Harmony of Hustle
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Harmony of Hustle
The Golden Opportunity You'll Regret Missing: VeeFriends Topps Chrome
Sometimes the most significant opportunities come when you're least expecting them. Today, I'm breaking from routine to bring you urgent insight into what might be the most disruptive force in collectibles we've seen in decades.
Gary Vaynerchuk's VFriends Chrome Tops trading cards are creating a perfect storm in the collectible market. These cards aren't just another entry in an overcrowded space—they represent the first genuine innovation in trading cards in years. Having started as an NFT project three years ago, VFriends has developed into a phenomenon with staying power, bridging the gap between adult collectors drawn to entrepreneurial themes and children who love the characters without any knowledge of Gary V himself.
The financial indicators are impossible to ignore. Hobby boxes originally priced at $300 now command $450+ as demand skyrockets. During my first hour-long stream on Whatnot, I generated $600 in sales with minimal preparation. Individual cards are selling for hundreds, with rare finds bringing $600-800 each. What's particularly fascinating is that Topps appears to have dramatically underestimated demand, creating a scarcity that's fueling the frenzy. With Gary's media connections and the potential for expanded content like cartoons and collaborations, we're likely seeing just the beginning of what VFriends could become.
Want proof this isn't just hype? Look at the sold listings on eBay. Check out the growing community that welcomes newcomers. Investigate the positive character traits being taught through the collectibles. This is that rare ground-floor opportunity that comes along infrequently—the kind you'll kick yourself for missing if you don't at least invest 10 minutes to understand what's happening. The collectible world is changing, and VFriends Chrome Tops is leading that change. Will you be part of it?
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What's going on everybody. Normally I would wait to record an episode until I'm back in the studio, but I'm out grinding right now in the actual dirt to get some deals closed and continue to push the company forward. But something is happening right now that I just think is so important to talk about and I just want to make sure I get this out there in the freaking ethos so that way, if you're not aware, you can take advantage of it, get on board and start getting on this trend that I'm seeing. That is absolutely, I think, going to change the landscape for anybody that is an entrepreneur or is into collectibles or looking for something that could potentially one be a lot of fun but also make you a lot of money in the long run, and that is Gary V's new V Friends Chrome Tops that released that just dropped.
Speaker 1:For those of you who are not familiar, vfriends started as an IP NFT project from Gary V, one of my favorite entrepreneurs, about three years ago. One of the things is one of the few projects that actually still has some legitimacy today, actually has some real utility to it, and you know the trading card game market has always been crazy, from baseball, football, pokemon obviously everyone knows the insanity that happens over there, but this is new ip that no one really knows about and it is absolutely going crazy. I had a gut feeling about it. Um, not only are the cards so sick, but it's really an underserved market. There really has not been anybody that's disrupt the card market in the last decade. Um, if you think about it, at least in my opinion, maybe magic the gathering was the newest and that was forever ago, right, so that was still around the same time yugioh was coming out. Anyway, I, uh, I had a really big gut feeling about this. Um, obviously it's a perfect mesh. You know, the adults can really buy into it with the entrepreneur insets excuse me, the entrepreneur inserts as well as a lot of the other just characters that might have a character that someone really resonates with. But it's also really getting popular among kids who have no idea who gary is, has no idea about his personal brand, and I think that's really going to take off and play out over the next five to ten years, and I see the cartoons coming out. I got a feeling there's going to be some sort of utility coming to these things eventually. Um, you know, this is only the first series. It was super short printed as well. So a lot of these boxes are already sold out. You can't get them anymore. So resale value there is crazy and I really think these things are going to hold their value, because it does seem like Topps, the actual card company, underestimated the actual demand for these things. And to give you some real data um, I bought some packs.
Speaker 1:First off, did some selling on Whatnot, which is amazing fun. So if you sell, if you are a salesperson and you like to sell shit, this new online selling craze is amazing and I want to give you some real numbers behind this. So I'm definitely not one of the big breakers. Obviously, I run a business. That's my main thing. But I bought a couple packs. I got one hobby box, bought it at a store actually, which is pretty sweet for what at the time is actually cheap. Now I got it for 300 bucks. I now go for around 450. And I did a show on Whatnot and walked away with about $600 in sales in about an hour on my very first stream. Okay, I have three more um blaster boxes coming, so I'm gonna be doing some selling there.
Speaker 1:I also have been pulling. I've been going on these other big box breaker streams. Um, I've probably put I don't know, maybe a thousand bucks or more into this and I've already got flips. One card sold for 250, um, some of my other cards. I just pulled her sign for 600, 800. I mean, it's absolute mania right now. Um, obviously, some that's going to come down, but what's crazier is, this mania is really only around a few of the characters in the series, and what we're probably going to end up seeing is a lot of upticks in popularity of these other characters as gary really starts to roll out more of character development for the series. Again, we're only about three or four years into this whole thing. So this, in my opinion, is right now the best time for anyone to get into this project early.
Speaker 1:I always wish that I had someone kicking me in the ass whenever Bitcoin came or when he's like opportunities that seem like okay, what is this thing? And I'm telling you, I think this is that thing, and you know everyone always laughs or you know it was like oh, okay, sure, whenever a new disruptor comes to market. But I think this is going to do it. Um, especially from what I've seen on the social landscape, the way things are moving this. This to me, really looks like the next thing. It's the only thing I've seen in recent memory that I think could actually rival Pokemon and all these other brands and if you wanna look at well, how would they be able to compete on a landscape? You know, gary runs one of the largest media companies in the world, so a lot of these companies are his clients. So the collabs that I imagine were going to come out, the connections and the things that will happen with this project, I just think are going to be astronomically insane.
Speaker 1:So if you're listening to this, I implore you take the 10 minutes. Go look at the VFriends project. Go look at the sold comps on eBay. Go look at, you know, if you have kids, go look at, like, the message of the characters and you know how it's basically educating kids on on really positive traits. As, as as a as a young child, I think there's a lot going into this that is really being underrated right now. You're seeing a lot of the trading card community really rally behind this, and these are people who haven't even been into or heard of VFriends before this. So I think it's gonna be super powerful and I think if you miss it, you'll go back to this episode and be like, damn, he was so right Now. Obviously, there might be a bit of a pullback eventually when all these packs get pulled and all the like one on ones, all the rares go. But even still, I think long term this is really going to be something that is going to be worth a lot of money. If you look at the V2 before this, some of those most demanded cards from V2 go for two, three, four thousand dollars $10,000.
Speaker 1:I'm all about putting money into, into side investments and things that you know aren't traditional that I think you know collect. The collectible world is a very interesting place. I Love it. I'm absolutely addicted to this project. It's crazy fun.
Speaker 1:And then if you're a sales guy, literally you can go on and sell these things live on on on auction, or however you want to play your little games on what not, you can do it and sell these things live on auction, or however you want to play your little games on whatnot. You can make it really fun. It is insane. So I'm going to be going really heavy on whatnot, not even just for this, but for my water business as well. As we start moving more to online retail. I'm going to be pushing super heavy on this and I think now is that golden age. Also, if you are new to it, that VFriends community is super, super welcoming and they will help you get connected, especially now, while it's still a small community. So if it's something you're interested in, go check it out. It's VFriends Chrome Tops. I'm telling you, take the 10 to 20 minutes to check it out. It'll absolutely blow you guys away.