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Couple weeks ago I opened my store in bricklink, store name is VaraShop - I only sell sealed sets, let me know you are from brickset. Cheers.
store.bricklink.com/bozbricks
Lots of used parts to list and seller e.g. circa 10kg of dark Bluish grey parts. But not sure it is worth the effort!
https://store.bricklink.com/TheFew#/terms
Store closed this week.
How do you guys make your stores successful?
There's two key things for me that have helped my store grow - choice of parts and customer service. I ship every day (which I know is not practical for many), only charge shipping at actual rates and have zero additional charges, all of which go down very well based on the feedback I receive.
For growing the store in terms of parts, that can be a lot more tricky in terms of how much time you have to put into the store, what your budget is and what your storage situation is like. If you have the ability to buy more stock, I think your best bet right now would be to trawl car boot sales and Facebook Marketplace for low cost sets. Parting out used sets is SO much more time efficient than sorting out a random box full of everything, and the profit margin can still be very good.
I do have around 100kg of used Lego that I could add to my store, but as you say, sorting it is the issue!
It is already sorted by colour. So I would have to sub sort by part... Perhaps if we have another full on lockdown??
store.bricklink.com/bozbricks
Is there a way of taking a bricklink want list and parting it out into store stock... like you would with any set from the catalogue?
https://store.bricklink.com/bozbricks
I have a buyer who wants to pay for a large set using bank transfer, aa opposed to PayPal.
Can you see any risks with doing that?
Thank
Key thing is, not everyone has paypal, so it's a legit payment method, but keep in touch with your bank and the buyer - make sure it's a BACS transfer rather than a cheque.
Just make sure you have a decent audit trail, and use tracked/insured postage!
I currently have a £5 minimum order policy at my store.
Do you think the numbers of order would increase if I removed this minimum?
https://store.bricklink.com/bozbricks
I tend to be more annoyed with Lot Cost/Size restrictions as a buyer than minimum purchase amounts. However, I've never been a seller, so I likely don't understand the rationale behind said lot restrictions.
I've also recently tried to find sellers with free shipping costs. I may have only otherwise spent $15. But free shipping at $30 or greater is too appealing to pass up. It feels like a win win. Shipping would have cost $5-$8 anyway. I spend at least that much more on the order itself, plus more to meet the threshold. I sort of feel like I've gotten "free LEGO" and the store ends up getting a larger order.
I still think it's entirely OK for stores to have such minimums, even in those cases :-)
no similar colors mixed, no large and small in the same bag (to keep sorting easy)
For small orders, everything will get put into one bag. For larger orders, I'll separate out either by part type (plates in one, tiles in another etc), and combine some of those if there isn't the amount to justify its own bag. The only exceptions are transparent panels/windscreens etc which will each get protected in their own bags to avoid getting scratched up, minifigures (I'll normally try and get 3 or 4 into a small bag), and used pieces which all get put together mixed up in one bag, as that is a tiny fraction of my stock.
As yet, I've never had any feedback against this approach, and indeed I'm getting more and more customers specifically asking for less and less plastic to be used.