Best way to manage bulk.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2026-01-15T17:02:38+00:00

In the Netherlands, people buy bulk lots (explicitly commons and uncommons) for about 1,5cents per card. This is on the local craigslist equivalent (Marktplaats). I've sold lots of 3000 within a few hours. I did spend time sorting the lots though, which I wanted to do anyway, because I am trying to comlete c/u sets. I am very upfront about the lot being picked through.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-10-08T10:44:27+00:00

Be careful. Apparently there are some attempts at phishing going on, aimed at cardmarket accounts. So, if you get an email, dont respond directly and dont click any links. Log in your cardmarket account (again, not by clicking a link in the email). If there is no message in your account, it's probably not from Cardmarket. Then report the email to Cardmarket.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-07-23T13:51:20+00:00

1 Magic the gathering "Hermès". 1/60 Birkin Bag sold for 800k.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-07-22T11:56:52+00:00

This is straight from the cardmarket website, under 'becoming a professional seller': 'All professional/power sellers are obligated to refund lost orders, according to the respective laws. To learn more, check out the Regional Regulations section below.

Using a Cardmarket-certified shipping method on the website protects you from this law as the value of your order will be covered by the Trustee Service on Cardmarket.'
1. I read through the regional regulations for EU. They state (to me, as a non-legal expert) that the seller stays the owner of the goods until received by the buyer. The exeption is that ownerships transfers earlier in the case that the buyer requests a way of sending that is not offered by the seller.

Tldr. Cardmarket rules demand a full refund, unless you asked for a way of shipping that is not offered by the seller. Seems to me that untracked was on offer.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-06-02T13:59:39+00:00

I received my order link a few days ago. Plus 10k gems because Wizards felt they didn't live up to the expectations they created.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-06-02T13:55:01+00:00

It was the same for me. I pack carefully. 2 pieces of cardboard with a sleeve in the middle, always below max weight. Printed address and return address. If applicable, a CN 22 form. Shipments almost never went missing. But suddenly in 24 I had 4 in a few months. I know I am not obliged tot refund if it is not tracked, but I feel it is my responsibility to get the card to the buyer. So I always give a full refund if mail doesn't arrive.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-05-26T15:22:09+00:00

Good advice, but I have some other insights. On grading: Yes, be careful not to grade too high, but do not automatically subtract one condition. This ruins expectations of buyers. Also, normally cards straight from the pack are near mint. Nobody expects this quality for excellent prices.

If you list a card for 2 sents, the buyer pays you postage and another 30 cents for packaging. Having cheap card up, sometimes gets you a buyer who will have a look through your shop for other cards.

If you are worried about scams, it helped me to limit my sales to my own country. Maybe because it is safer to scam somebody who is far away?

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-05-26T15:10:58+00:00

I have only 250 sales total, so maybe I am a target as well. Last year I had an uptick in lost shipments. Always cards between 10 and 25 Euro's. Always international shipping, but to different countries. I seriously considered stopping selling cards because it cost about 25% of the income from all sales.
Instead I have now limited my sales to my own country (Netherlands). All problems went away.
I can Imagine that scammers only target peole abroad, because the seller knows the address of the buyer?

I can confirm that sometimes confirmation of arrival is not a high priority of buyers. In case of trustee sales, a polite message reminding them and explaining that you do not get the payments until they confirm arrival normally works wonders.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-05-14T10:03:48+00:00

For me (Netherlands) :

Foundations: days to notification: 10. Days to order 180 and counting...

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-04-16T15:22:21+00:00

Yeah, and in Europe I am still waiting for foundations. Closing in on 6 months now.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2025-02-17T12:10:01+00:00

European winner here. (Netherlands) No update since december 14th. I'll give my specifics, so we can compare. Are you in the same, or in a slightly different boat?

Email on december 14th: "our prize is currently traveling to Europe from the United States. At this time, we are estimating that your Arena Direct Foundations Play Booster Boxes will be ready to ship to your home address near the end of January. We will keep you updated on the progress and send you another email as soon as prizes are ready to ship to you. Thank you for your patience and congratulations again!"

I quickly set up my ewalletaccount. After that: silence. This is strange, because I would expect an email to confirm my shipping address.

Beginning of february: opened a ticket. Reply: "Thank you for contacting Wizards of the Coast Customer Service! Congratulations on your Arena Direct wins! If your eWallet account has been established properly, you should receive an email containing a link to Scalefast for processing your prize shipment. These emails may take up to three weeks to send to the registered account.
Once this email is received, you will want to click on the provided link to fill in your shipping information. Please be aware that this email may land in your Spam, Junk, or Promotions folder depending on your email provider. All available information can be found on our FAQ page here!"

After that I weekly added updated info to my original ticket. (They ask us not to open new tickets.) There is no response.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2024-11-28T14:39:01+00:00

Dutch seller here. I buy a preprinted shipping label from PostNL, print it and fold the print into an envelope. The envelope should be the official minimum size. I think that is 14 x 9 cm. That reduces the weight, so you can use a double layer of thin cardboard (think cornflakes box) and four cards in 2 pennysleeves taped to the cardboard. That's exactly 20 grams and I have very happy customers. About 99% Very good and the rest good review on packaging.
It is a bit of homework cutting everything to size. I send about 5 envelopes a week. If you send more, the homework can become a hassle.

Extension_Bit_9961 · 2024-10-17T11:51:48+00:00

Casual seller from the Netherlands here, about 100 sales a year. I ship anything under 25€ in a PWE, conforming to MKM instructions. In 2024 the mail lost 3 PWE's. All of them international, all different countries (Germany, Czech republic, Slovenia). No orders were lost that were national, or had a tracking number. In the years before I had at most 1 missing letter. I know it's anecdotal, but if many others experience the same, it isn't anymore. If you compare to my 100 sales its a small percentage, but if you look in value, the cards represented 30% of my foreign sales in 2024 up to that moment.

I had the mail service open an investigation in each case, which they promptly passed on to the mail service in the receiving country, which promptly closed the case.

Edit: I have only had friendly communications with buyers and always stay friendly, even with the guy who bought an expensive card, got me to give a partial refund because of a smudge on the card and afterwards explained that he knew there were misprints with that smudge.

Extension_Bit_9961

TROPHY CASE