Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | AngrySquirrel  | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 20:46 | | Subject: | Re: Check out my new store | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| | Congrats on the new store, and welcome to bricklink! |
| Author: | LarrysBlocks | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 20:34 | | Subject: | Re: Check out my new store | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Welcome to bricklink!
Used items do have lots of demand and do sell but take more time to list.
Also you have
"We are not responsible for lost or stolen items."
which you may want to change as the seller is fully responsible for the package
until tracking marks it as delivered
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I'll change that now, I didn't think about that honestly. Thank you so
much for your input.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 19:44 | | Subject: | Re: Check out my new store | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| Welcome to bricklink!
Used items do have lots of demand and do sell but take more time to list.
Also you have
"We are not responsible for lost or stolen items."
which you may want to change as the seller is fully responsible for the package
until tracking marks it as delivered
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| Author: | LarrysBlocks | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 19:41 | | Subject: | Check out my new store | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| Come check out my newly opened store with only new parts. Curious do people prefer
used parts over new parts? We just opened and will be growing over time and are
excited to have the opportunity to serve fellow lego fanatics such as ourselves.
We are looking at adding used parts too if the need is there.
https://store.bricklink.com/LarrysBlocks&utm_content=globalnav#/shop
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| Author: | tonnic | | Posted: | May 5, 2024 09:52 | | Subject: | Re: Bellie's Brickshop Zeeland | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| Good luck with your store!
I do have some advice, look at your prices.
Just 3 examples, the rest is up to you to check and do whatever you want to.
1) technic ball black used is priced up to 15 times higher than other Dutch stores.
2) technic bush black is up to 30!!! times more expensive than other Dutch stores.
3) Bionicle Bohrok eye black is up to 10 times more expensive etc.
This combined with a small shop, specifically looking at the number of lots,
will have potential buyers overlook your store.
I hope you can do something with the advice, if not it is okay too (even better,
saves us other sellers extra competition 😉).
In New Stores, markB writes:
| | Hello everyone, my store is open now for a couple of weekse
Please have a look.
More parts are adding if i have time for it.
If you have any questions or tips please contact me
Greetings
Mark Beljaars
Bellie's Brickshop Zeeland
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| Author: | markB | | Posted: | May 5, 2024 09:03 | | Subject: | Bellie's Brickshop Zeeland | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| Hello everyone, my store is open now for a couple of weekse
Please have a look.
More parts are adding if i have time for it.
If you have any questions or tips please contact me
Greetings
Mark Beljaars
Bellie's Brickshop Zeeland
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| Author: | SatisfiedBrick | | Posted: | Apr 30, 2024 11:24 | | Subject: | Visit my store! | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| Hello,
I am very happy that Satisfied Bricks store was opened just yesterday! 
Today I am adding new pieces and sets, come check it out.
Note: I haven´t set up international shipping methods yet, feel free to ask about
shipping! 
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 04:14 | | Subject: | Re: Come visit! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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If they buyer did not answer you, you could still reply to his feedback something
like: "reached out to resolve if there was any issue but the buyer didn't
reply"
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The issue was "good prices". Anyone that cares enough to look into feedback
scores can see that the buyer that left the neutral feedback was an idiot.
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| Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 03:31 | | Subject: | Re: Come visit! | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Cdaut13 writes:
Why did you receive a neutral feedback? 
You are a newbie as a seller and you need to be obsessed with maintaining a perfect
score. This is very important considering you just started selling and your record
is not yet huge, i.e. not many feedbacks.
All my first 1000 feedbacks were positive but I have initially received about
20 neutral or negative feedback. In all those cases, I contact buyers and resolved
the issue.
Did you try to contact this buyer? Do you know why he left you a neutral fb?
If they buyer did not answer you, you could still reply to his feedback something
like: "reached out to resolve if there was any issue but the buyer didn't
reply"
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| Author: | PickedABrick | | Posted: | Apr 14, 2024 13:13 | | Subject: | New store! | | Viewed: | 113 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| I offer affordable parts, message me if you'd like to bulk buy so that I
can lower the price just for you! Feedback greatly appreciated .
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| Author: | koolkris200 | | Posted: | Apr 14, 2024 12:03 | | Subject: | I reopened my Lego resale bricklink store | | Viewed: | 142 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| I have re opened the bricklink store of mine officially organized and happy to
serve all my customers in the USA
I have almost 60,000 more parts to come
Come check out my store
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| Author: | SurplusParts | | Posted: | Apr 14, 2024 08:11 | | Subject: | Re: New Store! Any Feedback Appreciated! | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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Thanks so much for the advice!
In terms of the minimum spend, that does make sense. My thought process was around
ensuring enough profit to run viably based on less orders coming in due to being
new/less stock. And it has worked decent for minifigures but I can see how that
would limit part buyers which would most likely end up being a large chunk of
the buyer pools I would I assume?
Once I finish parting out all my remaining sets and stock for inventory, I should
have closer to 14,000 parts which still isn't a lot but should help provide
a good chunk more options for people than I have currently.
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I can see where you are coming from. Most stores will include a packing fee
for orders, especially small orders. This will ensure that you will still make
a profit. Yes, a large proportion of buyers are parts buyers. Unless you have
lots of rare and hard to find minifigures of course.
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That is a good point about letter shipping. I honestly didn't think about
it really as every person I have purchased from has always arrived in boxes or
bubble mailers..
I will have a look at adding letters as an option for domestic as that would
indeed drop shipping costs quite a bit for people buying parts..
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Have a look at other stores terms and see there shipping costs and postage weight
ranges. Set a maximum price for letter shipping, and then if they spend over
that it has to come in parcel rate.
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Yeah, that does make sense about international shipping. The main thought process
around opening up international was just about allowing more people the access
to see my store even though most won't really buy from my store.
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Yep makes sense. Just maybe have a look at the list of countries you ship to.
When i shipped overseas, i just kept it too the main countries with good and
reliable postal services.
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I do understand the difficulty I will probably have running a small store in
Australia. The main goals are to learn business & shipping, as well as I thought
it would be something fun to do. So I am not too concerned about getting regular
sales but do want to learn how to best optimize so I can learn the best way to
run a smallish business and shipping.
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Makes sense and good luck with it all. Seems you don't have any unrealistic
expectations.
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Thanks for all the feedback!
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| Author: | PhyreZtorm | | Posted: | Apr 14, 2024 01:27 | | Subject: | Re: New Store! Any Feedback Appreciated! | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, SurplusParts writes:
| | In New Stores, PhyreZtorm writes:
| | Hey Everyone,
Opened my store just over a month ago but didn't know about this forum, so
thought I might as well look out for any feedback people might have..
The store is based in Australia and I started selling just domestically whilst
I took the time to figure out what I need for international shipping, pricing,
etc.
To which I think have got the information I needed and have opened up international
today in hopes to invite a larger audience as Australia is quite small compared
to the overall market from what I can see(around 4%).
I do understand that having more stock will be really beneficial and I have around
the same lot count in extra-storage that I am still yet to sort and add to inventory.
But as I have started this as a partial hobby, to get used to business-style
selling, etc, I only put a set starting amount of $1000 to build inventory as
well as a good amount of stuff I already had and am using any money made from
selling to reinvest back into more inventory.
Any feedback would be appreciated, whatever it may be.
Thanks in advance!
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Hey mate,
Just a couple of things.
Firstly, you have a high minimum spend for a small store. $10 is a lot for a
store with only 7,000 parts. Most of the bigger stores in Australia have no
minimum spend or maybe a $1. To have a high minimum spend you need to have lots
of parts on offer so people can collate an order with a number of different lots.
Secondly, you don't have letter shipping at all? 70 to 80% of my orders
are shipped in small and medium letters. To have the cheapest shipping on offer
in your store within Australia at $11 is going to deter a lot of potential buyers.
Whilst letters don't have tracking, it is rare for them not to arrive.
Lastly, international shipping is expensive. So for someone to purchase from
a store in Australia you need to have things that are unique and hard to find
elsewhere. Common parts will be usually cheaper in their own markets. There
is no problems having international shipping, but it is rare to get an order.
Whilst Australia only has 4% of users, it has a disproportionate amount of stores,
740 currently open to be exact. USA has 6103 stores currently open, yet has
a much, much larger user base. It is difficult to run a small store in Australia
and get regular sales.
Best of luck
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Thanks so much for the advice!
In terms of the minimum spend, that does make sense. My thought process was around
ensuring enough profit to run viably based on less orders coming in due to being
new/less stock. And it has worked decent for minifigures but I can see how that
would limit part buyers which would most likely end up being a large chunk of
the buyer pools I would I assume?
Once I finish parting out all my remaining sets and stock for inventory, I should
have closer to 14,000 parts which still isn't a lot but should help provide
a good chunk more options for people than I have currently.
That is a good point about letter shipping. I honestly didn't think about
it really as every person I have purchased from has always arrived in boxes or
bubble mailers..
I will have a look at adding letters as an option for domestic as that would
indeed drop shipping costs quite a bit for people buying parts..
Yeah, that does make sense about international shipping. The main thought process
around opening up international was just about allowing more people the access
to see my store even though most won't really buy from my store.
I do understand the difficulty I will probably have running a small store in
Australia. The main goals are to learn business & shipping, as well as I thought
it would be something fun to do. So I am not too concerned about getting regular
sales but do want to learn how to best optimize so I can learn the best way to
run a smallish business and shipping.
Thanks for all the feedback!
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| Author: | SurplusParts | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2024 22:05 | | Subject: | Re: New Store! Any Feedback Appreciated! | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, PhyreZtorm writes:
| | Hey Everyone,
Opened my store just over a month ago but didn't know about this forum, so
thought I might as well look out for any feedback people might have..
The store is based in Australia and I started selling just domestically whilst
I took the time to figure out what I need for international shipping, pricing,
etc.
To which I think have got the information I needed and have opened up international
today in hopes to invite a larger audience as Australia is quite small compared
to the overall market from what I can see(around 4%).
I do understand that having more stock will be really beneficial and I have around
the same lot count in extra-storage that I am still yet to sort and add to inventory.
But as I have started this as a partial hobby, to get used to business-style
selling, etc, I only put a set starting amount of $1000 to build inventory as
well as a good amount of stuff I already had and am using any money made from
selling to reinvest back into more inventory.
Any feedback would be appreciated, whatever it may be.
Thanks in advance!
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Hey mate,
Just a couple of things.
Firstly, you have a high minimum spend for a small store. $10 is a lot for a
store with only 7,000 parts. Most of the bigger stores in Australia have no
minimum spend or maybe a $1. To have a high minimum spend you need to have lots
of parts on offer so people can collate an order with a number of different lots.
Secondly, you don't have letter shipping at all? 70 to 80% of my orders
are shipped in small and medium letters. To have the cheapest shipping on offer
in your store within Australia at $11 is going to deter a lot of potential buyers.
Whilst letters don't have tracking, it is rare for them not to arrive.
Lastly, international shipping is expensive. So for someone to purchase from
a store in Australia you need to have things that are unique and hard to find
elsewhere. Common parts will be usually cheaper in their own markets. There
is no problems having international shipping, but it is rare to get an order.
Whilst Australia only has 4% of users, it has a disproportionate amount of stores,
740 currently open to be exact. USA has 6103 stores currently open, yet has
a much, much larger user base. It is difficult to run a small store in Australia
and get regular sales.
Best of luck
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| Author: | Dhobeck | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2024 11:03 | | Subject: | Re: New Store! Any Feedback Appreciated! | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, PhyreZtorm writes:
| | In New Stores, peregrinator writes:
| | In New Stores, PhyreZtorm writes:
| | To which I think have got the information I needed and have opened up international
today in hopes to invite a larger audience as Australia is quite small compared
to the overall market from what I can see(around 4%).
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I noticed that you opened up international shipping - but you don't have
any payment methods for international buyers.
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Haha.. seems the checkbox did not save. I believe that the paypal method should
work now for international?
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Appears to be working
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| Author: | PhyreZtorm | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2024 10:55 | | Subject: | Re: New Store! Any Feedback Appreciated! | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, peregrinator writes:
| | In New Stores, PhyreZtorm writes:
| | To which I think have got the information I needed and have opened up international
today in hopes to invite a larger audience as Australia is quite small compared
to the overall market from what I can see(around 4%).
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I noticed that you opened up international shipping - but you don't have
any payment methods for international buyers.
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Haha.. seems the checkbox did not save. I believe that the paypal method should
work now for international?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2024 10:39 | | Subject: | Re: New Store! Any Feedback Appreciated! | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, PhyreZtorm writes:
| | To which I think have got the information I needed and have opened up international
today in hopes to invite a larger audience as Australia is quite small compared
to the overall market from what I can see(around 4%).
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I noticed that you opened up international shipping - but you don't have
any payment methods for international buyers.
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| Author: | PhyreZtorm | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2024 07:06 | | Subject: | New Store! Any Feedback Appreciated! | | Viewed: | 134 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| Hey Everyone,
Opened my store just over a month ago but didn't know about this forum, so
thought I might as well look out for any feedback people might have..
The store is based in Australia and I started selling just domestically whilst
I took the time to figure out what I need for international shipping, pricing,
etc.
To which I think have got the information I needed and have opened up international
today in hopes to invite a larger audience as Australia is quite small compared
to the overall market from what I can see(around 4%).
I do understand that having more stock will be really beneficial and I have around
the same lot count in extra-storage that I am still yet to sort and add to inventory.
But as I have started this as a partial hobby, to get used to business-style
selling, etc, I only put a set starting amount of $1000 to build inventory as
well as a good amount of stuff I already had and am using any money made from
selling to reinvest back into more inventory.
Any feedback would be appreciated, whatever it may be.
Thanks in advance!
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| Author: | ConscienceNinja | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2024 13:24 | | Subject: | Re: New store open! Feedback appreciated. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, ConscienceNinja writes:
| | Bricks & Bicycles is now open! Mostly small/medium size classic sets with a few
newer ones. Any feedback on the terms/shipping is greatly appreciated. Most sets
are listed, parts and figs still to come… Thanks!
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Welcome to the selling side!
You may want to change this
“LIABILITY NOTICE / INSURANCE: If you choose not to pay extra to insure your
package to keep shipping costs low, you agree to accept the risk of loss or damage
during or after transit and to release me from any claims of non-receipt if I
provide you proof of shipping. This means once I take your uninsured package
to the post office, it belongs to you, ownership and risk of loss pass to you
at that point, and you are thereafter responsible for any loss or damage during
or after transit not covered by insurance.”
In your terms as sellers are fully responsible for every package they ship out
regardless of any insurance/tracking that was purchased
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Thanks for your sharp eye. I changed to just require insurance for orders over
$100.
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