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Whats CGC 300... Is that a new Miller movie???

I kinda got excited when I first heard in the forecast that you could fit 2 Harvey's in one Irma

lest we forget

Homer Warhol! On a side note: when you get a like from Marwood & I, youre getting 2 in one!!

.. Only with better art

Lolol the voldi-board! That's an excellent comparison. FB is more like Craigslist in that regard. People don't utilizate hashtag searches with it as much as they do on IG for some reason it seems. Whats always important to remember is that the majority (not all) of users in each individual network (eBay, fb, Amazon) don't buy on the other platforms. That's key! So you'll basically move items quicker on all fronts instead of waiting for each platform to pick up when it's down

Ok so with Amazon it's all about knowing your market. I have a list of slabs that I buy DIRT CHEAP on eBay and move quickly on Amazon. of course I would never give that list away since it took me years to learn which books move better on Amazon. I will only tell you that Amazon works better with popular books. Not rare or big grails

There are several groups on fb but for me this one works the best. Maybe because most are local to my area? I don't know. i also do well with fb marketplace which is HUGE but on that one I do well with big collections (at least 4-5 boxes)

While I agree, I've learned that it's wise to spread your inventory on several outlets instead of one. There are times where books will sit and sit & sit on eBay as well I never EVER thought I'd make more money on Amazon than eBay selling comics. But although eBay brings more shekels, Amazon does at times when eBay is slow af. I am now concentrating more on IG & fb. And lo and behold.. it works!! so now I have 2 oiled machines that work well and 2 new ones in the works

Major lazer have a few LP comic covers but their animated series is so hysterical I just had to share

Funny I get this message around the same time this post was listed

If u got the joke and replied it only means one thing

Yup. I believe that this is the modern collector's identity. Buy what excites us... ... Oh and sell if the price is right Of course we all have our grails/runs/other oddities that we'll never part with. Thats why the hobby keeps expanding. We share our trophies and get others to salivate over our finds muahahaha Another interesting thing on IG which I hardly see on eBay anymore is informative collectors; I have about a dozen who I follow on IG that post kickass books and write info about them and what makes them special in their opinion. Again, its simply a collector who is excited by the hobby and wants to share what excites him/her. On eBay its mainly misinformation. Just someone listing hype searchwords in the hopes of getting a poor soul to break a bill on their BS.

what people forget is that we deal with collectibles. And a big part of buying collectibles that excite us, is showing them to others. IG has only that function in mind. It THEN turns to sales. If you treat it like that, you will get more followers, more interaction. THEN more sales. If u go there with the notion that u wanna sell some books you'd get swallowed by an ocean of spammers

As a seller on IG I post pics and vids of books I sell. I get instant reply. Added daily users and that enhances my visibility = more sales. On fb I don't get the same response on single books. Only on lots. Kinda like I won't list single books on Craigslist. Only lots

Just like in any community/social network - keep with the good sellers. Avoid the . Problem solved. Do u remember how eBay was 10-15 years ago? It was the Wild West over there. It kinda is with Instagram now. But the potential is there big league. I had good sales on IG with single books (And even better buys) and good sales with fb with Lots/collections. Maybe that's just me but that's what I took from it Again, the IG users running raffles are nonexistent to me. Much like the spammers on eBay are nonexistent to me. And there are far more of the latter

I never said IG is better than eBay. I said it has INCREDIBLE potential based on userbase, interest, interaction & current tech trends. All of these things point to IG, more than any other platform at the moment, as a very promising network. Let me repeat what you quoted me on which had absolutely no relation to what you replied: The only thing that needs to happen is for the community to set standards for book numbering through hashtags and it's a wrap. The proper way to use IG today, is to save your hashtags searches & users. Block the scammers. I dont have them on my feeds, and the 1-5% that pop up weekly I block immediately. Its kidna the equivalent of searching newly listed items/items ending soon on eBay. Thats usually what I do on eBay when Im looking for finds anyways so to me it works better through IG cause the feed is much clearer and I am searching within my network mostly. And again, IF, the community decided that there is a need to list books through hashtags AND progress was made in that direction, you would have a PERFECT alternative to eBay. Its not rocket science And btw, scammers on a much larger magnitude exist on eBay and much more so on Craigslist. If you are searching for an IH181 on eBay, u will likely end up with 50 magnets, posters, grab bags and beach towels before your relevant feed even starts. And I dont know where youre from, but over here (NY) I get 100 times better deals on Craigslist than on eBay. Craigslist is still king to me and it appears to others as well

Wish spidey was a boardie

Yup you can also post a high grade short video(s) which many of my friends do with knives and watches. I can see how this could become the norm with books as well. Better than any scan u would ever get. The only thing that needs to happen is for the community to set standards for book numbering through hashtags and it's a wrap. Ie- if I sell a Harley Quinn vol 1 #1 it could read #harleyquinn_dc_2000_1 then you can hashtag a grade or condition #nm or #9.4 like I said it's just a matter of setting search criterias that the community can easily follow and make the search easier and I believe that could impact the way we trade on books online

I take all my pics from the phone now (IPhone 6S+) it takes amazing high Rez pix and saves me time with uploading them to the computer. If it wasn't for eBay's time consuming listing prep process I would've done everything on the phone. I see the limitation with copy+pasting hashtag keywords on Instagram with such a limited space on the phone but that's a quick tweak on their platform if they chose to do so. The more I get involved in IG the more I recognize its potential. Collectors go there to showcase their books, in that regard buyers and sellers are engaged, you save your favorite collectors to your feed and keep up to date with their books. It's FIRST AND FOREMOST fun! That's what IG has on eBay now. The fun aspect of checking others books. Hashtags are clearly the key here. Imagine an IG system with eBay inventory and advanced hashtag search optimization. Limitless!! I have friends who subscribe to knives and watches communities who are making a killing on IG and to them that is a far better platform than eBay. of course, you'll still need PayPal for both

While it's in no way shape or form compared to eBay. I believe the future of comic book trading belongs to Instagram