Okay, so you’ve sold your first cards on eBay or another online market place – hopfully for a nice little profit.
Now, you’ve got to get your cards to their new owner.
In this article, we’re going to look at how to ship baseball cards so they get to your customers in one piece. We’ll even look at a few examples from cards that I got in the mail today.
Note: While the title of this article mentions Baseball cards, the same goes for any sport card. So if your need to ship baketball, football or soccer cards – this article applies.
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Before Your Start It’s Important to Know a Few Things
If you’re new – or have freshly returned – to the sports card game, shipping is one of those things where everyone has their own optinion. Some will individually wrap every card with dividers and hard cases – basically treating every card like it’s the most valuable thing on the planet.
Others will treat every card like it’s worth about 30c and throw them all into an envelope.
Obviously, most of us lie somewhere in the middle. If you’re dealing with expensive cards, you’ll probably want to be more conservative with your packaging. Otherwise, doing a ‘good enough’ job will be enough. For example, here’s a single-card I recieved today.