I see a lot of 100 card auctions on ebay, and very few of them actually sell. It's just not a large amount of cards for anyone to be interested in. There's one guy who has hundreds of them up every day, and the shipping is $4 apparently. I think you can get 100 cards in a bubble mailer if you split the stacks up into smaller ones, and then the shipping will be like $1.70 through ebay/paypal (free tracking that way). Or you can do 500 cards in a small flat rate box for like $5.50
Here in Canada, the cheapest way to ship 100 cards is the following.
Divide the 100 cards up into 3 piles (33, 33, 34). Put each pile into an oversized sleeve and tape the top shut. Fold a piece of paper around the 3 stacks and tape them to it to keep them from sliding around. Slip that into a regular plain white envelope. It's JUST under the cutoff to the next higher price category (2 more cards and you'll be over). The stacks of cards are also JUST short enough that the envelope can still be sent as cheap "first class lettermail" and not a light packet or small package. Shipping that envelope from within Canada to within Canada is $2.50.
From the USA, your weight cutoff may be different, so you might not be quite as efficient if you're doing 100 card lots. But luckily, USPS costs a LOT less than Canada Post, so that would offset it nicely.
I just checked USPS and looks like doing it this way would cost you $2 to ship. You'd probably want to charge $3 s/h on your 100 card lots if you want it to cover some of your fees, packaging materials, etc.
Thanks for the ideas. Thats cool that you have success with 100 card lots. Do you sell on eBay? I'm just thinking now that 500 lots will be easier on myself.
Thanks for the ideas. Thats cool that you have success with 100 card lots. Do you sell on eBay? I'm just thinking now that 500 lots will be easier on myself.
Yeah, they sell anywhere from $0.99 to $3 if a bidding war erupts, and then I tack $3 shipping on top of that. I sold quite a few lots of Revised - 9th cards this way, but I have newer lots of 10th - M13 that have not had as much interest, so I might have to switch those to larger lots as well. 80% commons / 20% uncommons seems to be a good ratio.
You can't fit more than about 450 cards in a small flate rate box, so 500 card lots are not viable.
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Divide the 100 cards up into 3 piles (33, 33, 34). Put each pile into an oversized sleeve and tape the top shut. Fold a piece of paper around the 3 stacks and tape them to it to keep them from sliding around. Slip that into a regular plain white envelope. It's JUST under the cutoff to the next higher price category (2 more cards and you'll be over). The stacks of cards are also JUST short enough that the envelope can still be sent as cheap "first class lettermail" and not a light packet or small package. Shipping that envelope from within Canada to within Canada is $2.50.
From the USA, your weight cutoff may be different, so you might not be quite as efficient if you're doing 100 card lots. But luckily, USPS costs a LOT less than Canada Post, so that would offset it nicely.
I just checked USPS and looks like doing it this way would cost you $2 to ship. You'd probably want to charge $3 s/h on your 100 card lots if you want it to cover some of your fees, packaging materials, etc.
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Yeah, they sell anywhere from $0.99 to $3 if a bidding war erupts, and then I tack $3 shipping on top of that. I sold quite a few lots of Revised - 9th cards this way, but I have newer lots of 10th - M13 that have not had as much interest, so I might have to switch those to larger lots as well. 80% commons / 20% uncommons seems to be a good ratio.
You can't fit more than about 450 cards in a small flate rate box, so 500 card lots are not viable.