 
 | Author: | Admin_Russell  | | Posted: | Oct 30, 2023 17:09 | | Subject: | New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 911 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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Message Has 18 Replies: Re: New policy on Forum sales posts - popsicle (6603)  | [...] Although for the last couple of years we’ve posted more than our share of announcements in that topic charter, it’s somehow a welcome change of policy for me personally:) [...] (3 months ago, Oct 30, 2023, to Administrative) |
Re: New policy on Forum sales posts - yorbrick (1177) | Will this also apply to sellers that post sales announcements when they contact their mailing list? Some sellers never visit the forum but post sales notices like that. I've [...] (3 months ago, Oct 30, 2023, to Administrative) |
Re: New policy on Forum sales posts - yorbrick (1177) | It would also be good to have something similar for all the Canadaian sellers and their free parcel every Tuesday announcements that get placed in sales or shipping or announcements. [...] (3 months ago, Oct 30, 2023, to Administrative) |
Re: New policy on Forum sales posts - lotsofbricks (1212) | I feel that changing from once per day to once per month might be too big of a change. Perhaps once per week would be more appropriate. I've never posted sales in the forum [...] (3 months ago, Oct 30, 2023, to Administrative) |
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