Sportlots

[swarmee]

Really, buying sportlots is more like buying Geocities right now. They're ancient; zero value for an investor. Much easier to create from scratch.

[dnilgis]

BTW I have absolutely nothing to do with sportlots

I just see this large network of dealers engaged in the site, warehousing inventory at home/work, with a central nervous system that acts as an aggregator of orders.

I don't know about you all, but I am looking forward to seeing what becomes of their website development.

edit: I have purchased cards on sportlots

[drg7949]

This is a great conversation, and a topic I've been thinking about lately.

My sense is, COMC is the "big dog" in this area, but it's not optimal for buyers (cost) or sellers (lack of control, costs).

And then you've got other players (Sportlots, Cardbarrel, BuySportsCards, of course ebay, etc), but with so many, you've lost efficiency/scale.

Is anyone familiar with BrickLink, the 3rd party LEGO marketplace? To me, that's exactly the model we need - centrally managed technology, master checklist/database, integrated wantlists, and importantly, individual storefronts (ie, inventory managed by sellers). If someone could replicate that, I think they'd have the vast majority of the market, and we'd all be better off.

Darren