Complete Your Sports Card Sets

CheckOutMyCards.com is becoming one of the most popular sports card websites online. CheckOutMyCards, known simply as COMC, is a company that accepts submissions from card collectors around the world. They have a very large inventory of numbered cards, inserts, and higher-dollar cards.

The best thing about COMC for set collectors is that their large inventory allows for reduced shipping costs. A collector can pick up numerous cards that they may need and are only required to pay shipping once. This saving on shipping can mean a big difference in price differential when completing sets. COMC also has fast and secure shipping.

One downside to COMC is that their listing fee structure for sellers doesn't really allow for commons to be listed on the site. For this reason, finding singles for sets can be hit and miss. If you're looking to complete insert sets or higher dollar sets, COMC might be a great solution for you. If you're looking for commons to complete sets, COMC may not be the best solution.

SportLots.com is another great option for set collectors.  The sellers on Sportots manage their own inventory, unlike COMC.  Because of this, shipping fees tend to add up as cards bought might be coming from many different locations.

The best thing about Sportlots is that there is no listing fee for sellers.  This allows sellers to list every card in their inventory and not worry about potential listing fees.  Sportlots advertises that there are 31 million cards listed in their database available for purchase.  Because of the amount of inventory available, Sportlots makes for a perfect place to pick up commons to complete sports card sets.  There are many commons listed on the site that aren't going to be found elsewhere online.

The one potential downfall for Sportslots is the shipping.  Cards are held by the individual sellers so you have to rely on them to ship cards safely.  While this is not a problem most of the time, you'll occasionally run into sellers who do not properly protect cards during shipping.  Shipping times may vary from seller to seller as well.

Overall, it's a nice site to pick up those commons that you cannot find on COMC.  It's unlikely that you'll find a common card that is not on the site.  Inserts and high-dollar cards tend to be hit and miss.

Ebay.com is probably the most well known site to buy cards. Due to the number of sellers on Ebay, there's usually a vast number of cards on the site at any one time. Much like COMC, the fee structure for sellers doesn't lend itself to listing common cards, however.

The best thing about Ebay for set collectors is that inventory available from sellers is always changing and there is always a large selection to pick from. Most cards listed on Ebay are inserts or high dollar cards, but commons can also be found from many recent sets. Ebay is probably still the best option for finding higher dollar cards needed for set filling.

Again, like COMC, the fee structure doesn't allow for commons to be easily listed by sellers. If you're searching out commons for your sets, Ebay isn't likely to be the best option. Another negative of Ebay is that you are dealing with many different sellers, who will have different means of shipping cards. While most transactions will prove to be positive, bad transactions do occur. This is just one risk of using Ebay to fill sets.