any backlog of bulk to other businesses. I haven't ever had a lot of sifted bulk sitting around, I usually list everything I put work into, but I will occasionally have excess bulk that hasn't been touched (by me at least) that I sell off, with the only processing I do being to make sure that there aren't the wrong kinds of cards mixed in.
If Card Bot can nail yugioh, I'd love to get one. I have a million or so of that I'd love to just sift if I could. Thanks for the ideas, Chase!
are roca and phyzbatch not good at sifting yugioh?
I think there's an issue with card size. I know roca can do Yu-Gi-Oh, but it requires a while separate machine, right?
Hey, I'm always glad to help, whatever improves the market
@@CardThrone They cant do them at all. Roca has a separate machine but... I mean come on lol
Awesome video! Where is did you get that cool wooden sorting tray? Link? TIA
th-cam.com/video/JfmC4DB9Lio/w-d-xo.html I hope you enjoy me struggling to put it together in this video from a year or two ago =]
Hey Chase, loved the video! I'm looking for the cheapest available option that won't damage cards but can do basic sorting (alphabetizing or by set). It doesn't have to help list them on tcg player or anything like that. Just trying to start with some kind of automation to save time. Thanks!
I may be wrong, but I think the cheapest option that does that would be the Magic Sorter
Hey Chase, what made you go with the CardBot over other machines? I'm doing some outreach regarding the Roca, Phyzbatch,, Magic Sorter, etc.
Partially the price relative to the Roca and Phyzbatch, partially the reliability compared to the Magic Sorter, and partially because they reached out to me to work out a relationship
Heyya! Interesting that you’re still using the cardbot. I had one for a couple of months that was rejecting about 30% of the cards as “unidentifiable” errors and then would get those it identified as incorrect another 30% of the time. After more than one update and several weeks of the bit basically bricked on my desk - I had my machine refunded. I spent more time auditing the scans within the web app than it would take to scan them via quicklist. I’m interested in your experience so far regarding auditing for errors and your pass/fail rates.
@@toolfall I haven't had too bad of an experience. I'm not shooting for 100% accuracy with it, and I've got a lighting setup that works pretty well. For magic it's usually about 90+%, which is fine for my purposes. Slightly less for Pokemon, but still usable how I'm using it
im thinking for getting into this as well where and how do you source your bulk
At this point I mostly have people directly send me bulk, but I've had luck in the past with Facebook marketplace or Craigslist when it was still a thing.
What would you recommend for scanning cards into to be identified? I'm just trying to inventory my collection and identify anything of value. I'm using a Ricoh fi8040. Thanks for any advice.
I'm not aware of any free services that will identify from scans unfortunately. If you're a level 4 seller and have access to quicklist plus through a pro account then that would probably be best. Card dealer pro could work for you as well, it's just a bit of spreadsheet wizardry you'll have to do after the scan/id step to combine it all
@TCGBulkKings thanks for the input, I'm not concerned if I have to pay for some software or whatever. I did sign up to be a seller on tcg, but I know it takes a while to get leveled up. How complex is the wizardry we are talking about? Thanks again for the help. I have north of 500,000 cards that are mostly sorted i just haven't been concerned with value. I might have a lot of money just sitting there i could get rid of.
Would love to hear your opinion on if card dealer pro is worth it to list bulk sports singles on eBay?
I love card dealer pro, and I wouldn't be listing sports cards on ebay at all if it weren't for that service :thumbsup:
@@TCGBulkKingsthank you. How much time per card does it save realistically? Don’t you still have to check the information that card dealer pro comes up with still for each card? Also does card dealer pro have a way to check your eBay to see if your posting a duplicate listing of a card? Let’s say you have 5 of a card listed but a few days later you go through another collection and end up getting a few more but forgot you posted it previously?
How does one go about having a brief call with you to ask some questions? Been looking to upscale my tcgplayer store and could use some assistance
quick question I've watched some of your video's and the one on the fujitsu s1500 helped me to mine to work. but i dont want to sell (yet) i just want to use my fujitsu to build a database of my collection so i can refer to it when deck building instead of manually searching. i know i can use some of the free apps on mobile but i really don't like using them enmasse it causes me back pain and joint pain to do the repetitive motions. I was wondering if you know of a tool that i can use with my scanner to just build a database or if there is any free to use ai api's i can put my card images through from the scanner to build the database?
I'm not sure of any free services that do this unfortunately, outside of manually scanning cards with the TCGplayer app.
@@TCGBulkKings Thanks for the reply I'm tying to build my own categorization program with python so far it is working but only to do names it can figure out what set or printing a card is. so it works for what i want in a limited way that can be out putted to a csv. I would wish that there was a free or one time fee program out there in the TCG world that would allow inventorying ect. Only thing i need to do is figure out the high spots on the s1500 so i can sand them down because mine is scratching the cards.
Are you listing every bulk card you get (even the 1-5 cent market price cards)? If so, I'm wondering why you are sifting out cards over a certain amount?
I am listing everything. But I have the $2+ cards pulled out to get listed right away and to list them on eBay and my website, rather than TCGplayer. My renewed inventory strategy calls for treating TCGplayer as mainly my bulk low end sales platform, while I want to prioritize higher end cards to my website by way of eBay
@@TCGBulkKings Oh, that makes sense. I was thinking that maybe you stopped selling super duper low end bulky bulk.
was wondering with the sorter, is there an option that it only lets through cards that you have 10 or less of on tcgplayer? keeps you from listing 300 of the same card that doesnt sell and just takes up space.
No, the CardBot isn't directly attached to your inventory. However, I think you can maintain a list that it checks against, which may be able to accomplish the same result. I'll have to look into it
@@TCGBulkKingswould be very useful, makes it so you have more diversity while using a smaller space in the closet :p
Are there any equivalent for cardmarket in Europe
Not sure if Magic Sorter works with CardMarket, but they are based in Europe I believe
hey bro, little off topic, did you notice tcg took off seller fees? do you know for how long?
I suspect this is a bug, it started in the middle of the day yesterday. There have been no announced promotions or marketing about this, so I doubt it was intentional
@@TCGBulkKings thats kinda wild, no? you think they would be on it
@Jesse31597 maybe a bug in their new interface with the BF volume?
@@TCGBulkKings huge opportunity to sell with no fee rn I geuss
any tool to automatically price a card according to what the market is paying?
If you're on TCGplayer, you can either get a Pro membership that allows access to the MassPrice tool (just costs a bit of extra fees on your transactions), or if you are Lvl 4 without Pro, you can use the filtered csv option that I've discussed in a recent video as well. This gets you a spreadsheet in which you can use formulas to rapidly update pricing
Thanks for the analysis! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
No clue Mamediyarova