Etopps is a new type of trading card that was launched by the Topps company in 2000. Various trading cards A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card which is intended for trading and collecting. ... Some Topps Baseball cards The Topps Company, Inc. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
Each week a limited number of sports cards, called IPOs, are offered for sale exclusively online. This new method of distribution contrasts with the traditional sale of sports cards through packs at retail stores. Collectors are then allocated a number of cards based on the number of orders for each particular card. Sports card is a generic term for a trading card with a sports-related subject, as opposed to non-sports trading cards. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
Card owners can then hold their cards in an online portfolio, while Topps retains physical possession of their cards in a climate-controlled warehouse in Delaware. If collectors would rather take delivery of their cards, etopps will ship them the cards for a small fee. Card values are tracked from actual sales on the eBay trading floor, giving each collector an up-to-the-minute portfolio value. This facet of the program has attracted investors in addition to sports card collectors. // Finance Main article portfolio (finance) In finance, a portfolio is a collection of investments held by an institution or a private individual. ... Official language(s) None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Area Ranked 49th - Total 2,491 sq. ... eBay Inc. ... The word investor may refer to: A person who makes investments Investor AB, a Swedish investment company institutional investor corporate investor This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...
The Albert Pujols 2001 etopps: [img]http://cache.etopps.com/images/cards/025-00049fd.jpg[/img]
Etopps is a new type of tradingcard that was launched by the Topps company in 2000.
Card owners can then hold their cards in an online portfolio, while Topps retains physical possession of their cards in a climate-controlled warehouse in Delaware.
If collectors would rather take delivery of their cards, etopps will ship them the cards for a small fee.
In the Etoppstrading pits, the smart investor can watch his card balloon in value by hundreds of dollars in a matter of weeks, owing to market demand.
Friss acknowledges that Etopps would have gotten a better "pop" had it launched a couple of years ago, when "everything on the Internet was hot." But because Etopps launched after the dot-com crash, Friss said, he considers the site's revenue more realistic.
Eric Husby's wife, Katie, is fine with her husband investing in Etopps -- as long as his portfolio stays in the fl.