All I want to do is talk about Sportlots - Page 69

Sportlots · 08-14-2024, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by longhornjunkie

How do set names get in the system? No such thing as 1995 Bowman's Best Black Refractors football.

Distributed in one series (Black #1-90 for veteran players, Blue #1-90 for rookies)

I'm not sure why we decided to break them up into two sets back in 1999, who knows what we were thinking back then (25 years ago) when these sets were built?

longhornjunkie · 08-14-2024, 07:47 PM

Interesting, it's possible Beckett changed the description too. It just says Refractors.

yount19 · 08-16-2024, 04:14 PM

Any advice to a new seller on SL? I recently started uploading cards, but I'm wondering who's going to buy from someone with zero feedback with so many other options.

jcrim999 · 08-16-2024, 07:22 PM

I am in same boat, just started uploading cards

nam812 · 08-16-2024, 08:06 PM

Unless you are uploading very recent releases, I wouldn't make my store live until I was at 10,000 cards or more in my inventory.

Westlake · 08-17-2024, 07:14 AM

Also go live on the 1st of the month.

Budler · 08-17-2024, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by longhornjunkie

Interesting, it's possible Beckett changed the description too. It just says Refractors.

I have built a excel spreadsheet for my collection and it has taken me years to get it where it is now. I still come across descriptions that do not match what sites have listed now. (Not all site label them the same). I'm 100% sure that I copied them when I added them to my excel file. Is a pain looking for a card titled one thing and just to find out that title was changed a little and now I have 2 sets listed when there is only one set.

yount19 · 08-17-2024, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by nam812

Unless you are uploading very recent releases, I wouldn't make my store live until I was at 10,000 cards or more in my inventory.

How do you go live/not live?

gopherfan · 08-18-2024, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by yount19

How do you go live/not live?

Put your store in vacation mode until you are ready to sell.

nam812 · 08-25-2024, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by yount19

How do you go live/not live?

In your seller profile, the place to change your vacation status will be in the preferences tab.

smanzari · 09-22-2024, 06:23 PM

Nevermind

Flip024 · 09-23-2024, 03:56 PM

Higher value cards will usually go to comc or ebay so I use sportlots mostly for set collecting as I'm sure many others do. But, they recently disabled the ability to search using the pipe/vertical bar like this:
1977 o-pee-chee (135|137|146|148)

When that's entered, all of the pipe characters are removed, leaving
1977 o-pee-chee (135137146148) which of course leads to no results. I contacted customer service and they stated that it was disabled because it was stressing their servers.

I don't know if there's any sellers here who may have noticed any reduction in sales but this search change could be a factor. I know I'm going to use the site less simply because it's too time consuming to search without that ability.

longhornjunkie · 09-23-2024, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Flip024

Higher value cards will usually go to comc or ebay so I use sportlots mostly for set collecting as I'm sure many others do. But, they recently disabled the ability to search using the pipe/vertical bar like this:
1977 o-pee-chee (135|137|146|148)

When that's entered, all of the pipe characters are removed, leaving
1977 o-pee-chee (135137146148) which of course leads to no results. I contacted customer service and they stated that it was disabled because it was stressing their servers.

I don't know if there's any sellers here who may have noticed any reduction in sales but this search change could be a factor. I know I'm going to use the site less simply because it's too time consuming to search without that ability.

Using the Fresh Inventory checkbox on the left has saved me a lot of trouble in a scenario similar to this. If you use the site more often than every 30 days you can at least narrow down results of say 1977 O-Pee-Chee so you're only seeing what's new.

RustyGreerFan · 09-24-2024, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by longhornjunkie

Using the Fresh Inventory checkbox on the left has saved me a lot of trouble in a scenario similar to this. If you use the site more often than every 30 days you can at least narrow down results of say 1977 O-Pee-Chee so you're only seeing what's new.

Speaking of that, I've been meaning to drop something here about "Fresh Inventory."

I really would like Fresh Inventory to be adjustable or changed. I check sportlots multiple times a week for multiple reasons and the ability to see truly fresh inventory, I would define this as one week like Beckett Marketplace does, would be HUGE for me.

Also, did they fix the "search by seller" thing? I swear I clicked on a seller's name recently and instead of showing me their shipping grid (which never made sense to me to begin with) it took me to that seller's inventory! Assuming I wasn't high, that is a great solution. Very intuitive.

longhornjunkie · 09-24-2024, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by RustyGreerFan

Speaking of that, I've been meaning to drop something here about "Fresh Inventory."

I really would like Fresh Inventory to be adjustable or changed. I check sportlots multiple times a week for multiple reasons and the ability to see truly fresh inventory, I would define this as one week like Beckett Marketplace does, would be HUGE for me.

Also, did they fix the "search by seller" thing? I swear I clicked on a seller's name recently and instead of showing me their shipping grid (which never made sense to me to begin with) it took me to that seller's inventory! Assuming I wasn't high, that is a great solution. Very intuitive.

Anyone that IS high while using Sportlots... well, they should go bid on my auctions.

Drumlewi · 09-24-2024, 02:37 PM

The shipping grid has been one spot over to the number next to the seller name.

Cliffroach · 09-25-2024, 06:03 AM

Wonder if sellers have noticed a changes in purchase - the site has become pretty difficult to navigate. Frustrated daily trying to do bigger orders.

bryanscs · 09-25-2024, 08:56 AM

I'm not sure if it's related or not, but my sales have declined every month since April.

nam812 · 09-25-2024, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by bryanscs

I'm not sure if it's related or not, but my sales have declined every month since April.

I am on a much smaller scale than most sportlot sellers, but except for a mildly decent July, that is what I have experienced as well since March.

BoSoxFan1999 · 09-25-2024, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cliffroach

Wonder if sellers have noticed a changes in purchase - the site has become pretty difficult to navigate. Frustrated daily trying to do bigger orders.

The site reminds me of a mid-90's website. Yikes.

longhornjunkie · 09-25-2024, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BoSoxFan1999

The site reminds me of a mid-90's website. Yikes.

Maybe, but it's functionally much better than BuySportsCards (browsing session issues, scrolling issues on the filters, can't separate sellers in the cart) and the shopping cart features are superior to Beckett Marketplace and eBay.

RustyGreerFan · 09-25-2024, 02:16 PM

So are you guys suggesting that you believe the new site design is negatively affecting sales? Or still too early to call? As a very frequent shopper on there, I am enjoying the redesign/upgrades/updates/whatever. Not perfect, but better meets my needs.

Cliffroach · 09-25-2024, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RustyGreerFan

So are you guys suggesting that you believe the new site design is negatively affecting sales? Or still too early to call? As a very frequent shopper on there, I am enjoying the redesign/upgrades/updates/whatever. Not perfect, but better meets my needs.

Buyer not a seller and pro and cons for sure but I just find navigating the site to be more difficult than before. Lot less intuitive as far as moving around. Maybe just a readjustment to a new norm but I struggle with it.

RustyGreerFan · 09-26-2024, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Cliffroach

Buyer not a seller and pro and cons for sure but I just find navigating the site to be more difficult than before. Lot less intuitive as far as moving around. Maybe just a readjustment to a new norm but I struggle with it.

No, that's important. If you are, then you can bet there are plenty more out there like you. Can you point out one or two things specifically that make it harder to navigate? I use the site so much that I can't even recall what took a learning curve even though it was just this year that it happened.

I should also say I solely use the site on my desktop computer and never my phone.

Sportlots · 09-26-2024, 01:50 PM

Yes, please be specific in what difficulties you are having. The site redesign upgraded tech, allowed for mobile friendly design and incorporated a lot of enhancements that many had asked for. If there is anything missing, please let me know specifically what is missing. Either there is functionality that you are missing that I can help with.. or we missed something and can look to see if we can improve.

thanks!

08-14-2024, 07:47 PM	#1702
longhornjunkie Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Rowlett, TX Posts: 4,659 longhornjunkie	Interesting, it's possible Beckett changed the description too. It just says Refractors. __________________ Collecting Longhorns RCs 1999-2005 FB/BKB https://sites.google.com/view/longhornjunkie/home Running Card Show (Cards FS) - http://bit.ly/longhornjunkie

08-16-2024, 08:06 PM	#1705
nam812 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 943	Unless you are uploading very recent releases, I wouldn't make my store live until I was at 10,000 cards or more in my inventory. __________________ My sportlots inventory - https://www.sportlots.com/dealers/?dealer=nam81267

08-17-2024, 07:14 AM	#1706
Westlake Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Easton PA Posts: 239	Also go live on the 1st of the month. __________________ http://www.sportlots.com/dealers/?dealer=WESTLAKE 10% loot . Offers of 75% always accepted.

09-22-2024, 06:23 PM	#1711
smanzari Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: N/A Posts: 10,724	Nevermind Last edited by smanzari; 09-22-2024 at 07:31 PM.

09-23-2024, 03:56 PM	#1712
Flip024 Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 313 flip024	Search no longer usable Higher value cards will usually go to comc or ebay so I use sportlots mostly for set collecting as I'm sure many others do. But, they recently disabled the ability to search using the pipe/vertical bar like this: 1977 o-pee-chee (135\|137\|146\|148) When that's entered, all of the pipe characters are removed, leaving 1977 o-pee-chee (135137146148) which of course leads to no results. I contacted customer service and they stated that it was disabled because it was stressing their servers. I don't know if there's any sellers here who may have noticed any reduction in sales but this search change could be a factor. I know I'm going to use the site less simply because it's too time consuming to search without that ability. __________________ PC: Rickey Henderson Always on the lookout for 2017 Topps Gold #d 1027/2017 2020 Topps Gold #d 0214/2020

08-16-2024, 04:14 PM	#1703
yount19 Member Join Date: Jun 2024 Posts: 22	Any advice to a new seller on SL? I recently started uploading cards, but I'm wondering who's going to buy from someone with zero feedback with so many other options.

08-16-2024, 07:22 PM	#1704
jcrim999 Member Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: PA Posts: 2 johnny_boys_cards jcrim99	I am in same boat, just started uploading cards

09-24-2024, 02:37 PM	#1716
Drumlewi Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: The Other Woodstock Posts: 15 drumlewi drumlewi	The shipping grid has been one spot over to the number next to the seller name.

09-25-2024, 06:03 AM	#1717
Cliffroach Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,437	Wonder if sellers have noticed a changes in purchase - the site has become pretty difficult to navigate. Frustrated daily trying to do bigger orders.

09-25-2024, 08:56 AM	#1718
bryanscs Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Elizabethtown, KY Posts: 1,791 elizabethtownsportscards ElizabethtownSportsCards	I'm not sure if it's related or not, but my sales have declined every month since April. __________________ Looking to sell your COMC port? I'm buying!

09-25-2024, 02:16 PM	#1722
RustyGreerFan Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,167	So are you guys suggesting that you believe the new site design is negatively affecting sales? Or still too early to call? As a very frequent shopper on there, I am enjoying the redesign/upgrades/updates/whatever. Not perfect, but better meets my needs.

09-26-2024, 01:50 PM	#1725
Sportlots Member Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 99	Yes, please be specific in what difficulties you are having. The site redesign upgraded tech, allowed for mobile friendly design and incorporated a lot of enhancements that many had asked for. If there is anything missing, please let me know specifically what is missing. Either there is functionality that you are missing that I can help with.. or we missed something and can look to see if we can improve. thanks!