Our first review of the the search stats at BasketBallCardChase.com yields a few surprises. But, at the top, there is no surprise at all.

First, near the top of the list are two basketball player superstars from the eighties. For basketball card collectors, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are near the top of the list. Their playoff duels are classics for any basketball card collection.

At the top of the list, Michael Jordan.  Jordan, by far, has the most sought after basketball cards. At any price range, from the rookie card to all-stars to reprint, basketball cards of Michael Jordan are the most popular.

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An ardent basketball fan and card collector need not despair anymore when trying to find a card for their collection. Their favorite cards can be accessed and bought very easily through the Internet. Sitting right at home or at the office, you can buy the basketball card you want, at the price you want, with just a small click. This has become possible because most card manufacturing companies have either started their own websites or are auctioning or selling through retailers. The Internet has become quite popular and almost every collector uses this medium either to locate, search, buy or sell basketball cards.

It has been seen that leading card manufacturers like Topps, Upper Deck, Fleer etc have their own websites that sell basketball cards in sets to buyers. They announce the various card sets that are popular and by checking with the price guides and other checklist reviews you can buy the set of cards that you like most. This is a good option for people who have started recently collecting basketball cards as these sites provide indepth review, analysis and information related to basketball cards, not to mention value and price.

Among the online retail units that sell basketball cards, Naxcom is rated the best by both dealers as well as buyers. Other online retail card units like the House of cards or DCS Sports Cards, Games and Cards are also a good place to buy basketball cards. These outlets buy the cards from the manufacturing companies and sell it through their sites. They offer shipping of the cards to your place of residence, thereby making the entire card purchase simple.  This option is great for collectors who are very busy and cannot spare much time researching basketball cards.

Lastly, basketball cards, like all other sports cards, are auctioned through the Internet through auction sites like Ebay and uBid. If you want an individual card to complete your existing collection, then Ebay is your best bet. However, if you want card sets directly from the retailers and that too at an attractive bargain then you should try uBid

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BaseketballCardChase.com is finished with the initial beta of the site. Whether you are searching for old Wilt Chamberlain cards or current Kobe and Yao cards, the search engine for basketball cards is now working. Player cards with values and prices are being displayed in the search results. Sports card dealers and online basketball card retail shops are stored in the database and showing up in the results.

With the close of beta, we will now be posting blog entries centered around basketball cards and the hobby of collecting sports cards. Please feel free to write us with your suggestions by clicking on the contact us page.

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Testing of the BasketballCardChase.com website is continuing. We’ve been focusing recently on ensuring that search results for sports cards of basketball players returns results that are helpful to the collector.

The most recent round of searching for basketball cards was successful with results from most of the sites in our database. Best results came from Ebay, where we found player cards plentiful from the past 20 years. Earlier than that, basketball cards were still available, but values were heading up.

Beyond Ebay, search results for basketball cards were mixed. Most sites had good inventory of prices and player cards from the recent past. However, there were just a few sites that had results from players more than 50 years ago.

We will continue running searches for basketball cards and report any other issues here.

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So, far our testing of basketballcardchase.com has been going well. Our searches for old basketball cards has been working. We tested with vintage basketball players without any issue with the search results.

We also tested current basketball cards successfully. One thing we noticed is that prices and values for player cards were displayed in the results.

Please continue to conduct basketball card searches while we fix the other issues during this beta period.

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