| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | ExplodingFruit  | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 16:04 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers can complain and get you penalised? | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Brickman4you writes:
| | In Buying, JONELSEA writes:
| | Hi, I'm new to Bricklink, my frist order turned out to be a NSS whatever
thst is. I have uet to get my money back. Now, I've just received a compliant
from a seller for not proceeding with an order which they changed after saying
in am email theyd honour an invoice they sent to me for less then they were asking.
No, now thank you Bricklink. Not cool. I wish to make a complaint to Bricklink
for these experiences.These rules and obligstions are not clear enough for first
time users of bricklink.
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Most of your purchases seem to be from overseas, and it looks like you are in
Utah. Are you using EASYBUY or are you clicking on a wanted list and selecting
BUY ALL? There are thousands of great stores here in the US.
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Personally, I don't know why anyone would order from overseas. Too risky.
I'll say it again-There are thousands of great stores here in the US. Including
mine!!!
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2024 17:10 | | Subject: | Re: stinker items | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ArcherBricks writes:
| | are there some items that just don't sell on this site?
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I was pleasantly surprised by how just about everything sells on this site and
the other one. If you have a good selection, good prices, and buyer-friendly
terms you can sell just about anything Lego here. Sometimes, the problem is just
keeping pieces available.
BTW, it also surprises me how so many people have trouble giving a validated
address!
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | Dec 31, 2023 20:43 | | Subject: | Re: Affiliations | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In General, ExplodingFruit writes:
| | Is it possible to tell if you have orders via a third-party website on BL? My
store on another platform is mostly sales through Rebrickable but I have never
seen or paid(that I know of)any fee to a third party on BL. To me, that is strange
since BL is way more popular. And yes, my affiliation box is checked. Thanks!
Happy New Year to a great community!
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Do you pay fees to Rebrickable for your sales on that other platform?
I don't know of any way to tell where your sales are coming from.
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Yes, you can clearly see the fee on the other site paid to Rebrickable. On BL,
I cannot see where my sales are coming from. The only fee I see is to BL.
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | Dec 31, 2023 19:47 | | Subject: | Affiliations | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Is it possible to tell if you have orders via a third-party website on BL? My
store on another platform is mostly sales through Rebrickable but I have never
seen or paid(that I know of)any fee to a third party on BL. To me, that is strange
since BL is way more popular. And yes, my affiliation box is checked. Thanks!
Happy New Year to a great community!
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2023 12:38 | | Subject: | Re: Login From New Device emails | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Brick_A_Brac writes:
| | Hi All,
Is anyone else being spammed with repetitive "Login From New Device"
emails every time they log in - even when not from a new device? They're
a great way of protecting us from the kind of credential stuffing attack we had
recently but only if they're genuine emails. Getting 20 to 30 of them a day
because the "Stay logged in for this browser" checkbox seems to do nothing
will just mean we start ignoring them.
Mark
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Bricklink--Please fix this.
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | Sep 19, 2023 12:30 | | Subject: | MOC Pop Up Store | | Viewed: | 121 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Disappointing that this program is directing customers to the same huge BL stores
for just about every design. I now see this program as a headwind-soaking up
dollars that might otherwise be spent in a better variety of BL stores.
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2023 16:12 | | Subject: | Re: Need 6 Million Pounds Per Month | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, brentbust writes:
| | Hi! I need six million pounds of Lego sets per month. Can anyone help? Thanks!
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I have a couple of dozen bricks to send your way....will that help?
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | Jun 28, 2023 15:12 | | Subject: | Re: Sales declining? | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, CDN writes:
| | Has anyone else noticed a large drop in sales recently? In the past year, I haven't
gone more than 3-4 days without several orders. Past 2 weeks, not a single order.
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You have way too many demands on the buyer. There are lots of other good stores
on BL for me to choose from other than to accept terms like that. Make it as
easy as you can to buy from your store. I added you to my list of fav stores
in hopes that you can make me feel good about buying from you in the future.
Good luck!
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 10:23 | | Subject: | Selling Overseas | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Is it worth it to open up my USA store to international orders/shipping? Seems
like a lot could go wrong.
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 19:34 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In General, ExplodingFruit writes:
| | Looking at the onboarding statistics on Bricklink, it looks to me as though the
amount of new buyers is greatly outpacing the number of new sellers. If I am
reading the data right the ratio has gone from 10:1 a few years ago to 60:1 now.
Bricklink has seen plenty of growth in the last 10 years and hope it remains
a viable, profitable platform to sell on for the foreseeable future. Thoughts?
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Where are you getting these numbers from? Looking at the following help page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1304
In 2013, there were about 80,000 buyers and 7,000 sellers, an 11:1 ratio. However,
looking at the member list: https://www.bricklink.com/memberList.asp
At the time of writing, it shows 1,297,430 total members, of whom 60,180 are
sellers. That's a 20:1 ratio.
However, just looking at the total number of registered buyers and sellers doesn't
give you the full picture of the site. The most active members probably account
for the majority of buying and selling activity, while the majority of members
are not very active in the marketplace.
However, there's more to BrickLink than just the marketplace. Some people
may create an account simply to use the Studio gallery, forum, or contribute
to the catalog without any intention to actually buy anything. On the other hand,
some buyers may upgrade to a seller account to access the inventory feature or
store API without any intention to actually sell anything.
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https://www.bricklink.com/calendar.asp?v=M&m=0&userType=2
New members registered...2021 40:1 2022 60:1 2023 is trending higher yet as
new store opening growth seems to be leveling out.
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 15:17 | | Subject: | Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 226 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Looking at the onboarding statistics on Bricklink, it looks to me as though the
amount of new buyers is greatly outpacing the number of new sellers. If I am
reading the data right the ratio has gone from 10:1 a few years ago to 60:1 now.
Bricklink has seen plenty of growth in the last 10 years and hope it remains
a viable, profitable platform to sell on for the foreseeable future. Thoughts?
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| Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2023 15:45 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Storefront | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, ExplodingFruit writes:
Stay tuned for updates...its getting bigger!
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USA, Wisconsin
