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Key Takeaways Bruni helped his dad sell coins online, then did the same with his Pokémon collection.
After graduating from college, he turned his part-time hobby into a full-time business.
Now, Bruni sees millions in annual sales and is eyeing his first brick-and-mortar store.
Growing up in Milford, Massachusetts in the 1990s, Nick Bruni attended local coin shows with his father. Occasionally, Bruni would help his dad sell the collectibles online, back in the early days of eBay — listing items and packing orders.
Image Credit: Courtesy of Old Skool Pokemon. Nick Bruni.
“ I was never hugely passionate about coins,” Bruni, 34, tells Entrepreneur. “But I liked the idea of being your own boss and selling your own stuff to make a living.”
In high school, Bruni was cleaning out his room one day when he stumbled upon his Pokémon collection from the 1990s. He wondered what the cards were worth and asked his dad to help him list them on eBay to find out. They organized the cards, took pictures and put together the offering.
I fell in love with the eBay process.
“ I fell in love with the eBay process,” Bruni recalls. “I would come home from school every day checking the view count, the number of watchers, what the bid was at and answer any questions. Seven days later, when the auction ended, we shipped the order out, and I was hooked on selling something.”
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