Just starting collecting photocards ? Find here all informations to be ready. You can request or ask anything on my dm
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An absolute must ! There are different types (regular, rainbow, sakura, hearts...) and sizes, for all your photocards, ID cards, postcards... If you're confused about the size of your photocards, I can recommend size templates. Their main role is to protect what you collect. And don't forget to put your cards in a sleeve before putting them in your binder!
Tired of having photocards lying around? This is the perfect solution. You can find many types of binders, whether from your Kpop band merchandising, fanmerch or websites, with all kinds of formats. Some of them even let you put photo cards or postcards inside!
Planning to do a lot of trades ? They'll save your life. More resistant than sleeves, even if you still need a sleeve to put the photocards in the toploaders, they will protect it from any damage that may occur during transport. No bending or tearing, your photocard will arrive in perfect condition.
Life saver to keep track of every photo cards that you have ! You can make your own or find some of them on internet very easily. With that you’ll be able to see what type of photocards you have from which shop, albums and everything at anytime. Like a photocards tracker !
Having a trading or selling instagram account might be a necessity. Vinted or twitter can also become your best friend !
All members ? Your bias ? Just your favorites photocards ? Make your decision ! Collecting photocards comes with a price. Literally… So you must know what you’re trying to do and what budget you have.
Know what you’re buying ! There’s multiple types of photocards: normal, exclusive, POB, Broadcast and winner fancall or fansign ; and each of them can be bought or sold at very different prices, from 5$ to more than a hundred. Always make sure to remember which one you have or want
Take notes of what you bought! Even more if it's on group orders. You can easily forget which photocards you already have, which one are on the way, or if you've paid everything. So make a Google sheet, take notes on a website or on a notebook as you wish but always keep track of everything
Always take care of all the informations ! There's a lot of scammers so ask for more pictures every time and take a look at the accounts before making any decisions.
Overpricing or member's pricing can be a big problem too ! Please don't encourage those behaviors and always make comparisons before buying anything
Always have a screenshot or a clipboard note of your address ! Just like this, it can be faster to send it to your seller each time you’ll buy something
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