Author:  madeleine_  Posted:  Nov 28, 2023 23:49  Subject:  perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money  Viewed:  412 times  Topic:  Selling Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card madeleine_ (31) Location:  USA, Alabama Member Since Contact Type Status Jul 9, 2022 Seller  Store: maddie zone

i'm sure for many people bricklink is simply a hobby, as for me, but the shops at the top can't be sinking thousands of hours and dollars into something because it's fun right? i want to know where these colossal stores find their profit. as a super tiny store, my investment in little ebay listing or lots is minimal, and any profit tends to come from shipping costs. i'd love to expand, but with no guarantee of orders, it's a little daunting to invest money into items that might only be worth $10 more than i get it for. also i only care about bionicle. lol.

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Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - wildchicken13 (876)

[...] Who doesn't want to spend thousand of hours and dollars doing something fun? [...] You can definitely make money by selling on BrickLink, but the general consensus [...] (6 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Selling)

Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - yorbrick (1185)

[...] They buy low and sell high. (6 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Selling)

Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - Macaronis (725)

[...] It was never about making money. It was about "Sell" to Pay for the LEGO Crack addiction which some of us found out you could actually make money doing it if [...] (6 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Selling)

Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - 1001bricks (52466)

[...] I'd differentiate shops for business and simply professional ones, the latter - like our shop - is just our only source for living. Business ones have invested $Ms [...] (6 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Selling)

Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - kzinti (4925)

[...] In my view, if you can't make a certain percentage, it isn't worth doing as a business. A lot of places on BrickLink use the platform to 'trade' bricks. [...] (6 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Selling)

Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - wahiggin (2867)

[...] Check out some of the early YouTube videos for Pop's Block Shop. Before he went full time he was sharing his total revenue numbers. I don't know if he still [...] (6 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Selling)

Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - BrickDeals (2813)

[...] In any market, you need to have an edge. There are around 6 business models on Bricklink. (I will not count hobby store models) 1.) Source out massive inventories [...] (6 months ago, Nov 30, 2023, to Selling)

Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - runner.caller (2656)

[...] I've really only ever invested in bulk used lots with figs or used fig only lots. The profit comes from the labor to sort the valuable stuff out. Here's a few [...] (6 months ago, Dec 1, 2023, to Selling)

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