Sep 4, 2026 · 1 hr 52 min · 13 segments
In this episode, we discuss the latest trends in trading card games, the impact of reprints, and the future of collectibles like animation cells and serialized cards. We share insights on market…
So this is kind of one that I've been kind of mulling over.
High five.
want to say this or not, but I feel like...
So I go to a lot of card shows, Zach.
And I do a lot...
I talk to a lot of vendors.
I do a lot of interactions.
And I feel like a lot of the vendors, they just really don't have a purpose.
There's no game plan.
There's no long game.
There's no...
It's literally take an inventory at a certain percentage, get it out at a certain percentage.
And to me, that's just like... you have to have like a strategy.
You have to like have some sort of goal when you're vending.
And I feel like you have to have smart goals, realistic goals.
So my tip of the week is if you're into moving, if you're a vendor, you're moving product, just like, first off, you need to learn the hobby because obviously you just can't go on car ladders and say, this is what my margins are.
I say like you should like allocate like at minimum like 10, maybe 10 to 20% of inventory that you're bringing in.
Do your research and like project on cards and project on long-term growth and have a pretty close, like pretty hard, like, time horizon or like a margin that you feel like you need to let something go because if you just keep flipping like that like what to make an extra five to ten percent on each card yeah you have some increased like uh equity and more money to spend on daily basis but like There's just so much opportunity if you learn the hobby and learn what cards you think will project well, start projecting well, and actually have these hard limitations on yourself to just do so much better.
So my advice, if you're a vendor out there, just like...
Set us, take whatever percentage you want of a card when it comes in.
Just take that certain percentage and say, I am not going to move these cards until this amount of time or this amount of money or return on investment.
Just don't churn and burn every single time.
Just a small percentage.
It doesn't have to be huge.
There's been like 5, 10%, 20%.
So this is kind of one that I've been kind of mulling over.
High five.
want to say this or not, but I feel like...
So I go to a lot of card shows, Zach.
And I do a lot...
I talk to a lot of vendors.
I do a lot of interactions.
And I feel like a lot of the vendors, they just really don't have a purpose.
There's no game plan.
There's no long game.
There's no...
It's literally take an inventory at a certain percentage, get it out at a certain percentage.
And to me, that's just like... you have to have like a strategy.
You have to like have some sort of goal when you're vending.
And I feel like you have to have smart goals, realistic goals.
So my tip of the week is if you're into moving, if you're a vendor, you're moving product, just like, first off, you need to learn the hobby because obviously you just can't go on car ladders and say, this is what my margins are.
I say like you should like allocate like at minimum like 10, maybe 10 to 20% of inventory that you're bringing in.
Do your research and like project on cards and project on long-term growth and have a pretty close, like pretty hard, like, time horizon or like a margin that you feel like you need to let something go because if you just keep flipping like that like what to make an extra five to ten percent on each card yeah you have some increased like uh equity and more money to spend on daily basis but like There's just so much opportunity if you learn the hobby and learn what cards you think will project well, start projecting well, and actually have these hard limitations on yourself to just do so much better.
So my advice, if you're a vendor out there, just like...
Set us, take whatever percentage you want of a card when it comes in.
Just take that certain percentage and say, I am not going to move these cards until this amount of time or this amount of money or return on investment.
Just don't churn and burn every single time.
Just a small percentage.
It doesn't have to be huge.
There's been like 5, 10%, 20%.
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