I mostly add New Pieces through the Part Out Set. I mostly add Used Pieces manually. Bricklink’s definition of New is that it has to come directly from a new set and not used in any way. An assembled set that was used for display only are Used pieces. Used shouldn’t be well worn. No discolorations, no bite marks and no heavy scratches. You can sell pieces that have a lot of wear but I try to keep my used inventory as new looking as possible. Start by going to Catalog and then Parts. I am going to add a 3001 Brick in Black to my store.
Next to Inventory on the top of the pictures is Add Item. Clicking there will take you to the screen below.
You can select Parts, and then go to Select Item and so on. I don’t add pieces this way. I do everything from the catalog page for each piece. If I need to look up a piece to add it or see if I have it in my inventory everything I need is one one page. I will look up the 3001 2×4 brick in black.
The Color Info tab will show Lots For Sale, On Wanted List, Price Guide Info and Known Colors. Known Colors is what sets the piece has appeared in. If you click a color it will take you to another page and see what the piece is going for or click on the Price Guide tab.
Above you see the prices for New and Used pieces. Current Items For Sale and Last 6 Months Sales. We selected one when we parted out the set. Here you can see the prices and decide which to use. The piece and how many I have are factors for pricing. I go back and forth from Last 6 Months and Current Items. Go back to the previous screen and click Add to My Inventory takes you to a new screen. I usually will open this in a new tab and go back and forth to look up the prices.
This is the top of the next page. You can list with your own image if you want which I do for Custom Items which you can check the box here. Don’t worry about the color of the image here. It will change to the correct one on the next page. Select the color.
You can enter a location in My Remarks here which I usually do when I am adding pieces manually and the quantity.
Next is the price you want to enter and then the Condition so select New or Used. The only other thing I use down here is Stockroom.
I will have all the pieces that I add manual got to a Stockroom. That way if something goes wrong I can catch it before it is released into the store. Click Review Item.
This is the final step. You can double check to make sure everything is correct before clicking Add to Inventory. A new screen will appear where you can view or add another piece but I usually just click back on the browser a couple of times. Your piece is added so now go and all the rest. Parting out is faster but if you choose to have a used inventory this will be the primary way to add pieces since I don’t part out too many used sets.