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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
> Personally I find it hard to believe
> that any bricklink store can be truly profitable as a pure retail venture. I
> am a reasonably organised person, but even so, I still find the amount of
> time taken to process an individual order (2 of this, and 4 of that, and 5
> of the other, now for the bubblewrap) is considerable. Now I can see a few
> aspects of what I do that might be done more efficiently if I had more
> orders coming in each day, but still the process is relatively
> labour-intensive, which is why I find it difficult to believe that people
> can truly make a living out of it, yet apparently they do.
The number of people who make a living at it, or at least a significant income,
seems to be a very small proportion of sellers but they have a significant
proportion of the volume.
> Anyhow, it brings me back to the original point. What would be appropriate
> metrics for bricklink?
If you want to use sales data to drive what is a highly purchased element, those
would be the sellers I would be seeking data from.
>
> Kerry
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