| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | TheBrickGuys  | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2011 23:40 | | Subject: | Re: Multiple stores, ONE ACCOUNT | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, BigBrickDaddy writes:
| | I would like to be able to list my new and used inventory in 2 seperate stores!
We have well over 500,000 used items that we have not been able to sell here
due to the massive amount of hassle we would have trying to keep the new and
used away from each other.
We would like to list these used items in their own store with their own stockroom!
This would increase Brick Link and would increase our bottom line.
We DO NOT want used orders mixed with new orders!
That would be horrible!
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Now dont you wish you never asked??
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2011 17:05 | | Subject: | Re: Multiple stores, ONE ACCOUNT | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, DragonAlex writes:
| | In Suggestions, BigBrickDaddy writes:
| | We have not been able to make it work.
We tried. It was a nightmare.
Trying to define used/new of the same element started to be a very large hassle
for us. The pickers would see pull from the wrong bin, wrong room, or wrong
storage area creating a nightmare for the next buyer.
We pulled all the used inventory and dumped it in large storage bins (around
200 of them). They have been sitting there ever since with another 100-200 bins
of Duplo Items.
We cannot sell them, cannot list them, cannot get the system to bend to the new/used
combo.
So we gave up!
Again, it would be nothing but a $$ maker for the site.
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I think he means that he will sell all his used stuff on ebay as bulk lots and
not as individuale parts.
Ebay, I think, is better suited for bulk lots, thats what people like over there.
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As for myself, I do not care. I am about 1/2 way through creation of an Ebay
store to sell that inventory off.
I would much rather pay fees to Brick Link then Ebay.
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Your post makes no sense. If you can sell them on feebay you can sell them here.
You claim your problem lies with your pickers, will they suddenly become smarter
because the invoice comes through feebay?
If taking the used lego off site is your solution to the picker fiasco you should
have no problem integrating them into your BL store. You can then pack the order
from both locations & merge them at the end of the day or whenever is convenient.
Make a note that buying new and used lego will add a day to the transaction time
- whats the big deal?
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2011 15:53 | | Subject: | Re: Multiple stores, ONE ACCOUNT | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| | | Not quite everyone. I like to know that if I am in someone's shop, this is it,
and I don't have to wonder whether there's something else in another shop of
theirs that I also want at the same time. I also don't like the possibility
that one seller might have more than one shop on the spotlighted / featured store
page. And plenty of people do fine selling both new and used items. What if
someone decides they want a shop strictly for gear, one for sets, one for new
parts, another for used parts... you get the picture. Why complicate things
for users (especially newer ones) as well as use up more of BL's resources unnecessarily?
I think it works fine the way it is.
Maggie
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I have to agree.
The main problem I would say is that it then could start even more of a trend
for others to open multiple stores as Maggie stated.
The reason I say this because where do you draw the line? 500,000 parts? 50,000?
5,000? Or some may feel that.....
"If someone can open up 2 stores for new and used parts, then why cant I open
1 store for parts and one for sets? One for each could help my bottom line because
people will know that my store named 'Billy Bobs Great New Sets R Us', is just
for sets and my other store, 'Billy Bobs Great New Parts R We', is just for parts."
"And if I had a third store named, 'Billy Bobs Great Almost New But Used Parts',
would be really great".
I know this example may be a bit unrealistic (at least the store names), but
once you open up that door it becomes harder and harder to control and it could
help lead to more and more dishonest abuse.
I would say a better solution would be to change the format so that people could
have one category for new parts and one category for used parts. That way you
can completely keep them separate. You could then set up your orders to sort
first by condition of the parts. This would allow you to have a good amount of
separation and also allow people to place orders with a combination of new and
used parts with out having to pay for separate shipping charges.
Jim
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