I've been closed for about 4 years. This week, I deleted all my inventory,
started listing anew and re-opened my store.
• Can anyone advise if they something wrong or ill-advised that I need to fix
in the messaging around my old store policies or settings?
• In a few words, what are some of the biggest changes and gotchas for old-fashioned
sellers returning?
• For example, from what I remember, when I get an order, I pack it and weigh
it and use postcalc to get an idea of what to ask for shipping? And because even
the tiniest brick is non-machineable there is that minimum the post office will
charge me for. Does that sound right?
I've been closed for about 4 years. This week, I deleted all my inventory,
started listing anew and re-opened my store.
• Can anyone advise if they something wrong or ill-advised that I need to fix
in the messaging around my old store policies or settings?
• In a few words, what are some of the biggest changes and gotchas for old-fashioned
sellers returning?
• For example, from what I remember, when I get an order, I pack it and weigh
it and use postcalc to get an idea of what to ask for shipping? And because even
the tiniest brick is non-machineable there is that minimum the post office will
charge me for. Does that sound right?
I appreciate your time!
Thanks in advance,
Christopher
Welcome back!
Several things
1. You say you don’t charge tax however bricklink does now in the USA so you
may want to remove that as it may confuse buyers. 2. You may want to remove all
payment options except “PayPal onsite” and “stripe” as now that bricklink collects
sales tax any places that bricklink collects it have to be paid onsite as they
collect the tax that way so offering other payment options will only confuse
buyers and can lead to problems if a buyer pays offsite which can cause issues
with you keeping sales tax money as it can’t be remitted to bricklink in any
other way then during the payment when bricklink removes it via partner fee
I've been closed for about 4 years. This week, I deleted all my inventory,
started listing anew and re-opened my store.
• Can anyone advise if they something wrong or ill-advised that I need to fix
in the messaging around my old store policies or settings?
• In a few words, what are some of the biggest changes and gotchas for old-fashioned
sellers returning?
• For example, from what I remember, when I get an order, I pack it and weigh
it and use postcalc to get an idea of what to ask for shipping? And because even
the tiniest brick is non-machineable there is that minimum the post office will
charge me for. Does that sound right?
I appreciate your time!
Thanks in advance,
Christopher
Welcome back!
Several things
1. You say you don’t charge tax however bricklink does now in the USA so you
may want to remove that as it may confuse buyers. 2. You may want to remove all
payment options except “PayPal onsite” and “stripe” as now that bricklink collects
sales tax any places that bricklink collects it have to be paid onsite as they
collect the tax that way so offering other payment options will only confuse
buyers and can lead to problems if a buyer pays offsite which can cause issues
with you keeping sales tax money as it can’t be remitted to bricklink in any
other way then during the payment when bricklink removes it via partner fee
Excellent - I am working on this and other suggestions~!
Hi Christopher, welcome back! One thing I did notice - and maybe an American
seller or mod can add more detail - is that your terms still say that you accept
personal cheque and that you don’t collect sales tax, and that has changed. Now
Bricklink collects sales tax on your American orders and will determine the rate
by state. If you accept off-line payment (cash or cheque) it circumvents their
tax collection since then you are keeping the buyer’s tax. Also, you will never
be able to mark the order as complete.
In terms of what’s new, you should read up on the “variants merge” where some
part variants have been deemed functionally the same and are now one listing
- like blocked open stud heads and hollow stud heads (they’re going to be together
now). There’s a list of the affected parts in the help section. It might change
how you list parts.
Best of luck on the reopening of your shop!
- Carissa
In Help, itv writes:
I've been closed for about 4 years. This week, I deleted all my inventory,
started listing anew and re-opened my store.
• Can anyone advise if they something wrong or ill-advised that I need to fix
in the messaging around my old store policies or settings?
• In a few words, what are some of the biggest changes and gotchas for old-fashioned
sellers returning? …
Thanks in advance,
Christopher
Hi Christopher, welcome back! One thing I did notice - and maybe an American
seller or mod can add more detail - is that your terms still say that you accept
personal cheque and that you don’t collect sales tax, and that has changed. Now
Bricklink collects sales tax on your American orders and will determine the rate
by state. If you accept off-line payment (cash or cheque) it circumvents their
tax collection since then you are keeping the buyer’s tax. Also, you will never
be able to mark the order as complete.
He could still accept offsite payments for buyers living in States that have
no sales tax (Oregon, Delaware) or where sales tax isn't collected for online
marketplace sales.
Hi Christopher, welcome back! One thing I did notice - and maybe an American
seller or mod can add more detail - is that your terms still say that you accept
personal cheque and that you don’t collect sales tax, and that has changed. Now
Bricklink collects sales tax on your American orders and will determine the rate
by state. If you accept off-line payment (cash or cheque) it circumvents their
tax collection since then you are keeping the buyer’s tax. Also, you will never
be able to mark the order as complete.
He could still accept offsite payments for buyers living in States that have
no sales tax (Oregon, Delaware) or where sales tax isn't collected for online
marketplace sales.
Hi Christopher, welcome back! One thing I did notice - and maybe an American
seller or mod can add more detail - is that your terms still say that you accept
personal cheque and that you don’t collect sales tax, and that has changed. Now
Bricklink collects sales tax on your American orders and will determine the rate
by state. If you accept off-line payment (cash or cheque) it circumvents their
tax collection since then you are keeping the buyer’s tax. Also, you will never
be able to mark the order as complete.
He could still accept offsite payments for buyers living in States that have
no sales tax (Oregon, Delaware) or where sales tax isn't collected for online
marketplace sales.
Or the other countries he sells to and where BL doesn’t have to collect any tax
(so, not EU, UK, Norway, Australia, or New Zealand).
Hi Christopher, welcome back! One thing I did notice - and maybe an American
seller or mod can add more detail - is that your terms still say that you accept
personal cheque and that you don’t collect sales tax, and that has changed. Now
Bricklink collects sales tax on your American orders and will determine the rate
by state. If you accept off-line payment (cash or cheque) it circumvents their
tax collection since then you are keeping the buyer’s tax. Also, you will never
be able to mark the order as complete.
He could still accept offsite payments for buyers living in States that have
no sales tax (Oregon, Delaware) or where sales tax isn't collected for online
marketplace sales.
Or the other countries he sells to and where BL doesn’t have to collect any tax
(so, not EU, UK, Norway, Australia, or New Zealand).
USA, Washington
Canada, Ontario
France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine