Using either method of Buying With A Wanted List, the cart has been made. Near the upper right of the page there is a shopping cart.
That will take you to this screen. Clicking on View Cart will take you inside the cart.
Or if you are in the store you can click on the Cart and get to the same place.
There will be all the parts in your cart. You can make changes here.
On the right there is Item Total: the price of the parts. Shipping & Handling: the cost of shipping might be here and might not be depending on the store. Order Total: This along with the shipping might say TBD, To Be Determined and you will find out more after you click on Proceed to Checkout.
Step 1: Store Terms and Conditions. You should always read these. Some are laid out nicely and easy to read like the one above and some are a jumbled mess. Either way you will get all the info about the store’s rules. Shipping time, fees, condition of pieces and more. You can see this before you check out from the tabs on the store page. It is easier to read these before making a cart because you might find the stores as some odd fees. My store has no fees. Once you are done reading click Agree and Continue.
Step 2: Payment. This is where you select your payment. My store has Stripe where you can use a Credit/Debit card and don’t have to have an account with. PayPal, where you can have an account and use your balance or a card. The “Onsite” after PayPal means that once you are done with the steps you can pay from Bricklink. Some stores don’t offer Onsite Payments. Stripe is an Onsite payment. Select and click on Select and Continue.
Before going to the next step, on the bottom left is the place where you select to use the coupon. It will only show up if you have an active one in the store. Selecting the coupon the order summary will show the discount. You don’t have to use the coupon.
Step 3: Shipping. These will be different from store to store. If it says Checkout or Instant Checkout and there is a lightning bolt after the store is set up with prices for shipping and you can pay instantly. If it says Invoice, you will receive an invoice from the store. Don’t pay until an invoice shows up. Once the shipping option you want is selected click Checkout. There can be Request A Quote at this point where you can get a shipping quote and click that doesn’t make an order. Clicking on Place Order will create the order and take you to a confirmation screen.
Using an Instant Checkout option you will be sent to Stripe or PayPal and you can pay for the order and it is done. If there is a Manual Invoice option the buyer will send you an invoice with the shipping cost included. The biggest problem with Instant Checkout not all the USPS shipping bands can be used. Regular Priority, Regional Priority and end of January 2019 will also be First Class. The Instant Checkout only can do a flat fee shipping. When it is weight and zone Instant Checkout can’t be used. First Class is going to zone as well so if Bricklink doesn’t update the Instant Checkout abilities it won’t be useable for sellers.
You can see your orders from the My BL tab and then Orders. The seller will ship according to their store terms. The seller will send an email through Bricklink and can have the tracking number if the seller provides one. Below is where you can see that on an order.
You can see the tracking number in the lower right corner. Once it arrives and everything looks good you can leave feedback for the seller. The seller will sometimes leave feedback right away or wait until the buyer leaves it. Wait for the order to arrive and then start building with those parts.