Card Shop Insider

About Card Shop Insider

News and industry insight from a local game store (LGS). Long-time store owner, John, teams up with a life-long gamer to discuss the operation of card stores as a business and to provide updates on your favorite retail TCGs. Follow us on socials: https://linktr.ee/cardshopinsider

Publisher

Card Shop Insider

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Mar 2024

Latest episode

20 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Jun 2025

   E51: Biggest Magic: The Gathering Pre-Release Ever? | How to Run a Successful Card Shop Event

   John S. McCully discusses hosting a large Magic: The Gathering pre-release event and shares insights on running a successful card shop, focusing on customer engagement and community building.

2. 

   4 Jun 2025

   E50: How to Price Product as a Shop Owner

   John explores effective pricing strategies for trading cards, sealed products, and singles in local game stores, aiming to balance competitiveness and customer loyalty.

3. 

   28 May 2025

   E49: From Beanie Babies to TCGS - the TCG Owners Journey

   John details his entrepreneurial path from Beanie Babies to trading card games, highlighting inventory management and community engagement for aspiring game store owners in a discussion with Noah.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,012

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

60

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

51

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