What is a Stack Sale for Trading Cards?

A stack sale for trading cards is when multiple cards are posted for sale overtime and buyers can, pick and choose what cards they would like to buy. By saying the words Claim or Making an Offer. It is not uncommon to have the ability to negotiate prices for what cards the purchaser wants. After The buyer has been acknowledged by the seller, the card is added to their “stack” with an agreement to buy at the agreed upon price. Most sellers have a listed date for the end of the Stack Sale. At the end of the Sale, the buyer pays for their stack, and all of their cards are mailed at once. Almost everyone that does stack sales has a slightly different way of doing things. Make sure to look around and find the stack sale that works best for you.

Stack Sales For Buyers

How to Claim Cards

1. To claim a card that is posted, simply comment on the post that you want the card or place an offer. Any form of communication is fine as long as the intent is clear.
2. Most Sellers will like your post/claim to verify that the card is being added to your stack. But we suggest that you work with a seller that communicates in the comments or directly with you, That the card is yours. If the seller doesn’t like your post or leave a comment, assume that you did not get the card. Once again we suggest working with a seller that will communicate to you that the card is yours or is already claimed. Most sellers will work on a first come first serve basis. For instance when multiple people attempt to claim the same card, the card will go in the order that the notification arrives in their feed from Twitter or whatever other platform the Stack Sale might be running on.
3. Most sellers will send you an itemized update if you ask them to see what you have in your open stack. Never be afraid to ask questions in anyway. It is very easy to lose track of what cards you have claimed and what the total amount that you owe is.

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Deposits and Payments

1. Most sellers not all will require a deposit of some kind. After your stack total reaches a certain amount that they will have stated. Some sellers will also require a full payment when and if your stack reaches a certain total. Furthermore ever seller is different and has their own rules. Learn them before making a purchase.
2. Most of the time you can pay for your cards anytime you’re ready to have them shipped.
3. Some Sellers might provide an option for you to pay for 50% of your current stack total. And continue building your stack. This will help with your ultimate end cost for your stack.
4. Sometimes when you are inactive and not adding cards into your stack. Or If your stack total is less than a stated amount. For Example if you haven’t added any new cards to your stack within two weeks, your stack might be due in full. Again this is completely up to the seller it their Stack Sale.
5. WARNING – This is very important please do not make any purchases using unprotected forms of payments. Always make sure that you can get a refund in case anything happens. Please be familiar with this because you must remain protected. One of the most common ways for fake sellers to scam people is the PayPal Friends and Family option of pay. Please never use the Friends and Family option when purchasing trading cards. Unless they are Friends and Family, because this form of payment comes with no protection.

​​Stack Sale Shipping Options

There are 3 Ways of Shipping a Stack Sale. These choices are normally up to the buyer to choose from.

1. PWE – PWE stands for Plain White Envelope. This option of shipping is the Cheaper of the two mailing options. But it comes without tracking and is completely unguaranteed to arrive. Furthermore it also comes with a limit on how many cards you can ship at once.
2. BMWT – BMWT stands for Bubble Mailer with tracking. This option comes with Tracking and is in a protective Bubble Mailer. This is the preferred option for serious trading card collectors that want to know that their cards will arrive safely. This option Has a larger amount of cards that you can send at once.
3. Local pick up – Local pick up is just that. You build your stack and then you and the seller pick an agreed upon meeting place. Where you and the seller will meet and you will pick up you cards and complete your payment.

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Stack Sale Trading Cards For Sellers

SO there is a lot of things we need to cover if you want be a stack seller of trading cards. I think the best way to do this is for your first to ask yourself, “Do I have enough time to run a good stack sale?”. If the answer is yes, lets get you ready to run a great stack sale for trading cards or anything else. You want to figure out whether or not your going to have a set theme for your sale. Will it be multi sport and year or will it be a specific set or sport? These are the types of things you need to communicate to your potential participants of your Stack Sale.

Pre Stack Sale Set Up

1. Organize your cards that you have planed to involve in your stack sale. Make sure that you have some type of organizational Technik. We suggest using a sku for each card to keep track of what sells the easiest.
2. You want to have clear game plan as far as what start date time and end time you want to run your stack sale on.
3. Always make sure you have enough supplies. We suggest having ample bubble mailers, penny sleeves, Envelopes, stamps, and cardboard inserts. Furthermore its not required but a little bubble wrap never hurt nobody. Plan for ever card to sell to someone different. If you do this with supplies you will never run out when you need them.
4. You want to make Promotional materials Stating what cards will be in your Stack Sale. Also include all of your important details of your stacks sale. Such as your starting and ending Dates and Times, How you go about acknowledging claims etc…
5. If your running your first stack sale ever. Start promoting as early as possible in as many places as possible as much as possible.

Running Your Stack Sale Trading Cards The Right Way

1. Communication is key! As a seller you always want to be available and ready to answer any question about your stack sale.
2. Details are everything make sure that convey all your appropriate Details.
   • What form of payments you take
   • Will you require a deposit or will you have a stack cap where you require them to pay and start a new stack.
   • Start Time and End Time
   • Forms of shipping you provide
   • will you accept offers or is everything a fixed price
3. Pictures! Make sure you take crisp pictures with good lighting.
4. Informative titles for every card you post the more details about the card the better. Make sure to include the year of the card, player, set, variation if it applies and your asking price.
5. Make sure that you keep everyone’s stacks separate and everyone gets what they pay for. A common mistake by new sellers is to just keep selling and then try to separate the cards later. Do it as you go trust me its easier.

Ending and Shipping your Stack Sale of Trading Cards

When ending you stacks sale what we first stated will play major role. If you have maintained good communication. your stack sale should end rather smoothly. Now lets go over the proper way to close out your stack sale.

1. get out a calculator and gets totals for each one of you’re individual stacks. This should be very easy if you have stayed organized and added to your stacks as you went. Like we suggested.
2. After you have your totals contact everybody that made claims to your trading cards and built stacks during your stack sale.
3. again communication is key. Messaging everyone that has a stacked sale is vital and you must provide them with options of shipping and payment if there is any.
4. after each fire finishes their purchases and completes their stacks you pack up their trading cards and send them to the appropriate addresses that were provided by the buyers.

Congratulations You just finished your first Stack Sale