Potentially light at the end of this tunnel. Apparently TCGplayer are working on this as a big bug rather than intentional dilution of the usefulness of the Direct program.
At least that’s what they’ve told this commenter.
Hopefully this ends up being just a big mess up on TCGplayer’s back end when they rolled out some UI/UX updates over the summer.
But the lack of communication that is still going on kind of points to a big drop in the trust associated with the TCGplayer brand, which was already losing ground in the last year or so.
If you aren’t aware of what this is referencing, I did a video a few days ago about the issues going on at TCGplayer with the Direct program. Video is here: https://youtu.be/X8a01ehcjkY
In other news, I’ve finished adding in all the website support for Flesh and Blood to be fully in the Shop. So you can be thankful you won’t have to listen to me blather on about that anymore lol. I am getting stock from each of the sets added as I can (added a bunch of Monarch yesterday). Some sets will still be empty until I can get to them in the next few days.
I am remixing my inventory spread across my platforms, starting with Flesh and Blood. My plan at the start, as sort of an initial condition, is to stock 5 of each unique card I have available on the website. Then put the rest onto the TCGplayer marketplace as sort of a shoppable backstock area. I haven’t settled on a pricing strategy between the two yet, but I think this mix will be good for ensuring I have plenty in stock on the website. If some cards sell, I can replenish them from the TCGplayer inventory easily enough.
This doesn’t include the Featured and Unique listings that each product line will have. Each card there will get it’s own individual listing, and so won’t be tied to this inventory priority mixing. I’ve only got Magic Featured and Unique listed so far, but there will be similar sections for each category eventually. Been adding to the Magic section too, with some really nice looking Unlimited cards. Well, a lot of them are pretty beat up, but a lot of them are pretty good looking too, and all of them are sleeve-playable =]
The Magic c/u bulk has been selling… okayly. That’s definitely a word. A few boxes here and there – still have many boxes left from the first batch prepared, and the first ones sold are on their way to the buyers. Make sure you get some soon, or some of the other bulk that I have available still, including Pokemon, Weiss Schwarz, and a bit of other stuff still left. I think with just a bit more sales, I’m really going to be able to consider myself as mostly caught up
Until next time, cheers!