General Forum

When you can't find a card, try to search the player and then filter by card number.  It is the most reliable way of finding a card if it is in the database, especially for the cards from insert sets of 2000 and on.

I use this feature a ton!

This is how I do it for most cards actually. Sometimes it just isn't there. I would show you an example, but i haven't learned how to upload a photo yet. I do find using the card number to be the easiest way for me to find them for anything newer than 1992 or 93. I stopped collecting for many years and I don't really even know too many players from then til now. Well, I do know a bunch of football players but that because its my favorite sport and I still watch it. Now when looking through all my baseball cards I don't even know the big names to look for. It can be frustrating at times. 

To the oringal questions asked by the OP I sort by sport, then move them into manufactures (Topps, Panini, UD, Fleer, etc.) going by the trademark on the back. Then I sort each set into sets with duplicates added in. I upload each card from highest to lowest, removing duplicates as I go. If I have a complete set then I move it into a binder. If I do not then I put it back into the box with other sets from the same manufacure and label that on the side of the box. The duplicates are all put into a 5k box that is used for trades.