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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TiQuinn" data-source="post: 1042210" data-attributes="member: 4871">Diversify into everything that you can reasonably handle.  Comic books (new, silver-age, golden-age), CCGs, sports cards, action figures, RPGs...and be prepared to speak as intelligently as you can on each area.  If you can, find someone who has such a business and try to get as much guidance and help from them as possible.  I know this sounds counter-intuitive...why would a possible competitor help you?....but the fact is that there are folks who are willing to do this.  Be prepared to order loads of product that you expect will sell well...and watch it sit in on your shelves.  Be prepared to order only a few of another product, and watch it become the biggest thing since Magic: The Gathering....and then have a helluva time reordering it.  Bottom line, unless you approach it as a hobby, and you have another way to feed your family, I wouldn't even try it.And I have absolutely no idea how the internet and EBay and stuff of that nature plays into the business...and I'm sure it has a major impact nowadays.Edit: Oh yeah, almost forgot.  It's as close to a 24/7 job you'll ever have.  No, seriously. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>