I hope every person that I’ve ever received a card from watches this video. The amounts of packing tape I remove from top loaders is ridiculous. Btw, thanks for sharing, I learned a lot.

I buy and sell cards on eBay. When I buy cards, I gently snip the tops of the bubble envelopes and save them. When I sell, I reuse the same envelopes and tape over the old shipping labels with the new labels. Another great way to save a few cents. Thank you for the great video!

this was extremely informative -- thank you!

Very important to get a reliable scale! As a postal employee, the other tip I will give you is to always round up on the weight. For example, if your package weighs 3.1 oz, you need to enter 4oz for the shipping weight, or your customers will be charged the postage due for the item. Thanks for the helpful video Mikey B, well done!

Agreed not paying "retail" shipping rates is one of those big things that's not obvious to new shippers

Regarding the cardboard/filler cards, I ALWAYS use them when shipping. I just recycle Amazon boxes and trace the toploader around the cardboard and cut a bunch at once and slip one or two inside of the team bag, fits perfectly! Sure, it takes a little more time but it's so worth it, especially on a high value card. And as long as it's under 3-4 ounces, the shipping costs are the same. Great video!!

Thank you!! This is the most simplified and concise video I've seen on this subject and I've watched a lot!! Didn't think I was ever going to be able to ship anything in my bubble mailers. I can't thank you enough for all your valuable information!!!

Great Info!

This is great! The painters tape suggestion is fantastic thank you.

WOW MIKEY U HAVE SAVED ME TIME IM STARTING UP IN SELLING AND THIS IS SOOOO EASY I WOULD GO TO THE POST OFFICE OMG.. WELL LIVE AND LEARN THANKS TO YOU JUST SUBCRIBED THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH U HAVE DAVED ME TIME AND MONEY WHAT A GOOD WED. THANKS

Nice video, don't undercut yourself you seem professional and legit to me.

Postage part was super helpful didn't know you can do that in pay pal thanks

Just started our own Pokemon store on Ebay and this was SO helpful!! Thank you!!

I always use cardboard just because a top loader itself still has some give but a cardboard sandwich is virtually unbendable and really doesn't have any impact on first class shipping costs. One card in a toploader sandwiched between 16th inch corrugated cardboard in a team bag plus business card and two base card freebies in a penny sleeve weighs 1.45 ounces. If I'm shipping two cards, I can fit them inside of a team bag sandwiched between 3 cut USPS box cardboard pieces (one in front, one in back and one between the two cards). It weighs 2.5 ounces and is just as rigid as the one card method. There is a bit of an extra cost using the corrugated cardboard but if you're shipping enough cards it's pretty marginal. One other tip for using painters tape - I make a pull tab. So, cut about a half inch long piece and fold a small tab on one end. It makes the tape easier to remove because you don't need to use your fingernail to get it started. Just pull up the tab on the back, boom. It removes cleanly and easily. If you want to class it up a bit, the round Avery removable labels work pretty well, too. I laser print my store/site name on the labels and use the tab method to seal the top loader. Just kinda classes it up a bit and looks nice for marketing purposes. My goal is make people remember me so the next time they're looking for something, they see my name and remember "Hey. The last card I got from this guy had really good, cool packaging" and, from my experience, it works. Probably 75% of my business is repeat customers.

Very well done i nevet comment but this video was very clear I mean very clear for me. Thank you

Thanks....starting my card shop next year

thanks for the tips! starting on mailing some cards today and found this super helpful

Just started selling cards on eBay! This helped me alot

Good stuff thanks

Thank you, I've been looking for a vid like this. YOU THE MAN!

Awesome man, thanks !!!!

Thanks for the tips, I’m going to be selling soon. 👍🏻

Just send some cards with more shipping cost than what they were worth! haha, it led me to this video! Thanks so much

Thank you! Great video! I just got into investing in sports cards. I will soon need to ship cards. This is perfect! 👍

Thanks for the info. I'm also from GR, maybe we'll run into each other at a con or show. I think collectors in GR are very fortunate. We have so many shops and shows near us.

great video ... Love it ... Thank you ..... woot woot

Video was great. I'm just starting with a little shop and shipping was the main thing I needed to figure out and this video helped a lot. Thanks Mikey.

Man that was exactly all of the answers I was looking for! Thanks dude😎

Great video! Big help for us noobs! Lol

penny sleeve, top loader, team bag. no need for painters tape. and buy postage through pirateship. easy way to save on bubble mailer. for pwe you can add a small piece of cardboard in the team bag for pwe.

I never knew about the paypal ship now thing dang glad i watched the video been thinking about getting a thermal printer also but the print cut and tape is pretty easy for me lol. I always use spare cardboard to protect toploaded cards dont want to take the risk. Thanks for the info mikey

Very helpful video!

I like your video And i always use a Bubble Mailer I don't believe in using a PWE to send cards in

Great video. Lots of useful information. Thank you.

Great video man very helpful!

So many gems on this video, thank you!

Thank you !!!

Appreciate the video. New to the hobby

Thanks so much for this tip! I’ve been selling for a long time but never realized that I could use PayPal shipping for non-eBay/PayPal orders.

The weight machine killed me 😂😂

Thanks for the video. Very helpful, and will never ship through eBay again!

Thanks mate. Super informative!

Excellent video much appreciated

Thanks Mike! Fellow Michigander

I use scotch flex seal to ship all my stuff it's cheapest easiest way I've found cuz you can cut it to fit each thing you ship 🔥

Very informative video. Thank you!!

I use the same amount of scotch tape that you use for the top loader for the bubble mailer so people could reuse the envelope

Great information man thanks

Very informative, thank you!

Panini sent me point-redempted cards with office tape on the top loader..... Unbelievable. Update: -- I've been following these rules for my eBay sales, and have gotten 100% feedback, sometimes add my own personal touch. This vid is bible

Excellent tips!

Thank you so much Mikey for all this great info! I’m planning on selling sports cards in the near future on eBay. Liked and subscribed

Thank you! Answered a lot of my questions lol

Grand Rapids 🙌🏻

Cool vid man. I do it like you as well.

you should always fold your bubble mailer, so your card doesn't move around inside!

Very helpful brother. Thanks!

good stuff!

Thanks for the tips, I'm about to get back in the business after 25 years and shipping is one thing i need to learn. Could you do a video on how you ship larger items like wax boxes,binder full of cards and large quantities of like 100-1000+ cards

I always see sales for $1 and free shipping on ebay do you know how they do that? I have a bunch of cards i want to get rid of but shipping is a pain

Thanks a bunch for the help here

Thank you for the video! Very informative! Gave you a sub!

I appreciate you man

Here’s a question... What do you think about shipping insurance for high end cards? Should we and how do we do it?

2/2022 4oz first class shipping is now $3.86. $1.20 increase in just 18 months.

Good video my brother, thank you for explaining everything. Quick question, When sending with a Bubble envelope do I need to weight the envelope with the items inside or by itself?

Hey Mike, Great video. You said you don't have to go to the post office -- you do it all from home. Do you just leave it in your mail box for the postal service to pick up? Will they take larger boxes as well?

The ebay envelope service looks good havent tried yet though and its like a dollar without tracking to send a card in toploader just sucks not having tracking I do cheap cards this way

what about the free supplies from the post office?

Goo Gone and a q-tip is how you save those sticky top loaders to reuse them. Goo Gone & J B Weld two of the must have products for every home I use them all the time.

What would be your method of choice for shipping Baster boxes and hanger boxes?

Roughly how many ounces would it weigh to mail 15 cards in penny sleeves and top loaders in a bubble mailer?

I bought a few cards off ebay a couple of months ago, and the seller had wrapped the cards together with packaging tape, and there had to be at least 3 or 4 layers around the cards. Took me 10 minutes to get through all of the tape. What a nightmare.

According to my local Post office . You're not allowed to send anything in an envelope thats ridged or inflexible (apparently the sorting machines could rip them from the envelope). It has to be send as a parcel ......... so $15 more please. When I said well what about gift cards in Birthday cards; she got angry.

Are the envelopes 4x8? I haven't found 5x7 .

Thanks for the informative video mikey, I will definitely reference this when I start shipping this summer. What would the overall ballpark be for all the supplies?

At what price point do you recommend sending a card in a one touch?

Do you have a video about how to pack and ship unopened packs of cards in multiple numbers like four and five pack lots??

How much does one toploaded card in a bubble mailer weigh?

So I'm a Pokémon collector. Poké was my absolute life as a kid. Since my dad was sick, he just wanted spoil the fuck out of me. He sure left his mark, ha. Anywho, I began collecting products again in 2016, and I stumbled across my old friends collection who let me hold it when he "borrowed" money. Point being is I have SO MANY NBA, and MLB topps cards in MINT. some graded. I'll give u some for free, I have no use, but I'll accept Pokémon OR simply just help me figure out which cards are worth value. You could have any other cards left over since I honestly have no use for them at all.

Ebay adds the tracking # itself

I shipped a card in a top loader, with two other cards one on each side to help protect the middle card, all 3 had top loaders. In a regular cardboard mailer instead of the bubble mailer. Do you think it will be okay?

whats the point of taping when you're gonna seal it with a team bag?

What about insurance? Do you have a rule for when you add insurance?

What’s the cost to ship a single card top loader in a small bubble mailer? It’s is same as PWE using FOREVER stamp?

Good stuff. How do you mail it? Drop off somewhere or put it in your mailbox at home?

So you can print the label and tape it to the package. Then put it in your mailbox for usps to pick up and then ship it? What about stamps?

What's the best way to ship wax packs individually in the mail. I won a bunch of 1980's baseball card wax pack cases at auction and want to sell the packs individually on eBay. The price of shipping needs to be low but still protect the pack. The cheaper the shipping the cheaper I can as for the packs to sell them better. Any help would be great. Thanks.

Really good stuff. Im a rookie

Do you take the package into a usps store or do you just put it into your mailbox?

I know this is stupid to ask but can I ship a bubble mailer with tracking included? (That I would pay for)

Some people chargd under $1 shipping for a card. Is that just an envelope plus a stamp?

Hi thanks for the video. Just wanted to know if green painters tape is ok to use or only blue?

What if you sell cards for 5 or less is it worth it because the shipping label?

What is a teen bag? You didn't post any of the products in description? what are the little plastic bags called that you put the hard case in

I'm just wondering how it's that cheap to ship. I don't have a printer so I go to the post office. The cheapest first class option is always $3.70 something and sometimes it's over $4 if it's going to certain states.

does the mailman just pick these up when they drop off mail?

what if you used the postage through ebay? would that be cheaper?

Do you use envelopes with bubble inside or no bubble

What size printing labels do you use for the 5x7 envelopes? I'm seeing a lot of 4"x6" thermal printers online. Is that the right printing label size?