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 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
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 Author: goldknight View Messages Posted By goldknight
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Location:  USA, California
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In Selling, popsicle writes:
  if not obsessed over and perhaps trying to avoid work

Actually, I was processing this morning an order by the top (63) repeat buyer,
that got me looking into the stats.

Sorting buyers by number of orders placed within store:
https://www.bricklink.com/orderSummary.asp?a=r

My Orders Received: Summary - Orders - Down - Count


I'm 22 on your list
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
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 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
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Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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In Selling, popsicle writes:
  if not obsessed over and perhaps trying to avoid work

Actually, I was processing this morning an order by the top (63) repeat buyer,
that got me looking into the stats.

Sorting buyers by number of orders placed within store:
https://www.bricklink.com/orderSummary.asp?a=r

My Orders Received: Summary - Orders - Down - Count

I have a long time regular that has become and online friend and he was way ahead,
but he hasn't been buying for a while and a new contender is just about to
chase him down. The new guy has made 40 orders in under 2 years. Always pleasant,
often back before his previous order is delivered.
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
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 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Feb 15, 2023 11:34
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Nubs_Select (3768)

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In Selling, popsicle writes:
  if not obsessed over and perhaps trying to avoid work

Actually, I was processing this morning an order by the top (63) repeat buyer,
that got me looking into the stats.

Sorting buyers by number of orders placed within store:
https://www.bricklink.com/orderSummary.asp?a=r

My Orders Received: Summary - Orders - Down - Count

Stats are fun! On the owl site I’ve got 1 or 2 that are almost at 40
 
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
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 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Feb 15, 2023 12:17
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Nubs_Select (3768)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: Nub's Select
In Selling, popsicle writes:
  In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Selling, popsicle writes:
  if not obsessed over and perhaps trying to avoid work

Actually, I was processing this morning an order by the top (63) repeat buyer,
that got me looking into the stats.

Sorting buyers by number of orders placed within store:
https://www.bricklink.com/orderSummary.asp?a=r

My Orders Received: Summary - Orders - Down - Count

Stats are fun! On the owl site I’ve got 1 or 2 that are almost at 40

You're doing well over on BO? Nice!

Thanks!
Bricklink is still much better overall but there are a couple on BO that are
very consistent which is nice
 Author: qwertyboy View Messages Posted By qwertyboy
 Posted: Feb 15, 2023 12:24
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qwertyboy (7862)

Location:  Canada, Alberta
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Store: Maple Bricks
In Selling, popsicle writes:
  In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Selling, popsicle writes:
  if not obsessed over and perhaps trying to avoid work

Actually, I was processing this morning an order by the top (63) repeat buyer,
that got me looking into the stats.

Sorting buyers by number of orders placed within store:
https://www.bricklink.com/orderSummary.asp?a=r

My Orders Received: Summary - Orders - Down - Count

Stats are fun! On the owl site I’ve got 1 or 2 that are almost at 40

You're doing well over on BO? Nice!

I can't speak for Nubs_Select, but in our case, our top customer on BO always
places an initial order, and then starts adding batches to it. BO doesn't
actually "expand" the order. Rather, it creates a new order, and "links"
it to the original one. The number of orders on BO for our top customer is 140,
but the actual shipments for him is more like 40-50.

And on a completely unrelated note - yay! - there is a grater in our street scraping
up the ice sheets!

Niek.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
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Nubs_Select (3768)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: Nub's Select
In Selling, qwertyboy writes:
  In Selling, popsicle writes:
  In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Selling, popsicle writes:
  if not obsessed over and perhaps trying to avoid work

Actually, I was processing this morning an order by the top (63) repeat buyer,
that got me looking into the stats.

Sorting buyers by number of orders placed within store:
https://www.bricklink.com/orderSummary.asp?a=r

My Orders Received: Summary - Orders - Down - Count

Stats are fun! On the owl site I’ve got 1 or 2 that are almost at 40

You're doing well over on BO? Nice!

I can't speak for Nubs_Select, but in our case, our top customer on BO always
places an initial order, and then starts adding batches to it. BO doesn't
actually "expand" the order. Rather, it creates a new order, and "links"
it to the original one. The number of orders on BO for our top customer is 140,
but the actual shipments for him is more like 40-50.

They started like that with adding 1 or 2 items but then since I kept losing
money on fees I added a .30 (might have been .50) fee for combining orders and
then it’s now for the most part in 1 or 2 orders (first 20 or so were like that)

  And on a completely unrelated note - yay! - there is a grater in our street scraping
up the ice sheets!

Epic!

  Niek.
 Author: qwertyboy View Messages Posted By qwertyboy
 Posted: Feb 15, 2023 12:39
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qwertyboy (7862)

Location:  Canada, Alberta
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In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
  
  I can't speak for Nubs_Select, but in our case, our top customer on BO always
places an initial order, and then starts adding batches to it. BO doesn't
actually "expand" the order. Rather, it creates a new order, and "links"
it to the original one. The number of orders on BO for our top customer is 140,
but the actual shipments for him is more like 40-50.

  They started like that with adding 1 or 2 items but then since I kept losing
money on fees I added a .30 (might have been .50) fee for combining orders and
then it’s now for the most part in 1 or 2 orders (first 20 or so were like that)

Yup - we have that set to CAD 0.49 (which matches the base fee Paypal charges,
so in revenue it doesn't matter anymore whether they place an order in one
go or in several installments).

Niek.
 Author: wildchicken13 View Messages Posted By wildchicken13
 Posted: Feb 15, 2023 11:56
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wildchicken13 (876)

Location:  USA, Illinois
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In Selling, popsicle writes:
  if not obsessed over and perhaps trying to avoid work

Actually, I was processing this morning an order by the top (63) repeat buyer,
that got me looking into the stats.

Sorting buyers by number of orders placed within store:
https://www.bricklink.com/orderSummary.asp?a=r

My Orders Received: Summary - Orders - Down - Count

I think we did this already: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1326480
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
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 Author: qwertyboy View Messages Posted By qwertyboy
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qwertyboy (7862)

Location:  Canada, Alberta
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Stats and graphs are cool. If enough data and some smart reporting, you can actually
distill some useful information to further your take-over of the plastic brick
market (not so much with the top-20-or-so customers, but with stuff like sales
per item ("what are best-selling items in my shop setup", turn-over
speed per item ("hm - I should really up the pricing on that item" etc.

Anywho, below is our top-20 customers for BrickLink and a top-20 customers for
all market places combined. Note that there are discrepancies in the reported
orders on BrickLink and the ones across all market places. This is because the
BL API only returns the customer's login name (which can change over time),
and not the customer's BL ID.

Niek.
 
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 Author: Carissamiss View Messages Posted By Carissamiss
 Posted: Feb 15, 2023 19:47
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Carissamiss (1428)

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For sellers that use this data and see a frequent buyer who hasn’t ordered in
a while, do you follow up or reach out to them to find out why? Or do you just
accept that they no longer favour your shop?



In Selling, popsicle writes:
  In Selling, qwertyboy writes:
  Stats and graphs are cool. If enough data and some smart reporting, you can actually
distill some useful information to further your take-over of the plastic brick
market (not so much with the top-20-or-so customers, but with stuff like sales
per item ("what are best-selling items in my shop setup", turn-over
speed per item ("hm - I should really up the pricing on that item" etc.

Anywho, below is our top-20 customers for BrickLink and a top-20 customers for
all market places combined. Note that there are discrepancies in the reported
orders on BrickLink and the ones across all market places. This is because the
BL API only returns the customer's login name (which can change over time),
and not the customer's BL ID.

Niek.

As usual with topics that touch on stats, good stuff from Niek.

Thanks
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Feb 15, 2023 19:49
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Store: Nub's Select
In Selling, Carissamiss writes:
  For sellers that use this data and see a frequent buyer who hasn’t ordered in
a while, do you follow up or reach out to them to find out why? Or do you just
accept that they no longer favour your shop?

they might just no longer need parts you carry or don't buy anymore or anything
but its probably best to not contact them. personally i dont

  

In Selling, popsicle writes:
  In Selling, qwertyboy writes:
  Stats and graphs are cool. If enough data and some smart reporting, you can actually
distill some useful information to further your take-over of the plastic brick
market (not so much with the top-20-or-so customers, but with stuff like sales
per item ("what are best-selling items in my shop setup", turn-over
speed per item ("hm - I should really up the pricing on that item" etc.

Anywho, below is our top-20 customers for BrickLink and a top-20 customers for
all market places combined. Note that there are discrepancies in the reported
orders on BrickLink and the ones across all market places. This is because the
BL API only returns the customer's login name (which can change over time),
and not the customer's BL ID.

Niek.

As usual with topics that touch on stats, good stuff from Niek.

Thanks
 Author: Carissamiss View Messages Posted By Carissamiss
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Carissamiss (1428)

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OK thanks, glad to get an opinion from an expert seller 🙂


In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Selling, Carissamiss writes:
  For sellers that use this data and see a frequent buyer who hasn’t ordered in
a while, do you follow up or reach out to them to find out why? Or do you just
accept that they no longer favour your shop?

they might just no longer need parts you carry or don't buy anymore or anything
but its probably best to not contact them. personally i dont

  

In Selling, popsicle writes:
  In Selling, qwertyboy writes:
  Stats and graphs are cool. If enough data and some smart reporting, you can actually
distill some useful information to further your take-over of the plastic brick
market (not so much with the top-20-or-so customers, but with stuff like sales
per item ("what are best-selling items in my shop setup", turn-over
speed per item ("hm - I should really up the pricing on that item" etc.

Anywho, below is our top-20 customers for BrickLink and a top-20 customers for
all market places combined. Note that there are discrepancies in the reported
orders on BrickLink and the ones across all market places. This is because the
BL API only returns the customer's login name (which can change over time),
and not the customer's BL ID.

Niek.

As usual with topics that touch on stats, good stuff from Niek.

Thanks
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
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In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Selling, Carissamiss writes:
  For sellers that use this data and see a frequent buyer who hasn’t ordered in
a while, do you follow up or reach out to them to find out why? Or do you just
accept that they no longer favour your shop?

they might just no longer need parts you carry or don't buy anymore or anything
but its probably best to not contact them. personally i dont

You can always send them a "we haven't seen you in a while" coupon.
I agree that you shouldn't contact them to ask why.
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 Author: BricksOfFaith View Messages Posted By BricksOfFaith
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strangely enough, nubs is #1 on the list on both buying and selling lists 🤣🤣🤣
I don’t have any that are more than 2 😞 😝
 


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In Selling, BricksOfFaith writes:
  strangely enough, nubs is #1 on the list on both buying and selling lists 🤣🤣🤣



  I don’t have any that are more than 2 😞 😝