Category Archives: Sports Cards Supplies

How to Achieve Free Shipping on BCW Wholesale Orders

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Hobby shops, online retailers, and other businesses that resell BCW products can apply for a wholesale account to get great pricing on BCW products and have their order shipped directly from BCW’s Indiana warehouse. Once approved for a wholesale account, customers can sign-in to their bcwsupplies.com account and the pricing and Free Shipping details adjust to wholesale levels.

Achieving Free Shipping is important for retailers, so shipping expenses do not cut into their profits. BCW wholesale orders achieve Free Shipping when the bcwsupplies.com shopping cart reaches $1,000, or $500 of the items designated with a green key symbol.

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Spring Cleaning For Card Collectors

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By Matt Gilman of Cards Over Coffee

It’s almost that time of year. The time when you start to tear apart your house and take part in the yearly tradition known as spring cleaning.

I not only participate in that when it comes to my house, but I also do this for my card collection too. I think all collectors need to do some touching up to their collections after a long winter. When it comes to spring cleaning my collection, I have two projects that I do.

 
The first part of my project is cleaning out overly used toploaders from cards I acquired over the winter. The ones that are covered with stickers, tape, have “yellowing” and card savers in general. I like to have a neat and tidy looking collection, one I can brag about.

A stack of new toploaders ready for use.
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Introduction to LaserWeld Insert Sleeves for Mini Cards

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Standard trading cards are 2 1/2” x 3 1/2”, but cards of smaller sizes exist. In fact, the original trading cards were smaller than this at about 1 5/8″ x 2 3/4″. A major issue facing anyone collecting these “mini” cards is the simple fact that most supplies are designed for cards significantly larger. Everything from boxes, sleeves, binder pages, and card holders are too large for safe use. However, BCW produces LaserWeld Card Insert Sleeves for these smaller cards. A U-shaped pattern is laser-welded into the center of thick polypropylene sleeves, which creates a pocket to center the mini card in a 2½” x 3½” form. The card is placed in the pocket, and then the sleeve can be placed in any standard Magnetic Card Holder, LaserWeld 9-Pocket Page, or other storage solution.

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Introducing the BCW 6 Drawer Card Catalog

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This new product is available for pre-sale. The first wave of inventory is anticipated to ship to customers in May, 2024. Inventory from the first wave of Card Catalogs is available while quantities last.

Cardboard boxes have been the standard for storing cards for decades. They do the job, but are not an elegant storage solution. We introduced the 3200 and 1600 Collectible Card Bins for those seeking more sophisticated card storage. With that in mind, BCW introduces the 6 Drawer Card Catalog for collectors wanting a great looking storage solution that allows easy access to cards.

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How to Safely Display Your Favorite Cards on a Shelf

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By Sal Barry

Display of hockey cards in magnetic holders with card stands.

We as collectors spend a lot of time seeking out the trading cards that we want. But do we spend any time enjoying the cards once we have them? It seems like once I got a card that I liked, it would be tucked away in a nine-pocket page or filed into a box, seldom to be seen again.

That is understandable, since exposure to light over a long period of time can cause cards to fade. But recently, I got into the wonderful practice of putting my favorite cards on display. Here’s how you can safely display your favorite sports or gaming cards to show off to your friends and family – or just to enjoy having in your collection.

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Free Shipping on BCW Wholesale Orders to Manitoba and Ontario

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Summary: Businesses in urban areas of Manitoba and Ontario can now get Free Shipping on their BCW wholesale orders of $1,000 USD or more, or if the orders includes $500 USD or more of the products with the designated Green Key symbol.*

BCW offers wholesale accounts to businesses reselling our products. Additionally, wholesale accounts achieve Free Shipping when their BCW order is $1,000 USD or more, or if the order includes $500 USD or more worth of products with the designated Green Key symbol (with a few restrictions*).

Urban Areas Map of Manitoba and Ontario

Previously, this Free Shipping offer was only available to businesses in the 48 contiguous United States and Washington DC. BCW is now extending this offer to businesses in the urban areas of Manitoba and Ontario. Canadian wholesale orders will include a Tax Line item on their invoice indicating the total tax rate, made up of GST/PST or HST depending on your location. You can submit this information on your taxes.

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Winter Got You Down? Sort Your Cards!

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By Matt Gilman of Cards Over Coffee

2024 Winter in Vermont

If you see this picture and think, ugh, this means you have the winter blues. Most of us get the winter blues. I know I do. However, I am here to tell you that there is a way to beat the winter blues and keep yourself busy in the hobby during the long months of winter. This is what I do to keep myself distracted from the white stuff and more focused on the card stuff.

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Holiday Gift Ideas for Sports Card Collectors

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You can’t go wrong getting card supplies for a sports card collector. The items listed below are are the basics that almost all collectors will use and appreciate as a holiday gift.

Standard and Thick Card Sleeves
BCW Standard and Thick Card Sleeves

Card sleeves are the first step to protect sports cards and something almost every collector uses. Standard size cards that are a normal thickness use “penny sleeves”. If the collector has thick cards, you’ll also want to get Thick Card Sleeves. These sleeves are easy stocking stuffers for a sports card collector.

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Binder Numbering System

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By Matt Gilman

Trading card binders have always played a significant role in the storage of my collection. It’s where I store my important cards with the rest kept in boxes. There used to be a time where I would just stick cards in a binder without any thought to organization. But, when it came time to find a card, I would have to sift through fifty or so binders just to locate it. This was becoming time consuming and frustrating. That’s when I thought about ways to make it easier to find cards and created this binder numbering system. This has been very useful for finding what I need in a timely manner.

Collection of binders on shelf
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BCW Show Vendor Partner Program

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If you’re exhibiting at a convention and want to offer BCW products, BCW Supplies will cover some expenses!

Show vendor partners receive:

  • Table fee reimbursement
  • $50 event allowance
  • 125% reimbursement value applied as credit to your bcwsupplies.com wholesale account
  • Social media paid advertising

Details below

Sports Card Show
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