Sourcing Desk

The flagship S-Chinese Scarlet & Violet set, broken down for resellers: slim-format case math, landed cost by sea or air, and the margin tiers at 2x to 3x markup.

A resale certificate is the difference between paying sales tax on every case and buying inventory 100% tax-free. Here's how to get one, how to attach it to your wholesale account, and what it's worth in per-box margin.

Free sea freight at 25 lb+ or air at $2.336/lb: the full landed-cost math on both, worked through a real Trainer Tin case, plus when paying for speed actually beats waiting.

Trainer tins at $10, Poke Ball gift boxes at $8.12, starter decks at $6.33: the S-Chinese gift format tier is built for customers who never play the game — and it is the cheapest shelf in the store to stock.

Slim boxes hold 75 cards, jumbo boxes hold 120 — and the per-card cost gap is bigger than you'd guess. Here's the real math on both S-Chinese formats and which one belongs in your store.

What a minimum order quantity is, the three structures suppliers use, the arithmetic that tells you whether one is reasonable, and the five questions to ask before you commit.

Three lines that look interchangeable on the shelf but sell to different customers. What each one is, who buys it, and how to split a first wholesale order across all three.

What a sealed POP MART display actually contains, the four numbers to run before ordering, which character lines reliably move, and why sourcing route beats authentication checks.

How sealed display case economics work, which blind box lines matter in 2026, and the four mistakes that quietly kill margin for new resellers.

Two Chinese figure cases just landed at $27.55 and $16.44 per unit. Figure product turns differently from sealed cards, and the per-unit number decides how you sell it.

Two character-led Scarlet & Violet gift boxes just landed at $87.99 wholesale. Here is why character product sells to a different buyer than boosters, and how to price it.

Sourcing sealed product in bulk means committing real capital to inventory you cannot open. Here is the supplier due diligence process that protects your margin and your reputation.

Simplified Chinese Pokemon TCG is officially licensed product, not counterfeit. Here is how B2B buyers verify it, source it by the case at supplier-direct pricing, and calculate real landed margin.