Jason Koonce Turns His Sports Cards Collection Hobby into Business with OTIA Sports
Three decades of collecting sports cards have made Jason Koonce one of the experts in the sports card and memorabilia industry. Something that started as a hobby has morphed into a business that has taken Jason Koonce worldwide, meeting important people in the sports business and other sports card collectors like himself. One Team International Agency (OTIA Sports) is revolutionizing the sports cards business and giving sports fans one thing to keep them engaged and connected to their favorite sports idols and teams.
Jason Koonce got into sports card collection at a very young age. As a young boy, he owned some of the rarest cards in the sports industry, which he collected for fun. Over time, he realized that he could make money with those cards, so he began to keep them. Everything changed when he discovered sports card shows, and he delved into buying and selling cards as a side business. That side business has become OTIA Sports today, which rakes in a weekly income of six to seven figures.
One of the things that have set Jason Koonce and OTIA Sports apart is the ability to lay hands on any sports card within 48 hours. Jason has built relationships and connections with athletes, musicians, celebrities, Fortune 500 businessmen, other card collectors, and dealers. For a business he started in his late teens close to three decades ago, OTIA Sports has risen to the top of the industry and has been certified to be a trustworthy brand.
With an established reputation all over North America, OTIA Sports is on a mission to take over the entire United States and the world. The company thrives on the love that many people worldwide have for sports. Even Jason Koonce himself is an avid sports fan, and he has admitted that sometimes, it’s hard to separate between running his company as a business or as a hobby. “Perhaps that is the reason we have enjoyed many years of success,” he says.
In the beginning, OTIA Sports targeted middle-aged males between 25 and 55, but over the years, realizing how Jason himself was a teenager when he started collecting cards, the company now targets everyone with a genuine interest in sports card collection, including women. Jason Koonce’s experience in the sports cards industry has been a major contributing factor to OTIA Sports’s success. He is the go-to person for different things like a rare card, a memorabilia piece, or a connection to an athlete or celebrity. All these have helped him connect with hundreds of people who value his business, expertise, and connection. “I almost always know where and how to acquire any of these things and who to talk to to track it down,” Jason says.
Building and running OTIA Sports into what it is today is a dream come true for Jason. Even though he never planned to build a business from his hobby, things have simply turned out even better than he expected. His motivations to succeed and change things for his family, coupled with an unparalleled work ethic, have been major contributing factors for his business. Jason reveals that OTIA Sports only came to life because he had established a presence in the sports cards industry, and he needed something to formalize it.
Five years from now, Jason looks forward to seeing an increase in the number of collectors and millions of people worldwide investing in sports cards rather than the sports market. He is also doing some work in educating people on how to invest in the sports card market. As someone who once lost everything to the 2007 real estate crash, he is doing everything in his power to help people have investments that can turn their lives around in some years.
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