The answer is yes, but only when you buy bulk that include the chase cards and buy it super cheap. The biggest issue you will encounter when trying to sell these cards are most these cards are not eligible for grading by major grading companies which put significant downward pressure on the upside for these cards as investor of these cards will not get an optimal return from their investments. The other issue is liquidity. The franchise might be popular but the trading card might not be. The real play here is the long tail leverage strategy. For one, these cards are sold cheap mostly due to two reason. When the licensed manufacturer issued these cards, they likely overestimated the market demand and produced too many of these or the distributor and down channel merchants overestimated the market demand by ordering too many from the manufacturer of these cards. Secondly, the secondary market for these cards tanked and tons of these flooded the market and unable to move causing illiquidity. Prices will naturally be depressed and people will hesitate to buy these. The long tail leverage strategy will work best for these type of cards when they are cheaply sourced with abundant variety and in low quantities. The demand for these will not be very high so overtime many people will either discard these or store these somewhere and never list them again due to transaction fees and opportunity cost. This means few people will be selling these in the long-run. If you have a large quantity of different varieties of these types of chase cards, many of these will end up being sold just because the scarcity creates a desire to own. Why not buy as many as possible to sell if it’s so cheap to buy? The real issue here is the cash flow and intangible cost.
When you sell something on a platform or just selling in general, you want to maintain a scenario where the market see the products you sell are high in demand which may help lift all products’ sales. If you have a few dollars here and a few dollars they’re tied up in many different things, you will not have efficient cash flow. If some of your items are in high quantity but not moving, it may let the platform’s algorithm know you are not doing well and may not be on the top section of the search bar. So who buy these cards anyway? Besides a small number of speculators and investors, the kind of people who typically buy these. As you might have already expected, are the franchise’s fan base. Many of these people may also somewhat like similar franchises in the same genre. Hence when you buy these cards, you may also be able to sell these cards to fans of similar franchises. If a franchise has been long running like the Simpsons, and if you can buy these chase cards cheaply in plenty of variety, it’s probably a solid deal. When you know a remake or a continuation of the franchise is happening, that’s typically when the cards of franchises that haven’t had any updates or new contents for years see increase in demand and likely increase in price.
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Per my previous post, these are the franchises I believe will yield value when the long tail leverage strategy is implemented.
Harry Potter – 2001 base set booster box, basically its first edition box, are undervalued at the $1,000 to $2,000 USD range considering its cultural impact and continued franchise successes. Considering how impactful the franchise is, I believe this is one of the best values in the history of TCGs at its current price levels.
The Simpsons – Its first official TCG box released in 2003 by WOTC is probably a really good deal at around $100. The Simpsons, being one of the longest running animated series in the world has the kind of popular culture and historical relevance that will likely ensure some of its collectibles will have appreciable value over time.
Garbage Pail Kids – I think the 1985 non-American Series 1 and all other versions of the 1985 box sets from that franchise are good value at a few hundred to a few thousand USD are good value. GPK is crossing genres now and I believe is doing quite well as a franchise.
Fortnite – 2019 series 1 Fortnite card boxes are probably extremely underproduced. At the lower hundreds, if you are in the market for these, I believe these are probably some of the best values. Fortnite the game although no longer at its playing peak, is still extremely popular worldwide.
Ne Zha 2 – However you perceived the franchise and its country of origin, the movie is in the top five in terms of non-inflation adjusted box office revenue, regardless of how it got there…..Many of these boxes are so inexpensive at less than $10 for a full box (and they are mostly official cards from a country where knock-offs are frequently originate from, in this case, selective enforcement of copyrights from a certain entity works in the favor of collectors), they are just too good to pass up on if you are in the market for these items. The artwork, print quality and variety are quite good. One of the main versions is also printed by one of the biggest card companies in the world with collaboration with other top cards companies in the world. The original Ne Zha or the Ne Zha 1 movie from the same franchise set was not a global phenomenon at the level of Ne Zha 2 even though it did have cards from that movie as well. Due to Ne Zha 3 coming out purportedly some time in 2030, Ne Zha 2 cards may do well in the future.
MetaZoo – I believe the MetaZoo story is not over. Meta Zoo, with new ownership and likely more stable financially, could possibly see its cards worth a lot more in the future. Meta Zoo is unique in that it has innovation like “fourth-wall effects” and the utilization of cryptids in their TCG. The art on these cards are also quite good to be honest. However bloated the hype was, I think at the bottom price levels and with its unique innovations, its mythical themes and akin to Dungeons & Dragons except it is more Western and American individualistic centric versus collaboration centric will have a strong market in the future. I think if you can get MetaZoo Cryptid Nation 1st Edition booster box for around $100 or the Kickstarter version (I believe these are the so called true 1st Editions because MetaZoo were first released via Kickstarter campaign) for about $1000. Technically the non-Kickstarter Edition came out in 2001 versus 2000 for the Kickstarter Edition, however, due to the huge price differences and the fact that they have almost the same name, I think the price difference is too big to not consider the non-Kickstarter version if you are in the market for these cards.
Obviously many other long-running franchises such as Dragon Ball Z, My Little Pony, One Piece, Power Rangers, Star Wars, Disney Lorcana and Ultraman are great too. TPC focuses on value for the common person to beat the odds in terms of ROI. That means many factors such as cash flow constraints, lack of leverage over high-end buyers regardless of market conditions, limitations on basic access to infrastructure such as to grading services and numerous are considers to increase the probability of the success of the underdog. Sometimes an underdog is not a dog because it takes finesse to win against the big dogs. For sustainability and social responsibility purposes, perhaps the winning “underdog” doesn’t always have to be become the “big dog” to remain the “top dog.”