How to open a Stupid Card Business.

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  • @WoWergon
    @WoWergon Рік тому +374

    1. 1:27 No Pink Visor and White Board - No need to watch anymore.
    2. 6:32 "Everybody has got a plan until you get hit in the mouf."
    3. 12:30 Don't use Accounting terms around Rudy or he'll kick you out the door.
    4. 14:05 Utilites
    5. 16:18 Rudy doesn't buy insurance (he hides it in the $300 left over in the 7,000 rounding).
    6. 19:39 You have to sell 369 boxes of LOTR boxes to break even.
    7. 20:30 Rudy is hungry. He's gonna get tacos.
    8. 24:37 Rudy doesn't include taxes.
    9. 26:52 MOM Aftermath sucks.
    10. 28:09 your employees make more than you.
    11. 29:00 Part 4 - 2023 Cash is king.
    12. 32:44 Rudy forgets the yield curve is inverted.
    13. 35:33 It costs a house to sell the good boxes.
    14. 37:21 Rudy bankrupts small children.
    15. 38:28 "Dump it"
    16. 40:01 You could get a free car instead of selling cardboard
    17. 40:41 Part 5 or Part 6 I dunno whatever.
    18. 45:35 How to lose money 101
    19. 46:37 Part 69 Risk vs Reward
    20. 49:03 Employee vs Owner
    21. 52:31 I'm a hustler
    22. 56:25 I'm a business owner
    23. 57:34 I've stumbled my way to victory
    24. 58:40 You have no free time
    25. 59:08 Pepe Silvia out.

    • @PinkertonMTG
      @PinkertonMTG Рік тому +19

      My hero, thank you, You and Rudy.

    • @astridmedia
      @astridmedia Рік тому +5

      I’m just here to point out the change in Rudy’s eyes’ microexpression in the past week.

    • @PabloEscobar-j7t
      @PabloEscobar-j7t Рік тому +4

      amazing summary, thank you!

    • @7Alberto7
      @7Alberto7 Рік тому +8

      The pin of proud!❤

    • @slippyslipip
      @slippyslipip Рік тому +3

      Lol

  • @corym1309
    @corym1309 Рік тому +668

    There's an entire continent out there with no card shops, and nothing but nerds and smart people with nothing to do. Obviously Antarctica is the largest remaining untapped market and I can't wait to start my new store.

    • @sortasurvival5482
      @sortasurvival5482 Рік тому +27

      When i get there youll have at least one solid patron.

    • @OdinRules-c7j
      @OdinRules-c7j Рік тому +3

      Antartica is a closed country. It takes a permission to get there. Even harder to stay there.

    • @servalkorion686
      @servalkorion686 Рік тому +27

      Taking snow mana to a whole new level

    • @GoreDough92
      @GoreDough92 Рік тому +2

      @@servalkorion686 XD

    • @sortasurvival5482
      @sortasurvival5482 Рік тому +7

      @@OdinRules-c7j you're hired! Def gonna need a logistics manager.

  • @francesco3716
    @francesco3716 Рік тому +262

    When the world most needed him whiteboard Rudy returned

  • @24georgey
    @24georgey Рік тому +244

    you've convinced me, I'm quitting my job tomorrow and going all in on a card shop. thanks rudy

  • @malificusalbert
    @malificusalbert Рік тому +416

    Rudy's Guide on how to open a Card shop.
    Step 1; Don't.

    • @persuasivebarrier2419
      @persuasivebarrier2419 Рік тому +12

      Step 2 ; Rudy wins.

    • @Albert-tp8bs
      @Albert-tp8bs Рік тому

      💎Alpha Ruby Timmy's investments 💎

    • @lalolanda2239
      @lalolanda2239 Рік тому +7

      thats because he doesn't want competition.

    • @castill1
      @castill1 Рік тому +3

      @@lalolanda2239you really don’t understand business do you

    • @jb90467
      @jb90467 Рік тому +2

      @@castill1 what makes their statement wrong? genuinely curious

  • @YTrampoline
    @YTrampoline Рік тому +68

    My best moment of this video is "You start with 50k" and then proceeds to buy 300k worth of LOTR set to put business in black numbers

    • @MrTranzformer1
      @MrTranzformer1 7 місяців тому +4

      he didnt write that though he did the 30k option x 100 boxes

    • @fettyvwap5884
      @fettyvwap5884 3 місяці тому +1

      @@MrTranzformer1it all makes sense now

  • @devoted2thaentertainment207
    @devoted2thaentertainment207 Рік тому +49

    I like these long, "boring" videos 😎 If I had Rudy as a teacher, in my high-school days, I would've gotten straight A's

  • @lotoex
    @lotoex Рік тому +214

    I opened a card shop and made money. Not by selling cards, but when I sold the property. If you want to open a shop, my experience is buy the commercial property first to reduce overhead. I barely broke even on paying the electric bill and it being just me and my friend (co-owner) working there. Selling the building was the only profit we made above $100.

    • @TCGView
      @TCGView Рік тому +9

      This is exactly what I was thinking. I want a store, but if I did open one I want to own the building. That way if it fails, and there is a better than average chance it may, at least I can sell the building and probably break even.

    • @ikhbjhbkm5
      @ikhbjhbkm5 Рік тому +3

      Sounds like leasing to just about anyone else would have been the way to go.

    • @RichardRietdijk
      @RichardRietdijk Рік тому +2

      Partnership = a sinking ship

    • @pokeymonster
      @pokeymonster Рік тому +1

      Bro, 7 years ago had the same 'fictional'. There was an actual establishment available for 230k on industrial terrain. I wrote a succesful business plan and gratuaded on it. I purchased it (fictional). Got 128k mortgage, 50k loan from family and put in 50k myself. Even in the worst case scenario analysis i could've sold the property for 500k now, 6 years later and all wouldve been at least 'not bad'. But in my opinion it would'nt be the worst case. I would've made a lot of money along the way obviously otherwise i wouldn't have purchased it.

    • @agrandesubstituicao
      @agrandesubstituicao Рік тому

      Lol

  • @GoatFarmGames
    @GoatFarmGames Рік тому +42

    It's wild that the man that constantly makes Step-Sister jokes, is also teaching me more than my business classes ever could in. Thanks for bringing white board Rudy back. Also, hope you didn't mean to cut off at the end, and there's a moral to the story. TY Mr. Tacoman

  • @damianjuarez5932
    @damianjuarez5932 Рік тому +29

    I was so tied and tuned in…..then it cut off and snapped me back into a cold reality at the end

  • @keywacat
    @keywacat Рік тому +92

    I wrote a card shop business plan for my BA degree. The conclusion was the shop was not going to be profitable.

    • @ReedStiles
      @ReedStiles Рік тому +5

      Yeah, a commoditized product that's big and bulky.
      Just printing a label, packaging it up, and shipping it for $5/box profit doesn't sound exciting. When you add in fraudulence and chargebacks... yikes!

    • @Slasherx28
      @Slasherx28 11 місяців тому

      I would love to hear the details and also considering you wrote it for your degree, it must be very academic and insightful!

    • @keywacat
      @keywacat 10 місяців тому +3

      @@Slasherx28 It was pretty basic, 17 pages laying out competition, assumptions, income projection, everything a small-business plan needs before securing a loan. What killed it is even my optimistic projections saw me with an average $1250 to pay myself with monthly (Christmas being the outlier buffing that average), and unless I lived in the backroom of the shop that wouldn't leave me with much to go on. So, yeah, it was insightful, in that it was not a good idea and this was back in 2005.
      'Love of the game' cannot pay rent, food and fuel, after all, let alone auto & health insurance.

    • @Slasherx28
      @Slasherx28 10 місяців тому

      @@keywacatawesome. Thanks for the details and posting this. Very interesting!

    • @spamtonto
      @spamtonto 6 днів тому

      ​​@@keywacatI pay $125 a month for a space at a flea market on the weekends and otherwise sell everything online, of course I'm selling Pokemon which doesn't immediately dump 50% in two weeks like every single Magic set.
      You guys that can't figure out how to make money on cardboard are buying the wrong game. If you want to make money on Magic, sell proxies.

  • @FreneticZetetic
    @FreneticZetetic Рік тому +6

    I run a gym and the same thing applies; I was laughing like a maniac when Rudy says the $19 has to "attack" that 7K; it's exactly like an RPG boss battle lmao. Great stuff Rudy!

  • @kristinehoejen6136
    @kristinehoejen6136 Рік тому +11

    Your videos are not only helpful for cardshop. I’ve opened a bookstore (profit since day 1 ✌🏻) in Denmark, and your perspective and lessons have been immensly helpful

  • @lewkiz
    @lewkiz Рік тому +11

    Keep doing these videos! As a university finance educator, these videos hold immense value. Reaching 21K views and counting, they provide crucial information for potential business owners. I'm a simple man; whenever someone (remembers to) point out the opportunity cost, I get happy :)

  • @mikeknightofdawn
    @mikeknightofdawn Рік тому +14

    Store owner here.
    So much truth here. It’s a low threshold business that many folks think they can easily do.
    The ones who have stood the rest of time often have special circumstances that made it happen. It is a tough business, for sure.

    • @alfredocamba1995
      @alfredocamba1995 9 місяців тому +2

      You need to make your profit in food beverage & services then hope you break even on inventory

  • @Maka_V3li
    @Maka_V3li Рік тому +20

    Rudy I really don’t understand how you get a bad rep. You’re a real one! Keep it up!

  • @Kayzizzle
    @Kayzizzle Рік тому +6

    This is the reason why I continue to support your work for years on end, sometimes you drop a real gem 💎 of a video where you share some real info that Pit falls to buying sealed products. Great work on this.

  • @drokhalis3338
    @drokhalis3338 Рік тому +26

    Hour long Rudy whiteboard video?
    Damn, it can’t be denied, Rudy is still in his prime.

  • @travislewis5842
    @travislewis5842 Рік тому +33

    Moral of the story:
    Don’t open an LGS.
    Just become an LGS Employee

    • @robertromero8094
      @robertromero8094 3 місяці тому +1

      Honestly, I'm sure you'd get discounts. Early access. Insider info. Learn the markets and get paid. Sounds fire.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 Місяць тому

      Yeeh😊

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 Місяць тому

      ​@@robertromero8094fiiiire😊

  • @SwtorNyte
    @SwtorNyte Рік тому +20

    I fell into an opportunity and started my own business. Anyone under the delusion that the owner gets to kick back and fat cat it, especially if you are providing a service based business is in serious delusion. Completely agree Rudy, when you hit that stage all bets are off, normally rules and times don't apply, you are 7 daying it if you want to make good money.

    • @mohnmann
      @mohnmann Рік тому

      Like literally every small to medium business.
      I honestly don't understand how people throw away half their life in form of debt or savings thinking they are set opening a shop for cardboard and have an easy way of making money. Especially from 2-5 different games alone.
      If we take it head on and say you make average 15% margin, which you probably won't, i doubt the business is in any way profitable, even if it benefits you in other ways. You have to turn sales to continue and the competition is fierce because there's always a dead--channel-cardshop-snowball that is gonna undercut the small businesses by a lot.
      Now without recurring regulars that are actually buying their boxes at your store, aside from going to your events, you won't make it while having to support and sell a ton of games to just be a viable store for the normal customer.
      At least that's what i have seen and heard over the last year from people in the biz.

  • @kemosobe
    @kemosobe Рік тому +17

    As someone who just last year in January started selling cards online, this is all true. I wasn't planning on opening up a physical store or anything, but wanted to sell cards cause I like collecting them. So figured I'd buy a case or 2, whatever I can, open a box for myself, sell singles I don't want and selling the rest sealed. Nothing grand, just simple (least for now) and am just trying to make $10 after shipping and fees on TCGP. I haven't bought many sets yet, but the SINGULAR set I have made ANY sealed product sales on at the moment is the Mushoku Tensei WS set (not counting a couple boxes someone I know bought from me). Everything else has dropped and my sale prices are like $20+ more than the lowest prices so they are more than likely not selling any time soon. Only reason I am okay just sitting on everything and waiting (hoping) they go back up at some point is because I didn't buy anything on credit and don't have payments for a physical store.

  • @rafaelolivero1331
    @rafaelolivero1331 Рік тому +1

    Dude, this was a hell of a video. I've watched tons of your box openings and some of your side chats,this one takes the cake. I really hope you make more videos like these because it's a great way to show people how to think and what to think about when it comes to mental shifts when you want to run a business. Please make more videos like these.

  • @graphiccontent24
    @graphiccontent24 Рік тому +4

    Been there, done it for 6 years, got burned out on it. But now I am thinking about saving up and doing it again at some point. It was a dream of mine to have my own hobby shop and I did it! Loved it and I miss being my own boss. Made a new channel, got a new logo just in-case I decide to do it again in the future. Definitely buying my own place next time around. I am going to save for that.

  • @JHowardKY
    @JHowardKY Рік тому +54

    This is the best channel on youtube. Rudy is literally no BS, even answers the phone for tacos later. If I wasn't a fan of magic I would've never seen this channel is what makes me sad.1
    Edit -
    What happened to the end of the video!?

    • @danielkings2443
      @danielkings2443 Рік тому +7

      He ends a lot of white board vids like that. It’s kinda an ongoing joke

    • @kaci8822
      @kaci8822 Рік тому

      WHERE IS IT?! It was getting so Good!

    • @powerlifting1012
      @powerlifting1012 Рік тому

      Rudy could ramble for hours about fish, step sisters, and acronyms so he chooses to just cut himself off.

  • @QGDeclined
    @QGDeclined Рік тому +5

    I started Magic in 4th edition. Left/came back a few times, last time I played/collected actively was Kaladesh cycle. I still watch Rudy because he talks about the business. Top tier content, bucko!

  • @teetoo3790
    @teetoo3790 Рік тому +5

    Not really into MTG, but always watch Rudy's videos about the financial stuff. He is a good business man with knowledge. This was a good video.

  • @NoahCloud_SumZer0
    @NoahCloud_SumZer0 Рік тому +63

    If your play group isn't rich and dropping thousands on sealed product every month, your store isn't going to make much money. The owners of my lgs have full time jobs to support the store. It's a passion, not a gold mine

    • @Justnothankyou132
      @Justnothankyou132 Рік тому +7

      And typically the people most addicted to the game are also the ones whose lives are in shambles. I knew at least a dozen people at my store that would drive shitbox cars, living with roommates and yet had tens of thousands of dollars of a MTG collection. Clean your room, people.

    • @dreambadger
      @dreambadger Місяць тому

      I was loosely involved in the overall hobby industry about 20 years ago. A lot of the guys publishing module books weren't making much if anything either but loved the product.

  • @gregmanning19
    @gregmanning19 Рік тому +6

    I appreciate the time you put into this Rudy, i'm so glad my friend introduced me to your channel 4 years ago!!

  • @Magnivore519
    @Magnivore519 Рік тому +7

    Well, Rudy's experiences and explanations convinced me.
    I'm gonna open my own card store!

  • @braindead8899
    @braindead8899 Рік тому +4

    39:50 - i really enjoy all your videos man, great quality stuff. you got me into FaB and back into the cardboard world. thank you

  • @KingGameReview
    @KingGameReview Рік тому +6

    Years ago I considered starting my own business. Not a card shop, but the same basic principles apply. I did some super basic number crunching like this and decided there was no way. I'd have to work my ass off and get extremely lucky every month just to keep the lights on and break even.

    • @spamtonto
      @spamtonto 6 днів тому

      How do you figure any businesses exist?

  • @christopheralsup3974
    @christopheralsup3974 Рік тому +2

    The first company I owned I worked more than 90 hours a week. Yes, we were going on vacations monthly; three day vacations and the whole time on vacation I was checking my email, trouble shooting problems with employees, paying bills, billing customers, making future plans and making the wildest things happen for my company that is too bazar to explain here... trust me a large payroll is a job all by itself the stress is maddening. Oh, my car was a prius with over 100k miles and I still drive a vehicle with over 100k miles.

  • @Tratios
    @Tratios Рік тому +4

    I work in finance and while this is very simplified, you raised one point that is rarely talked about is risk.Everyone hears about the success stories but rarely how owner may have barely been able to pay their own bills before success and it can quickly go back unless it has engagement.

  • @jordantrundy5439
    @jordantrundy5439 Рік тому +2

    This is exactly what happened to me. I had aspirations of opening a card store when I was younger. I looked at the financials and I couldn't make sense of them. I was working a 9-5 which turn into a side hustle for cranberry farming which has turned into an agritourism business. While my dream of opening a card store is dead I've found my side business and still get to enjoy Magic with my friends and local LGS.
    Rudy, you are spot on with this video. If you want to be an entrepreneur find a problem you love and only you can solve and go do it - hustle, hustle hustle. Don't make your hobbies your business-- it will destroy your financials.

  • @patrickbateman69420
    @patrickbateman69420 Рік тому +6

    I don't know if I can trust any info from Whiteboard Rudy if he isn't wearing the pink visor. If No-Visor Rudy tells me not to open a card shop, that must mean Visor Rudy would tell me to open one.
    Timmy's TCG Tradepost coming soon™️
    On a serious note - thanks for doing this Rudy, we *_love_* these videos.

  • @jayestremera92
    @jayestremera92 Рік тому +2

    Haha the random cut off at the end. I randomly found your video and appreciate the honesty. The last section is what I am going through at the moment. Have a standard “9-5” job and a side business selling items on Ebay. And you need to dedicate a shit ton of time and reg life gets put on the back burner. I literally don’t do any of my hobbies (fishing, video games, hiking, etc) anymore. All of the focus needs to be on the business and the remaining time on family, reg job, chores/errands, etc

  • @kski90
    @kski90 Рік тому +5

    The last 13 minutes of this video are why I watch and love Alpha Investments. Thank you, Rudy.

  • @danielgranda896
    @danielgranda896 Рік тому +2

    Thanks Rudy.
    This should be required watching for anyone who is seriously considering this in any year.
    Sadly, the concept of “Community”was destroyed by social media when “Friends” become people who click a button and started spamming each other with updates on the things in their lives no one needs to know.”
    A more accurate term would be, “Marketing Group.”

  • @fromadhdtodndtomtg
    @fromadhdtodndtomtg Рік тому +72

    Heck, this could be explained to nearly ANYBODY wanting to be an entrepreneur.

    • @powerlifting1012
      @powerlifting1012 Рік тому +3

      Yeah your right, but what Rudy is trying to say is cardshop life is especially bad. Same thing with opening your own restaurant. A very successful exec. chef/ manager said to me his favorite thing to make is the one that makes him the most money. If you are going to start your own business pick one with a good risk/ reward unlike a cardshop.

    • @jack-a-lopium
      @jack-a-lopium Рік тому +1

      @@powerlifting1012 Restaurant is a different business-model, no? Trading cards are a luxury item, food is an every-day item... it's like being a hair-dresser, hair doesn't stop growing in a downturned economy. Everybody gunna need to eat food, whether or not the acconomie is up or down.
      A card shop is basically a hobby industry, like running a comic book shop or a wargaming store.

    • @powerlifting1012
      @powerlifting1012 Рік тому +4

      @@jack-a-lopium yeah restaurant are also just one of the worst businesses to open. Which is why I mentioned it.

    • @jack-a-lopium
      @jack-a-lopium Рік тому +1

      @@powerlifting1012 Be an ice-cream man, ice-cream men are the richest people on the planet

    • @spamtonto
      @spamtonto 6 днів тому

      ​@jack-a-lopium Almost every restaurant fails whereas no modern Pokemon set has ever gone below distribution price.

  • @gunterlauch2241
    @gunterlauch2241 Рік тому +2

    22:25 my favourite scene its my first time seeing Rudys Phone and him answering a call

  • @Runningmancs
    @Runningmancs Рік тому +24

    No shave Rudy hits different. It’s dirtier, grungier, gritty. Dark light suggests he’s giving up being the good guy and slowly turning into the chaotic evil the MTG community needs.

  • @MrFroTW
    @MrFroTW Рік тому +10

    Bit of an abrupt end but good stuff. Really opens my eyes to the struggles of owning a hobby store.

  • @capntripps
    @capntripps Рік тому +5

    Love this. Didn't realize the profit was so close on cardboard. I used to deliver for UPS and asked how stores like Brass Buckle could keep clothing for a week or two and if it didn't sell they would ship to a different location. Well from what I was told they make 80 to 90% profit margin on the clothing. I know some other business' generally deal with 30 to 40% profit. So yeah I can see how cardboard can make the small guy fail at only a 10% margin. Sounds to me like Hasbro just is trying to screw the little guy. Keep them hanging on strings.

    • @spamtonto
      @spamtonto 6 днів тому

      Don't sell Magic, sell proxies for Magic. No card shops exist because Magic is a silly scam and every set dumps like a shitcoin instantly on release. I don't know how you guys don't figure out to skip distribution and just buy 70% off on TCGPlayer two weeks after release for your inventory, or, better still, like I said, buy a printer and card stock and sell MTG weirdos proxies on demand.

  • @StealthNinja4577
    @StealthNinja4577 Рік тому +2

    I remember the first few videos that I watched on this channel. I was relatively financially responsible, made some money while in school, got my first credit card to build a credit history, paid off a couple grand loan, graduated got my first job when those first few videos were coming out. Spent the next few years using what I learned here to stay afloat as the reason for the loan earlier kept needing more and more as life events public and personal kept rocking the boat. Kind of sitting here thinking back now that I have a better paying job, that reason is no longer around, and I have a relatively stable position in life... it's been a ride but I'm glad Rudy puts up these videos.

  • @Bekayvd
    @Bekayvd Рік тому +5

    Always love me a good, sudden, open ending. Amazing whiteboard video as always, thanks papa Rudy!

  • @MarkFillmore
    @MarkFillmore Рік тому +4

    These videos are you at your best. So many people out there have no idea the margins and capital required to succeed at running a business. Not to mention the risk involved. Our schools are a disaster and not teaching what kids really need to learn to succeed. Keep these up!

  • @danmayberry6717
    @danmayberry6717 Рік тому +4

    I live for these videos Rudy! Your knowledge took me from a dirt poor Timmy to someone who has a savings account for my daughter's college. Thank you bro I owe you a lot.

  • @benjaminhenderson5025
    @benjaminhenderson5025 Рік тому +7

    That's the most well-paid card shop employee I have ever heard of....

  • @claytonmauldin1113
    @claytonmauldin1113 Рік тому +5

    Thank you for this video. There's always been this itch in the back of my head wanting to run a board game/hobby shop. This is the realism my lizard brain needed to hear.

  • @matthewdonnersbach2605
    @matthewdonnersbach2605 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Rudy for putting time and making this video. This really opened my eyes

  • @EthanBourke-r5y
    @EthanBourke-r5y Рік тому +4

    This video was amazingly informative and entertaining, Loved how you pointed at the $19 lmao.

  • @gabrielb4494
    @gabrielb4494 Рік тому +2

    Love these types of videos. i even rewatch the old ones sometimes to have something to listen to while i work

  • @mastermclovin0
    @mastermclovin0 Рік тому +3

    I know rhese videos aren't popular, but honestly, the whiteboard videos are by far and away my favourite. Thanks for putting up with the trouble and still doing it!
    edit: it also ended very abruptly lol

  • @lapislazuli5165
    @lapislazuli5165 Рік тому +1

    even with the abrupt ending this was a very informative for people who want to (blindly) open a business of any kind. I managed to solidify my own business nearly 10 years ago and I still remember my stupid teen me trying to open all kinds of things without any idea of what I was doing.
    I'm glad you're doing whiteboard vids again, they're really good and fun to watch

  • @AZNCIess
    @AZNCIess Рік тому +9

    This needed the pink visor.... I'm sad :( EDIT: You were aware! I was too early posting this. Doesn't matter Rudy! Will wait a bit longer on the return of the infamous PV!!

  • @Bearish-Chris
    @Bearish-Chris Рік тому +2

    Video ended perfectly. As someone who started their business with my brother after watching and being inspired by Rudy’s videos, I can say that everything in this video is spot on… once you make it, you really are looking around saying how in the hell did I get here. As always, well done sir with the video. Bearish Cases may one day make acrylic cases for your pallets. 😂

  • @ThatHoodlum19
    @ThatHoodlum19 Рік тому +4

    A healthy dose of reality in this video, Rudy. What an eye opener, it be rough out there.

  • @silkar3028
    @silkar3028 Рік тому +2

    If You play Mtg in the pub - this is a must. Your conversation about opening card shop will be more eloquent.

  • @thepokemaniac12345
    @thepokemaniac12345 Рік тому +3

    Man I’m so happy taco man put out this type of video. All these locals think I’m the fed and printing like crazy but this really shows people how tough running a shop is. The one thing that really needs to be stated on is the taxes on top of said profit...

  • @DonPanda23
    @DonPanda23 Рік тому +1

    Love you made this like a week after I asked you questions about this. Liking it so far minus the business plan info. Gotta have a structured plan in order to have higher success, but we aren’t made to agree on everything. I’m within 3 hours from you in Florida too. Appreciate all the content you create and subscribe to your patreon

  • @johnstark673
    @johnstark673 Рік тому +3

    I'm very happy years ago you convinced me not to open a shop. Instead I did a little remodeling in my garage and I just run a little magic League out of my garage. It lets me feel like a card shop owner with out the over head... now I couldn't tell you how legal it is but that's my advice if you want to give it a try.

  • @420Pikachu
    @420Pikachu Рік тому

    13:09 Bro Rudy I see that Lav mic let's friggin gooooooooo🎉
    If you wanna use it closer to your collar you can maybe turn down the gain on whatever the mic is plugged into
    Im assuming its not in a mixer and is plugged direct into your camera so idk how specific you can dial in the sound but wanted to give my advice. Pro audio quality regardless dude, straight up.

  • @ordinarytrainerk
    @ordinarytrainerk Рік тому +3

    Love these videos, I know it’s cliche but Rudy has really taught me some great financial practices over the years and a mind set of building for the future. I wish schools taught a lot of these things. Thanks for the hard work man

  • @edwardelric3767
    @edwardelric3767 Рік тому +1

    I GREATLY appreciate your blunt-ness when it comes to these things. and explained very well, I might add. I think it's easy to have rose-colored glasses for things you love, but like in all things, once its a business-it's work.

  • @Mofeization
    @Mofeization Рік тому +4

    Rudy: "Having Business plan is stupid"
    Rudy: Proceed to show the LIFE plan

  • @wolfgangstiver2995
    @wolfgangstiver2995 Рік тому +1

    This is why I subscribed and started buying up product to sit on. You’re a wealth of real world knowledge and a blessing to the hobby

  • @PizzaNinja305
    @PizzaNinja305 Рік тому +40

    How did it take me this long to realize Rudy is left handed?

    • @demonseedgatos
      @demonseedgatos Рік тому +3

      That’s why he is so smart. He is above all us right handed normies.

    • @venice2823
      @venice2823 Рік тому +4

      That's what you got from this video lol?

    • @patrickbateman69420
      @patrickbateman69420 Рік тому +2

      ​@@venice2823 you can read minds through the internet and know they got nothing else from this video? Damn, you'll have to teach us how to do that with some sort of amazing course for the low low price of £420.69 a month.

  • @EvilDMJosh
    @EvilDMJosh Рік тому +1

    Thank you Rudy for the great whiteboard video!
    Slight bummer the video cutoff. However, I knew where you were going with it.
    I've tried my hand a fair amount of times hustling and ownership once. It is real hard! And yes they all failed. But each time goes a little farther.
    Gotta take those shots to hopefully score in the long run.

  • @hover2go
    @hover2go Рік тому +11

    Love living the risk free worker lifestyle! Such security!
    Okay well time to get a new job
    Well I spent my entire savings and I'm in pretty big debt but if I can just hustle and work 60 hours a week I'll be able to stop the bleeding so I can find another job to work 80 hours and break even 😅
    Risky owners vs lazy workers is such a Timmy mindset.

    • @davidlanda9197
      @davidlanda9197 Рік тому +3

      This is kinda also implying the worker isn't helping with anything in the back and just sitting down watching an empty shop because everything is being sold online.

    • @Justnothankyou132
      @Justnothankyou132 Рік тому

      If you are working in a card store you've probably made a series of unfortunate decisions to get there. Chances you're a cat-owning redditor also triple.

  • @anthonyschwartz1084
    @anthonyschwartz1084 Рік тому +1

    I never thought about opening a shop for cards, but I have still learned a lot listening to this. I greatly appreciate it!

  • @87mdsn
    @87mdsn Рік тому +10

    Is it or me or do others also see the irony in Rudy mocking business plans while he proceeds to draw out a business plan.

    • @patrickbateman69420
      @patrickbateman69420 Рік тому +16

      If you were paying attention he's describing two _very_ different paths to business ownership - the first being the clueless person with a bunch of cash who suddenly decides to set up a business doing what they saw on the internet and gets bogged down in 'business plans' and terminology; the second being the entrepreneur with a secure regular job who tries several side hustles until they find one that *really* works.
      Those two paths to business ownership are vastly different, have vastly different results, and are at vastly different levels of risk. They are not the same. So, no, there's not any irony to be seen here, because Rudy's mocking the artificial business attitude vs the actual entrepreneurship fundamentals.

    • @TheUnmistakableMan
      @TheUnmistakableMan Рік тому +1

      It got me at first as well haha
      But I think what he was going on about, was that in cardboard life volatility is very high, the amount of capital needed to start out is rather high, and regular margins on the short term are usually rather low. So it's nonsense to draw out a "typical" business plan (as he demonstrated) & that one needs to be very aware of the downside risks coming with the opening a LGS or an online card vending business (or a combination of both).

  • @rolandkuenzi5932
    @rolandkuenzi5932 Рік тому

    Great video Rudy! As a business major I loved the detailed breakdown. I hope people looking to start their own card shop / LGS find this video and watch it through. Lots of food for thought.

  • @lmpaske
    @lmpaske Рік тому +9

    The last part is so absolutely true about the hustle. I'm lucky, making about $140k at a full time job. Started a side hustle. Broke even for 4 years, then suddenly it started paying off. First it was a few hundred a month, now it's over $10k a month and climbing faster then I thought was possible. In retrospect, all the work and a lot of luck helped make it happen, but it is a total mind f**k to go through it and see money start to actually roll in. I'm still working my regular job as the pay is high, but if I am really lucky and things keep going at some point this whole thing might flip on its head. It is all totally crazy. Who knows what will happen. All I can say is just keep plugging away day after day after day and something will happen.

  • @Thisdoesntmatter123
    @Thisdoesntmatter123 Рік тому

    I really liked this video style. Your free form style of speaking shows a deep understanding. Good job, Rudy!

  • @dominicmetzger3246
    @dominicmetzger3246 Рік тому +12

    I opened my store during the pandemic and it’s very successful atm. However, I had a gimmick, went the membership route and sell both miniatures and ccgs. High income customers are essential, you can’t succeed on struggling college kids

    • @somefishhere
      @somefishhere Рік тому

      what is your cash flow?

    • @FreneticZetetic
      @FreneticZetetic Рік тому

      Personal trainer here, I travel to people's houses. My clients are all six figure folk; you need to charge enough to not only make expenses, but also profit enough to invest.

  • @arclegger
    @arclegger Рік тому +1

    Great advice as always. It's funny how people tell you these things growing up but as a kid you never really can process it until much later in life.

  • @kashmm
    @kashmm Рік тому +8

    I'm here for it bro.
    Gonna watch the whole hour for sure, this is the kind of content I prefer.

    • @mfdoom1898
      @mfdoom1898 Рік тому

      You going to tongue punch his fart box as well.....🤣🤣🤣

    • @kashmm
      @kashmm Рік тому +1

      @@mfdoom1898 you seem nice bro.

    • @mfdoom1898
      @mfdoom1898 Рік тому

      @@kashmm just being an ass, don't take it personal.

  • @BeautifulMadeline
    @BeautifulMadeline Рік тому +1

    One of the best things one of the card shops here did was partnering with a grading company (the only one in the country) and they take a small cut for people to send things up through them. Helps with the stress of doing all the forms etc, but most of all they allow you send a single card that way. Win Win for them both.

  • @jfmoone
    @jfmoone Рік тому +6

    Informative video - I can't imagine how any hobby stores survive nowadays,

    • @4ksandknives
      @4ksandknives Рік тому

      FNM and other events, sell snacks and diversify what you sell like what ebgames /gamestop did to survive. Bum just like gamestop, the end was inevitable and not sustainable :(

    • @fitzfinds8273
      @fitzfinds8273 Рік тому

      We survive by being smart about what we do and not listening to guys like this.

    • @vovlasc9817
      @vovlasc9817 Рік тому

      @@fitzfinds8273 “guys like this” ?

    • @todd748
      @todd748 Рік тому

      @@4ksandknives spot on. The money isn't in the card boxes. Those are loss leaders. Any chance of actually making money is through events/snacks/drinks, and other products besides cards.

  • @John_the_baptized
    @John_the_baptized Рік тому +2

    I'm a Patron and I love these things. Thank you Rudy!

  • @fsmoura
    @fsmoura Рік тому +5

    _Florida Man Records Video in the Dark_

  • @astroboltos7292
    @astroboltos7292 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much for this video Rudy, as someone that has been wanting to open a shop this has opened my eyes.

  • @barsona
    @barsona Рік тому +4

    An yearly update video, with the same content... Only Rudy can do this because Timmy's keep springing up

  • @UnrelentingTCG
    @UnrelentingTCG 8 місяців тому

    I really appreciate the legit perspective on card shop ownership, it's really good to hear someone with a solid head on their shoulders lay it all out in a no nonsense way.

  • @fsmoura
    @fsmoura Рік тому +9

    _Florida Man: Your Stupid Card Shop Is Gonna Fail-Sell Me Your Collection Instead and Save Yourself the Aggravation_

  • @Luezoid
    @Luezoid Рік тому

    Good wisdom Rudy, The side hustle thing you mention in the end is huge and I belive more people needs that wisdom

  • @Lukazz9
    @Lukazz9 Рік тому +4

    As a trader who’s in the stage of still being employee 4 days a week and after 3 years my side hustle becoming more and more successful, I wish this video was complete and about 20mins longer 😅

  • @Arik_Lynn
    @Arik_Lynn 7 місяців тому

    really good reality check and insightful perspective not only on MTG / TCGs but on life. Thanks. Subscribed.

  • @FrostbiteRep
    @FrostbiteRep Рік тому +3

    It would be cool to see a video like this but instead of opening a brick and mortar shop, ones where its run out of the persons house while working solo.

    • @EcnalKcin
      @EcnalKcin Рік тому

      Unless you are selling strictly online you are going to have issues with your local zoning board real fast like. You better make sure you read all the residential and commercial ordinances first.

  • @daveweeks4748
    @daveweeks4748 Рік тому

    Great business advice Rudy. For a name (12:46) some UK folk will remember the TV comedy 'Only Fools and Horses' and their 'Trotters Independent Traders' (or T.I.T. for short)...so we could have 'Timmy's Independent Traders':) Cheers.

  • @QuestCollectibles
    @QuestCollectibles Рік тому +3

    I knew how this video was going to go-- and still I watched the entire hour long knowledge dump many people will just ignore.
    We need more whiteboard videos.

  • @maxrayner6521
    @maxrayner6521 Рік тому

    YES! So excited I pushed back the washer/drier repair man!

  • @videogameaddicts1797
    @videogameaddicts1797 Рік тому +4

    In Rudy We Trust. 😂

  • @supersharkyTTV
    @supersharkyTTV Рік тому

    I work for a shop owner and I didnt put alot of this into perspective until this video. You make a good point on, paying employees, hoping that the profit line is higher than the payout of bills, rent, utilities, employee wages etc.

  • @gibshredcamel
    @gibshredcamel Рік тому +3

    The part where he says “you aren’t chasing women, drinking or smoking a ton and draining your resources…” is important.

  • @Tyranix97
    @Tyranix97 Рік тому +1

    (6:00) Aaahh, yes, those were the days. Back when Magic fist came out in the 90s. When my local Taco Hell had $1 Tacos, Bean burritos, and 7 Layer Nachos. And MTC packs were 2.50 for a booster and $8 for a starter. … No toilet was safe.

  • @bkweddle7599
    @bkweddle7599 Рік тому +1

    God, I love your financial talks. Such great information told as plain and honest as only Rudy can get. You've always got my view.

  • @dpfitness23
    @dpfitness23 Рік тому +1

    28:35... Fondle himself in the bathroom and leaves says "ewewblahhew"

  • @williamprudhomme91
    @williamprudhomme91 Рік тому

    The last part of your video is super insightful in general. Not only related to lgs.

  • @jaypeebarrera7361
    @jaypeebarrera7361 Рік тому

    whew that's the longest video that i have watched from this channel its a MASTER CLASS for anyone who like to learn from you, thank you for the time and effort, we really appreciate it :D