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Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:35:14 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Mike Stanley writes:
> Nah, not really. The bulk of my parts really do go to people making $10-$20
> orders. Part of me wishes the bulk went to a handful of people making
> $100-$200 orders, since that would be a LOT easier for me to deal with, but
> that just isn't happening anymore - used to, but not anymore.
I think with more sellers, there is more competition (on BrickBay or wherever).
The quantity volume on BB has shot thru the roof. 60 days ago, there was
somewhere around 300-325K of parts on all stores, now the number is around 600K
(I'm counting open and closed stores). It doubled in 60 days. I really wonder
what the sell thru is. I keep tight internal numbers for my store, but I wonder
if my experience is typical of everyone.
> Guess it depends on how you define "best". :) I'm usually amazed at the
> stuff that sits for a few days, then gets snapped up. I really have a small
> list of pieces that float around in my head marked "yeah - someone HAS to be
> looking for these" and the funny thing is, sometimes those parts sit there
> till I blow out the discounts, and stuff I couldn't even think of a use for
> gets snapped up right away, by someone.
Yep. My thoughts exactly. It took me forver to figure out the name for those
'fingers' off the Robo Rider ('Black Hinge Train Cantenary Holder', D'oh!). Now
they just sit there. I guess no one needs them.
> Smaller quantities I'm sure I can manage. Lower minimum probably
> (definitely) not. My minimum order is $10 now - which seemed to be the
> lowest I could set it and have it still seem ok to tack on an extra $3.20
> for priority shipping.
I started out at $5 and went to $10 real quick. I'm still mulling over a $12 or
$15 minimum. The more times I see orders coming in between $10.00 and $10.50,
the more I wonder which part(s) in the order are the ones they really wanted.
I'm even thinking about offering some kind of spiff for orders that go over a
certain amount (like $50), free shipping or some little set thats not available
any other way. I *really* want some kind of clearance category. Some way to
selectively promote certain items while leaving them listed in their original
category.
> If my minimum were any lower I might have to
> consider doing 1st class shipping, and since I've been down that road just
> like I went down the onesies and twosies road, I know how much more of a
> tremendous headache (timewise and moneywise) it can be. When I was ordering
> books and dvds and such 2-3 times per week and had lots of boxes laying
> around it was doable, but I'm so entrenched in the free shipping supplies I
> get from the USPS (free tape, boxes, and laser printable labels) that it
> would be a nightmare to go back to the "hunt for a box of the right size,
> buy some clear tape, print out a label, tape it on the box, etc" routine. :/
I started out doing PM only. One day I walking thru a print shop that a friend
of mine runs. I noticed a case of little boxes, *perk* "what are those for ?".
They were for 500 business cards. So I bought a handful. I just pass on the 40-
cent charge to the customer. Their happy, and it holds *most* parts up to the
13-oz first class weight limit. I'm almost ready to buy a case of them for my
own use (as I'm depleting his stock faster than he prints business cards). I
always clear taped my labels anyway, so its no big deal.
Ray
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| (...) You can run a search by sale having greater than x% off raging from 0% (default which will show all items) to 100%. For example, Hardcore has a headless shark for 95% off: (URL) all items more than 90% off) When you have a sale, there is (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Nah, not really. The bulk of my parts really do go to people making $10-$20 orders. Part of me wishes the bulk went to a handful of people making $100-$200 orders, since that would be a LOT easier for me to deal with, but that just isn't (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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