Online trading card seller

Collectors, players and casual fans across Canada and sometimes abroad, plus parents buying gifts.

You buy stock at wholesale, from collections or at trades, and sell at a markup. Singles usually carry better margins than sealed products, and accessories add steady small sales.

• Knowing card games and card values
• Careful photos and listings
• Packing and shipping orders
• Keeping track of stock and prices

• Register your business name and check whether you need a home-based business licence from your municipality
• Register for GST/HST once revenue passes the small supplier threshold, and check how provincial sales tax applies in your province
• Fake or altered cards: learn to spot counterfeits and describe condition honestly
• Card prices can swing quickly, so avoid putting all your money into one hot product
• Insure higher value shipments or use tracked shipping, and check whether your home insurance covers business stock
• Check marketplace fees and cross-border shipping and customs rules before selling to the US

Estimates suggest startup costs typically around $500 to $5,000, depending on how much card stock you buy, your packing supplies and whether you set up your own website alongside marketplaces.

Register your business name and check whether your municipality requires a home-based licence. Check GST/HST once revenue passes the small supplier threshold, provincial sales tax, marketplace fees, and cross-border shipping and customs rules for US sales. Learn to spot counterfeit cards.

Estimates suggest monthly revenue typically around $500 to $4,000, depending on your stock, pricing and sales channels. Card prices can swing quickly, so avoid putting all your money into one hot product.