BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:

any word on either bricklink or seller side implementation for tax for Canada
so we can instant checkout like most other countries?

Author:

Emporiosa

Posted:

Nov 18, 2023 09:08

Subject:

Re: List parts back to store when order cancelled

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General

In General, outofthe60s writes:

Is there an easy way to list the parts from a cancelled order back into my store
stock or do I have to manually re-enter each lot from the order manually? This
is not a NPB issue. Thanks.

If already cancelled? No it's too late and need to do it manually (or could
use BrickStore to import that order to get the items, and then upload).

But after you refund via BL, and then open the OCR, the OCR page for cancelling
the order gives options of what you want to do with the items (such as bringing
them back into your inventory).

Author:

Emporiosa

Posted:

Nov 14, 2023 17:04

Subject:

Re: Account address: buyer vs seller

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Suggestions

So my suggestion/request is one of the following:

Option 1 - Allow any buyer to enter any shipping destination in the checkout
process, just like 99% of webshops allow to do so.

Option 2 - Each account should have a buyer and a seller address. Only when changing
the seller address, a new store verification is required.

Thanks for considering any of these options.

I completely hear you on this; it's very common in Canada since we hug the
US border. There are types of parcel holding facilities where we get to have
US shipping addresses, and we cross over to get them once they arrive.

This isn't a full solution to what you're looking for, but in Feb 2021,
Russell did say they would consider allowing sellers to open another buyer account
for certain cases like these. I'm not sure if this is the case right now
and I'd recommend reaching out to Help Desk to confirm first, but here's
the original message: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1253276

Author:

Emporiosa

Posted:

Nov 13, 2023 11:13

Subject:

Re: Linking to tracking numbers

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In Selling, Brick_a_mind writes:

I was wondering if anyone knows a way to link to the tracking numbers generated
through Paypal shipping, so when I send out the "drive through" notification
it will automatically include the tracking number without my having to type it
in manually each time.

Thanks!

You'll likely need to make something custom to do the API calls required,
or use a type of BrickLink specific SaaS/product that can do this.

Author:

Emporiosa

Posted:

Nov 10, 2023 11:26

Subject:

Re: Joblot of minifigures advice

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(We can't edit threads and I just realized I forgot your photograph question)

That's one of the great things about BrickLink - you don't need photographs.
You may want to upload your own are when you listing items with damage and want
the buyer to see exactly what they are receiving - especially for rare/expensive
figures. Or when listing a custom lot. The most important thing though is still
writing out specifics about the condition such as cracks, fading to print, etc...

But for items in great condition, no photos are required (nor additional notes
about the item).

Author:

Emporiosa

Posted:

Nov 10, 2023 11:09

Subject:

Re: Joblot of minifigures advice

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In Selling, BeardRunner writes:

Hi all,

Glad to be a member and join the group.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Welcome to BrickLink

For all licensed/rare figures, selling individually is absolutely the way to
go. Most collectors already have many figures of a particular theme and are looking
for specific ones. Or even those who have a beloved character. If you sell as
a lot, you're going to need to price it lower, and it'll be often those
looking to resell individual figures.

You'll want to familiarize yourself with things to look for item condition
such as places where cracks/stress lines on torsos appear, arms etc. If selling
figures on BrickLink, they do not include handheld accessories. You can see what
is included with a figure by looking up its inventory. They do include things
like backpacks/back attachments if part of the official figure, but never handheld
accessories. I believe there's no issue with adding a note to say you are
including extras with a figure though, should you wish to.

For more normal figures like City, Town etc, and especially figures that have
damage, these are better to sell either locally/online groups or auction sites
etc with photos for them. You can sell custom lots or damaged items on BrickLink
but custom lots are harder to see, so you'll want to post on the forum potentially
to say that you have it listed. And anything with damage you need to be very
descriptive. On other platforms, you can usually be more generic in described
wear/damage.

You'll need to receive 1 positive feedback to open a store, which you can
get from placing an order with a store. I'm in Canada (but do sell to the
UK), and am a seller who gives feedback upon payment, but you may find stores
that wait until you've finalized the order as Completed and left them feedback
before they will. Read the store terms that you're buying from to know if
they leave feedback after payment if you're trying to get one quickly for
to put in a new store request -- or hopefully some local sellers will also
let you know in this thread

After that, you'll be able to upgrade your buyer status to seller (so your
account can do both), and that kicks off the New Seller Verification process.
More info here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2440

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. Good luck!

-Sarah

Author:

Emporiosa

Posted:

Nov 9, 2023 08:31

Subject:

Re: XML upload doesn't work

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Technical Issues

In Technical Issues, daves.customs writes:

Hey,

For some reason when I try to upload an XML and click 'Proceed to verify
items' it loads forever and doesn't upload the parts. I tried everything
that comes to mind. Any suggestions?

How many lots are you trying to upload? I think usually it might throw an error,
but if you're trying to upload too much at a time (over 1K lots) it'll
likely fail. I haven't tried an upload since the site came back up though
to see if it's behaving differently.

They're also likely more overloaded than usual with the backlog of parts
being uploaded by sellers.

Author:

Emporiosa

Posted:

Nov 8, 2023 20:51

Subject:

Re: e transfer as a payment method

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Topic:

Payment Methods

In Payment Methods, kittybrickz writes:

Hello!

I have a customer that paid with etransfer, and have shipped the item but I'm
not able to progress the order status, I think there is a setting that changed
when BL was down, or I'm missing something? Or is it up to the customer to
progress the paid status?

Also, I had an international buyer pay by paypal when BL was down, and there
seems to be no option to progress the status either.

Thank you for your expertise in this matter!

You need to put in a ticket with the support desk to have Interac E-transfer
added to your account (there's a certain about of time that you need on the
platform for them to process it). You should still be able to update it in BL
though. Try setting it first to Paid, and then to Shipped.

For the international order, if there was a tax part, you'll need to refund
them and have them pay again via the onsite payment button. After that you'll
be able to set it to shipped.

Author:

Emporiosa

Posted:

Nov 1, 2023 20:37

Subject:

Re: CMF Marvel 2- Do you Send the Boxes?

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In Selling, starbeanie writes:

You can list any set without putting a Condition.

So that comes back to my question - why you would suggest that they go as far
as listing as Incomplete for excluding the CMF packaging when you aren't
doing so for most of your listings? Especially when you also exclude the insert
and extra parts for most (which is far more incomplete).

I understand there's differing opinions about if they should be listed Complete
or Incomplete without the foil/box when it comes to CMFs, but it's another
thing when you're recommending something you're not following yourself.

Author:

Emporiosa

Posted:

Nov 1, 2023 20:27

Subject:

Re: CMF Marvel 2- Do you Send the Boxes?

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