{"id":3191,"date":"2024-04-06T15:49:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T15:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2024-04-08T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:01:06","slug":"why-50-of-the-people-who-were-selling-you-cards-are-gone-and-probably-wont-come-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/2024\/04\/why-50-of-the-people-who-were-selling-you-cards-are-gone-and-probably-wont-come-back\/","title":{"rendered":"50% of the People Who Were Selling You Cards Are Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You are probably wondering – \u201cOhobby what are you on about? Of course, that\u2019s obvious, the market is slowing down\u201d – but hear me out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well I can agree with you, the main reason it\u2019s that – the market is slowing down and correcting itself after a stupendous 2020 and 2021. But how can you explain that in 2022 I had a 228% increase in revenue when compared with 2021 sales and in 2023 I had an increase of 36% when compared with 2022? In 2024 alone, I have increased the number of total sales, when compared with 2023 for the first trimester and I\u2019m on pace to have, yet again, another year of increased revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What am I doing that\u2019s different from the others? Why haven’t I gone missing, like them and why am I getting better results each year that goes by?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simple and short answer: Strategy<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My goal is, and always will be, to provide people with what they are looking for. The less time I have the inventory the better. I once bought a card that was sold even before I got it shipped to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domestic wise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People collect Portuguese league stickers – so that\u2019s what I do – I give them what they want. I have a few regulars now – I give them the best and most \u201cin person online service\u201d I can get to them. I offer them discounts, I care for the packaging. I don\u2019t do short cuts, and by doing so. Word-of-Mouth Marketing!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market in Portugal it\u2019s a delicate one. You can make really good money on base cards – but it has to be the right ones. With numbered cards it\u2019s the opposite. People don\u2019t want to pay much for them. I bought a \/10, this year, for 7,5\u20ac, dirt cheap. For some that\u2019s a lot of money and they rather spent 1\u20ac for the same card, but the base one. So why would I try and buy low numbered cards to sell in Portugal if the people don\u2019t want it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

International wise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I want to buy inventory to sell on my online platforms\u00a0 (https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/usr\/ohobbyemportugues<\/a>; https:\/\/www.vinted.pt\/member\/109270020<\/a> ) I always do the math on what the best price I can do the item for, or calculate the profit before <\/strong>doing the purchase. If the profit it\u2019s low I don\u2019t buy it. Rather spend it on another card\/sticker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOMO<\/strong> (fear of missing out) it\u2019s also a killer for some. I tend to wait for the good deal instead of being a quick finger on the \u201cbuy now\u201d option on ebay. I try to optimize my $ spending and do the research before making a purchase. You might get bad deals! Study! Study a lot! The more time you dedicate to this, the better you will do!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selling too soon<\/strong> can also be an issue. Patience it\u2019s a virtue. I rather wait than sell on a loss. It took me 3 years to sell a Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 \/10, and sold for 5\u20ac profit. Was it worth it? No. Did I lose money? No!78<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Final Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What can you get from this article? Well, the simple and short answer is: do your own strategy! And learn from those who have some kind of success – not the \u201c 7th day of the week \u201cinvestors\u201d\u201d of the world wide web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohobby out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The market is slowing down and correcting itself after a stupendous 2020 and 2021. But how can you explain that in 2022 I had a 228% increase in revenue when compared with 2021 sales and in 2023 I had an increase of 36% when compared with 2022? In 2024 alone, I have increased the number of total sales, when compared with 2023 for the first trimester and I\u2019m on pace to have, yet again, another year of increased revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65,55],"tags":[66,58],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3242,"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions\/3242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerstickersfc.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}