Brick Classifieds Update: No Fees!!!!

With any business whether it be a large corporation or a small website like BrickPicker, business models change.  At times, you need to ask yourselves what it is that you are looking to achieve with the product you are working on.  Since the beginning, Ed and I have always set out to try and help the LEGO investor and reseller save and make money.Today we are announcing that Brick Classifieds will be changing to the FREE / NO FEES model.  I don't think you can really complain about that now can you.  We want to help you, the LEGO investor/reseller, to move your product.  Hopefully with some of the new tools that we have added to the system and the new ones that are being worked on right now, you will help spread the word to check Brick Classifieds first to find the best prices on LEGO items.

Since there are no commissions taken out of your sale, we hope that you will work to price your items accordingly. If you are not going to lose fees, you should be pricing it lower on Brick Classifieds than on the other marketplaces so that you can still make the most money.  Lower prices will help bring new buyers.  Once buyers learn to check Brick Classifieds for best pricing, they will check Brick Classifieds first which means more money in your pocket instead of someone elses.

We have made some updates to the product detail page of Brick Classifieds. We have included listings from other Brick Classifieds sellers as well as listings from eBay and Amazon.  We are trying to show the buyer where they can get the best deal.  If you, the seller, do your job correctly, they should want to buy the product from you and not go to the big shops.  If the prices are better on eBay or Amazon, hopefully the buyer will click through and Brick Classifieds can earn some revenue through affiliate programs. Over the next few days we will be adding feeds from BrickOwl and still looking to see what can be done with BrickLink.

It's been a while since I made a post about updates, but here are somethings that have changed on Brick Classifieds:

• Seller fees have been changed to 0%
• Removed the Trade feature.  That has now returned to the BrickPicker forum.
• Entire site is in https (SSL) mode
• Created an infinite scroll page to easily see all the latest items that have been posted on the site
• Built a Store Banner Generator for you to design a custom banner for your store profile page.  This could be useful for posting specials and discounts
  
• One of the big things we want to do is help spread the word about Brick Classifieds.  We created a tool that will allow you to select random products in your store or pick the actual items you want displayed.  It will create a snippet of code that you can use to display your store products on forums, websites, eBay, where ever.  Just paste the code we give you and your items can be shown anywhere.
  
• In the coming days, there will be an update to the price guide template on BrickPicker that will include listings of sets on Brick Classifieds

Everything you need to sell LEGO items is here for you.  The price is right, that is for sure. The thing is to get the word out, price aggressively and get the buyers out there to learn more about your shop here on Brick Classifieds that has great prices. Viral marketing from all of you is the best way to get people to see your listings.  Price the items better than eBay, Amazon, etc.  They will buy from you and you will save on the fees.  It is a win for everyone.  Put a snippet about Brick Classifieds in a eBay listing here or there to let them check out your store.  I am sure they would be happy to pay a lower price and know that you are most likely padding the price to help pay the eBay fees.