About

Personal collection finally selling. 

Majority of merchandise obtained in mid-90's; NFL 75th Anniversary a primary focus. 

Bank job co-worker & some industry-related customers gave me access to acquire some

items not available to the general public. 

Attending trade shows and many catalogue telephone orders also played a big part. 

Spent $900 on 30 major city newspaper ads published Jan.01,2000 to promote the website.

Sadly, an ill family member passed; postponing the collection sell-off until recently.

Every item sold on this ecommerce site is new/mint condition unless noted blemished

or used.

Originally an obsessed buyer; now a pop-up seller-

I have no intent on obtaining new products. 

 Update:

Sadly, due to financial difficulties I was unable to renew sportstank.com, 

an address that I owned since 1999. 

This GoDaddy ecommerce store was originally live December 2022-January 2024. 

My fault for attempting to promote it mainly by word-of-mouth. 

Note: The category menu is complete but does not list many items.

          Most of the collection has yet to be posted online for sale;

          currently a top priority.

Why pay eBay $/month for a minimalist store front when I get more benefits on this

platform for about the same price.

I cannot call out some of the competing sellers for the shady business tactics they employ:

'Pre-owned' instead of used, stock or blurry photos, inaccurate-no descriptions; 

inflated prices, for example. 

Professional high-volume flippers pushing inventory that has likely seen 8 different owners

with all the constant in-person trade shows & online buy/sells they conduct.

The ability to create a unique seller identity on eBay's platform has been suppressed in

recent years. 

Linking out to social media accounts is now prohibited. 

The first 3 websites mentioned above are marketplace facilitators. 

Platforms similar to a flea market- a central location where many vendors sell. 

Shopify, Craig's List, GoDaddy are more like a garage/yard sale-

conducting business at a private street address.

(Please read the Taxes section under Terms & Conditions page for more info). 

Shopify's basic store omits some features which can be purchased as app add-ons; 

driving up the overall subscription cost.

Etsy charges relist fees.

Facebook Marketplace & CraigsList not for selling many numerous items;

Big Commerce is intricate/timely site maintenance.

My name is Ted Theophilos. 

This business is registered as a Sole Proprietorship in the State of Maryland; 

and, I have a Montgomery County Trader's License to conduct in-person sales.

(more on me to follow- for now, check for latest updates under the Blog section)

The name I use on social media pages Facebook & Instagram; and on etsy and eBay. 

The latter does not permit user account handles to contain website names;

so typing in sports2o.com redirects to sportstank.us (domain registered November 2024).

On social media I am under ted2o to maintain a unified branding theme

& skip using my long last name.

My social media pages are currently just parked & will have content added soon.