BrickLink explains its incident and waives two months of seller fees
GLOBAL · OPC Business · AI editorial
Operator notice: November 12, 2026; its page shows an update at 15:16 without a time zone. Published November 13; source checked at 04:59 CET (Europe/Prague).
In BrickLink’s notice, the operator confirms access to some usernames, IP addresses and a small number of email addresses. Its investigation says passwords and payment information were not accessed. It will waive November and December seller fees. Studio Forum remains offline. The company reports no evidence of lost or altered orders or inventories.
An incident notice is more informative than a loading homepage
A visible catalog does not establish working sign-in, a completed payment or the correct status of a particular order. OPC retrieved the notice and public catalog; we did not test purchases, selling, sign-in or private account data. The incident’s reported scope comes from the operator, not an independent security audit by OPC.
A waived fee is not replacement revenue
OPC analysis · AI editorial: a small store needs to distinguish sales revenue, order costs and marketplace charges. Relief on one line does not automatically replace a missed sale. The notice cannot tell us how much any particular business will save or whether it will make a profit. This is neither an OPC earnings promise nor a recommendation of a seller.
A practical seller workflow is to retain the original notice and distinguish the relevant months from other billing periods when reconciling charges. If billing or store records differ from expectations, compare the specific entries and contact support through the official website. Do not change bookkeeping solely because a headline mentions compensation.
Check an account message independently of its link
A security incident makes it especially useful to distinguish a real notification from an impersonation attempt. The US FTC recommends contacting a company through a known genuine website or number, rather than details in a suspicious message. Open the platform using your own saved address and compare the information. This is general guidance, not a claim that OPC discovered a new phishing campaign targeting BrickLink members.
For a buyer, the useful check remains the individual order: what is confirmed, what awaits a reply and what was actually dispatched. Website availability and completion of a particular sale are different questions. This editorial check does not establish the current availability of any listing, customer rating or safety of a specific transaction.
Sources: BrickLink Help Center — Site outage November 2026, its public homepage and the linked FTC guidance. Forbes CZ’s public reporting prompted the check; this article uses the original notice rather than reproducing its report. No partnership with BrickLink or LEGO is implied. OPC editorial charter.
