Looking at the onboarding statistics on Bricklink, it looks to me as though the
amount of new buyers is greatly outpacing the number of new sellers. If I am
reading the data right the ratio has gone from 10:1 a few years ago to 60:1 now.
Bricklink has seen plenty of growth in the last 10 years and hope it remains
a viable, profitable platform to sell on for the foreseeable future. Thoughts?
Looking at the onboarding statistics on Bricklink, it looks to me as though the
amount of new buyers is greatly outpacing the number of new sellers. If I am
reading the data right the ratio has gone from 10:1 a few years ago to 60:1 now.
Bricklink has seen plenty of growth in the last 10 years and hope it remains
a viable, profitable platform to sell on for the foreseeable future. Thoughts?
It seems lots of new users are neither seller nor buyer. Some people join for
stud.io, some for the bricklink sets. And some to spam the forum, of course!
Looking at the onboarding statistics on Bricklink, it looks to me as though the
amount of new buyers is greatly outpacing the number of new sellers. If I am
reading the data right the ratio has gone from 10:1 a few years ago to 60:1 now.
Bricklink has seen plenty of growth in the last 10 years and hope it remains
a viable, profitable platform to sell on for the foreseeable future. Thoughts?
It seems lots of new users are neither seller nor buyer. Some people join for
stud.io, some for the bricklink sets. And some to spam the forum, of course!
Looking at the onboarding statistics on Bricklink, it looks to me as though the
amount of new buyers is greatly outpacing the number of new sellers. If I am
reading the data right the ratio has gone from 10:1 a few years ago to 60:1 now.
Bricklink has seen plenty of growth in the last 10 years and hope it remains
a viable, profitable platform to sell on for the foreseeable future. Thoughts?
A couple considerations (maybe my own preconceptions).
Public:
— BrickLink started more as a sharing platform, everybody had something to sell
/ exchange, there were fewer professionals.
— BrickLink opened to more buyer-only people (it started way before the buyout
by LEGO and it’s always expanding). “*whine-whine* It’s all soccer-moms and
Amazon buyers now! They don’t know nothing and, worse! they don’t leave feedback!
*whine-whine*”
Changes:
— It costed nothing to upgrade your account to be a seller and that status allowed
to have an inventory to manage your collection on the site (off site, Rebrickable
started “only” in 2011).
— Now you need to go through the verification process to be a seller.
Looking at the onboarding statistics on Bricklink, it looks to me as though the
amount of new buyers is greatly outpacing the number of new sellers. If I am
reading the data right the ratio has gone from 10:1 a few years ago to 60:1 now.
Bricklink has seen plenty of growth in the last 10 years and hope it remains
a viable, profitable platform to sell on for the foreseeable future. Thoughts?
At the time of writing, it shows 1,297,430 total members, of whom 60,180 are
sellers. That's a 20:1 ratio.
However, just looking at the total number of registered buyers and sellers doesn't
give you the full picture of the site. The most active members probably account
for the majority of buying and selling activity, while the majority of members
are not very active in the marketplace.
However, there's more to BrickLink than just the marketplace. Some people
may create an account simply to use the Studio gallery, forum, or contribute
to the catalog without any intention to actually buy anything. On the other hand,
some buyers may upgrade to a seller account to access the inventory feature or
store API without any intention to actually sell anything.
Looking at the onboarding statistics on Bricklink, it looks to me as though the
amount of new buyers is greatly outpacing the number of new sellers. If I am
reading the data right the ratio has gone from 10:1 a few years ago to 60:1 now.
Bricklink has seen plenty of growth in the last 10 years and hope it remains
a viable, profitable platform to sell on for the foreseeable future. Thoughts?
At the time of writing, it shows 1,297,430 total members, of whom 60,180 are
sellers. That's a 20:1 ratio.
However, just looking at the total number of registered buyers and sellers doesn't
give you the full picture of the site. The most active members probably account
for the majority of buying and selling activity, while the majority of members
are not very active in the marketplace.
However, there's more to BrickLink than just the marketplace. Some people
may create an account simply to use the Studio gallery, forum, or contribute
to the catalog without any intention to actually buy anything. On the other hand,
some buyers may upgrade to a seller account to access the inventory feature or
store API without any intention to actually sell anything.
New members registered...2021 40:1 2022 60:1 2023 is trending higher yet as
new store opening growth seems to be leveling out.
Thanks for the link! I had no idea this page existed. Interesting stats.
One thing to note is that these totals only include members who are still registered.
Members whose accounts have been deactivated due to inactivity are not counted.
So, the number of accounts created in prior years is probably significantly higher
than what is shown.
Furthermore, a lot of new stores opened during the pandemic. Now that it is almost
over, fewer new stores are opening. So, it may not be that new store opening
growth is leveling out per se, but rather returning to a more normal level.
Regardless, it appears that the ratio of buyers to sellers is increasing.
Looking at the onboarding statistics on Bricklink, it looks to me as though the
amount of new buyers is greatly outpacing the number of new sellers. If I am
reading the data right the ratio has gone from 10:1 a few years ago to 60:1 now.
Bricklink has seen plenty of growth in the last 10 years and hope it remains
a viable, profitable platform to sell on for the foreseeable future. Thoughts?
It is important, when looking at these statistics to remember that every seller
is also a buyer.
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