Bricklink: Change, but not before 2015

An outdated interface, an archaic shipping cost management system and a catalog that is difficult for newbies to access make Bricklink a platform that many LEGO fans are reluctant to use for their purchases. However, the offer is often very interesting, the choice is immense and the sellers are for the most part serious.

Acquired in June 2013 by the South Korean juggernaut in the online gaming sector Nexon, this marketplace dedicated to the LEGO universe has changed little since then, at least in terms of ergonomics.

Marvin Park, responsible for the site's architecture within the new team in place, unveils the The roadmap changes planned for the end of 2014 and for 2015.

On the program for the end of 2014, a quotation system that will no longer require buyers to validate a blind order without seeing the precise amount of the total of the order including shipping costs.

To be continued at the beginning of 2015, an automated shipping cost calculator which will only take into account certain American, British, German and Dutch carriers. Hopefully French carriers will be integrated quickly.

Online payment of orders by credit card or Paypal will be integrated into the order validation process from the end of the first quarter of 2015.

The current, outdated and unattractive interface will not be replaced until mid-2015. We are promised a simpler and more intuitive navigation.

You will have understood it, we will have to be patient ...

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