Advice on Selling low-end bulk

FatButcher · 10-11-2025, 12:45 PM

So as some may have noticed I open a good amount of wax and I am getting a lot of bulk that would be ideal for to put in value box/dollar box at a show, but no shows in GA want my hockey

So I've been debating what to do while more stuff piles up. My options I've considered are:

List in B/S/T here, despite the reality that I'll get something like .25 - .50 per card
Send off to COMC, never used it before and some stuff might sit for a long time.
Create Ebay listings in the style of a value box where people pick through, never really tried that
Try to build a repack with some of the key cards I was planning to sell one at a time, but I'm worried people won't think it gives enough value

Open to any and all suggestions, including those telling me I'm a dunce for missing something obvious

As an idea of the bulk, lots of serial numbered stuff of vets/non-star rookies, young guns from various years (some ok, but no superstars), star rookie base/inserts, mem & autos of non-stars, etc.

stoopid · 10-11-2025, 01:47 PM

I have a lot of $1-ish singles on ebay, they trickle sell as singles but most have and will continue collecting digital dust. Team and player lots seem to sell with a bit more frequency, but only if priced really low. The demand for lower end cards isn't particularly high, at least not on ebay from what I can tell. Maybe Whatnot is a better avenue? COMC has a glut of lower end singles, so you'll be in direct competition in the pricing race to the bottom and a limited buyer pool. There's fewer set collectors now than ever, most (myself included) collect players and of the cards I buy most are what would be considered "hits", worth at least a couple bucks or more.

JeffG1954 · 10-11-2025, 02:00 PM

If it's just NHL that you have, it's rough out there. Over the years hockey has been the toughest for me to sell of the 4 major sports. 1/2 or more of your market is in Canada and shipping to/from there is tough these days. Bulk it out in a lot sale here on BO or eBay at 50% off of comps.

FatButcher · 10-11-2025, 02:43 PM

It is indeed NHL and the market is slimmer than when I was doing baseball for sure. Baseball also allowed more reliable local ways to move cheaper cards.

Unfortunately the baseball market doesn't make sense at all for me to open wax now, which has always been a core part of how I enjoy the hobby.

mfw13 · 10-11-2025, 02:51 PM

Give them away.....always the simplest solution that requires the least effort on your part.

Since we're talking about hockey cards, find out if there's a local kids hockey club in your area. If not, other options are the Boys & Girls Clubs, local schools, local cub scout packs, etc.

You could even put some "packs" together to give away at Halloween.....

FatButcher · 10-11-2025, 03:18 PM

They're not quite "give away" low end for the most part. Honestly most things that are that style I tend to toss/give away.

This is ok numbered stuff, Auto, Mem, inserts and also rookies like Celebrini, Michkov, Hutson, Wolf, Knies, Fantilli, Cooley, etc. Almost all the other lower tier RC stuff was moved along.

stoopid · 10-11-2025, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FatButcher

They're not quite "give away" low end for the most part. Honestly most things that are that style I tend to toss/give away.

This is ok numbered stuff, Auto, Mem, inserts and also rookies like Celebrini, Michkov, Hutson, Wolf, Knies, Fantilli, Cooley, etc. Almost all the other lower tier RC stuff was moved along.

Roll up your sleeves and list them as singles on ebay. Price them at comps and use the low $1.35 shipping option for cards under $20. Make sure to setup "additional cards" option at something like $0.50 so a buyer has the option and incentive to buy multiples from you.

[for $1 cards, I recommend overriding the shipping or you'll make $0.25 a card after time, supplies, and eBay's cut is factored in]

Then... wait. Keep your fingers crossed if you think it will help.

FatButcher · 10-11-2025, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stoopid

Roll up your sleeves and list them as singles on ebay. Price them at comps and use the low $1.35 shipping option for cards under $20. Make sure to setup "additional cards" option at something like $0.50 so a buyer has the option and incentive to buy multiples from you.

[for $1 cards, I recommend overriding the shipping or you'll make $0.25 a card after time, supplies, and eBay's cut is factored in]

Then... wait. Keep your fingers crossed if you think it will help.

I'm leaning that way. I just wonder if listing them using the variation approach which is one listing with the drop down might make it easier to bundle, etc. Also thinking maybe it would be easy to add more to it over time.

BTW, appreciate all the advice so far, been going back and forth on this for longer than I should have.

slightlyrounded · 10-11-2025, 04:34 PM

Photograph them all and make up 20-100 card lots based on some characteristics or groupings. Start all as 99 cent auctions and you can be rid of your problems in a week. The shipping pain and cost will kill you otherwise.

JeffG1954 · 10-11-2025, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by FatButcher

I'm leaning that way. I just wonder if listing them using the variation approach which is one listing with the drop down might make it easier to bundle, etc. Also thinking maybe it would be easy to add more to it over time.

BTW, appreciate all the advice so far, been going back and forth on this for longer than I should have.

If everything was from the same release, the variation approach could be an option, but it sounds like you have multiple years/sets involved so I would go the singles route. But I have nothing better to do with my time, so that's just me. I quick bulk sale here on BO, avoiding eBay fees, could be a good option. Take pictures of the autos and any low numbered parallels....mention total cards and what set they are from.....post a price and mention OBO.

FatButcher · 10-11-2025, 05:20 PM

I'm planning on working on getting some listings going while I'm watching Hawks/Canadiens tonight. Wild Saturday nights around north Georgia!

Dave34 · 10-12-2025, 03:35 PM

Avoid COMC at all costs.

It's linked with Upper Deck ePack so everybody sends ePack cards to COMC the second they become available to transfer. Then it's a race to the bottom for most cards as sellers > buyers.

I live in MN and see cards for sale at a store for $1 - $3 at a store when I can get for $0.25 on COMC.

On the bright side, I think it's prohibitively expensive for Canadians to sell their cards into the US now.

daverat · 10-12-2025, 08:48 PM

I suggest teams lots for hockey or any sport, bin price to move. Sorting process is tedious but better than trying to list out singles

rizzeedizzee · 10-13-2025, 07:08 AM

There are two ways to approach this, depending on how much time and effort you want to spend. The least time and effort is to go to a large local show and find a dealer there who has a lot of the same stuff you want to sell, and then get about 10-20% for it. You lose on value, but it's done and over with in a few hours. Otherwise, as others have said, lots are the way to go. By set, by team, by type (auto, jersey, rookie, etc.). Then you put them on ebay.

FatButcher · 10-13-2025, 10:28 AM

I decided to test out Ebay for the numbered stuff and see how it goes, feel free to check it out: https://www.ebay.com/itm/406282850662

I wish there were shows where anyone would even look at hockey, but it would take more travel than its worth.

ThatGuyPal · 10-13-2025, 11:03 AM

I must be the only one who thought COMC was a good option. I only use it for e-pack transfers but to me it feels like the time saved over manually listing everything yourself on EBay when it’s lower end is one huge advantage in itself. I’ve seen other threads where people suggest COMC for that exact reason. I can see the lower audience issue but for cards like this I also don’t see some huge discrepancy developing between EBay/COMC, when SP or any set comes out people open by the case and list on EBay and it’s also a race to the bottom, I’m sure there’s some instances but let’s be real if everything was cheaper on COMC, people would only use that it’s not like EBay has some strong brand loyalty most people on here have had an issue at some point lol also while I could be wrong some sellers/buyers may prefer COMC as I haven’t heard you can cancel orders or vice versa a seller cancelling cause the card gained value. Along those same lines one reason I would prefer COMC over EBay and this is an advantage to a smaller audience is especially if you have multiple YG’s of one guy it won’t happen overnight but they get hot people will hit BIN on EBay before you can blink. On COMC you’ll likely have more opportunity to change price to market value, now if you just want them gone and your happy with your listed price cool but I also don’t personally love giving profits to some sniper either lol like when Michael Bunting got hot everyone was snatching up his YG’s dirt cheap from people who forgot they even had them listed then making an additional $10-15. When all these sites have fees etc I’d rather that extra goes to me

Crosby 87 · 10-13-2025, 11:25 AM

I've been listing my unwanted low end in team lots for bit. Usually in 40-60 count lots. That seems to be the sweet spot . As I was trying 100-300 and nothing was moving even at cheap per card prices. Once I got to the 40-60 lot number I started selling a few a month which is better than zero

FatButcher · 10-13-2025, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crosby 87

I've been listing my unwanted low end in team lots for bit. Usually in 40-60 count lots. That seems to be the sweet spot . As I was trying 100-300 and nothing was moving even at cheap per card prices. Once I got to the 40-60 lot number I started selling a few a month which is better than zero

Assuming no base, any rough ideas on pricing for that? Certainly sounds like a manageable approach.

Crosby 87 · 10-13-2025, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FatButcher

Assuming no base, any rough ideas on pricing for that? Certainly sounds like a manageable approach.

Base ,inserts , rookies, parallels and occasional numbered or no name auto/gu. Usually price the lots between $16-20 with shipping now at $6. Usually clear around $12 per.

FatButcher · 10-13-2025, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crosby 87

Base ,inserts , rookies, parallels and occasional numbered or no name auto/gu. Usually price the lots between $16-20 with shipping now at $6. Usually clear around $12 per.

That honestly sounds like a decent option. I may have a few extra numbered cards so maybe I can push to the higher end of things.

After I open S1 I'll have plenty of every team to pull lots together. Also look like I have enough for player lots of Bedard, Crosby, Ovechkin, Matthews & McDavid. Could try those too.

odjickfan · 10-14-2025, 02:11 PM

Avoid COMC for the lower end stuff. They ask 50 cents per card for listing plus 5% of the sales. It is good for cards selling for a couple of bucks or more, but under that the fees are too much.

I want to downsize my inventory, I will probably start with a 25 cents sale on message boards.

camaro69 · 10-14-2025, 09:42 PM

I have been doing Mystery packs at the local shows.For example 10 base plus two inserts.
in a pack,$3.00 each or two or $5.00,or 10 base,5 inserts and one of the following,an auto,
or a numbered cards, or a memorabilia card $5.00 each or 3 for $10.And the last one is 10
base,5 inserts plus one auto,one numbered card,and one memorabilia card in every pack.$10
each or 3 for $25.00.They seem to sell pretty good.But basketball,football,baseball,non sport,
even golf always outsells hockey.And I live in Canada where hockey is likely 75% of what
everyone seems to collect.Plus I had instant win price in random packs.Mind you these prizes
are not like getting a Crosby Cup Rookie. But the kid sort of like winning something.Usually
the prizes are some small sets I have laying around.Plus I donate to my family doctor who
gives the cards away to the kids.I put 10-12 cards in a team bag and he just gives them out.
I used this method to get rid of 5-7 thousand base singles a year.Just how I do it.

meriksson193 · 10-20-2025, 12:02 PM

id be intersted in a flat rate

boxbuster7 · 10-20-2025, 05:15 PM

probably not the advice you are looking for but I've been donating worthless base to those little red book librarys in my neighborhood. They've been going pretty quickly. Easy way to help get kids involved in the hobby which has priced out a lot of them.

FatButcher · 10-20-2025, 06:07 PM

I've pivoted to building out team lots. The sad truth is no kids in the Atlanta area would want free hockey cards unfortunately.

10-11-2025, 12:45 PM	#1
FatButcher Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,157	Advice on Selling low-end bulk So as some may have noticed I open a good amount of wax and I am getting a lot of bulk that would be ideal for to put in value box/dollar box at a show, but no shows in GA want my hockey So I've been debating what to do while more stuff piles up. My options I've considered are: List in B/S/T here, despite the reality that I'll get something like .25 - .50 per card Send off to COMC, never used it before and some stuff might sit for a long time. Create Ebay listings in the style of a value box where people pick through, never really tried that Try to build a repack with some of the key cards I was planning to sell one at a time, but I'm worried people won't think it gives enough value Open to any and all suggestions, including those telling me I'm a dunce for missing something obvious As an idea of the bulk, lots of serial numbered stuff of vets/non-star rookies, young guns from various years (some ok, but no superstars), star rookie base/inserts, mem & autos of non-stars, etc.

10-11-2025, 01:47 PM	#2
stoopid Member Join Date: Feb 2024 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 437	I have a lot of $1-ish singles on ebay, they trickle sell as singles but most have and will continue collecting digital dust. Team and player lots seem to sell with a bit more frequency, but only if priced really low. The demand for lower end cards isn't particularly high, at least not on ebay from what I can tell. Maybe Whatnot is a better avenue? COMC has a glut of lower end singles, so you'll be in direct competition in the pricing race to the bottom and a limited buyer pool. There's fewer set collectors now than ever, most (myself included) collect players and of the cards I buy most are what would be considered "hits", worth at least a couple bucks or more. __________________ Long time collector. Hockey, some baseball, even less football. Last edited by stoopid; 10-11-2025 at 01:50 PM.

10-12-2025, 08:48 PM	#13
daverat Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 3,073 Obalsand drt0057	I suggest teams lots for hockey or any sport, bin price to move. Sorting process is tedious but better than trying to list out singles __________________ In 2020, 2023 and 2024 a Texas Tech QB won the Super Bowl In 2023 the Texas Rangers won the World Series

10-14-2025, 02:11 PM	#21
odjickfan Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1,517 odjickfan	Avoid COMC for the lower end stuff. They ask 50 cents per card for listing plus 5% of the sales. It is good for cards selling for a couple of bucks or more, but under that the fees are too much. I want to downsize my inventory, I will probably start with a 25 cents sale on message boards. __________________ Tradelist: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11IdFTXBFFoAaX6H2aVivPkQ53Eh4XI5g/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106577311251479576706&rtpof=true&sd=true Wantlist: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p25DD9-ZdSr5PobQTfdArgcqS3Ixon4x/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106577311251479576706&rtpof=true&sd=true

10-14-2025, 09:42 PM	#22
camaro69 Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Nova Scotia Canada Posts: 1,089 winniescards winniescards	I have been doing Mystery packs at the local shows.For example 10 base plus two inserts. in a pack,$3.00 each or two or $5.00,or 10 base,5 inserts and one of the following,an auto, or a numbered cards, or a memorabilia card $5.00 each or 3 for $10.And the last one is 10 base,5 inserts plus one auto,one numbered card,and one memorabilia card in every pack.$10 each or 3 for $25.00.They seem to sell pretty good.But basketball,football,baseball,non sport, even golf always outsells hockey.And I live in Canada where hockey is likely 75% of what everyone seems to collect.Plus I had instant win price in random packs.Mind you these prizes are not like getting a Crosby Cup Rookie. But the kid sort of like winning something.Usually the prizes are some small sets I have laying around.Plus I donate to my family doctor who gives the cards away to the kids.I put 10-12 cards in a team bag and he just gives them out. I used this method to get rid of 5-7 thousand base singles a year.Just how I do it. __________________ MOST WANTED UPSHALL CARDS 2003-04 Parkhurst Rookies "Road to the NHL" Emblem 2002-03 SPX multi colored rookie https://5eeec33e368c8.site123.me/

10-11-2025, 02:00 PM	#3
JeffG1954 Member Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 3,147	If it's just NHL that you have, it's rough out there. Over the years hockey has been the toughest for me to sell of the 4 major sports. 1/2 or more of your market is in Canada and shipping to/from there is tough these days. Bulk it out in a lot sale here on BO or eBay at 50% off of comps.

10-11-2025, 02:43 PM	#4
FatButcher Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,157	It is indeed NHL and the market is slimmer than when I was doing baseball for sure. Baseball also allowed more reliable local ways to move cheaper cards. Unfortunately the baseball market doesn't make sense at all for me to open wax now, which has always been a core part of how I enjoy the hobby.

10-11-2025, 02:51 PM	#5
mfw13 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 17,715	Give them away.....always the simplest solution that requires the least effort on your part. Since we're talking about hockey cards, find out if there's a local kids hockey club in your area. If not, other options are the Boys & Girls Clubs, local schools, local cub scout packs, etc. You could even put some "packs" together to give away at Halloween.....

10-11-2025, 03:18 PM	#6
FatButcher Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,157	They're not quite "give away" low end for the most part. Honestly most things that are that style I tend to toss/give away. This is ok numbered stuff, Auto, Mem, inserts and also rookies like Celebrini, Michkov, Hutson, Wolf, Knies, Fantilli, Cooley, etc. Almost all the other lower tier RC stuff was moved along.

10-11-2025, 04:34 PM	#9
slightlyrounded Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 234	Photograph them all and make up 20-100 card lots based on some characteristics or groupings. Start all as 99 cent auctions and you can be rid of your problems in a week. The shipping pain and cost will kill you otherwise.

10-11-2025, 05:20 PM	#11
FatButcher Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,157	I'm planning on working on getting some listings going while I'm watching Hawks/Canadiens tonight. Wild Saturday nights around north Georgia!

10-12-2025, 03:35 PM	#12
Dave34 Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 187 Dave34	Avoid COMC at all costs. It's linked with Upper Deck ePack so everybody sends ePack cards to COMC the second they become available to transfer. Then it's a race to the bottom for most cards as sellers > buyers. I live in MN and see cards for sale at a store for $1 - $3 at a store when I can get for $0.25 on COMC. On the bright side, I think it's prohibitively expensive for Canadians to sell their cards into the US now.

10-13-2025, 07:08 AM	#14
rizzeedizzee Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 371	There are two ways to approach this, depending on how much time and effort you want to spend. The least time and effort is to go to a large local show and find a dealer there who has a lot of the same stuff you want to sell, and then get about 10-20% for it. You lose on value, but it's done and over with in a few hours. Otherwise, as others have said, lots are the way to go. By set, by team, by type (auto, jersey, rookie, etc.). Then you put them on ebay.

10-13-2025, 10:28 AM	#15
FatButcher Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,157	I decided to test out Ebay for the numbered stuff and see how it goes, feel free to check it out: https://www.ebay.com/itm/406282850662 I wish there were shows where anyone would even look at hockey, but it would take more travel than its worth.

10-13-2025, 11:03 AM	#16
ThatGuyPal Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Posts: 4,337	I must be the only one who thought COMC was a good option. I only use it for e-pack transfers but to me it feels like the time saved over manually listing everything yourself on EBay when it’s lower end is one huge advantage in itself. I’ve seen other threads where people suggest COMC for that exact reason. I can see the lower audience issue but for cards like this I also don’t see some huge discrepancy developing between EBay/COMC, when SP or any set comes out people open by the case and list on EBay and it’s also a race to the bottom, I’m sure there’s some instances but let’s be real if everything was cheaper on COMC, people would only use that it’s not like EBay has some strong brand loyalty most people on here have had an issue at some point lol also while I could be wrong some sellers/buyers may prefer COMC as I haven’t heard you can cancel orders or vice versa a seller cancelling cause the card gained value. Along those same lines one reason I would prefer COMC over EBay and this is an advantage to a smaller audience is especially if you have multiple YG’s of one guy it won’t happen overnight but they get hot people will hit BIN on EBay before you can blink. On COMC you’ll likely have more opportunity to change price to market value, now if you just want them gone and your happy with your listed price cool but I also don’t personally love giving profits to some sniper either lol like when Michael Bunting got hot everyone was snatching up his YG’s dirt cheap from people who forgot they even had them listed then making an additional $10-15. When all these sites have fees etc I’d rather that extra goes to me

10-13-2025, 11:25 AM	#17
Crosby 87 Member Join Date: Jul 2021 Posts: 4,009	I've been listing my unwanted low end in team lots for bit. Usually in 40-60 count lots. That seems to be the sweet spot . As I was trying 100-300 and nothing was moving even at cheap per card prices. Once I got to the 40-60 lot number I started selling a few a month which is better than zero

10-20-2025, 12:02 PM	#23
meriksson193 Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Maine Posts: 714 nymwright	id be intersted in a flat rate __________________ Twitter: @SignedCards Go Red Sox!

10-20-2025, 05:15 PM	#24
boxbuster7 Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 12,879 boxbuster777	probably not the advice you are looking for but I've been donating worthless base to those little red book librarys in my neighborhood. They've been going pretty quickly. Easy way to help get kids involved in the hobby which has priced out a lot of them. __________________ Psa 9 > psa 10

10-20-2025, 06:07 PM	#25
FatButcher Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,157	I've pivoted to building out team lots. The sad truth is no kids in the Atlanta area would want free hockey cards unfortunately.