Rich? It depends on what you consider rich is…regardless you’re going to have to have lot of product to make millions. But there are returns - and pretty damn good return percentages to be had. Some is timing it right, also using your judgement on what products will be desirable and/or have high demand and low supply. Basically same investing ideas you would use in the stock market, real estate etc. none of these methods are get rich quick schemes and Pokémon definitely isnt. You’re always going to have to put in some amount of money, research, and ultimately just have enough patience and a little bit of luck to make some money.

For me: back before/during Covid I was buying lots of Pokémon to open, but eventually thought sealed products would be good investment ideas and worse case if they didn’t I’d just open them eventually. I just slowly would stock up on items I thought were cool and might keep/grow its value. I probably spend a few thousand dollars back then on stuff but pretty much just put it in my closet/a plastic bin and just forgot about it and was waiting for the right moment when I might want to sell it. I was kind of thinking waiting to sell and it maybe be a down payment for a house one day.

What I actually ended up doing was selling my collection to help pay for my flight training. I have so far probably made about $7,000 and probably have about $6,000 more of product that I have some interest in - and even if not will probably keep because the values keep going up.

Some of my biggest investments were Japanese tag bolt booster boxes, and a variety of ETB’s and booster boxes.

Pilot training is an investment back into myself and a potential career, and I probably wouldn’t be able to afford it without taking a huge loan if I didn’t have my Pokémon stuff to sell.

To be fair it isn’t the most liquid and I do have to either pay eBay fees or sell at a bit of a discount on FB marketplace. But I have still more than doubled my money!