January 20, 2010
I recently posted about the site reaching 1 million cards for sale. 6 weeks have passed, and we have grown by 10% to 1.1 million cards for sale!
This brings me to our big news and a flashback from 2 years ago… We are moving and hiring.
Upcoming Move
To keep pace with the growing demand for the service, we have spent the last couple months preparing to move into a larger space. Our goal is to complete the move without any disruptions to any of our services. Everything will continue as scheduled. Orders will continue to be shipped without skipping a beat. We expect to hit all of our guaranteed due dates for processing cards going up for sale. To make sure this happens smoothly, we are spreading parts of the move over the next couple weeks. Next week we will update the site with our new mailing address. Until then, you can continue shipping packages to our current address.
Bigger Workspaces
With a dozen people working from our current location, everyone has been working in tight quarters. With the new location each person will have at least twice as much space to work. This should help improve efficiency and accuracy which will allow us to absorb the increased overhead without needing to increase any fees.
More Workspaces
Not only will each workspace be larger, but we will also have twice as many workspaces. Our goal is to grow to 25-30 employees over the next three years. The new location will make that possible. If you would like to join our team, get your resume prepared. During the first week of February we will start posting our job openings. Keep an eye on the blog for more news.
Public Access
We are using every inch of our current location, so there was no opportunity for us to make a place for customers to stop by. In the new location, we have a portion of the space that is sectioned off for buyers and sellers to drop by. We are excited about all the ways we anticipate using this space. I look forward to having a place where you can swing by when you are in the Seattle area. Over the next several months we will start announcing what will be available here.
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Posted by Tim Getsch
December 9, 2009
After two and a half years of offering sports card consignment, we have now crossed the 1 million mark!
There are currently more than 1 million cards for sale on CheckOutMyCards.com, and there are more than 450,000 different cards for sales.
This is a truly amazing feat. I am very proud of our team for all of their hard work. We have a very dedicated staff that is passionate about the work they do.
Way to go team!
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Posted by Tim Getsch
November 25, 2009
Thank you for helping CheckOutMyCards.com grow to nearly 1,000,000 cards. We want to give thanks by offering some outstanding specials.
Shipping: Save up to 80%
$4.95 base plus a 5¢ per card (UNLIMITED!)
– This is an 80% discount compared to standard shipping after the 11th card.
– Shipment requests must be placed by Monday, November 30th 11:59 PM
Store Credit: Get an extra 10% Free!!!
Buy $100 or more store credit and receive and extra 10% store credit for free!
– Store credit must be purchased on Thursday or Friday from here https://www.checkoutmycards.com/Manage/AddCredit.aspx
– Checks & money orders must be post marked on Friday November 27th and include a note to include “Extra 10% Free”.
$10 Coupon with CheckOutMyCards.com Order
Place an order by Monday, November 30th 11:59 PM and receive a $10 OFF coupon that is good for any processing service.
– Learn more about how to use CheckOutMyCards.com to sell your cards
Buy Unopened Boxes & Cases with Store Credit
$115 store credit buys $100 Blowout Cards Gift Certificate.
– Redemption request must be placed on Thursday or Friday from here https://www.checkoutmycards.com/Manage/RedeemStoreCredit.aspx
– This can be used in conjunction with the amazing discounts that Blowout Cards is offering for Black Friday. http://www.blowoutcards.com/
I just talked to Tom Fish from Blowout Cards, and he mentioned that their website is setting records for traffic due to their specials. Make sure to check them out.
$15 Coupon with Blowout Cards Orders
Orders placed with BlowoutCards.com by the end of the day Friday will include a coupon from CheckOutMyCards.com.
– The coupon gives you FREE Express processing for 24 cards. ($15 Value)
Thanks,
Tim Getsch
CheckOutMyCards.com Founder
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Posted by Tim Getsch
November 5, 2009
Get your cards on the site before Black Friday! I believe the word soundsportscards used to describe the weekend after Thanksgiving last year was “sick”. He had 500 cards go in the site just before Thanksgiving and 400 of them sold that weekend.
In order to get your cards on the site before Thanksgiving, you will need to use our Express Processing service, and the cards will need to arrive at our warehouse by Wednesday, November 18th.
25¢ Express Processing for any of the following items
– Any basketball cards
– Any hockey cards
– Any football cards from 2009
* Note that the cards may be delayed if they are not yet listed on Beckett.com
Restrictions
– No more than 5,000 cards per user
– Encased cards, box-toppers, jumbo and graded cards are not eligible for this promotion
– Packages must be postmarked by Monday, November 30th
– Boxes must be clearly marked with your user name and “25¢ Express”
– Follow the instructions for how to ship to us
– Note: There will still be a $3 batch fee per 500 cards.
Learn more about using our consignment service to sell your cards
First-Time Sellers
If you have never sent us cards to sell, you can send us up to 50 cards and we will use the Express Processing services to list the cards for FREE!!!
Restrictions
– Encased cards, box-toppers, jumbo and graded cards are not eligible for this promotion
– Packages must be postmarked by Monday, November 30th
– Boxes must be clearly marked with your user name and “First-Time Seller: 50 Free”
– Follow the instructions for how to ship to us
15¢ Bulk Shipping
The last week of the month you will be able to place a bulk shipment request for 50 cards or more. The shipping fee will be $15 for the first 50 cards and 15¢ for each card after that.
Here are the full details on the bulk shipping option.
Black Friday Sneak Peak
The full details of the Black Friday special won’t be revealed until Thanksgiving day, but you will want to be ready to buy, sell, and ship a lot of cards that weekend.
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Posted by Tim Getsch
November 5, 2009
At last… I found the needle in the haystack. Wow, what a pain. We got our new email server all configured about 10 days ago, and it seemed to be working great for just about everyone. However, no one from with an aol.com email address was getting our emails.
After many many hours of searching I finally traced down what the issue was. This forum post from tek-tips.com was very helpful.
Quick Summary
AOL required reverse DNS to be configured for the IP address that is sending the email messages.
Full Details
This had all been configured correctly with our old email server, but when we migrated the the new email server, I had to change some of our firewall settings. The email server happens to accept request from a couple different IP addresses. So it was successfully receiving emails that were routed through mx1.checkoutmycards.com, but when it was sending emails it happen to go out through a different IP address.
I realized this by doing a “What is my IP” search and seeing that it didn’t match mx1.checkoutmycards.com. All I had to do was change one firewall setting so that outgoing emails got sent through the same IP address as the one that had reverse DNS configured.
I even created an @aol.com email address just to test the scenario and make sure things worked. Hopefully all of you at aol.com can now receive our emails.
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Posted by Tim Getsch
