MVP138: 2ndHandGeek.com - The Marketplace That Supports Your FLGS
Alan Blakeborough, Founder and CEO of 2ndHandGeek.com, talks about the new online marketplace that supports friendly local game stores. Alan and his team are creating a new competitor to the $9 billion marketplace of eBay, where the fees are competitive and 1% of each transaction gets paid back to the friendly local game store associated with a user's account.
We also talk about what he learned along the way as an owner of multiple game stores over the last couple of decades, and how 2ndHandGeek supports store owners with additional income, as well as organized play support.
SummaryCreating a marketplace for gamers to buy and sell gaming-related items.How 2ndHandGeek works and how it supports local game stores.The growth of the tabletop gaming industry.The International Wargaming League and 2ndHandGeek organized play program3D printing and its potential in the miniature Wargaming industry.
LinksGive Blake a call! 864-420-4788
The Manaverse Podcast: Magic: the Gathering Business / Game Store Entrepreneurship / LGS Professionals
The Manaverse Podcast is a podcast created for you, the gamer with aspirations of building your own local game store (LGS), the entrepreneur running an LGS who wants to grow their business, and the player who wants a behind the scenes look into their favourite hobby. If you’re looking for inspiration, new ideas, and interesting perspectives then Tom Traplin has you covered. Learn the business of selling some of the best games in the world including Mtg, Warhammer, Warmachine, Dungeons and Dragons, board games and Euro games from some of the best retailers in the industry. Once a week, Tom talks with some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the game industry and pulls out the strategies, tactics, and systems that make their businesses so effective. With a special focus on Magic: the Gathering, you will learn how to level up your LGS and build a better community with Tom Traplin and the Manaverse Podcast.
- No. of episodes: 162
- Latest episode: 2025-07-08
- Business Entrepreneurship Marketing
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