How to sell cards at a card show
Offline and retail 8 min read
Selling to dealers on the floor or renting your own table: what show organizers require, how to price from sold prices, taking payment, and keeping cards safe.
Offline and retail
How to buy, sell and trade at card shows and local card shops, how retail restocks and repacks work, and how to price your cards for each place you sell.
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How to find a local card shop
Offline and retail 6 min read
How to use CGC's and the card makers' store locators to find a card shop, what a listing does and does not tell you, and what to ask before you visit.
How to find a card show near you
Offline and retail 7 min read
Where card shows are listed, how to read a listing's hours, tables and admission, and how local, regional and national shows differ before you travel.
How to buy cards at a card show
Offline and retail 6 min read
What to check at a dealer's table before you pay: a raw card's flaws, a slab's record at CGC, SGC or TAG, how each way to pay works, and the receipt to keep.
Your first card show: how to buy, sell and trade
Offline and retail 6 min read
How a card show works, what to bring, and the three checks to make at every table: the card's condition, its recent sold price and the slab's cert number.
Selling cards to a local shop: what to expect
Offline and retail 6 min read
What share of a card's market value local shops tend to offer, how store credit compares with cash, what shops turn down, and how to prepare before you go.
Repacks explained: who makes them and what to check
Offline and retail 6 min read
A repack is a sealed pack filled by someone other than the card maker. Who makes them, what goes inside, and what to check before you buy one.
How to price cards for a show, a shop or online
Offline and retail 7 min read
Set three numbers for each card, what it sells for, the least you will take and your asking price, then use them at a card show, a local shop or online.
Card restocks at retail: queues, limits and launch days
Offline and retail 7 min read
How Pokémon Center's virtual queue, Invite Only program and purchase limits work, how Best Buy planned a launch-day line, and what stores say about restocks.
Card images from Scrydex.