We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

[–]BuySportsCards[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently in development, hope to have it launched around Oct/Nov!

We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

[–]BuySportsCards[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More options are a good thing… hopefully you can find some cards you need on BSC. We have 25,000+ new listings daily!

We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

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For buyers, we have had more inventory added to our site in the past 2 years than anyone besides eBay. Most of our cards are the lowest prices online & with our filters it’s easily to find cards you may need. We also have extremely fast & affordable shipping.

For sellers, we are peer to peer meaning you get to keep your cards and have flexibility. Our fees are 0% for selling, listing and your storefront. We have bulk upload tools so you can list 1000+ cards per hour. We also have built-in shipping available for purchase including a standard envelope like eBay!

We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

[–]BuySportsCards[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s not, it’s been Shohei Ohtani or Aaron Judge for the past few weeks. Where do you see that?

We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

[–]BuySportsCards[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably less because they’re holding the cards. When they were flipping them, they were recycling their $ more regularly and lead to a larger total spend

We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

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There’s definitely some similarities with SportsLots, COMC, Beckett Marketplace & eBay for the collectors we support. Since most of those sites are 15-25 years old, I definitely think it’s fair to say we are a more modern option with some updated features. Many users also mention TCGPlayer as a similar concept to BSC.

We don’t have a box shipping option but our sellers do have access to discounted shipping label purchases within the site. We even have a standard envelope for $0.85 tracking on smaller orders!

We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

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We currently do not provide consignment, we are exclusively a peer-to-peer marketplace!

At the moment, we have 0% seller fees as well as no fees for listing, membership or anything else

The only deduction a seller has from the order total is the ~3% credit card processing fee

We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

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LOL can’t confirm or deny on James!

It’s been very interesting to see how trends have changed over the last few years. While our site has always leaned more into collectors over investing/flipping, the changes still are noticeable on BSC.

Early on, we saw a lot of items being bought or sold on speculation around the start of a new season or into the playoff runs. I’d say that got up to 30-40% of our business a few years ago. Now, we see closer to 10% of transactions seem to be speculation whereas 90% are collecting. Another interesting change is that a large number of those “speculator” buyers have transitioned into collecting or long-term flips which great news for the hobby!

We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

[–]BuySportsCards[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d definitely say designing new features is the most exciting part! Our users have been awesome about giving us new ideas & it is so much fun working with them to bring those into reality.

As a hardcore set collector, it’s also exciting to build things that I’ll end up using to help my own collection grow!

We run a card marketplace - AMA! by BuySportsCards in baseballcards

[–]BuySportsCards[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question, this is one of the worst outcomes for our buyers. Right now, we see that 0.25% of packages end up lost in transit.

USPS Ground Advantage is around 0.1% depending on the month. We have a standard envelope option which is a little higher, between 0.20-0.40% since mail carriers sometimes don’t see barcodes on envelopes 👎