So one thing Ed and I want to convey about Brick Classifieds is that... It is YOUR Store!!!  There will be a category structure that everyone follows and puts their items in, but overall it you will get to control many aspects of it.  It takes a little from eBay, a little from Bricklink/Brickowl, but still different.  Maybe like an Etsy but for LEGO.

 

Here are a few more features on how things will work or features that will be available to you.

 

1. Discounts and Promotions:  You will be able to run discounts and promotions on any aspect of your store.  Say you have a large inventory of #10179 MF and you want to unload a few.  You can specify a dollar or percent discount on that one product.  There will be a Promotions widget and links to view all vendors that are running specials.  You can run specials on the whole store, so if you say "oh screw it, I hate LEGO" and want to unload everything at 70% off, you can do that.  If you want to specify a special category, you can do that.  There are also quantity discounts.  If you say "Buy 5 Mr Golds, get the 6th FREE" you can do that as well    (Note, all these specials are things Ed talked about.  He is ready to unload   )

 

2. Buy from Multiple Vendors: You will have a cart.  You will be able to buy from multiple vendors in one shopping trip.  Buy 10 sets from Ed, Buy 50 from me, buy a few from TheOrkKing and screw it, buy a few minifigs from ComicBlast.  At the end you will get to select your shipping methods and see a grand total and pay once.

 

3. Instant Payouts: Ed and I are both fans of Paypal for its simplicity, security and options.  I really do not want to get involved with storing people's credit cards, going through PCI compliance and any other hassles involved with it.  The beauty of using Paypal is, it will allow us to do the multiple store checkout.  Once the payment is processed, each vendor will get paid their cut and start the transaction process.  Each person will be notified that they have an order and can start communicating and preparing their shipments.  Later when we start to include fees, the nice part for everyone is, is that all fees will be taken care of, right there at the transaction.  All sellers will get their money and we will get our commission.  It speeds up the process and we will not have to hire a hitman to collect for us.

 

4. Sell MOC designs/digital downloads: Those that don't care about buying and selling sets, but are builders and designers will have a category for yourself to showcase your designs and sell the instructions. Buyers will be able to pay for your instructions.  Once they pay, they will be able to get a download link to obtain the instructions and any other documents that you need to give.  Basically just ZIP everything up and upload to the system.  Everything else will be taken care of.

 

 

So there are a few more features, I hope this works for most of you.  I am sure everyone may not care or be happy. But I think most will be ok with it.

I meant Brick Classified (:

Thx

Has the beta for this been released to mods and other special people?

Not yet. Maybe tomorrow.

I am looking for a few people that have the time to spend posting items and test the system. I would like users that will be willing to post a lot of items, at least 50-100. This will help me see things unfold with a lot of items and allow me to tweak things.

I am out and about right now but will send you an invite when I get home.

I am looking for a few people that have the time to spend posting items and test the system. I would like users that will be willing to post a lot of items, at least 50-100. This will help me see things unfold with a lot of items and allow me to tweak things.

I am out and about right now but will send you an invite when I get home.

 

I have about 50 Lego listings on ebay, that I can copy to BC.

 

A few MF, PC, AT-TE, Delorean, RI, and some minifigures

 

Would love to try out the BETA site, see how it works.

Well here is a quick update.  Ed and I are working through looking over the site right now together.  He is working on editing content about the rules of the site and FAQ type of questions.  I believe probably tomorrow will finally be the day that the mods and maybe a few others will get their hands on it to help look for some final bugs and solicit feedback.  As of right now, we are looking to kick off the New Year with launching this to everyone. Why not start the year off with something new and interesting.  Here is a screenshot of where we are at right now.

 

 

 

The overall setup that this site is taking is that it will be just like a "classifieds" or even a flea market.  There will not be a true category structure like you see on Bricklink or Brickowl.  It will be more tag based where it will be up to the community to help place their items in the areas that they feel may work for them.  This will really keep it to be a wide open marketplace that anything LEGO related will be able to be posted.  No waiting for us to update categories or sets.  I will release more details and screenshots over the coming days, but I just wanted to get it out there that the end is near and time to move forward.

I noticed in the example that the items marked 10% off, have the smaller amount crossed out. maybe i'm misinterpreting it

Sorry if this had already been posted but...

 

Can I restrict my sales to UK buyers only as I do on eBay? (International tracked postage from the UK is very expensive for large sets)

Is it PayPal only or can we use bank transfer (allowing for lower prices due to PayPal not getting their cut)?

Is there an option for delayed shipping as I travel a lot with work and often not around to post the same day?

 

Great job guys, and I hope you're ready for it to grow MASSIVELY as I have hundreds of sets ready to go from day one, as do most of us I suppose.

I'm also hoping that greedy eBay lose a lot of business to BP.

Sorry if this had already been posted but...

 

Can I restrict my sales to UK buyers only as I do on eBay? (International tracked postage from the UK is very expensive for large sets)

Is it PayPal only or can we use bank transfer (allowing for lower prices due to PayPal not getting their cut)?

Is there an option for delayed shipping as I travel a lot with work and often not around to post the same day?

 

Great job guys, and I hope you're ready for it to grow MASSIVELY as I have hundreds of sets ready to go from day one, as do most of us I suppose.

I'm also hoping that greedy eBay lose a lot of business to BP.

 

 

 

Can I restrict my sales to UK buyers only as I do on eBay? 

Yes, when listing an item, you can pick the countries to ship to.  You can have a price for the UK and then Everywhere else.  If you just put UK, then everyone else will get a message that you don't ship to them and they can't add to cart.  You can also setup different shipping profiles for different size sets.  This allows you to set a shipping time of 1 day, 2-3 days, etc

 

Is it PayPal only or can we use bank transfer?

It is all Paypal.  This way people trust the payment system, we don't store any financial information and there is some protection using them.

 

Is there an option for delayed shipping as I travel a lot with work and often not around to post the same day?

I am not that familiar with this option, but when listing an item as I mentioned before you can setup shipping profiles.  If you setup a profile, you can change the master settings to extend the shipping time from 1 day to 5-7 days, then set it back later if you want.

I noticed in the example that the items marked 10% off, have the smaller amount crossed out. maybe i'm misinterpreting it

 

 

Maybe you are not seeing everything.  The .15 is crossed out and the .135 is shown because it is less.  Basically $.15 to $.13 because it is 10% off.

I'm not sure about 50 but I have some time this weekend and I can list some keychains, polybags, and sets.

 

Can people actually buy the items now?

I'm not sure about 50 but I have some time this weekend and I can list some keychains, polybags, and sets.

 

Can people actually buy the items now?

 

Well any of the people that are starting to work with it can, but its not open to the public yet.

I'm not sure about 50 but I have some time this weekend and I can list some keychains, polybags, and sets.

 

Can people actually buy the items now?

 

I will send you a PM shortly.  I don't care if its not 50, I am just right now looking for people that maybe have 20,30, etc and will be willing to put the time in and make nice listings so that when we open this up on Jan 1 it has a nice variety and example for people to see how it works.  There will be a few bumps here and there over the next couple of days, so as long as you are patient, don't give up easily and will want to have a lively store on the classifieds, just reach out to me.

I can list about 20-30 sets, but it will take me a few days. Probably 10 tomorrow and 10 more on Sunday and 10 more on Monday.

I can list about 20-30 sets, but it will take me a few days. Probably 10 tomorrow and 10 more on Sunday and 10 more on Monday.

 

 

Just sent you a PM, thank you

If you need more listings, I'm available for at least 20 this weekend

i just wrapped up 23 listings, with many multiples of each(maybe 200 sets total).  Overall I like it.  I will go in tomorrow and clean them up etc.  It will be interesting to see how this can get to the top of google search for anyone wanting to buy lego.  I have a good ten more listings with mulitples I will get to this weekend.

If you still need more listings this weekend, I'll do it! Otherwise I can wait till it's open. Just let me know

If you still need more listings this weekend, I'll do it! Otherwise I can wait till it's open. Just let me know

I second this.

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75 listings and counting...mostly part-outs.

75 listings and counting...mostly part-outs.

 

Great job.  Your listings look really great.  

 

I reached out to a few of you here to give you access.

 

I would love to see some more people from UK, Europe, etc jump in and start posting if you are available over the next few days.

Nice intro to BC.

 

How does one acquire the ebay badge?

Nice intro to BC.

 

How does one acquire the ebay badge?

 

At this moment you contact me, but by next week there will be an area in the preferences of the vendor admin where you will paste in a link to some of these sites which will notify Ed and myself.  We will check out the shops, etc and approve the links that will give the badge and link to the other stores.

Just a little curious about the intended scope of this towards the future...  Maybe it

Just a little curious about the intended scope of this towards the future... Maybe it

Just a little curious about the intended scope of this towards the future...  Maybe it