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| | | Author: | Shakkaboo  | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2023 05:43 | | Subject: | why am i not selling anything | | Viewed: | 223 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hello,
Total 10,068 items in 956 lots available, but no sales.
What can I do better?
Thx
https://store.bricklink.com/Shakkaboo
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| | | | | Author: | tonnic | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2023 05:54 | | Subject: | Re: why am i not selling anything | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shakkaboo writes:
You cannot see it yourself?
I checked a few of your items. You are more expensive than some others in Austria.
For example, your 2 Star Wars 501st Clone Troopers are €9, 1 or 2 others from
Austria sell these for €3,75/3,80.
More than twice the price and you are a new seller, prices should be far lower.
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| | | | | | | Author: | LeeGo73 | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2023 06:03 | | Subject: | Re: why am i not selling anything | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, tonnic writes:
| | In Help, Shakkaboo writes:
You cannot see it yourself?
I checked a few of your items. You are more expensive than some others in Austria.
For example, your 2 Star Wars 501st Clone Troopers are €9, 1 or 2 others from
Austria sell these for €3,75/3,80.
More than twice the price and you are a new seller, prices should be far lower.
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yup, I checked SW1161; 350+ for sale in austria alone with 35~60% lower prices.
Some other ones are also high, but you are the only one selling in austria. So
that could work if the shipping costs from other EU countries are higher than
the price difference.
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| | | | | Author: | enig | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2023 06:03 | | Subject: | Re: why am i not selling anything | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shakkaboo writes:
It might feel that you have many lots and many parts. But the reality is that
other, bigger stores have the exact same parts + many other parts for the buyers
to choose from.
When you are a new seller and starting small - the only ways you can compete
is either by by having exclusive/rare parts OR by being very cheap. Having shipping
options that are less expensive than 16 EUR also helps. Is 1kg the smallest size
that you can ship?
I took a look at some of your pricing - some minifigs are priced okay but asking
16 EUR for this is one is not going to get it sold any sooner than in maybe 4
years once the set gets discontinued and the prices start going up.
All in all - do not expect to make a profit from a small store.
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| | | | | Author: | DB361 | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2023 06:28 | | Subject: | Re: why am i not selling anything | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I'm not sure if the same is true in mainland Europe as it is here in the
UK, but for me at least it's also very much worth bearing in mind that April
is the quietest month for sales. By a LONG way. This month for me has been the
quietest month for 3 and a half years, given a lot of people have simply run
out of money after splashing out over Covid and then being hit with inflation.
You'll definitely need a good few months under your belt before getting an
idea of how many sales to expect, and a good few years in the business before
you know what trading patterns to expect.
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| | | | | Author: | coevorden01 | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2023 06:35 | | Subject: | Re: why am i not selling anything | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shakkaboo writes:
missing some rare or openingsets.
kust have a look in my store for example, i have about 3 buyers a day
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| | | | | Author: | McScrooge | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2023 06:38 | | Subject: | Re: why am i not selling anything | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shakkaboo writes:
It is particularly helpful for smaller shops to offer at least a small number
of used parts that are no longer new available.
The very large stores offer most new parts in better quantities and prices and
it is hard to compete with them only with new parts.
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| | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2023 10:31 | | Subject: | Re: why am i not selling anything | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| As others have said, some of your prices are a bit high, but you're also
only selling to 6 countries; Austria, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg,
and The Netherlands.
According to Bricklink this is how many buyers there are in these countries.
Austria; 11,590
Germany; 123,565
Belgium; 15,900
Denmark; 11,649
Luxembourg: 830
Netherlands: 46,374
For 209,908 potential buyers.
Just adding England, France, Italy and Poland will more than double your buyer
reach with 223,522 more potential buyers. Is there a reason you don't sell/ship
to all of Europe?
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| | | | | Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2023 14:24 | | Subject: | Re: why am i not selling anything | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shakkaboo writes:
Keep adding pieces. More lots & more variety = more sales.
Cass T
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Austria, Tirol
Netherlands, Noord-Holland
Lithuania, Panevėžys
United Kingdom, England
Germany, Bayern
USA, Ohio