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| | | Author: | AlohaBrickRoad  | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2022 18:38 | | Subject: | Massive increase in # of pieces for sale | | Viewed: | 179 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Hi all. I’m in my first year of selling and have been doing well so far. I
notice over the past few days my sales have essentially dropped to zero, and
there’s a MASSIVE corresponding increase in pieces for sale in the marketplace.
Is this common every year after Christmas with all the gifted and clearance
sets out in the world? Is this an experience others have been having as well?
It’s definitely disheartening, after putting hundreds of hours of work in for
it to all suddenly fall flat. I focus on used parts, but what’s the point in
that when there are suddenly 150,000 new pieces of a lot available for the same
price.
Should we expect things to increase after some of this excess inventory from
new sellers clears out and they realize how much work it is to run a successful
BL store? Or is this in some way related to further mainstreaming of the BL
platform.
Any veteran opinions?
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| | | | | Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2022 06:29 | | Subject: | Re: Massive increase in # of pieces for sale | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, AlohaBrickRoad writes:
| | Hi all. I’m in my first year of selling and have been doing well so far. I
notice over the past few days my sales have essentially dropped to zero, and
there’s a MASSIVE corresponding increase in pieces for sale in the marketplace.
Is this common every year after Christmas with all the gifted and clearance
sets out in the world? Is this an experience others have been having as well?
It’s definitely disheartening, after putting hundreds of hours of work in for
it to all suddenly fall flat. I focus on used parts, but what’s the point in
that when there are suddenly 150,000 new pieces of a lot available for the same
price.
Should we expect things to increase after some of this excess inventory from
new sellers clears out and they realize how much work it is to run a successful
BL store? Or is this in some way related to further mainstreaming of the BL
platform.
Any veteran opinions?
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Some stores close for Christmas/New Year Holidays, so a lot probably reopened
in the last week.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2022 08:31 | | Subject: | Re: Massive increase in # of pieces for sale | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stellar writes:
| | In General, AlohaBrickRoad writes:
| | Hi all. I’m in my first year of selling and have been doing well so far. I
notice over the past few days my sales have essentially dropped to zero, and
there’s a MASSIVE corresponding increase in pieces for sale in the marketplace.
Is this common every year after Christmas with all the gifted and clearance
sets out in the world? Is this an experience others have been having as well?
It’s definitely disheartening, after putting hundreds of hours of work in for
it to all suddenly fall flat. I focus on used parts, but what’s the point in
that when there are suddenly 150,000 new pieces of a lot available for the same
price.
Should we expect things to increase after some of this excess inventory from
new sellers clears out and they realize how much work it is to run a successful
BL store? Or is this in some way related to further mainstreaming of the BL
platform.
Any veteran opinions?
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Some stores close for Christmas/New Year Holidays, so a lot probably reopened
in the last week.
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Good point! That must be the explanation. I was wondering what the explanation
could be. Here there are no good deals around at all this month. Usually the
best deals are in autumn. And with winter usually being the busiest time of year,
I doubt many sellers have had time to prepare large uploads.
And to the OP: Don't worry too much, my rule of thumb is to never look at
periods shorter than 4 weeks, due to the large random factor. You will have dry
spells and busy days with no explanation, even if it had seemed steady for a
while. That's all part of the game.
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