Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Author: | CE_Anastasia | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 13:08 | Subject: | Direct Seller Fee Payments | Viewed: | 194 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Dear BrickLink sellers,
Starting from today, we will be accepting monthly seller fee payments made in
2 ways, instead of 3 as before:
1. Paid with your PayPal account by using the 'Pay with PayPal' button
on your Fees page,
2. Paid with a debit or credit card by using the 'Pay with Card' link
on your Fees page.
Seller fee payments that are sent to our PayPal account at billing@bricklink.com
will not be accepted anymore except for cases when sellers need to pay off their
remaining balance immediately.
Usually, this happens when
a) Sellers are closing their stores temporarily or permanently,
b) Sellers have an outstanding balance that is below the annual threshold for
collection. Accounts like that are billed on December 5th every year, more about
this here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=38 in the Minimum Bill Requirement
section.
Please reach out to us or comment here if you have any questions.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Author: | CE_Anastasia | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 14:02 | Subject: | US sellers: Shipping methods update | Viewed: | 184 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Dear BrickLink sellers in the United States,
We have removed these outdated API-based shipping methods:
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (retail),
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (commercial).
Starting from today, you will be seeing the following shipping methods in your
Store Settings instead:
• USPS Ground Advantage (commercial),
• USPS Ground Advantage (retail),
• USPS Priority Mail (commercial),
• USPS Priority Mail (retail).
As usual, you can access the new USPS rates for Courier API methods upon selecting
each method in the Rate Chart.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Author: | CE_Uday | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 14:31 | Subject: | Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 556 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Dear BrickLink members,
After the acquisition of BrickLink in 2019, we’ve continued to deepen and broaden
our relationship and service to the AFOL community. Throughout this transition,
we’ve kept conscious of the fact that BrickLink represents the LEGO® brand in
a much more direct way than before.
We have identified a need to bring our Terms of Service closer to LEGO brand
guidelines regarding restricted content. The implementation of these guidelines
will specifically affect the Studio Gallery, meaning all military/modern warfare-themed,
religious, and alcohol-centric MOCs will be set to “Private” and removed from
public view.
We will continue to support BrickLink members by improving features and encouraging
creativity. In order to do that, we need to ensure that publicly displayed MOCs
in the Studio Gallery adhere to our brand guidelines. MOCs containing restricted
content can still be uploaded in “Private” mode for your own personal purposes.
These guidelines will take effect on January 31st. At this time, a new
upload flow for submitting to the Studio Gallery will be released, enforcing
these guidelines for all future MOCs. Simultaneously, the Designer Terms of Service
(https://www.bricklink.com/v3/terms_of_service_designer.page) will be updated
and the “Military” category in the Studio Gallery will be removed.
Currently displayed MOCs that do not comply with the updated guidelines will
remain visible for two weeks. They will be set to “Private” mode starting on
February 12th, but they will not be deleted from the platform.
This change to the Studio Gallery guidelines is, admittedly, an impactful adjustment
for some users. While many MOCs will be removed from public view, thousands more
remain for you to discover and build for yourself.
You can read more about the updated Studio Gallery guidelines in our Studio Help
Article: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042355033
Kind regards,
Your BrickLink Team
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Author: | CE_Anastasia | Posted: | Dec 4, 2023 17:29 | Subject: | Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 421 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Dear BrickLink members,
This week we plan to deploy a tax solution for Norway Value Added Tax (VAT).
This change will be affecting sellers and buyers in Norway as well as all sellers
who are selling to this country.
Here is a summary of changes to come:
1. For orders that are imported into Norway, where the value of each individual
item is less than NOK 3,000, VAT will be collected and remitted by BrickLink.
2. Sellers must have at least one on-site payment method available in their store
to process all orders where tax is collected by BrickLink.
3. Starting with the upcoming January 5th billing cycle, Norway sellers will
have VAT applied to their seller fees.
4. Registered business sellers in Norway will now have the option to add their
registration information in their store settings. For these sellers, VAT will
not be added to their monthly fees.
For more details, please see our new help page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2616
Additionally, will be sending out emails to all affected members.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Author: | CE_Anastasia | Posted: | Dec 1, 2023 16:53 | Subject: | New Zealand Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 476 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Dear BrickLink members,
Next week we plan to deploy a tax solution for New Zealand Goods and Services
Tax (GST). This change will be affecting sellers and buyers in New Zealand as
well as all sellers who are selling to this country.
Here is a summary of changes to come:
1. For orders that are imported into New Zealand, BrickLink will collect and
remit GST on items in each order that are below or equal to NZD 1,000.
2. Sellers must have at least one on-site payment method available in their store
to process all orders where tax is collected by BrickLink.
3. Starting with the upcoming January 5th billing cycle, New Zealand sellers
will have GST applied to their seller fees.
4. Registered business sellers in New Zealand will now have the option to add
their registration information in their store settings. For these sellers, GST
will not be added to their monthly fees.
For more details, please see our new help page here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2617
Additionally, will be sending out emails to all affected members.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Nov 8, 2023 13:07 | Subject: | Update on November 3rd incident | Viewed: | 5230 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Dear BrickLink members,
Welcome back and thank you for your patience. We were down for longer than anyone
would have wanted. Now that we’re back up and running, we can share with you
what’s happened.
As many of you will know, we received a threat and ransom demand on Friday, November
3rd. We’d been aware of and actively managing some limited suspicious activity
since mid-October, with unauthorized sellers offering products at huge discounts
and fraudulently accepting payment from buyers.
As soon as we were aware of the potential escalation on November 3rd, we put
the site into maintenance mode out of an abundance of caution. We did this to
protect our members and keep complete control of the platform while investigating.
We found that a relatively small number of BrickLink accounts may have been accessed.
It is important to note that there is no evidence so far that our systems were
compromised.
At this stage we believe this was a ‘credential stuffing’ incident, where
someone obtains lists of usernames and passwords from a third party, often illegally,
and opportunistically tries to use them on a website.
Actions we’ve taken
Although we know that the BrickLink site was not breached, we've further
strengthened our security. We take the safety of BrickLink and our members very
seriously and will continue to step up security across the platform.
We’ve informed people where we have reason to believe that their accounts or
stores may have been impacted, and reminded members of ways they can make their
accounts safer and more secure by practicing good data security. Keep your systems
up-to-date with the latest patches, Use security software and create strong,
unique passwords for each website you use.
Again, we’re sorry for the interruption and inconvenience this has caused you.
If you have any questions or concerns, have a look at the FAQ for more details,
or reach out to customersupport@bricklink.com.
Many thanks,
Your BrickLink Team
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Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Oct 30, 2023 17:09 | Subject: | New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 1229 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Hello everyone,
We are implementing a change of policy in regard to Sales posts in the Forum.
As the number of sellers has grown and as our site becomes more and more of a
premium marketplace, there is more incentive to advertise in the Forum and this
has led to an overabundance of posts under the Sales topic.
To be sure, there are a few members who have abused the Sales post feature, running
what seem to be constant deep discounts on everything in their store or in certain
categories. Most members who post in Sales, however, are not currently abusing
the feature, but we want to reduce the overall prominence of Sales posts.
The policy has been changed from a maximum of one per day to a maximum of one
per month. Please see the screenshot below.
Sellers posting more frequently may incur a friendly flooding ban for one month.
These are non-cumulative bans and will not go on your record. Bans will be lifted
immediately if the member contacts us and lets us know they agree to the new
policy.
Only the initial post in a thread counts toward the total Sales posts. Replies
will not count unless it is obvious that someone is posting to circumvent the
new policy.
This policy will be in place for the next 6 months after which we will assess
the situation.
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A word about "good" sales posts
On the BrickLink platform, visual presentation is a big part of our success.
This is why nice images are so critical to the catalog. When we see the same
one-line-of-text Sales posts cut and pasted over and over, it doesn't really
engage buyers. In fact, you may turn people off with such posts, especially if
they are done with frequency.
We're thinking of running a little contest over the next 6 months to reward
the best and most creative sales posts. More details on that later.
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Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Aug 2, 2023 17:41 | Subject: | Aggregated list of MOC-Pop-Up Store parts | Viewed: | 419 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Dear all,
As we approach the launch of the MOC Pop-Up Store on August 29, we’re happy to
release the aggregated list of all parts to be sold through the pilot. It includes
the Element ID / PCC, the total instances of the part across all participating
designs, and the BrickLink item number. At the top of the list are the parts
in low supply on our marketplace followed by a running list of parts prioritized
by quantity based on the MOC parts list.
Here’s a direct link to download the list:
https://bricklink.s3.amazonaws.com/BL_MOC_Pop_Up_Store_BOM.xml
The list will be updated weekly, and you can always find an updated list at the
end of the Marketplace Sellers section of the MOC Pop-Up Store FAQ here:
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/moc-pop-up-store/faq.page
with the date the list was last updated. Please keep in mind the various risks
- the list is subject to change, some designers might not be able to get their
designs ready for the pilot, and designs may vary in popularity.
As a reminder, all BrickLink sellers are considered in the check-out process
for the MOC Pop-Up Store like any check-out on the platform in general; buyers
will be able to choose which stores they buy from.
We hope making this list available allows you to support this initiative by securing
these parts for your inventory, and as a result the pilot will be a success for
Marketplace Sellers, Fan Designers, and buyers alike.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Aug 1, 2023 00:57 | Subject: | Mr Evil strikes again | Viewed: | 698 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Hello everybody,
As some of you have noticed, we've being having a bit of an issue with Forum
spam recently. Our faithful Discussions Moderators have been doing a great job,
though, and if you have hidden canceled messages in your Forum preferences, you
may have missed most of the posts:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageFilter.asp?
For those who like spam and missed tonight's episode, here is a quick summary:
Important message: BUY GBL (gamma-butyrolactone)
For those of you following the spam cycle, this is nothing out of the ordinary.
However, something rather special happened tonight. We linked the spammer to
another BrickLink account, perhaps an "alter-ego" as it were:
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=MrEvil
We do have a serious plan to address the spam issue and we will be acting on
it very soon.
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