COMC Honest Feedback for Sellers Thread

[thebrett]

I have read a ton of threads about people saying all their stuff is lowest on site

A ton of threads about how people aren't selling enough

I then go to COMC or follow the links in these threads and find that their supposedly amazing prices just aren't very good

So what I am proposing in this thread is that anyone who believes they have aggressive, sales driving prices can simply ask for their port to be reviewed by anyone interested in providing feedback

Ultimately my thinking is that
A) The more good deals that exist on COMC, the more likely buyers are to visit when making their decision on where to spend their hobby dollar

B) The more people in our community commit to buying on COMC, the more inventory churn there will be, the more sellers can accomplish their goal of increasing sales and the stronger COMC and ultimately the hobby can be

C) I would like some other people to provide feedback, because I feel like I am taking crazy pills when I look at people's Ports. Just because it is the only card on site, does not mean it is worth a lot

Ok, so we are clear... I believe that about 80% of my prices are really good. I also have about 20% top prospect or rare card inventory I think I can eventually get a premium for

I will get it started... TheBrett COMC
Enjoy!!!

[marines4me]

If you. Key word as happy with your prices why does it matter what or people think.
What's next home coming king polls.

[thebrett]

Originally Posted by marines4me

If you. Key word as happy with your prices why does it matter what or people think.
What's next home coming king polls.

I do not know what this means

The idea is that some people would benefit from some honest feedback on their stuff and potentially change their behavior resulting in improved results

[jmscoggin]

Originally Posted by thebrett

The idea is that some people would benefit from some honest feedback on their stuff and potentially change their behavior resulting in improved results

I disagree 100%. The kind of people that this would help the most would never listen. You think JHS would give one once of thought to your opinion or mine? FTR, I'm about like yours, 80% lowest or close and 20% premium due to rarity, potential or only card listed on site.

[SpastikMooss]

Originally Posted by thebrett

I have read a ton of threads about people saying all their stuff is lowest on site

A ton of threads about how people aren't selling enough

I then go to COMC or follow the links in these threads and find that their supposedly amazing prices just aren't very good

So what I am proposing in this thread is that anyone who believes they have aggressive, sales driving prices can simply ask for their port to be reviewed by anyone interested in providing feedback

Ultimately my thinking is that
A) The more good deals that exist on COMC, the more likely buyers are to visit when making their decision on where to spend their hobby dollar

B) The more people in our community commit to buying on COMC, the more inventory churn there will be, the more sellers can accomplish their goal of increasing sales and the stronger COMC and ultimately the hobby can be

C) I would like some other people to provide feedback, because I feel like I am taking crazy pills when I look at people's Ports. Just because it is the only card on site, does not mean it is worth a lot

Ok, so we are clear... I believe that about 80% of my prices are really good. I also have about 20% top prospect or rare card inventory I think I can eventually get a premium for

I will get it started... TheBrett COMC
Enjoy!!!

I think your stuff seems really well priced for the site! From what I looked at you price your stuff lowest of available cards if there are other cards, which is what I do too. When there aren't cards I either look for comps on the site or set a price I feel is fair.

Mine is here btw: SpastikMooss's All Items - COMC

[amazingpacks]

I try my best to be reasonable with low end autos and relics.
amazingpacks's All Items - COMC

[SpastikMooss]

Originally Posted by amazingpacks

I try my best to be reasonable with low end autos and relics.
amazingpacks's All Items - COMC

I always love your prices too, well priced store

[thebrett]

Originally Posted by SpastikMooss

I think your stuff seems really well priced for the site! From what I looked at you price your stuff lowest of available cards if there are other cards, which is what I do too. When there aren't cards I either look for comps on the site or set a price I feel is fair.

Mine is here btw: SpastikMooss's All Items - COMC

I only have any info on Baseball and your stuff seems all very well priced

If there are no others of the same card I generally make them .24 .49 or .74 cents based on who it is... Seems like it works ok

[SpastikMooss]

Originally Posted by thebrett

I only have any info on Baseball and your stuff seems all very well priced

If there are no others of the same card I generally make them .24 .49 or .74 cents based on who it is... Seems like it works ok

I like it! Also I'm gonna make my Sal Perez .24 like yours haha

[rtcrules]

JasonsCards's All Items - COMC

Low end port. I try to stay in the top 3 assuming nobody is running sales. I'm more picky now then I used to be. I used to buy up anything under 10 cents cause I knew I could quickly flip them for a few cents more. Get rich, no. But it bought a few PC items. Sadly the quick flip ended quicker then I realized and I got a couple hundered cards the will be tough to sell at cost. I dont spend the time on it like I used to but I still hunt... Just more picky.

[Swipe79]

I think the easiest way to determine if you have your cards priced right is if you sell through stuff. My port only has 2,100+ cards in it right now, but in the last 18 months I've sold over 7,000 cards - I've added 6,500 to the site (port purchases account for the rest). The first two days of this month, I've sold 60+ cards already.

I'm happy with most of my prices - generally try to be the lowest on site, but some cards I have a set price I want and it may be a little higher.

[wphill02]

Here's mine:
wphill02's All Items - COMC

I know I have a few things overpriced but there are certain ones I'm not in a hurry to move and others that I like to put a little on the high side when I first put it on in case someone is looking for it specifically and willing to overpay. I like to think I'm pretty fair when it comes to offers too.

[amazingpacks]

Originally Posted by Swipe79

I think the easiest way to determine if you have your cards priced right is if you sell through stuff. My port only has 2,100+ cards in it right now, but in the last 18 months I've sold over 7,000 cards - I've added 6,500 to the site (port purchases account for the rest). The first two days of this month, I've sold 60+ cards already.

I'm happy with most of my prices - generally try to be the lowest on site, but some cards I have a set price I want and it may be a little higher.

I notice you do eveything perfect when it comes to selling on comc and comc is perfect as is. Why dont you send in 1,000,000 cards if you make money on everything? I am being serious. If i was making so much as you are on comc , i would be buying and selling as much as possible since the money is right?

Comc is satisfactory right now but i send in cards and trying to build a $100,000 port. If i thought comc was perfect, i would try and build a $1,000,000 asap.

[VeedonFleece]

I like to think mine are priced to sell but obviously prices of prospects may vary! I typically sell a card every day and a bit, roughly - my total number sold is between 19-30 for 10 of the last 11 months. I only have about 300 for sale so I think these totals are satisfactory. I'm aware I'm being optimistic on some prices but you never know. Obviously it's much easier to keep track of things when you have a smaller port too. I'd like to move them more quickly but find myself prospecting far too often - I have as many cards 'not for sale' as I do available.

[wphill02]

I skimmed through everyone's ports that posted their links so I'll give a quick little note on each. I'm obviously no expert so take everything with a grain of salt.

thebrett: From what I looked at, seems your port is pretty fairly priced. You have a lot of plates at pretty good prices whereas a lot of other people would overprice them just because they are 1/1s.

Spastikmooss: Seems fair, but I think you'll just have to be patient with such a small port and wait for people looking for that specific player or set.

Amazingpacks: Seems like some of your high-end stuff is pretty overpriced but that might be intentional. I really don't know how much grading increases certain cards either so it's hard for me to judge those. As you said, you have plenty of low-end autos and relics priced very cheap.

rtcrules: With so many low-end cards, I think it's similar to what I said to Spastikmooss where you just need to be patient waiting for those player and set collectors but I would say your prices are certainly fair.

As I said, I'm not an expert but those are my thoughts. I think the biggest thing with everyone is staying patient because I know I have a tough time with that.

[Swipe79]

I'm wondering if you're ever going to answer the questions I asked you in the other thread - instead it looks like you're resorting to being a troll. If this were a thread about Sportlots, I'm sure you would show up and start telling everyone how it's the best thing since sliced bread.

Why would you try and build a $100,000 port? So you have $100,000 in BV sitting there? I send in what sells, it has always been my goal. If I was doing it perfectly, I would have 0 cards in my port right now as everything would sell as soon as it hit the site. I've had an amazing experience with COMC - has everything been perfect? No, it has not. However, I am 99% pleased with what they are doing for my as a seller and buyer. Why would I tell people otherwise, or constantly bellyache about the 1 thing I'd rather have them do my way? For what they are, COMC is the best thing out there - no one else offers what they do and they are very good at it.

Originally Posted by amazingpacks

I notice you do eveything perfect when it comes to selling on comc and comc is perfect as is. Why dont you send in 1,000,000 cards if you make money on everything? I am being serious. If i was making so much as you are on comc , i would be buying and selling as much as possible since the money is right?

Comc is satisfactory right now but i send in cards and trying to build a $100,000 port. If i thought comc was perfect, i would try and build a $1,000,000 asap.

[sjscout]

If you look under user rankings, there is a percent sold category. I think this is very useful.

If you feel comfortable with the amount of sales you converted, that's really all that matters.

I am totally comfortable converting 50 percent of my submissions into sales. My average submitted card has a bv of 9 dollars and change. THis is something I also think is worthwhile to look at. I have never had a port sale and only do sales if they are free. I try to work with buyers when I can.

I for one, have seen nothing but improved sales the last 6 months....

[amazingpacks]

Originally Posted by sjscout

If you look under user rankings, there is a percent sold category. I think this is very useful.

Cant find it. is it under the homepage "user rankings" ?

[sjscout]

Originally Posted by amazingpacks

Cant find it. is it under the homepage "user rankings" ?

Consignors - COMC

[amazingpacks]

Originally Posted by sjscout

Consignors - COMC

Thanks. interesting stuff.

[thebrett]

Another thing I have begun doing lately that I think may be a solid idea

If I am more than 33% over the lowest ask, and I don't want to be the lowest... I just make my card not for sale for awhile. For example I have 100 or so Byron Buxton Base Bowman Chromes that I believe will see a huge spike in the next year. There is no point in paying a penny per card per month to list them at a price of like $5.74 when the lowest price is $3. I also do this when I have multiples of the same card. Why list 40 Alex Meyer Chrome cards when it will just cause others to see a huge supply and lower their price...

Just some thoughts

[k13]

~80% is overpriced but that's probably from all the low ballers.

"good" cards too high because everyone wants them.
"crap" cards too low because no one wants them.

Lot of ebay bins are just way too high and auctions way too low unless schilled.

I just notice most sales are for cheap cards. The high end just started appearing more and more recently so maybe it will take off.

But feels like most buyers are broke dikks.

[SpastikMooss]

Originally Posted by wphill02

I skimmed through everyone's ports that posted their links so I'll give a quick little note on each. I'm obviously no expert so take everything with a grain of salt.

thebrett: From what I looked at, seems your port is pretty fairly priced. You have a lot of plates at pretty good prices whereas a lot of other people would overprice them just because they are 1/1s.

Spastikmooss: Seems fair, but I think you'll just have to be patient with such a small port and wait for people looking for that specific player or set.

Amazingpacks: Seems like some of your high-end stuff is pretty overpriced but that might be intentional. I really don't know how much grading increases certain cards either so it's hard for me to judge those. As you said, you have plenty of low-end autos and relics priced very cheap.

rtcrules: With so many low-end cards, I think it's similar to what I said to Spastikmooss where you just need to be patient waiting for those player and set collectors but I would say your prices are certainly fair.

As I said, I'm not an expert but those are my thoughts. I think the biggest thing with everyone is staying patient because I know I have a tough time with that.

Thanks Patience is a virtue haha

[amazingpacks]

Originally Posted by Swipe79

I'm wondering if you're ever going to answer the questions I asked you in the other thread - instead it looks like you're resorting to being a troll. If this were a thread about Sportlots, I'm sure you would show up and start telling everyone how it's the best thing since sliced bread.

Why would you try and build a $100,000 port? So you have $100,000 in BV sitting there? I send in what sells, it has always been my goal. If I was doing it perfectly, I would have 0 cards in my port right now as everything would sell as soon as it hit the site. I've had an amazing experience with COMC - has everything been perfect? No, it has not. However, I am 99% pleased with what they are doing for my as a seller and buyer. Why would I tell people otherwise, or constantly bellyache about the 1 thing I'd rather have them do my way? For what they are, COMC is the best thing out there - no one else offers what they do and they are very good at it.

I want to maintain a $100,000 bv port eventually. Doesnt matter if it is a small store or big box store, inventory needs to be constant to be successful.

Your happy with your system, great. main thing in life is your happy in what you believe in.

For me Comc is good, sportlots is good and ebay is very good. As for buying, comc is average, sportlots is good, ebay is great and all the other sites i buy from is great but limited in inventory. I wish i could do all my buying and selling from one site but it doesnt work that way. no site is perfect for me at this moment. comc actually is the most time consuming and most addictive.

[amazingpacks]

Originally Posted by wphill02

Amazingpacks: Seems like some of your high-end stuff is pretty overpriced but that might be intentional. I really don't know how much grading increases certain cards either so it's hard for me to judge those. As you said, you have plenty of low-end autos and relics priced very cheap.

Yes intentionally. I got burned on some high end cards from amazon sales and the extra 20% fee. A $500 sale on amazon nets only $340 if i cash out at the end. And it is tougher to replace some of the high end cards. As for the low end, cheap and replaced easily.

thanks for doing the review.

PS: Higher priced on speculation players and cards also.