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| | | Author: | ExplodingFruit  | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 15:17 | | Subject: | Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 226 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| 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?
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 15:25 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| it has grown but the number of sellers with more and more inventory also grows
so it balances out.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 15:28 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ExplodingFruit writes:
| | 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?
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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!
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 15:30 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | General | |
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|  the spam probably account for half of those |
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 16:08 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | the spam probably account for half of those
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Wanna buy some spam?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 16:17 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, iprice writes:
| | In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | the spam probably account for half of those
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Wanna buy some spam?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 16:58 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | your temping me |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Upstate_Brickz | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 4, 2023 11:21 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, ExplodingFruit writes:
| | 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?
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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!
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We know which one Nubs is. 
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 4, 2023 12:26 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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We know which one Nubs is.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 17:33 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ExplodingFruit writes:
| | 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?
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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.
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| | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 23:34 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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Irregular: cost, cost, cost.
Ha!
But otherwise regular: everything costs 
It sounds like a chicken also.
Where's our 13th?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 23:44 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
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Irregular: cost, cost, cost.
Ha!
But otherwise regular: everything costs
It sounds like a chicken also.
Where's our 13th?
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« cot-cot-cot » 🐓🐓🐓 🐣🥚🥚
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 23:44 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
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Irregular: cost, cost, cost.
Ha!
But otherwise regular: everything costs
It sounds like a chicken also.
Where's our 13th?
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« cot-cot-cot » 🐓🐓🐓 🐣🥚🥚
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Oui ma poule, c'est ça !
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| | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 23:36 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Plus take in account Sellers who don't sell
Shame, shame on you
Shame, shame on you
Can you hold your head up high
Look your friends right in the eye
No you can't
Shame on you
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 17:42 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ExplodingFruit writes:
| | 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?
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Where are you getting these numbers from? Looking at the following help page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1304
In 2013, there were about 80,000 buyers and 7,000 sellers, an 11:1 ratio. However,
looking at the member list: https://www.bricklink.com/memberList.asp
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.
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| | | | | | | Author: | ExplodingFruit | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 19:34 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In General, ExplodingFruit writes:
| | 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?
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Where are you getting these numbers from? Looking at the following help page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1304
In 2013, there were about 80,000 buyers and 7,000 sellers, an 11:1 ratio. However,
looking at the member list: https://www.bricklink.com/memberList.asp
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.
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https://www.bricklink.com/calendar.asp?v=M&m=0&userType=2
New members registered...2021 40:1 2022 60:1 2023 is trending higher yet as
new store opening growth seems to be leveling out.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 22:29 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ExplodingFruit writes:
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.
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| | | | | Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | May 3, 2023 20:55 | | Subject: | Re: Ratio of Buyers to Sellers | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ExplodingFruit writes:
| | 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?
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It is important, when looking at these statistics to remember that every seller
is also a buyer.
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