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How To Invest In Sports Cards

Here are some top tips and tricks to increase your render on investment (ROI) when looking at sports cards.

  1. Open an eBay account . By far the best way to buy and sell sports cards for the average investor, every other online site won't be able to compete with the prices via an eBay sale.
  2. Never buy cards on Amazon as they are ever overpriced.
  3. Y'all should nearly always purchase a PSA x or PSA 9 graded card (see our HGA Grading AI Give-and-take) as they will take a superior ROI when information technology'due south fourth dimension to sell.
  4. Almost of your purchases should be either Hall of Fame Players' PSA 10 graded rookie cards (i.east. Michael Jordan RC), or future HoF PSA 10 rookie cards (i.e. Mike Trout RC). A smaller pct of your upkeep should be focused on highly touted prospects (i.e. Wander Franco PSA 10 RC) or second-year players coming off a great rookie campaign (i.e. Luka Doncic in 2019). Nosotros suggest something like an lxxx% to xx% HOF player to prospect ratio, 70% to 30% or 90% to ten% are fine too. Just remember that alloting more than to prospects will equate to college risk overall.
  5. Non sure which players to purchase? Only visit the Gold Card Auctions Best Sports Cards to Invest In Now write-upwardly for the all-time of the best in terms of future ROI. (In our apprehensive stance!)
  6. Hardly ever buy raw cards, although there are a few exceptions to this rule. For example, nosotros take found that 2017 Bowman Chrome baseball game cards agree upwardly very well and a good percent nosotros take sent to PSA come up dorsum graded gem mint.
  7. When y'all do buy a raw card search for "lots" every bit they volition be cheaper in most cases. Send information technology to PSA as this volition maximize your render on investment.
  8. When purchasing prospects' rookie cards we suggest selling correct earlier they are called up, or yous run the risk of the player falling apartment on their face which would result in a dramatic driblet in the histrion'south value and a bad hit to your ROI.
  9. Never purchase hobby boxes. These are horrible investments and will destroy your ROI. We overlook this purchase only if ripping a hobby box as a social event vs an investment (similar to a night out at the casino). Just never expect a positive ROI when buying a hobby box of any kind. If your looking to buy a hobby box for fun to open some night with friends cheque out our "Best Hobby Boxes to Buy" write-up.
  10. Ideally, you should accept a mix of all sports from all eras to include baseball, basketball, hockey, football game, soccer, boxing, and golf cards (just make sure you are ownership PSA 10 or PSA 9 graded cards).
  11. Buy cards via eBay auctions as you are nigh probable to become the best toll for the card.
  12. Check eBay accelerate search for previous auction prices to determine a rough value of the card you're interested in ownership. Be sure to click on "auction" and not "all listings" as they do non show the true sale price.
  13. You lot should almost never find yourself ownership a card via eBay Buy Now every bit it is rare to find a off-white deal in that format of buying.
  14. When it's time to sell we recommend 7-day eBay auctions starting at eight PM EST time. Offset the auction on a Dominicus, Tuesday, or Thursday night.
  15. Buy bulk mailing supplies on eBay or Amazon (i.e. envelopes, tape, bubble wrap.)
  16. Make sure you secure the card properly when mailing. In that location are a ton of videos on YouTube in regards to how to mail service a sports card.
  17. You should almost always be buying rookie cards but in some cases, an autograph card tin accept a good to great ROI. Some of the all-time purchases are rookie cards with the player'due south autograph. If your new or just want to proceed things simple just buy rookie cards we recommend for the given player.
  18. We like to hold high-value cards for years (i.e. Ty Cobb T206 PSA 7 graded baseball card) and lower-value cards for a few months (i.east. Ja Morant Prizm RC)  as it gives usa a nice mix of ownership and selling.
  19. You should keep track of your buying and selling. A simple spreadsheet works best. Just list the engagement of purchase, the toll paid, actor name, year of the card, and fix name. Then when y'all sell include the sell engagement and sale cost.
  20. Keep your valuable sports cards in a rubber deposit box at your local bank. Don't keep them in your house or office.
  21. Sign up for a UPS or FedEx Function mailing box and accept all of your eBay sports carte purchases sent there. Also, use that accost for the return address when selling a carte du jour. Privacy is very underrated and important in today's world (nosotros cannot stress this enough). To notice a UPS Store nigh y'all visit; theupsstore.com/tools/find-a-store.
  22. Always visit GoldCardAuctions.com to find a player'due south acme-rated rookie cards when it comes to making a purchase.

At that place y'all go! Follow these tips and watch your ROI rise speedily!

Nosotros will probably add together more than tips as fourth dimension goes past so check back every once in a while.

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Here are additional resources nosotros detect extremely useful:
  • goldcardauctions.com
  • www.psacard.com (register hither)
  • www.ebay.com (register here)
  • world wide web.blowoutforums.com (forum discussions)
  • www.cardboardconnection.com (these guys take groovy checklist articles)
  • trends.google.com/trends (assist us determine which players are popular in Google search)