If You Have The Time, COMC Has the Flips. (By "Time," 15 Mins Here and There. By "Flips" Potentially Hundreds in Profit.)
Only 237 people read this article since I published. I have 1.5K subscribers. Anyone interested in utilizing a new platform to flip cards should at least read this to see if it makes sense for them.
This is not buying or investment advice. I’m simply reporting the data I’m seeing or sharing my own personal tips and experiences. Please do your own research and make your own decisions. Just because cards have increased in value up to this point or have sold at a certain amount, it doesn’t mean they will continue to do so.
I don’t like to repost old articles for the heck of it. I also don’t like to create new content that doesn’t offer much value.
So since it’s a bit of a slower day, and I’ve seen an uptick in people interested in learning more about COMC, I’m bringing everyone’s attention to this post.
So you know, COMC has never paid me for talking about their platform.
But, perhaps stupidly, I’ve done so - positively - an absurd amount of times—videos, blogs, you name it. I’m an ambassador without ever being asked to be.
Really, if you have the time, COMC has the flips.
Especially if you have advanced card knowledge, COMC can become your favorite flipping playground. If you have advanced knowledge PLUS discipline to not make bad buys, you might never leave the site/app.
In a nutshell, you can buy a card on COMC and immediately reprice it for sale. You’ll never be shipped the card and you’ll never have to ship it out. You purchase and the card is virtually transferred to you inventory. (You CAN have cards shipped home, if you want.)
And, a big one—your cards are listed on both COMC and eBay. There is a very strong relationship between the two platforms which means you can do a lot of different things like send your cards to eBay auction via COMC, etc.
There are fees of course, because it’s a business that needs to make money. I encourage you to get familiar with them here.
Last year was my slowest year on COMC. I just don’t have the time to surf as much as I did and if you don’t buy, you don’t flip. I still pop on every now and then.
I bring it up because with the methods below, things get really competitive. As in, a card is listed for sale and SECONDS later it is purchased. And while I’m not tooting my own horn, not having me on COMC as much means one less of the more advanced flippers on the platform. There are others, though.
Warnings:
It’s easy to rush and make a bad card buy; this kills profits.
Don’t forget to factor in the 10% cash out fee (see fees page.)
Stick to what you know best
Tips:
Read the article below for exactly how I do things.
Utilize all of the different ways to sell a card on COMC/eBay
Start small!
Always remember scarcity. It’s key.
So with that, here is the original article.
Questions or comments? You know where to find me!
Turning a card you bought for a few bucks into a monster sale is possible.
Some of my best card flips include:
1998-99 Fleer Brilliants 24KT Gold #69TG Chauncey Billups #/24: bought for $7.95, sold for $800:
2021 Panini Prizm Draft Picks - Draft Picks Autographs Red Prizm #DPA-TLW Trevor Lawrence #/199: bought for $65, sold for $350.
(I even asked COMC if I could return it to the seller because I was sure it was a mistake, but the seller had to make the request, and never did.)
1998-99 Skybox Thunder - Noyz Boyz #2 NB Ray Allen: bought for $20, sold for $155.
2015 Panini Prizm Panini Rewards White Sparkle Prizm #7 John Elway: bought for $14.75, sold for $132.50.
1996-97 Fleer Ultra Scoring King #4 Michael Jordan: bought for $20, sold for $335.
(And there are more! There are also related sales fees, as there are with everything…some of which are shown here, some that aren’t. Either way, the slips remain!)
What do they all have in common?
Right place + right time + a little knowledge = great flip. Here is what I mean.
Where to Find Card Flips (and When)
“Right place” in this instance was COMC (Check Out My Cards; COMC.com). The right time? As soon as the cards hit the site for sale.
You see, COMC has many filters and sorting options, but the best for flipping is “recently added.”
Hold On—What Even is COMC?
Before jumping in even deeper, if you’re not familiar with COMC, it’s a huge sports card consignment platform, where card sellers send their cards to the COMC warehouse, and COMC scans the cards and then populates the card details on the site.
Once the cards are processed, the buyer is able to price their cards and list them for sale. It’s at that point that the cards hit the site, available for purchase.
I don’t know how many cards COMC processes per day, but I’m not exaggerating when I say if you sort by recently added and then refresh the page even a second later, you’ll see a new wave of fresh cards that have literally just been added for sale.
It’s like a virtual card show; I can’t get enough of it. You can jump on any time of day, and browse for as long as you want to. Not to mention that cards don’t have to change hands!
Because they are all stored in the COMC warehouse, you can buy a card and reprice it for sale in seconds. (You can ship home if you want, but it’s not the default action.)
I’m also not exaggerating when I say that the great card deals that hit the site are gone in seconds (seriously—you’re lucky if anything lasts more than a minute).
So, you’re not alone. I’ve been doing this for a few years now and I sure as heck wasn’t the first. Since then, I’ve seen many others join the fun.
Deals like this might be fewer and farther between, and they might go even faster when they present themselves, but the opportunity is there.
And if you’re wondering whether or not you need to know the ins and outs of every single card in order to be able to pounce on it, you don’t actually.
Here are some tricks.