General Forum

I saw the announcement today that eBay and COMC have entered into a commercial agreement and that eBay is investing into COMC. It will be interested to see how that partnership plays out and what that means for collectors. COMC has really stepped up in the last 6 months or so with partnerships with PSA and CSG (I suppose out of a desire to combine all hobby acronyms under one roof, ha ha).

The one thing that I enjoy about COMC is their filtering system since everything is cataloged better. eBay you can easily run into listings that have errors that is frustrating when looking for specific cards. 

Here is the link to the press release, what are everybody's thoughts about this?

• eBay Announces Commercial Agreement and Investment in Sports Trading Card Company COMC, Strengthening Commitment to Collectible Enthusiasts

Wasn’t eBay trying to start up a “card vault” of some sort? Might just be a way for them to ultimately out source that work, possibly along with their verification and such. Hopefully it benefits both platforms, whatever is going on.

This all better not upend my Juan Uribe scheme, man. 

Yeah eBay launched their vault service, so maybe there will be a tie with that. I wonder if they may have a way to submit a bunch of cards through eBay to COMC to list them?

Not sure if this is separate, and I didn't knowingly request it, but I've seen cards I listed for sale on COMC pop up on eBay (note that eBay BIN listings by comc_consignment can be purchased direct by COMC members for cheaper, and membership is free).

COMC has been doing the cross listing on E-Bay for some time now.

COMC started to list cards as auctions and not just for a price, then cross posted them on Ebay. COMC promos went south and now that agreement with Ebay. The only good news is Fanatics doesn't seem to be part of the deal (yet?), but I can't recall anything good with Ebay since years. I just can't understand their management strategies. All they seem to do is to find new ways to annoy sellers and buyers. They're killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. I don't know, but it is hard for me to think something positive will come up of that agreement.