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Ruffa Sports Cards
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Email: Ruffainquiries@gmail.com
I am a 24 year old sports card collector and enthusiast, I am going to be creating content about anything to do with sports cards, whether that be pack opening of sports cards, informational / educational videos on topics in the sports card industry, or even some new and unique ideas that I have in mind.
I am hoping to release a new long form video every 2 days!
My plan is to post content regarding my journey selling sports cards, and teaching as many people as possible how to do the same.
Email: Ruffainquiries@gmail.com
I am a 24 year old sports card collector and enthusiast, I am going to be creating content about anything to do with sports cards, whether that be pack opening of sports cards, informational / educational videos on topics in the sports card industry, or even some new and unique ideas that I have in mind.
I am hoping to release a new long form video every 2 days!
My plan is to post content regarding my journey selling sports cards, and teaching as many people as possible how to do the same.
I Bought an ENTIRE Value Bin at the Fairfield Card Show! | Dollar Bin Hunting for Sports Cards
Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community.
www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa
LINK TREE (all of my official links)
linktr.ee/ruffasportscards
In today’s video I went out to the Fairfield Card Show, it’s a 3 day event hosted by a wonderful person named Dion, his Instagram is, “thecardattic232” I really enjoy going to some of these northern California card shows because you end up seeing the same people, same dealers and vendors, you start to make relationships and grow your connections with people. So much so to where you can stop by and say hello to them each time you see them. Sometimes you make amazing deals at these card shows, sometimes you pay too strong, but the real deal and ultimate experience is being able to enjoy your time at these events and to grow as both a buyer and as a seller. I am excited to see what the future holds and to search more and more value bins, dollar boxes, and showcases for the best deals around the world. Maybe one day here in the future you’ll see me buying out your local card shows of all of the low end sports card inventory. For now, I’ll stick to buying out value bins in my neck of the town here in Sunny Northern California. Some of the best deals you can find are at card shows and if you haven’t ever been to one yet you should definitely consider making it out to one whenever you find yourself able to. It’s an experience you’ll never forget. I’ll always be going to as many card shows as I can and exploring as much as possible. Maybe one day in the future I’ll get sponsored by some companies so that we can go and travel more and more to further and further shows. For now the Bay Area in California is the furthest I’ve been to scavenge for deals regarding sports cards and any card in general. Maybe that will change soon as I am wanting to/ hoping to make it down to Burbank Sports Cards after they have the new grand opening of their location over on the corner of Magnolia and Hollywood in Burbank California across the street from the world famous cafe and bakery Porto’s we’ll have to enjoy some growth and some fun before we can commit to something so wild! But I really hope that we can go to there and I hope you decide to subscribe so we can enjoy the journey together regardless of what happens in the future!
www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa
LINK TREE (all of my official links)
linktr.ee/ruffasportscards
In today’s video I went out to the Fairfield Card Show, it’s a 3 day event hosted by a wonderful person named Dion, his Instagram is, “thecardattic232” I really enjoy going to some of these northern California card shows because you end up seeing the same people, same dealers and vendors, you start to make relationships and grow your connections with people. So much so to where you can stop by and say hello to them each time you see them. Sometimes you make amazing deals at these card shows, sometimes you pay too strong, but the real deal and ultimate experience is being able to enjoy your time at these events and to grow as both a buyer and as a seller. I am excited to see what the future holds and to search more and more value bins, dollar boxes, and showcases for the best deals around the world. Maybe one day here in the future you’ll see me buying out your local card shows of all of the low end sports card inventory. For now, I’ll stick to buying out value bins in my neck of the town here in Sunny Northern California. Some of the best deals you can find are at card shows and if you haven’t ever been to one yet you should definitely consider making it out to one whenever you find yourself able to. It’s an experience you’ll never forget. I’ll always be going to as many card shows as I can and exploring as much as possible. Maybe one day in the future I’ll get sponsored by some companies so that we can go and travel more and more to further and further shows. For now the Bay Area in California is the furthest I’ve been to scavenge for deals regarding sports cards and any card in general. Maybe that will change soon as I am wanting to/ hoping to make it down to Burbank Sports Cards after they have the new grand opening of their location over on the corner of Magnolia and Hollywood in Burbank California across the street from the world famous cafe and bakery Porto’s we’ll have to enjoy some growth and some fun before we can commit to something so wild! But I really hope that we can go to there and I hope you decide to subscribe so we can enjoy the journey together regardless of what happens in the future!
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Turning 1$ to 10,000$ ONLY Buying and Selling Sports Cards! Trade Up Challenge Part 1 AMAZING START!
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Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community. www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa LINK TREE (all of my official links) linktr.ee/ruffasportscards In today’s video I have decided to start my ultimate journey and challenge of turning a single dollar bill 1$ into 10,000$ all by only buying, selling and potentially trading sports cards. I will be t...
I Could Not BELIEVE I Paid That! Fairfield Card Show Pickups! Low End NFL Value / Dollar Bin Hunter
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Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community. www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa LINK TREE (all of my official links) linktr.ee/ruffasportscards In today’s video I start to show EVERY SINGLE CARD that I picked up at the Fairfield Card Show that’s hosted by Dion from “Thecardattic232” on instagram. One of the better shows I’ve been to, as alway...
472 Cards SOLD in 4 Hours! This is Why I LOVE to Sell Sports Cards On Whatnot! | Whatnot Sales Recap
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Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community. www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa LINK TREE (all of my official links) linktr.ee/ruffasportscards In today’s video I go over every single thingthat sold for me on my weekly Whatnot Auctions that I host every single Wednesday at 6 P.M. PST so if you aren’t doing anything, feel free to stop by and s...
Dollar Bin Hunting for Sports Cards at The Fairfield Card Show | BUYER POV Low End Sports Card Deals
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Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community. www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa LINK TREE (all of my official links) linktr.ee/ruffasportscards In today’s video I am at the Fairfield Card show, It’s one of the biggest and most prominent / well known card shows that is currently being hosted in ALL of Northern California. As a Whatnot Seller, ...
Tips to Stay SAFE When Collecting Cards after the Dallas Card Show Heist 1.5+ Million $ Stolen!
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Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community. www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa LINK TREE (all of my official links) linktr.ee/ruffasportscards In today’s video I go over a ton of different ideas, suggestions, and recommendations to help further protect yourself when collecting sports cards. Especially after the Dallas card show heist / theft...
I SOLD 317 Sports Cards on Whatnot Starting EVERYTHING at 1$ 10 Second Sudden Wins! | Sales Recap
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Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community. www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa LINK TREE (all of my official links) linktr.ee/ruffasportscards In today’s video I go over every single card that I sold on my WEEKLY whatnot auctions, I host them at 6:00 P.M. PST on Wednesday’s so if you aren’t doing anything during that time and on those days d...
I’ve made _$ of PROFIT So Far in 2024 Selling LOW END Sports Cards
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Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community. www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa LINK TREE (all of my official links) linktr.ee/ruffasportscards In today’s video I go over every single expense and ever single revenue I have incurred during my sports card selling journey during the first 6 months of 2024. I will talk about the good, the bad, an...
If I Restarted Reselling Sports Cards in 2024.. THIS is What I Would Do!
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Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community. www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa LINK TREE (all of my official links) linktr.ee/ruffasportscards In today’s video I go over the best way to grow your sports card selling journey in 2024! There are so many ways to grow in sports cards and these ideas and suggestion would be my own personal ways to...
I found a GOLD Prizm QB /10 at the Fairfield Card Show in the value bins.. and didn’t even realize
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Apply to sell today on Whatnot! ruffa thinks you'll be a great addition to our seller community. www.whatnot.com/invite/seller/ruffa LINK TREE (all of my official links) linktr.ee/ruffasportscards In today’s video I went out to the Fairfield Card Show hosted by Thecardattic232 on Instagram, Dion is an amazing person and if you haven’t met him yet you’ll understand when you do. It’s usually host...
Best ways to grow on Whatnot! Seller growth tips and tricks! 1,750 followers and 6,600+ items sold
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Best ways to grow on Whatnot! Seller growth tips and tricks! 1,750 followers and 6,600 items sold
Selling Sports Cards On Whatnot for 4 Months | Sales Recap 1$ 10 Second Sudden Wins
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Selling Sports Cards On Whatnot for 4 Months | Sales Recap 1$ 10 Second Sudden Wins
All Differences between Sports Cards and Pokémon Cards
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All Differences between Sports Cards and Pokémon Cards
Sports Cards Mailday INSANITY! | SO MANY NFL Prizm Serial Numbered Cards to sell on Whatnot
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Sports Cards Mailday INSANITY! | SO MANY NFL Prizm Serial Numbered Cards to sell on Whatnot
The BEST Places to SELL and BUY Sports Cards in 2024! Beginners to Pros
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The BEST Places to SELL and BUY Sports Cards in 2024! Beginners to Pros
How Much Money I made Selling NFL FOOTBALL Sports Card on Whatnot! 1$ 10 Second Sudden Win Auctions
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How Much Money I made Selling NFL FOOTBALL Sports Card on Whatnot! 1$ 10 Second Sudden Win Auctions
STOP GRADING THESE CARDS AND GRADE THESE TYPE OF CARDS INSTEAD!
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STOP GRADING THESE CARDS AND GRADE THESE TYPE OF CARDS INSTEAD!
Sports Card Grading Inspection! | “How can I tell if a card is gradable?” PSA SUBMISSION PREP!
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Sports Card Grading Inspection! | “How can I tell if a card is gradable?” PSA SUBMISSION PREP!
eBay Sales Recap | Every Sports Card that sold for me during the week! AMAZING DEALS!
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eBay Sales Recap | Every Sports Card that sold for me during the week! AMAZING DEALS!
The #1 BEST AND EASIEST Way to Learn What Sports Cards Players to BUY that NO-ONE talks about!
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250+ Card MAILDAY | NEW NFL Optic Donruss set Online Sports Card Deal!
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250 Card MAILDAY | NEW NFL Optic Donruss set Online Sports Card Deal!
Sports Card eBay Sales Recap | EVERYTHING that sold for me in the last week!
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Sports Card eBay Sales Recap | EVERYTHING that sold for me in the last week!
Mailday | I Bought these Sports Cards BACK from the person that I sold them to!!
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Mailday | I Bought these Sports Cards BACK from the person that I sold them to!!
My Personal Sports Card Collection | I am not just a Card Seller.. Part 1
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My Personal Sports Card Collection | I am not just a Card Seller.. Part 1
Local Sports Card Deal done ✅ LOW END cards being Neglected no longer!
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Local Sports Card Deal done ✅ LOW END cards being Neglected no longer!
Fake Cards allegedly Discovered (meaning potentially not released by Panini or in their own product)
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150$ for ALL of these Sports Cards! | Whatnot Card Seller
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150$ for ALL of these Sports Cards! | Whatnot Card Seller
I SOLD These Low End Sports Cards on Whatnot! YOU CAN TOO!
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I SOLD These Low End Sports Cards on Whatnot! YOU CAN TOO!
Mailday | ALWAYS buying Low-end sports cards in BULK.. for the right price!
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Mailday | ALWAYS buying Low-end sports cards in BULK.. for the right price!
What type of Sports Cards do I put aside for eBay?
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What type of Sports Cards do I put aside for eBay?
Incredible video, such an impressive start!
Glad you enjoyed the video! Make sure you subscribe if you haven’t already so you can enjoy more content I post in the future! I currently post a long form video every 2 days :)
I hope that’s true!!! That means the lower end will get even cheaper. Hope so. Cards are certainly tanking, but they still are higher than pre-Covid prices, so we still have plenty of room for card prices to fall………keep falling!!!!
Idk if we actually want prices to be this super low… 😅😅😅 like cards that you’d hope to get 3$ for when paying .75$ are still hovering around the 1$ mark right now and it’s just 2 weeks before preseason for the nfl.. I have so much inventory I’ve bought in anticipation of prices going up with the start of the season being here. If I got 1$ for all of them I’d most definitely be losing money…
@@ruffasportscards I, personally, want all cards to go to zero, so I can (as the Pokémon kids say), “capture them all”……..going to zero is where we need them to get for collectors. Cards tanking is not good for flippers, obvi, but for buyers, it is a bonanza. Just because cards are heading to zero doesn’t mean dealers are selling cards for zero. Some sellers refuse to take the L and say, “I’m into it for more than that”. Not my fault.
@TheBargainBoxer yea it’s just not a good thing to have cards that people can’t even get Pennies for, that dealers would then want to sell for 1$. It’s going to be the worst thing to happen to the entirety of the card market. It might be in turn fun to hoard and stash cards away, but where there isn’t value in the market there becomes a huge gaping hole in the entire ecosystem of cards in general. The higher end stuff being so easy to sell, and the low-end stuff being so low in price and harder to realize gains only creates disperity and the overall quality and health of the sports card economy.
I plan on doing the same thing in a couple of weeks
Always fun to search the value bins
I think u offered up but good inventory
Yea I had originally seen the first like 1/20th of the box before offering; still some nice filler for the auctions i run on whatnot. Can’t go too wrong, especially hoping that the market starts to bounce back with preseason amongst us
Thanks for being transparent on the math and methods. I’ve always thought it would be cool to really scale this type of trade-up process out. There are some vids on UA-cam of people pretending to do this, but it’s clear they’re dealing with friends to help them out and also just very rough estimating the financials.
Yea my whole goal of doing this challenge is to never let anyone know whether or not I’m buying or selling for the challenge or if it’s for other avenues that I’m selling something! I did purchase that second lot off of one of my friends I met at a card show, but I did offer him more than what he did want to sell it for, and it did help out the challenge a little bit. One of my goals is to actually end up doing another 1$ series as well and to do it more about focusing on getting everything documented. Probably will be doing a bunch of 1$ series in the future here.
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@@ruffasportscards well what you did with your friend doesn’t seem egregious. A different video I watched had a guy trade his $1 to a friend for a $25 card, then $25 to $60, $60 to $100 and so forth till he was at $1000 four trades later. It was boring because it’s just clickbait at that point, nothing notable or fun really. Anyways, I just dropped a sub and look forward to the coming vids!
@LlllIo I appreciate your support very much! :) super glad you enjoyed it, and yea most definitely one of the wildest things is those videos of just absolute nonsense trades
At 7:51 you missed a bengals slingers case hit. Still nice finds in the bargain box! I really enjoyed the video so keep it up. You got yourself a subscriber.
@@tramyhuynh9588 I’m super glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate your support very much!!! I actually knew it was a slinger case hit, I just saw it was Andy Dalton, so I didn’t want to risk driving up the price of the lot by super super much since there was no price tag, and luckily the ones with bigger name players don’t go for much, but probably would’ve still been worth a grab to potentially try to grade or if not then just flip it raw :) very very good eye!!!
It was Carson Palmer sorry, probably would’ve been worth the grab nonetheless
Super amazing eye on that one! Glad you could make it out was thinking about the potential quality of the recording
Great start! Remember to stay focused and consistent. I shared with you my story in 1998 with my initial investment of $38.50 and turned it into a down payment on a house 10 years later. It is absolutely possible, but very difficult. I know you can do it!
I appreciate your support and your words on encouragement :) it’ll be a fun journey, but definitely challenging. Super awesome to have heard your story about it in person, super wild the things that cards can provide and bring if you put in the work and time!
Nice start to a challenge.
It really was! I appreciate your support and if you haven’t already subscribed I hope you decide to so you can enjoy more content I upload in the future and enjoy the journey :)
this is going to be awesome to follow!!
Super glad you are going to enjoy it! We had a really nice start, now to just keep at it!
Good video man thanks
I appreciate your support very much! Super glad you enjoyed the video and I hope you decide to subscribe if you haven’t already so you can enjoy more content in the future :)
It's not soooo easy
Definitely not soooo easy… but definitely doable!
Can you make a video about how you store and organize your cards?
Yea I certainly could; honestly most of the time I don’t really organize them, I have my eBay store organized a little bit, definitely a lot better of systems out there than what I use to store my random cards, with selling on whatnot, I mainly just prepare to move as many cards as needed; usually looking to sell about 400 cards across any and all types, majority of which being football cards. But I have certain methods of madness, like I’ll store a bunch of stuff I bought together just certain stuff like that.
@@ruffasportscards do you have 4row boxes on shelves or just around the room?
@@MissingWilson I put them on a shelf and a little desk, it’s actually just 3 rows and 2 rows I have a 5 row but that’s just like next to me pretty much
Are you going to sell these on your whatnot stream tomorrow
@@ColeMueller uhmmmm I’m getting my selection ready for tomorrows stream! I’m not too sure how many from this particular video will be available tomorrow, but the good majority of these cards will eventually be sold starting at 1$ 10 second sudden wins on my whatnot streams, im starting to want to expand into offering all 3 major sports and then also variety cards like for example, Disney, wrestling, super hero cards, movie cards, stuff that’s popular with wide audiences that can ultimately make it where I can keep a lot of my inventory and burn through it more slowly.
@@ruffasportscards remember comue82047 wants numberd stuff lol
Great video, James. I would not feel bad at all about the JuJu. It's the seller's responsibility to know the comps to their own cards. But it is nice of you to acknowledge that.
He was okay with it as well, just something I know I can get more money than expected and anticipated, so I wanted to give him his original asking price. I don’t have to worry about it though, because I saw him at a recent show and he said he wasn’t worried about it.
I buy Elite Card Savers on eBay. $117 dlvd for 2500. Less the .05 each and as good as the CBG ones I have always used. Nice videos, will check out your whatnot.
That’s a good deal, yea I like the cardboard gold ones, I might try out some different ones eventually but not sure. Thanks for the suggestion :)
Love the juju
That spectra parallel is pretty nice! Always fun to add spectra stuff to the inventory :)
@ruffasportscards no juju watkins at end not juju smith Schuster
@@joelkaplan2157 😅😅😅 honestly amazed you got that far! Thank you for the support and yes that Juju is so sick, a way bigger card than I thought just based off my first guess and the information given. I appreciate you for watching that far and being able to notice that :) saved that nice one for those who do. If you don’t subscribe make sure you do so you can enjoy more content, and if you do already subscribe then thank you for your support again very much so
@@ruffasportscards I'm subscribe
I can’t contact you on Insta gram how can I?
Instagram would be the best place to do so, I have an email in my bio also. But if you comment your Instagram username I can follow you and maybe that will solve the dm issue
That's a Good Amount
Yes it is! One of the higher quantities of cards I’ve sold in a single streams, especially by only doing 1 and 2 card auctions for the most part
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Nice pick up on the Jones Card, hm? let me know @ Joeyrips youtube channel.
Which jones card may you be referring to in specific, I’ll try to watch the video in detail but might save me a lot of time
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Ohhhhh yes the Daniel jones! I was gonna list it on eBay for 20$ eBay standard envelope, but I could do 16$ for a direct sale using pwe and I’d get a tracking number associated with the plain white envelope
Very well done, James! Close to $600 in profits. The break down at the end is stellar!
The profits were ~ 300$ but yes a very nice stream! The total sold is referring to before fees and shipping, the “revenue” is what is paid out to me after printing out the shipping labels :) but I’m still very happy with the stream this week, I went double over time on it and they wanted me to do another encore streamed for like 4 hours and 50 minutes and still ended up getting every single package shipped out by the end of the next business day :). It was very nice meeting you in person! As always I appreciate your support
Hey, great variety of cards! As a Whatnot seller, I’ve only sold baseball cards, although I have football and basketball. Since Whatnot forces you to select a single category (sport), I’ve always selected baseball, which I have the most of. How are you able to attract people to your streams for multi-sport and non-sport and do so well? Also, do you ship without top loaders without having any complaints or issues? Are most shipped without top loaders?
I ship on eBay and rarely use top loaders. Penny sleeve then team bag and between two pieces of cardboard. Always get good reviews for my shipping packaging. And I’ve hardly sold 472 items in the last 2 years on eBay. Thinking I need to get over on what not asap
I make sure to ship every single card either in a toploader, a card saver, or a one touch. I’ve found I just would rather give the customer the best service possible and ensure that they are happy when opening their package up. For me, eventually I’ll be putting every single card into a new Toploader as well, if the Toploader gets too scratched up I don’t send it in that one, but the lighting in my house isn’t the best so sometimes I might miss our on ones worst than I would want to send. Also what seemed to have helped me is just going for it, I mainly do football so I stream in the football category but I sold some baseball, some basketball, and some Disney cards all during this weeks stream. I think it would be different for baseball streamers though because a lot of baseball fans like baseball alot more than other sports and might only collect that one. But if you do varierty, sometimes you gotta have cards that might be more popular cards for the ones you don’t usually do. Like if you ran a game used Dwayne wade patch during the baseball crew, typically more people might be interested in that card than something like a xavier worthy card who’s a rookie wr for the chiefs
You definitely have to grow your whatnot in order to be comfortable with the prices you realize for cards that you sell on there, it’ll be a lot of sales that you might have been able to get a bit more for, but the nice thing is once you grow an audience and do take those risks and chances you can then start to make higher margins, I’m currently hoping to increase the number of streams I do each week, which then would in turn increase the reach and then in turn increase the prices I get hopefully as well
@@ruffasportscards have you ever figured out how much you spend to actually ship a $1 card? Thats the whole reason I stopped using top loaders. I used to send everything in them until I realized some sales I was only making .$40 in the end after packaging and shipping. Top loaders are pricey unless you buy them in huge bulk orders. I haven’t had any negative reviews ever on my shipping and most people give good feedback for my safe shipping. But I guess 472 sales in a day you can make a little less per card 😂😂
@beliedat2457 that’s an amazing question :) I offer the first class mail letter program; so on orders with 2-5 cards when I’m able to I send them in a card saver in a plain white envelope, for single card orders I send them in a envelope in a Toploader because the Toploaders are just slightly cheaper, and typically you have more cards you acquire in Toploaders. This also allows me to stockpile Toploaders each week whenever I don’t use them because of the 2-5 card orders, doing that 40 or so times can really increase the supply and thus increase how long my supply of Toploaders last, I haven’t had much complaint other than the occasional one with shipping via this method because of the cheapness of the shipping program, where they save on shipping, I can then make it directly and then also cut costs as well by not having to offer a bubble mailer, Toploaders for every card, and stockpiling supplies. But it would really depend on the situation; like if they only bought a single 1$ card it would cost me the price of the envelope which is 2 cents, the cost of half a piece of paper, which is about .5 cents or so, the cost of a team bag which is about 2 cents as well and a shipping label which seems to cost me 1 cent; so I’m only spending 6 cents to ship a single 1$ card order. For 2 card lots I use a card saver costs me 13 cents (now cheaper tho because I bought a case which new cost would be 7.664 cents) but the two Toploaders I would potentially gain saves me 7.364 cents I would’ve instead spent later on for Toploaders, then the 2 cents on the envelope, 3.357 cents for a graded card sleeve (I’ll look into cases for these next purchase I do) and then half a piece of paper which is .5 cents so as of now it costs me 18.407 cents for 2-5 cards, but averaging it down, The 2 card lots cost 9.2035 cents per card, for 3 cards 6.135667 cents per card, for 4 cards 4.60175 cents per card, and for 5 cards 3.6814 cents per card, which the money I’d then would have spent on the Toploaders I potentially got off the cards I put into the card saver would have then been higher! I’m gonna make a video on this because I’m amazed with this that I’m technically saving money by shipping cards, but sometimes you buy cards with stickers on the Toploader so those become useless but I’d say at least 50% or so of the cards I get come in useful Toploaders. For orders with 6 cards and more that would be a different equation and conversation however.
I like this 🔥🙌🏼
😂😂
great content i'm just now breaking into whatnot with low-end stuff myself and these have been very helpful
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explain the profit, paying to go to a show and time, doesn't seem to make sense, could work fast food and make more
I have a video where I go over all of the profit and numbers actually 😅 and yes it would make sense to go and work fast food and make more, for my current situation it makes more sense for me to build something. I’m making UA-cam content, building a Whatnot, building relationships with vendors, and I’m in profit! I’m building a personal collection, I’m building skills to run, manage, and grow a business and social media’s all from scratch. I’ve had plenty of jobs, and I’ll either be able to never have one again, or I’ll be able to work at a fast food place and do this as well. My ultimate plan is to get a job once I move out of my current place and then do this as well, I’ll be grinding my butt off most definitely hoping by next year. I’ll be working, doing whatnot, doing UA-cam, and selling on eBay, as well as direct sales. And then I have other business ventures I’ve always wanted to start as well. So yes it might make sense in the short term.. but long term I’m going to be just fine and even better off than if I had never started doing this.
The simple version: doing something bigger > doing something > doing nothing
you be working at fast food?🤣
😂😂 fast food was my last job I had, but the comment was just saying I could go work fast food and make more so wanted to say why I wasn’t
Jalen Richards first career carry >anything
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Are you going to the Santa Clara show? I'll be set up there might have some stuff for you
I probably more than likely won’t be attending that one , I’ll probably be going the Sacramento card show instead which is a couple of weeks afterwards, I just wouldn’t have enough time to try to recoup funds for both shows more than likely because they are so close together
All those modern patch cards are tough to ship pwe & basically add nothing to actual card imo, need game, Panini sucks about that
Make sure you subscribe if you havent already so you can enjoy more content l post in the future :) And Most definitely I agree with you there, I like patches and all that because it’s just a natural short print; if you get a blaster and it’s either you have a chance or you get one per blaster, the checklist can still be like 50 patches and then have more subsets for the patches (example being rookie threads from donruss and then donruss threads from donruss [one’s vets one’s rookies]) but it’ll be like you have a very slim chance to actually get that particular patch out of the box, and people still really like to collect them, it’s better than just a standard base random rookie at the least :)
Looks like some good bargain boxes
I love me some dollar boxes! Can’t get enough of the value bins!
I had to break all this down to my wife. I was net negative of about 1000 bucks at the time, but I have boxes of inventory for sale. Essentially I'd have to give away thousands of cards and make no money to lose money in this business. If you're willing to do the tedious work, cards can be very profitable even on thr low end stuff. Thanks for the video
I hope you decide to subscribe so you can enjoy more content I upload in the future :) I have a ton of videos currently out that you might enjoy also! Luckily I don’t have anyone to explain myself to, except my mom 😅😂 but it’s really reassuring knowing that you are doing the right things and staying cash positive and maintaining cash flow! Yes the inventory that you have stashed away can be very very nice to have as extras; my main examples are I have an entire Barry bonds toploaded box probably about 4-500 or so just purely Barry bonds cards. I’m located in California and even I LOVE Barry Bonds to the point where I don’t mind having a nice little collection of him… but I have also decided the best idea 💡 to move the inventory and to get the MOST amount of money with them is just to do a complete 1$ box of Barry Bonds cards and I’m already in profit on the year and I would be in profit on the buy at probably around 50 cents a card for that particular buy I did.. and I have about a 100 or so nice baseball cards I got from that lot! Examples being a Tommy John autograph, Enrique bradfield auto, both being around 20$ cards in and of themselves :)
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Thanks for the video. Would you say you get the best deals at shows? Or by winning auctions? Do you buy singles or lots most of the time?
Most definitely you can find some amazing deals every now and then online, but the more consistent deals come from card shows forsure. I’m in California, so there’s not an abundance or plethora of value bins that will absolutely knock your socks off, but I’m sure not every show has the best of the best value bins. I usually 95%+ of the time buy lots. And I don’t typically win many auctions anymore tbh.
Why not sell a lot of those for more?
@@moisesotano2835 business model; if I’m able to purchase 2,500 cards and move them all. I can save some for eBay, put some aside for pc, and build something on whatnot, also it gives me something to do each week and slowly over time I’ll be able to get a lot more for cards. It’s also nice because it means I can just go through inventory, I don’t have to have 2,000 cards in my house at all times; I move about 200-300+ each week no matter what else I do, this gives me more headspace to know that I’m not just hoarding cards and I believe in the growth of live selling platforms over the next years to come :) also if you give good deals and people can make some money or get cards they enjoy for cheaper than what they think something is worth, then you’ll have a customer until they no longer feel that value is there
@@moisesotano2835 make sure you subscribe if you haven’t already and would like to be able to easily enjoy more content I upload in the future and great question though :) there’s a lot to it and a ton of reasons to sell them how I do, and I ton of reasons to not sell them how I do :) this has just seemed to work for me! I am actually currently starting to list cards on eBay again so that will be a BIG help and a BIG thing I’ll start to source for again. But at the same time it’ll be nice to sell all what I do on Whatnot to be a baseline of what I make each week :)
@@ruffasportscards Makes sense, it's also great content, and will make people want to see other great deals happen even if the card isn't going to them. It's exciting to see someone else get a really nice deal too lol. Good luck, and yea I sub'd.
can you do a video on shipping, and what you do on the website. when i print the label for a bundled purchase with lets say 7 different items. it never marks as shipped
@@cjthund3r make sure you subscribe if you haven’t already for more content in the future :) and what particularly about shipping? I usually just do the mass bulk create labels (after I’ve adjusted any label that needs to be adjusted) and then mass print them out. It will be marked as shipped automatically once there is a scan in at the post office. I usually always make sure to get a receipt and make sure that they’ve all been scanned in before I leave so that I have proof it was dropped off. But you can also mark them as dropped off directly after you print your label, tho for insurance purposes you still need to have at least one scan before you are in the clear.
You give out steals and good cards
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Whatnot can be so feast or famine. I've started $10 cards or a stack of cards for $1 and no one bids. I've had shows where I've done $180 in 2 hours and shows where I don't do $10 in sales. I still prefer to sell on that platform just bc I feel like live auctions are better. Potential buyers find you and your items faster. It's also easier to know the condition of what you're buying before committing. Overall, I feel like it's the best online option for selling. At least for me
The really nice thing about whatnot is that the growth you can see by taking chances! Its definitely a different environment and it’s all about the entertainment value since it’s a live selling platform it’s not just a go onto eBay and doom scroll, it’s they gotta be having an experience. You want them to come back whenever they see your channel live, one of the big things I’ve also realized is if you end up sending your upcoming shows to ALL of your top buyers it helps out those slow days just a bit more, because usually you’ll get some to go back in there and be like oh yea I can get some nice deals from this stream :) there’s a lot of times that even I’m confused on how they don’t get bids or how they go for the price they do, but there’s some times I’m amazed also
@@ruffasportscards you nailed it and I totally agree. I haven't been able to go live the last two weeks due to some major family issues that had to be addressed. I haven't even been in a stream but about 10 minutes. I am looking to be back live by the end of the week.
I’m sorry to hear that, It’s always a necessity to put yourself and family first before the whatnot streams, I’ll have to try to stop by and check your stream out if I can
@@ruffasportscards I appreciate the encouragement. I will tag you when I go live next.
Do you have a video that talks about how to source your cards? How do you go about finding people at card shows to get deals? What's the strategy when talking to them?
If you haven’t already make sure you subscribe so you can enjoy more content I upload in the future :) and I have a video about all the places to buy and sell sports cards, I didn’t go into depth on how to get deals on cards but I could always make a video on exactly what I do and try to look for. Typically you can kind of tell who is and isn’t willing to do a good deal on cards just by asking them a certain few questions. I typically every single time I find a table that I think has decent enough inventory for me to scavenge enough through, I will ALWAYS ask them at the START, “If I pick out a ton of stuff, are you willing to work on the prices?” Typically this will answer your question about if someone will work with you, Approximately 95% of the time you’ll end up hearing them say, “Yes, Yes ALWAYS better deals in bulk.” But the other 5% or so of the time you’ll hear them say that they would want to be close to their sticker no matter how many you buy. What I’ve found is that the people who say that they are FIRM to be close on their sticker prices I typically can’t ever really get many cards from them; I mean sure I grab out as many as I can in all instances but typically for me there just isn’t enough room to work with at those types of vendor tables. The ultimate goal is to build something with someone so in the future whenever you see them at different or same shows they remember you and point you out and say, “ Hey I got more stuff for you” or something along those lines :)
Just curious do u make anything at all selling for $1 or $2 seems like lot of work not much money 🤔
Make sure you subscribe if you haven’t already :) and very good question :) So yea after fees and supplies and all of that you really don’t make too much money most of the time you aren’t going to be in profit by selling the cards for 1-2$ unless if you had a really good purchase you did. For 2$ wins it’s a lot better than the 1$ wins, each 2$ win you get paid 1.20$ about so it helps out you get about 2x what you would for the 1$ win and the 3$-10$ wins are really where you start to see the biggest difference in the amount of money you earn. For 1$ wins you get paid approximately .57$ with supplies to ship it’ll cost you another 15 cents on average (just completely estimating) for first class mail letter orders and that’s per order some might cost you more and some might cost you less so at the end of it if someone wins a 1$ card and you have to pay 15 cents for all of the other shipping supplies you need you get about 42 cents. But that’s the name of the game usually most of the time it won’t be people who purchase only one card and usually the cards that sell for the 2-10$ or so will make up for the cards that sell for 1$; as you can see after the calculations it’s actually not as bad over the long run and sometimes the stuff that goes for 1$ is just stuff I want out of my house so I can focus on the next buys.
I sell comics and just started flipping some cards this year. My best flip was a Prizm Cason Wallace /99 I won for $15 and sold for $80 couple weeks later. I been buying low print numbered basketball lately, that market will thin out soon. Also buying Marvel Platinum singles as well, even the sports channels were ripping it. Sold out everywhere. I got some to send off to CGC and try for some Pristine 10s.
I appreciate your support, make sure if you haven’t already that you subscribe so you can enjoy more content in the future and Nice :) yea I’ve never graded before I’m actually trying to prepare my first psa submission here in the next days hopefully get that sent off but the cool thing about cards is you can do it so many different ways :)
Great video. I recommended your channel to a friend who is starting off with low end cards. I also keep a record of all my expenses and sales. Since I do not usually buy lots and buy more based on arbitrages, I am able to record my purchase and calculate how much I make per hour. Last year, it was roughly $30 per hour (before taxes). Have you ever wonder how much you make per hour? I think it is somewhat important to know this because time is also a very valuable resource.
I did the math for a different comment down below here; if you are referring to all time spent on getting inventory, all time spent on recording videos (which increases the audience I have to sell my inventory to) and the amount of time it takes me to sell the cards I’ve estimated it’s probably somewhere close to 3$ an hour (in pure profit) if only talking about the act of selling it’s closer to 11$ an hour. Since you say before taxes I’m guessing you mean the gross income / taxable revenue incurred.
But that’s not including all of my pc, all of my eBay stuff I still have put aside, the cards I’ve shown in the video and a bunch of other inventory as well that I haven’t sold yet / have other plans for :) that all at this point would be the boost that would get me to see bigger earnings
Good stuff tho man hope to be there one day as well love the videos 🙏🏼
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How does the tax’s work bro? You get taxed for the total amount or just the net revenue?
@@Kmac23YT well I’d make sure to ask an accountant for your own personal taxes, but based off of what I’ve learned at school and online you only pay taxes on your gross income, which would be the amount of money you make minus certain taxable deductions. Net revenue / income typically refers to your revenue / income after you’ve paid your taxes. But again ask a licensed accountant for a forsure answer regarding anything to do with your own taxes. I accidentally said the wrong term in the video, but I just meant pre tax net revenue. But yes a lot of things for the tax code and questions people might have are easily searchable on google, again I’m just answering for my own situation / scenario and please ask an accountant or do your own research.