2020-21 Donruss Fat Packs a Honey Pot for Pack Searchers
2020-21 Donruss Fat Packs are an attractive product for collectors. However, they offer a particularly easy target for pack searchers.
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Counter High Grading Costs with PSA Quarterly Specials
With PSA prices way up, it is tempting to take advantage of discounts such as the quarterly specials. But are quarterly specials worth it?
Cheap USPS and UPS Sports Card Shipping
Expensive shipping will eat into your profits. Here is how to ship sportscards for discount rates and make money on even the smallest sales.
NBA Top Shot Challenges: Are They Worth It?
Are NBA Top Shot challenges worth it? We crunch the numbers and tell you when to take a plunge and when to stay away.
SL.A.B.B.Y Card Breaker Software Review
SL.A.B.B.Y is software designed to make sports card breaking more manageable, saving you time and money. We review it for you.
Get Lafreniere Rookies At Retail With Upper Deck e-Packs
You can get Lafreniere rookies at retail prices. Here is our guide to using Upper Deck e-packs to get cheap rookies.
Can I Buy and Sell NBA Top Shot Packs?
Want to buy or sell unopened NBA Top Shot packs? It can be tricky. We give you the lowdown on the do’s and don’t of the market.
Use An eBay Auction Sniper To Save Time And Money
If you aren’t using an auction sniper when placing your bids on eBay, you are most likely wasting time and money. A sniper works against the self-defeating emotional mechanisms that prevent us from getting the best deal at auctions. eBay is the largest affordable forum for buying sportscards. It is hard to collect today without…
Are Garbage Pail Kids Food Fight NFTs the Next Top Shot?
The Garbage Pail Kids are releasing their own NFT series. Is it going to make massive waves like NBA Top Shot? Let’s find out.
Sportscard Collectors Guide To Buying NFTs
You may be wondering what NFT’s are and how they relate to collecting sports cards. No worries. We got you with this sportscard collectors guide to buying NFTs. The term NFT stands for “non-fungible tokens.” That clears it all up for you, doesn’t it? When something is fungible, that means it is interchangeable. So, for…
Is My Slabs a Viable Sportscards Alternative to eBay?
My Slabs is an online marketplace for buying and selling sportscards, serving as an alternative to eBay. It has been operating since 2018. The platform holds a fair amount of appeal to many collectors due to the reduced selling fees. Today we’re going to review the platform’s offerings, layout, and process. Problems with Selling Sportscards…
Which Sportscards to Grade Without Getting Played
With prices up, how do you know which sportscards to grade? Here are three essential tips to help you decide which cards are worth it.
What are “Group Breaks” and Should I Join?
One of the most exciting evolutions of the sports card hobby in the 21st Century is the advent of sports card group breaks or group breaking, as it’s usually known. If you’ve been itching to get back into the sports card hobby or are just a sports fan looking for a new way to follow…
Which Toploader Will Protect Your Cards, Not Damage Them.
When protecting your sports cards, choosing the right size toploader is key. You don’t want a top loader that causes the card to shift around too much, but you also don’t want one that is too snug. And with so much variety in card thickness in sports card products today, it can be difficult to…
Using a Thermal Printer to Print Sports Card Shipping Labels
Sportscards used to be a simple business. You would go into your local store and buy a couple of packs. Today, the shelves are empty, and most of the action occurs online. Serious card sellers today are high-volume shippers, and that requires a robust logistical backbone for the shipping and delivery side of your sportscard…
Sports Card Grading Costs Double
PSA and BGS regularly raise prices. We document the drastic price increases. Is third party grading still worthwhile?
Is NBA Top Shot The Next Wave of Collecting? Our Detailed Review
When the worlds of collectibles, sports, and digital art came together in a crash-course collision, NBA Top Shot was born. Or at least, that was the hope of the NBA, who created NBA Top Shot in what seems like an attempt to ride the waves of excitement generated by cryptocurrency, fantasy sports, and sports card…
Defining the Various Retail Sports Card Formats
There was a time when you would just buy a pack of baseball cards and hope you got a good player. Today, when you want to purchase cards, you have to make several important decisions before starting. Looking at what is available, you may be asking yourself questions like, “What on earth is a hanger…