Peteparker Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 4 hours ago, redcell said: It may just be because I had created a shipment but hadn't shipped it yet, which allows me to add and remove #'s of those specific sets, but not add anything I didn't already have in there. I could just be a fluke that way. If you are being required to upgrade to a pro account, then you are most likely gated. The folks who tested it reported that once they signed up for a pro account in that scenario, they were then required to meet the substantive ungating requirements (i.e., invoices or letter of authorization). So, you can still list individual Lego sets that you previously sold, but none that you hadn't sold previously? That's a new twist that I hadn't heard before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Well, there appears to be a definite thinning out effect already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie77 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 9 minutes ago, exciter1 said: Well, there appears to be a definite thinning out effect already. explain? did your sales just shot through the roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 explain? did your sales just shot through the roof Some sales and noticeable drop in sellers for certain items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie77 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 minute ago, exciter1 said: Some sales and noticeable drop in sellers for certain items. hmm... may be they went on labor day vacation .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, newbie77 said: hmm... may be they went on labor day vacation .... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asharerin Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I haven't noticed a large drop in seller numbers yet. If you sold an item from one of the restricted brands within the last 3 months you were grandfathered in on 8/23 so that means all of the usual year round Lego sellers are still in business. In Q4 there will be alot less competition than last year which will be a very welcome change. The usual Q4 sellers don't even know they are blocked yet. 5 years down the track the effect is going to be extremely noticeable all year round, not just Q4. Supposedly Amazon has hired a team to go through their catalog one item at a time and will be merging all of the duplicate listings (this make take a while lol). They are now also making sure UPC code prefixes match the brand so the days of buying UPCs and creating your own listings and bundles for the big brands are over. I imagine this is going to hit parts sellers very hard on Amazon. Only original items from the big brands will be allowed on Amazon now, not made up bundles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxman Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 4 minutes ago, asharerin said: I haven't noticed a large drop in seller numbers yet. If you sold an item from one of the restricted brands within the last 3 months you were grandfathered in on 8/23 so that means all of the usual year round Lego sellers are still in business. In Q4 there will be alot less competition than last year which will be a very welcome change. The usual Q4 sellers don't even know they are blocked yet. 5 years down the track the effect is going to be extremely noticeable all year round, not just Q4. Supposedly Amazon has hired a team to go through their catalog one item at a time and will be merging all of the duplicate listings (this make take a while lol). They are now also making sure UPC code prefixes match the brand so the days of buying UPCs and creating your own listings and bundles for the big brands are over. I imagine this is going to hit parts sellers very hard on Amazon. Only original items from the big brands will be allowed on Amazon now, not made up bundles. So complete sets of Mixels would not be allowed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landphieran Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, asharerin said: I imagine this is going to hit parts sellers very hard on Amazon. Only original items from the big brands will be allowed on Amazon now, not made up bundles. I am very much okay with this. From a seller perspective this removes a lot of clutter from the catalog. Allowing a buyer easier access to the NIB goods they probably want.I feel like allowing custom lots on Amazon would devalue the shopping experience and I for one welcome removal of parted out pieces. I feel like bricklink/ebay are the main markets for custom lots anyway so why not keep them there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asharerin Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 3 minutes ago, jaxman said: So complete sets of Mixels would not be allowed? No. When a seller creates a listing Amazon is now having the bots verify the UPC code against the GS1 database. The first numbers on a UPC code identify the company that owns the prefix. All of the major brands have supplied Amazon with the UPC prefixes in use by them so if yours does not match then the listing gets flagged and the seller is shown the exit. So unless TLG sells a complete set of mixels then it will no longer be allowed on Amazon. You can try and skirt the system by using a brand name other than LEGO but we all know how that is going to go down a few months down the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Interesting. So no more selling of (2) packs of holiday promos or RE + GT combos etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Interesting indeed. No option to sell a Ghost+Phantom combo unless you have the official 66512 (?) combo pack? I'm assuming listing under that UPC with the comment "missing the outer box" is asking for trouble, if you have the 2 sets but not the official combo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFan9 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 This implies no more individual minifigs, either, huh? (unless they are CMF, I guess) Bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 The UPC thing has been going on for months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 17 minutes ago, SpaceFan9 said: This implies no more individual minifigs, either, huh? (unless they are CMF, I guess) Bummer. not yet at least - all the individual minifigure listings are intact and i can still list figures for sale. hope that doesn't go away though it could also be a good thing for ebay sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asharerin Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Can't say I am going to miss the geniuses listing lego pieces for sale and shipping used pieces to Amazon customers in ziploc bags. Keep that crap on fleabay. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, asharerin said: Can't say I am going to miss the geniuses listing lego pieces for sale and shipping used pieces to Amazon customers in ziploc bags. Keep that crap on fleabay. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacsniper Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 hour ago, SpaceFan9 said: This implies no more individual minifigs, either, huh? (unless they are CMF, I guess) Bummer. 47 minutes ago, cladner said: not yet at least - all the individual minifigure listings are intact and i can still list figures for sale. hope that doesn't go away though it could also be a good thing for ebay sales. This is going to be a bummer. I sell a lot of single figs on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KvHulk Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 It's about time Amazon cleaned their room up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peteparker Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 All the minifigures are restricted for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 36 minutes ago, Peteparker said: All the minifigures are restricted for me... Sounds like you're behind the brand gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie77 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 now lego sales are going to fall through the cliff. not talking about the individuals and/or re-sellers but for the TLG as a whole. good percentage of sales were going to resellers inventory and with amazon locking doors left and right i have the opinion that this year going to be very very hard for TLG as a whole. btw, they are having very very hard to clear those latest star wars sets ... i am seeing people dumping their stocks. this has been going on since beginning of this year for sets listed below:75100, 75101, 75103, 75104, 75106 from august i am seeing 75102 and 75105, 75135, 75136, 75137 and 75138 not sure what to make of it but cautious times ahead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadfraggle Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 15 minutes ago, newbie77 said: now lego sales are going to fall through the cliff. not talking about the individuals and/or re-sellers but for the TLG as a whole. good percentage of sales were going to resellers inventory and with amazon locking doors left and right i have the opinion that this year going to be very very hard for TLG as a whole. btw, they are having very very hard to clear those latest star wars sets ... i am seeing people dumping their stocks. this has been going on since beginning of this year for sets listed below:75100, 75101, 75103, 75104, 75106 from august i am seeing 75102 and 75105, 75135, 75136, 75137 and 75138 not sure what to make of it but cautious times ahead What makes you say people are dumping their stocks? Do you have objective downward price trends from resellers? Hard sales data? Gut feeling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biking_tiger Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I think a *lot* of resellers have the jitters right now. Liquidating plastic assets is not as easy as other investment vehicles. This holiday season should be telling. I'm proceeding with caution when it comes to new purchases. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie77 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 7 minutes ago, Deadfraggle said: What makes you say people are dumping their stocks? Do you have objective downward price trends from resellers? Hard sales data? Gut feeling? downward price momentum @ various selling platforms. people attribute these to "make space for new sets coming" but if one look closer then its not because of that alone. there is so much inventory of some of these sets. its mind boggling. some of the brick linkers in US have parted out over 300 of each of these sets and we are still seeing this kind of massive drop in the major retailers. that should speak for itself. i don't know how many more others are holding. i am guilty as well since i also have massive inventory of these. granted i am still in black but 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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