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 Author: fsomani View Messages Posted By fsomani
 Posted: Sep 10, 2022 20:32
 Subject: How do get your first sale?
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fsomani (40)

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I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to get your first bricklink sale.

have a good rest of your day!
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Sep 10, 2022 20:33
 Subject: Re: How do get your first sale?
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Nubs_Select (3768)

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1 thing, List
 Author: wildchicken13 View Messages Posted By wildchicken13
 Posted: Sep 10, 2022 20:35
 Subject: Re: How do get your first sale?
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wildchicken13 (876)

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In Help, fsomani writes:
  I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to get your first bricklink sale.

have a good rest of your day!

Like Nubs_Select said, list more items. The bigger your inventory, the more likely
you are to make a sale.

Also, it doesn't hurt to add the United States as a shipping destination.
It is a pretty big market, even for Canadian sellers.
 Author: Brickman4you View Messages Posted By Brickman4you
 Posted: Sep 11, 2022 06:04
 Subject: Re: How do get your first sale?
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Brickman4you (1919)

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In Help, fsomani writes:
  I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to get your first bricklink sale.

have a good rest of your day!

As stated before, you need to boost your unique lot count.

Getting your first sale is easy enough, by parting out as much as you can.

Think Starwars... Figs move fast, and so do all of the LBG, DBG, White and Black
parts.
 Author: maxx3001 View Messages Posted By maxx3001
 Posted: Sep 11, 2022 06:31
 Subject: Re: How do get your first sale?
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maxx3001 (2564)

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In Help, fsomani writes:
  I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to get your first bricklink sale.

have a good rest of your day!

Not sure if this still stands, but I believe it was something like 10.000 parts
gives you about 1 order a week.
Each 10.000 above that gives you an extra order a week.
Up until you reach 100.000 parts and it starts to depend on your range of items.

You have 1.400 parts, so at least a ways to go, part out several of the same
set to get multiple of 1 part.

Good luck,
Maxx
P.s. countries you ship to also make a difference.
 Author: fsomani View Messages Posted By fsomani
 Posted: Sep 11, 2022 14:00
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fsomani (40)

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Thankyou everyone for your help
 Author: mooselover View Messages Posted By mooselover
 Posted: Sep 11, 2022 14:29
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mooselover (1059)

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Like others have stated, it helps to have more parts.

I'll go one further and say it helps to have more LOTS. Having a thousand
of one part isn't going to generate sales as much as having 1000 different
parts (lots). I find that people tend to shop at stores that can fill their entire
wish list (or most of it, anyway) - as this cuts down on shipping costs substantially.

When you're looking to bolster your inventory, scour the stores for sales,
clearance items, etc. Then, if you find some, get one or two copies of a variety
of sets, rather than 10 copies of the same set. More variety = more chances of
a sale.