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Re: BrickBank ! (was Re: BrickBay Enhancement )
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Date: 
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 00:06:18 GMT
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In lugnet.market.services, Dan Jezek writes:
In lugnet.market.services, Andreas Stabno writes:

AucZilla and BAYLIT move to BrickBay


What I'd like to know is what it would take to get other Lego businesses (for
example BAYLIT) to move to Brickbay.  Why pay for webhosting/domain to host
your site when there is a DB system ready to use with lot of traffic.  There
are fees involved and it may not be practical to sell on Brickbay if the fees
from selling would be higher than hosting one's own site or simply because one
wants to have their own site.  If there is anything I can do - for example
including more options how to customize the look of a shop or adding more
features, just let me know.

BAYLIT - (for my part)
I'll be short and to the point.
Brickbay is great, but it still doesn't answer the needs most builders have for
volume parts.  Maybe LEGO Direct will, but I still have my doubts. They're out
to increase profits.
Case in Point - the new 3723 set. I'm sure there's some unique parts in that
monstrosity, but most if it can probably be duplicated with a couple of bulk
tubs. And they want what??? $160 (including shipping) (gasp, gag) That's a real
set-design markup there. (I digress...)

BAYLIT ...
... is just about to move, on the next update, to an Access database.
Excel doesn't cut it. I have too many columns of sets.
Sure it's not real time, but I have soo many parts, I am out of stock rather
rarely.
Fees: No domain = no fees... And web space is practically free these days.
If I sold $500 a month on Brickbay, I'd exceed my current monthly internet
access, email, and space fees.  (and with Brickbay I'd still need 'net access
and email) ... I sell a bit over that.
I try to maintian a decent selection of parts.  Believe me, it does hurt
everytime I open another 1775 for new parts..

BAYLIT Questions - just send an email to: baylit@att.net

-Jon



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: BrickBank ! (was Re: BrickBay Enhancement )
 
Jon: You've got your own site (BAYLIT), and you seem happy doing your thing. That's great. I just felt the need to address some of your comments. (...) Is that because of Brickbay's design/services, or just because people aren't selling in (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
  Re: BrickBank ! (was Re: BrickBay Enhancement )
 
(...) <snip> (...) Actually, it didn't seem to me you had all that many parts. The scale of parts seemed like it would fit BrickBay very nicely. That said, I was very impressed with your formatting and layout. An impressive site, just not much on it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)

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  Re: BrickBank ! (was Re: BrickBay Enhancement )
 
(...) The chance of Brickbay moving to Lugnet is unlikely because Lugnet runs on a Unix server [1] while Brickbay runs on NT server. What I'd like to know is what it would take to get other Lego businesses (for example BAYLIT) to move to Brickbay. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)

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