Reference library
Resources
The practice no longer sells cards. The articles, guides and videos stay as a reference library.The practice no longer sells cards. The writing stays because it is the record of the expertise the practice is built on: 81 articles, 10 guides, 83 videos and an eight-week course on authentication, condition, pricing and running a card business.
Read it as a record of the work, not as a shop. Where an article describes selling, it describes a business that has since become an independent practice. Questions about the practice itself are answered in Sleeve Notes.
Three learning tracks
Start with the track written for you
Insurers and legal
Risk and legal valuation
How card values are established, what moves them, and where the legal and insurance risk sits.
18 articles
Insurance documentationShop owners
Scale your operations
Running a card business: sourcing, pricing, sales, marketing, operations and growth.
56 articles
Training and staff certificationEveryday collectors
Protection and care
Starting out, keeping cards in the condition you bought them, and telling real from fake.
7 articles
Authentication opinions
Start here
Two guides that answer the questions we are asked most
Is it real, and is it worth grading. Read the guide, then get the answer on paper.
Authentication & Avoiding Counterfeits
The checks that separate genuine cards from fakes, and the scams to watch for.
Card Grading Investment Strategy
Which cards are worth grading, how the companies differ, and what grading really costs.
For shop owners
Eight guides on running the shop
How to Source Pokemon Cards Profitably
Pricing Strategy for Maximum Profit
Building Your Online Presence from Zero
Inventory Management Systems That Scale
Social Media Marketing Blueprint
Setting Up Your First Pokemon Shop
Scaling from Hobby to Full-Time Business
Building Customer Loyalty & Repeat Business
The whole library
Learn and watch
- 81
Articles
Authentication, condition, values and the business of cards, by topic.
- 83
Videos
Sealed-product openings, fakes and grading from the channel, grouped by topic.
- 8 weeks
The course
Running a card business: sourcing, pricing, platforms, operations, legal and scaling.
Appraisal
Want a written opinion on what your cards are worth?
A written appraisal states the value, the purpose and the reasoning, with photographs. Read about appraisals