Pricing

[BobbyVCP]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

Bobby,

Can I just ask you a few questions about the list of numbers on your homepage. I'm sure it lines up, but I am really just curious about the data:

Number of Cards: 346,304
Cards with Stock Images: 66,015
Number of Sets: 5,872
Sets with Pricing: 5,758
Total Auctions: 7,221,596
Auctions with Images: 7,249,818
New Auctions Today: 58
New Auctions in Past Week: 12,101
LIVE Auctions in Queue: 84,540


1. Does "Number of Cards" mean that you have pricing data on 346,304 different cards? Or would a T205 Ty Cobb PSA 5 and a T205 Ty Cobb PSA 6 qualify as two cards in this calculus? This is the number of individual cards listed in our database. Has no reference to the grades. There are 90 different possible grades listed on our site for each individual card.

2. What is the difference between "Number of Sets" and "Sets With Pricing"? Do the numbers above mean that there are 114 sets that you theoretically track even though there is no pricing for them? Yes there are some sets listed on the site that has no history of sales of individual cards in a auction format.

3. How can there be nearly 30,000 more "Auctions With Images" than "Total Auctions"? We started grabbing the images a few years after we launched. The numbers seem strange but you need to take in consideration that a lot of sellers post more then 1 image. I have seen up to 7 images posted and of course we grab all of them,

4. What does the 58 "New Auctions Today" represent in light of the 12,101 "New Auctions in Past Week"? Does nobody list on Thursdays? That is the number of auctions that has currently ended and posted for today. It is still very early in the day and most auctions end later tonight so that number will increase dramatically.

5. What is a "LIVE Auction in Queue" -- an auction that will come online soon, but isn't there yet? Live Auctions are currently live and listed on the site waiting to end and post to the site. This is so when people search the site for a card price they can see if there is a current auction happening. Also it is used for notifying members that have created a Want List. Once a card they want is available they get a email notice with links to the auction.

Thanks for the details. Again, I'm really just curious about the macro-level data.

Hope this answered you questions...

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by BobbyVCP

Hope this answered you questions...

Yes, thank you very much. It's great that you track that kind of data.

[Jobu]

I didn't mean to imply that VCP ought to be free as you certainly appear to provide an excellent service. I think it is hard to justify a subscription for collectors that are on limited budgets because there wouldn't be a ton left for cards.

Have you ever considered selling pricing data by issue? For example, I could purchase pricing for only T206 data for $4/month instead of paying 3 or 4 times that for all of your data?

[BobbyVCP]

Originally Posted by Jobu

I didn't mean to imply that VCP ought to be free as you certainly appear to provide an excellent service. I think it is hard to justify a subscription for collectors that are on limited budgets because there wouldn't be a ton left for cards.

Have you ever considered selling pricing data by issue? For example, I could purchase pricing for only T206 data for $4/month instead of paying 3 or 4 times that for all of your data?

We feel and believe that knowing the current values of cards you are selling or buying will save you more then enough money to pay for a membership.

There is also a 24 Hour membership available for $3.99

I believe Beckett has a block type membership where you can just get baseball or football, etc... we did not set up this way and to make that change now is just not doable.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Bobby is there a way to look at individual card prices by date sold. So for instance if I wanted to see all the sales for a 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson, could I get a list of all sales listed by date (regardless of grade)?

[BobbyVCP]

Originally Posted by ajjohnsonsoxfan

Bobby is there a way to look at individual card prices by date sold. So for instance if I wanted to see all the sales for a 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson, could I get a list of all sales listed by date (regardless of grade)?

No we do not have that feature but it is a good idea that we can try to implement later.