Daily Grindstone #5

What’s going on, Card Grinders? I’ve had a relatively productive long weekend. How has yours gone?

There are a number of new updates and minor news items concerning TCG Bulk Kings I am able to report. 

There have been a few cosmetic updates to the website, with the intent to make some pages more legible. I didn’t realize that on some pages we were displaying light gray text on a more differenter light gray background – sorry about that. Hopefully it’s been fixed, but if you have any issues with site function or legibility, please email me or leave a comment on one of these posts. I’ll gladly do my best to fix it up.

I’ve updated the Categories in the WooShop to properly display with new current inventory numbers and information. 

We’ve added BETCKEY Premium Labels to the main page as one of the major resources for supplies. If you’re needing thermal labels, or even a new label printer, make sure you grab them from BETCKEY and take advantage of the discount they’ve set up for me. Purchasing through my link also helps support the business as well making me look good to BETCKEY so they continue to offer this discount for you all.

I’ve continued to work on these inventory management spreadsheets I’ve been talking about. Tell me – what kind of features would you like in an inventory management system? What specific details would you like to see at a glance on a dashboard? If your ideas are both something I can accomplish and seem like they’d be genuinely helpful to lots of people, I’ll do my best to incorporate them into my finished product.

I have finished moving houses, and have gotten the bare bones of my office back to working order. I still need to set up my inventory shelves and clear out enough space to have a table out there. Those are my goals for this evening. Also to get back to listing in larger quantities again. I started listing cards from the 1991 Topps Micro baseball set, which was fun, if a bit time consuming. Hoping to have those all listed by the end of this week (have a complete set, but I feel like they’ll sell better individually). Check them out on the Ebay store, and if you want to pick one up, let me know so I can throw it onto the WooShop for you.

Finally, I would like to bring to everyone’s attention that I have an envelope tracking service tied to my site now. If you make a purchase for single cards through the WooShop, and your order is under $25 and is few enough cards to send in a Plain White Envelope, then you will automatically get tracking attached to your PWE shipment. There is no extra fee for this – it is covered in the existing shipping payment or else in your free shipping if your order qualifies. Orders of higher numbers of cards or higher value orders will have standard parcel tracking as normal. This PWE tracking works similarly to Ebay Standard Envelope, though with a bit less detail in the tracking. Once your order ships, we will send you a link at which you can track your order. Currently it tells you the ZIP code in which it was most recently scanned. The service I’m using is called CardPathfinder, feel free to check them out. I think they are a great service and plan to use them going forward. They are also always looking to continuously improve their service, which I think is great.

Anyways, I’m going to get to work on a few things now. Going to see if I can continue to improve these inventory spreadsheets some, as well as a few other projects I’m working on. Hoping to get those shelves set up this evening, and get some more cards listed.

Cheers!