Author:  Brickwilbo  Posted:  Aug 22, 2017 17:31  Subject:  Re: [IMPLEMENTED] Allow IBAN payments in new stores  Viewed:  65 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Brickwilbo (1534) Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Oct 24, 2007 Seller   Store: Brickwilbo Betuwe Bricks BrickLink Discussions Moderator (?)

In Suggestions, Admin_Jaclyn writes:    Hi everyone, First of all, thank you to Teup for writing this post. I've heard from many other users about this and since we certainly have no intention of "killing" the European market, nor do we want any users to feel marginalized, we've decided to allow IBAN for new sellers again. Here's how it will work: -New sellers who have not upgraded from a buyer in good standing† will need to go through the verification process to open their store and will also need to request IBAN permission. -New sellers who have upgraded from a buyer account in good standing will need to contact the help desk to request IBAN payment. †"Buyer account in good standing" = Has had an active account for 100 days and has received positive feedback from 5 different legitimate sellers. ***All new sellers will be required to have at least one onsite payment method available in their store in order to accept IBAN** I'll be updating the help topic for onsite/offsite payment methods and will mention this on the new seller verification page as well. If anyone would like to request IBAN for their store, please send me a direct message. Thanks! -- Jaclyn BrickLink Customer Support Great news. Thanks Bricklink for allowing it again for new sellers.    In Suggestions, Teup writes:    In another thread someone brought this to my attention: Offsite Payment - No longer available for new users as of June 8, 2017. To cover various payment options, BrickLink also provides Offsite Payment Methods. Please note that BrickLink cannot provide any transaction related support for the Offsite Payment Methods listed below. All responsibility for Offsite Payments is solely upon buyer and seller. I'm lost for words. Does Bricklink really want to kill the European market or something? In my real life I don't even know anyone with PayPal (or a Credit card). In the NL €20,000,000,000 is spent in webshops per year, and almost all of these transactions are bank transfers. Almost no-one that I know will consider PayPal, certainly not since it costs money while bank tranfers are free. IBAN has really become simple in use; Transactions are free, fast, and bank account numbers have been standardised to IBAN recently. Interfaces for bank transfers (such as iDeal in the NL) are thriving more than ever and are the undisputed standard. And now Bricklink is moving in the opposite direction. They will lose the Dutch market, which is the 4th largest country on the platform in terms of store count. Bricklink always seemed a bit America First but this decision right here really changes my opinion of Bricklink. I personally will survive since it doesn't affect existing stores and I will move more of my business over to BO which does support bank transfers. But they will certainly scare away lots of potential customers here, and for new sellers this is crazy unfair. This is either a huge mistake or Bricklink just isn't interested in the European market.. Please support my suggestion to re-enable IBAN/Bank transfer, also if you don't use it. For an accessable and thriving site that benefits all of us, and a site that is fair to everyone.. it's really in all of our interest if you want Bricklink to be #1..

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[IMPLEMENTED] Allow IBAN payments in new stores - Admin_Jaclyn (27)

Hi everyone, First of all, thank you to Teup for writing this post. I've heard from many other users about this and since we certainly have no intention of "killing" the [...] (82 months ago, Aug 22, 2017, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - Teup (6610) 83 months ago Aug 19, 2017 to Suggestions
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