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| | | Author: | The_Boyz_Bricks  | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2023 19:02 | | Subject: | Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 177 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Are minifigures vital to my store's success?
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2023 19:05 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| they are not always vital but generally are what sellers get most of their money
back from the fastest
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| | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2023 20:12 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Not... Necessarily...
They will however be your items with the highest profit margins, which help make
your business profitable. And even then, you need to be diligent about what
sets to buy if you're parting out new sets.
Star Wars, Harry Potter, Ninjago and (SOME) Marvel minifigs can fetch up to the
mid-$30's in sets that are still actively being sold on LEGO. Look for those
and then look at the other minifigures in the set and make sure they are only
offered in ONE set. When they start being offered in 2-3 sets the price drops
off exponentially.
April has turned out to be my best month on record in terms of items sold and
revenue but I've only sold four minifigures.
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| | | | | Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2023 20:32 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| No but they will help attract more visits and then probably more sales
Sadler_Bricks
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| | | | | Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2023 23:55 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Are minifigures vital to my store's success?
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I typically get minifigure sales in an order or part sales. I don't have
many orders where there is a big mix. If there is a mix, it is usually minifigure
related parts.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2023 06:00 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Are minifigures vital to my store's success?
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I think yes. You don't have much in the way of vintage parts. Modern parts
do sell on their own (without minifigures), but not for much profit and tend
to be low values. So without minifigures (or other higher cost items/parts),
low value parts orders can take a long time to pack with little profit. Whether
that is a success really depends on you and what you want out of the store.
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2023 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Are minifigures vital to my store's success?
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I had around 700 figs late last year and now have less than half of that. Sales
are still the same.
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| | | | | | | Author: | The_Boyz_Bricks | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2023 12:24 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Adjour writes:
| | In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Are minifigures vital to my store's success?
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I had around 700 figs late last year and now have less than half of that. Sales
are still the same.
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So what grabs the buyers attention? Parts, sets, or minifigs?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2023 12:37 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | So what grabs the buyers attention? Parts, sets, or minifigs?
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Selection. The more selection the more buyers are drawn in. If you cant get selection
then low prices. Those are the 2 main things that will get you buyers
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2023 17:04 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | So what grabs the buyers attention? Parts, sets, or minifigs?
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Yes.
But you need volume and variety.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Are minifigures vital to my store's success?
Thanks.
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I had around 700 figs late last year and now have less than half of that. Sales
are still the same.
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So what grabs the buyers attention? Parts, sets, or minifigs?
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Yes
If you notice, stores with more sales have more stuff. Pretty simple concept.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 22:38 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | So what grabs the buyers attention? Parts, sets, or minifigs?
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Every buyer is different. Some come here looking for parts to build a MOC. Others
come here looking for minifigs, or retired sets. Some come here looking for current
sets at below retail price.
I mostly use BrickLink to buy parts to build MOCs. I make a wanted list with
the parts I need and use the auto-select algorithm to choose stores for me. The
stores that show up most often in the algorithm results are those with the most
variety.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 23:21 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | So what grabs the buyers attention? Parts, sets, or minifigs?
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Every buyer is different. Some come here looking for parts to build a MOC. Others
come here looking for minifigs, or retired sets. Some come here looking for current
sets at below retail price.
I mostly use BrickLink to buy parts to build MOCs. I make a wanted list with
the parts I need and use the auto-select algorithm to choose stores for me. The
stores that show up most often in the algorithm results are those with the most
variety.
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And don't forget to go to your store Management affiliations and make
sure you have all the boxes checked. I've had a lot of orders come through
rebrickable.
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| | | | | Author: | molten.brick | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2023 13:48 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Are minifigures vital to my store's success?
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Parts selection.
If I can, I'll switch all minifigures out for robots.
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