by Bradburn » Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:56 pm
How to Sell Your Pokemon Cards Steps 1. First, locate the cards and collectibles! Sounds easy, but if you haven't used them since you were eight, they can be hard to find! # Afterwards, there are two different ways you can organize them if they are "mixed up":# First Method:# Sort them by their 'set'. The most accurate sellers will learn about the sets their cards belong in, so the buyer knows exactly which ones they're buying. A 'set' is identified by a small symbol that is either in the bottom right-hand corner of the Pokemon illustration(old sets), or on the bottom right-hand corner of the whole card(new sets). To learn which symbols stand for which sets, look up the Pokemon on Ebay and match the illustrations and attacks with ones you see- the set should be listed.# Now, sort them using the numbers at the bottom right-hand corner of the card(all sets). There should be two numbers, one for the number of the actual card, a dash(/) and then one for the number of cards in the entire set(i.e. a Charizard with 5/102 is number 5 out of 102 cards). There are a few exceptions to these: Base set cards, which were one of the first three sets released in America, do NOT have any symbol on the card(they are the only ones like this), and Promos, which only have one number denoting what number the card is("Ivy" Pikachu, for example, is number 1 out of the first released series of "Black Star Promos").# Put all of your cards in protective soft sleeves(also called 'Penny Sleeves') which should protect them from UV light. Afterwards, it is preferable to put them either in "top loaders"(hard plastic cases to prevent bending) or in 9-pocket card sleeves that are held in binders. All of these things can be purchased at a Wal-Mart store or a card collecting store, and the best brand to get is Ultra-Pro.# Make a list of all the cards you have(again, by their set). You'll notice that some cards have stars in the bottom right-hand corners, some have diamonds, and some have circles. Once your cards are organized by number, you'll see the stars first, the diamonds next, and the circles last. Then you see the trainers, and the cycle repeats, and if there are any 'Secret Rares', there will be Pokemon at the end of your set with stars. If not, that's fine too. Stars mean a Pokemon is Rare, diamonds mean it is Uncommon, and circles mean Common. Rare cards sell, of course, for much more than the others.NOTE If your cards are Japanese, and the star/diamond/circle symbol is WHITE instead of black, it denotes an ultra rare card. Also, with Japanese cards, if the symbol is that of three stars, it is an ultra rare premium card- the hardest cards to find!# Time to price them! Card prices fluctuate all the time, and to save you money buying a guide that may not be accurate, just go on Ebay and look up completed listings of the card(s) you want to sell! Most of the time cards sell for more than they are listed as they're worth in magazines, and other times they sell for less. The only way to tell is to see what's going on with the actual buyers!# Now you need to set up a page to describe your cards that you'll use to draw people into buying them. Be sure to list what set it belongs to, the number(i.e. "This card is from Dragon Frontiers and is x/104"), it's rarity(Rare, uncommon, common, secret rare, etc), and condition(Mint, Near-Mint, Fair, Played with, Poor, etc). Describe them down to every detail so the buyer knows for sure what they're getting! Of course, make sure to tell them if the card has any bends or scratches- it'll hurt the value if it does, but it's better for the price to go down a few pennies than you to get bad feedback and lose buyers.# List them on Ebay or another reputable selling site. Most only take a very small amount for profit, so it's very cheap to use them! If you'd rather sell them in real life, then you can do that also!# Second Method:# Sort them into four piles of cards -- one Pokemon, one trainer, one energy, and the last miscellaneous cards * Sort your Pokemon out into piles of each type, eg.: Pikachu, Ratatta * Sort the other piles out into Trainer and Energy * Sort Trainer out into each type, eg.: Switch, Potion * Sort Energy out into piles of each eg.: Lightning, Grass 13. Count each pile you have, make a record and "Post-It" on each pile, with the number in(and value of) that pile written on it. 14. Go to http://www.pokemontradingcards.net/ and use the links on the left to get onto huge lists of cards, and work-out the individual cost of each card you own. 15. Make a table, with the columns as card name, quantity, individual value and total value(quantity multiplied times the individual value), you could even use Excel, or similar software. 16. At the bottom of the quantity and total costs column, get a total, so you know how many of each card you have and the total value of your Pokemon Card Collection.http://www.wikihow.com/Sell-Your-Pokemon-Cards Sources: http://www.wikihow.com/Sell-Your-Pokemon-Cards Bhavani 53 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.