Question to bulk COMC Sellers

[Rorschach]

I have maybe 50,000+ singles (mostly modern hockey) that I want to change my position on. Now that COMC deals in Magic cards, I feel that this would be a better position to stake in. I know both hockey and Magic well.

I believe that I have to load my account with some money for the .25 per card fee. My question is, after that, I'd like to send them a few thousand cards. Once some of those sell, I'll be able to send them everything else. I have an account already and I believe I have to make lots then put my account name and lot numbers on the boxes for their reference.

Can anyone give me any tips or advice on what's is their tried and true way to package and ship to COMC? And are there any pitfalls I need to be aware of?

Thanks in advance!

- R

PS - I'm asking in the Baseball forum because I lurk here more than the hockey area and I see multiple people discussing COMC here in the past.

[crtsports]

https://www.blowoutforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=44

[justbasecards]

https://www.comc.com/AddingYourCards

You can get a better response using the previous poster's link.

The cheapest rate is $.30 per card. Two months to process non-current year cards although they do process them before the deadline; two weeks if your cards are from 2017 or 2018. Just follow the Submission Wizard.

If you read the other forum, you'll see people complain about their rejected cards. Try not to jam too many cards into your boxes. I penny sleeve each card and use mostly 400 and 550 count boxes. Even then I get a small percentage of rejected cards. If you have bad corners they'll reject them or you can pay another $.25 to list them. Worst case I had was 10% of my box. Some claim their cards are being damaged by COMC during processing.

Make sure you actually count the cards and not guesstimate. They'll assess a fee if your guess is way off. If you ask for current year service, make sure you have no pre-2017 cards in the box. They'll get you there as well.

I use USPS large flat rate and USPS game boxes. I use the latter more often now and just eat the losses to get more cards submitted.

[mjohnatgt]

Intentionally posting threads about COMC in the discussion forums is bad taste; the COMC section at the bottom is well-traveled and you'll get great advice there.
As someone who sells Magic cards on COMC, they sell slowly. Make the first few thousand cards that sell in the $3-10 range. See how they sell before sending your whole cache. Paying $15K up front in processing fees for your cards only to see them trickle out is a recipe for disaster.

Edit add: Also make sure you add eBay/Amazon sales to give them the additional 20% of the sale price, because most MTG cards will sell through those venues and not directly on COMC.

[Rorschach]

Thanks for all of the replies and advice! I plan to use COMC to shift my collection into Magic, using funds from hockey I unload. If you sell MTG and especially Legacy/Modern playables, I may be putting a big dent into COMC's supply in the distant future.

[SaveMeTheGum]

Don't expect your cards to sell quickly unless you price them significantly below the next highest price card. And even then -- my experience is that hockey does not sell as quickly as the other sports.

I wouldn't send any card in to COMC if there is already that card for sale for less than $2. The time it takes to sell plus the $.30 charge per card + your shipping costs makes it not really worth it IMO. I started with COMC about 2 years ago and sent them thousands of cards. Some sold ok. Others I kept having to play the game of lowering the price so that mine were the lowest, only to get undercut and have to lower again. Finally I sold my entire port just so I could start fresh and ended up losing money on 1/2 of them.

Good luck -- it can be a fun adventure, but my advice would be to go slow with your best stuff first, just to get a feel before you find yourself with a pile of inventory that you can't do anything with.

[checkoutmydeals]

I have bought and sold thousands of Magic cards through COMC.

If you price your cards to be competitive with TCG mid, and if you cross-post to eBay, and if you are willing to accept offers of 20% to 25% off, they will sell steadily.

They do not sell as well on the site as sports cards, nor do they sell as well as Pokemon cards.

Because of the 30 cent per item processing fee, I would not recommend sending in thousands of cards at random. I would probably only send in cards where the TCG price is above a certain amount ($1 bare minimum, but preferably $3 to $5 or more is preferable).

With the others, you would be better off trying to trade for value, either by buylisting them to a major dealer, possibly trading them for something of higher value, or trading locally, or trading through a site like Pucatrade or Cardsphere.

Look for cards that are good in several different formats, especially if they are good in EDH or Modern. Or if they are playable cards on the Reserved List. Lately, playable cards from Alpha / Beta / Arabian Nights / Unlimited / Antiquities / Legends / Dark have been picking up. Even Chronicles and Revised have been selling at a fairly decent clip as budget replacements in Old School.

Foils are kind of hit and miss. You're probably better off trading for value and then listing the things you traded for.

Non-English cards are also hit and miss.

Overall, be aware that COMC is primarily a sports card site and the buyers native to COMC are sports card people.

Another thing to consider is that a lot of cards are good in playsets of 4, and would sell well on eBay as a playset, but COMC only sells cards one at a time. When the smoke clears, you might be better off trying to sell a playset of a $3 card for $12 on eBay yourself, rather than pay $1.20 to submit to COMC, list the cards at $3, maybe sell one for $2.40 credit and then cash out $1.92.

Or, suppose you could put together a competitive Pauper deck of 75 cards worth 75 cents each, and sell the deck on eBay for, say $50. That would be preferable to paying COMC $22.50 in submission fees, then if they sell on eBay for 75 cents, you get 60 cents per card, then if you cash out your COMC credit that becomes 48 cents in cash. So, your $22.50 becomes $36 after maybe 2 years.

Or even if you trade the deck to someone for a $50 card, then you could submit that card to COMC for 30 cents (or 60 cents for faster processing) and when it sells, you'd be better off.

[adamdavidson47]

my experience is that hockey does not sell as quickly as the other sports.



I sell hockey usually faster than anything else. Hockey sells very well on comc, as long as it's current stuff, and not junk.

[ih8ca]

I buy a ton of hockey on comc.

[allstarcollect]

Yeah for hockey on COMC!