{"product_id":"the-pullpack-guide","title":"The PullPack Card Guide","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMost people who try to make money with trading cards lose it in two places, and neither one is the card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe first is pricing. They comp against asking prices instead of completed sales, or against graded sales when they're holding a raw card. The second is fees. A $40 card does not pay $40 — once the platform's cut, the per-order fee, postage and packaging come out, the number that lands in your account is closer to $33. Buy without knowing that number and the margin was gone before the card arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBoth are fixable, and neither requires you to predict what any card will be worth next year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEach edition teaches one stage end to end: how that stage actually works, the sourcing lanes that fit the capital you have, the fee and condition math behind every decision, and a dated plan that starts deliberately small.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt's taught as a repeatable process. The point is that you can evaluate a collection you've never seen, in a set nobody is talking about, two years from now — not just recognise the examples in the guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat's inside every edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the stage works and who it fits, with the capital and hours it actually takes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe real fee structure of every major channel, and how to work backwards from what you keep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComping properly: sold listings, condition matching, the window, and the outliers to drop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition grading against the standard the buyer uses, not the one the seller used\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSourcing lanes with offer formulas and written walk-away triggers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe money rules: cost basis, reinvestment, dead stock, and what records to keep from day one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA dated plan — 30 days, 90 days, or five years depending on the edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mistakes, written from the point of view of the ledger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eChoose your edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStarter — your first $1,000.\u003c\/strong\u003e The fee table nobody reads first, five-minute comping, three sourcing lanes that work on small capital, condition grading at your desk, listing and shipping without eating the margin, and a 30-day plan that starts with one small buy. Best if you're starting out or have been selling without knowing your real margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScaling — running it like a store.\u003c\/strong\u003e What breaks between $1,000 and $10,000 a month: buying collections at size with an offer ladder, routing inventory to the channel that pays most for it, live-selling math, throughput systems, cash cycle and float, books and record-keeping, and a 90-day plan. Best if you're already selling and your constraint has become time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvesting — sealed, vintage and graded holds.\u003c\/strong\u003e The four variables that decide whether something holds value, why in-print sealed isn't a hold, population reports, position sizing, storage and insurance, exits, and a chapter on risk that doesn't flatter the category. Best if you want to hold for years rather than flip for weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFormat and access\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDigital PDF, delivered instantly by email after checkout. Access for 12 months from purchase, including any updates released in that window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat this is not\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis isn't an appraisal service, a signal group, or a promise of profit. We don't tell you what to buy and we don't value your collection. What you get is a method for deciding that yourself, with a fee calculation and a walk-away price attached — and the honesty that cards are an illiquid, volatile market where plenty of people lose money, which is exactly why the process matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e2. Add-on product descriptions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrading \u0026amp; Authentication Playbook — $14.99\u003c\/strong\u003e The long version of the condition chapter, with the submission math worked out: how to pre-grade a card at your own desk in ten minutes, what the market actually pays for each company's label, the 2026 service levels and what they cost, the landed-cost formula (the published fee is only about two thirds of it), expected-value arithmetic with worked examples, how to read a population report, submission mechanics, and the ten situations where the answer is simply don't grade it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInventory, Fees \u0026amp; Profit Workbook — $9.99\u003c\/strong\u003e An Excel workbook that does every calculation in the guides. A fee calculator comparing what you keep on each channel side by side, a grading break-even sheet that returns an expected value and a verdict, a 200-row inventory ledger that computes fees, net, margin and days held on its own, and a dashboard reporting margin, turns, dead stock and performance by channel. Recalculated, zero formula errors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeller Template Pack — $5.99\u003c\/strong\u003e Five printable sheets: sourcing checklist, buy sheet with an offer calculator, grading submission log, pack-and-ship checklist, and a weekly review. Ninety seconds each. The paperwork that turns the method into a habit — including the submission log that tells you how optimistic your own grading eye is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Starter","offer_id":67790177468784,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Scaling","offer_id":67790177501552,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Investing","offer_id":67790177534320,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1036\/9469\/6816\/files\/Image.jpg?v=1792509878","url":"https:\/\/packpull.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pullpack-guide","provider":"Pack Pull","version":"1.0","type":"link"}