Stick CD labels on your discs to lend more space for decoration.
If you’re breaking CDs, keep the sharp edges in mind. Be careful when you’re snapping the discs. Use a hammer to break up smaller pieces and pick up broken sharps gently, as if they were glass.
You can create holes in the CDs by using a drill. Drill it with an old piece of wood underneath.
150 CDS (75 on either side of the grip) should make a 10 lb weight.
Paint or colour over the cardboard to make it look more professional. Aim to make the foundation colour similar to the colour used on the jewel case’s album art.
This applies to DVDs as well, albeit to a lesser extent. Bootlegged items are seldom seen as valuable, unless the bootleg itself has acquired a certain level of notoriety of its own. Exceptions would include Mayhem’s Dawn of the Black Hearts live bootleg.
Notice that copying material and giving or selling without permission from the creator is illegal.
Sites like eBay are perfect for selling large collections. You can either sell items individually or the entire collection. Selling items individually will give more profit since there are more buyers and much more competition, but the process of organizing and selling the items is more complex. [7] X Research source Don’t get your hopes up when it comes to making money off your collection. Because CDs aren’t in such high demand anymore, you probably won’t get more than a few dollars for each item, with exceptions made for rare discs.
Keep in mind that the less desirable items in your collection might not get someone interested, even for free. If this is the case, you can even have it recycled, or ask someone to take them off your hands in exchange for giving them the better discs.
For most of these outlets, the money you make on each item will depend on their rarity and desirability.
