2025 Goal maintain $500,000 sales
2024 has been a year of learning more about the Pokemon world.
Hit my goal in Oct and took a month vacation in Nov.
-Highlights
-Lowlights
Got burnt out after hitting my goal of $500K.
- Profit margins shrinking
- Many people trying to import directly
- Prices moving up on Pokemon in Japan
New adventures of Pokemon
- Sell Sealed
- Sell more Graded
- Sell Less Raw ultra modern
- Start Social Media
- Sell on more platforms.
Possible ideas.
- Start a grading company
- Open in other countries
- Hire employees
Also, try not to argue with negative people.
happy 2025
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Wishing you success in your goals for 2025. Also hopefully more fruitful conversations whenever you share updates.
Cheers!
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First 2 weeks of 2025. Have some motivation again.
Jan 1, 2025 - Jan 15, 2025
Gross sales (not profit)
$24,545.00
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4,171 orders last 30 days.
Raw is doing great.
Buying only for sealed.
slabs coming in. (changing direction again). Taking too long again.
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Just curious, do you have a preference or see more value for a particular grading company or it is irrespective of the company.
Cheers!
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All grading companies have a place. It really depends how the submitter can use the grading company to their own benefit. Most people let the grading companies take advantage of them.
HIGH END . PSA ONLY
All the rest should be for flipping and making money.
Disclaimer. I grade with 4 different companies currently. I could start my own grading company and compete comp wise with 3 of them on the low end market. Pretty much at launch.
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Jan 2025
Lower Gross sales but great ROI as most sales were raw singles.
Happy. Little behind goals for gross sales, ROI is excellent though.
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Would love to buy from you, king. Lmk where I can do so
looking at 1099s
April was the High in gross revenue ,$70,000+ (people here motivated me)
Nov Gross revenue $11,000+ ( One month vacation.)
99% Singles , so the ROI is MUCH higher than sealed sellers.
This can be a Big Business if taken seriously, I do this as a hobby and fun. Approx 20 hrs a week total.
Pokemon is a great business for anyone thinking about it. Right now i am on the fence about going almost fulltime and work Sealed and Slabs into selling.
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GTA 6 gonna release before tokyo gives us the shop 
2 days of work $8000 gross sales. Had some time during sat and sun for superbowl weekend. (EAGLES !) Decided to try working not hobbying is project. Put in 7 hours a day on sat and sun.
This easily can be a million dollar one man operation, BUT it becomes more a JOB than a fun project hobby.
Great results for 2 days, not so fun.
Gross sales and ROI was great. 95% raw singles . If i were to add sealed and slabs at the same rate as raw. This i probably a 1.5-2 million gross sales one man operation with great returns, but this will become a JOB. I am not looking for a JOB.
sat/sun sales. This is a Job. not for me
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Tokyo, I’ve been rooting for you and your business, but you’ve crossed a line here that I can’t forgive.
I cannot in good conscience support an Eagles fan. That is a sin too great to overcome.
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What are you Chiefs??? That’s an even greater sin I’m sorry but I don’t know if I can be in this thread if there are chiefs fans,(I don’t watch football that much so don’t take this seriously) Philadelphia has good cream cheese therefore their team is my team
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Ewww, who said anything about me being a Chiefs fan?
I just hate the shitbirds
Jan 1, 2025 - Feb 28, 2025
$85,629.00
Feb 1, 2025 - Feb 28, 2025
$42,380.00
- Singles still strong.
- This could be $1,000,000 gross sales a year if someone puts full time hours.
- Grading companies all suck and taking to long , lucky only a small percentage of my sales are grading and sealed. (less tha 2% this month)
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Congratulations on the progress this far.
Genuinely curious, for someone in your position, does it make sense to still pursue the less than 2% of graded cards and go through the headache of long wait times? What stops you from pivoting 100% to singles. Is it that some of your buyer base expects some graded cards from you?
Also, I know you mentioned dipping your toes in having a small scale grading company yourself. Would you consider offloading that 2% volume to a similar newer graded company if it means faster turn around times. Or does the reputation with the company still matters when trying to sell graded cards?
Thanks and cheers!
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graded cards brings in different types of collectors. The turnaround times are not really worth it financially, but helps bring in “grading” flippers that see the minty raw i sell.
as for my own grading company, The following i have developed trust my judgement and cards i sell. Many will use my service cause the cards will initially be direct from my inventory, just slabbed from the start. Just in the works right now. Really for expansion.
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