SHOP, COLLECTION AND WISHLIST
Modellwelt brings your private inventory, public collection and shop together. Know what you own and where it is, keep track of missing pieces and follow your sales through to dispatch.
You can use Modellwelt just for your collection and wanted list. Selling is optional.
Open the step-by-step guideMORE THAN AN ITEM LIST
The more pieces you own, the harder it is to remember them all. Your inventory records each example, where to find it and whether you want to keep or sell it.
See what you already own and tell similar examples apart. When you next buy a model, you can check your collection instead of relying on memory.
Sold a model, or been asked about a particular piece? Find its record and saved storage location without first searching through every box.
When packing, you know which shelf or box holds the item. When deciding on a price, you can check what you paid. These details help you stay organised and remain hidden from visitors.
Two examples of the same model can appeal to a collector for very different reasons. Clear condition details help buyers decide whether an item suits their collection and clarify potential misunderstandings before buying.
See which items are still available to offer and which already belong to an order. This helps you keep track of your stock when several sales are in progress.
A prospective buyer cannot pick up the model. Detailed photos show paintwork, packaging and any flaws; rotation and cropping help you make the important details visible.
For example, two identical model cars remain two separate items: one in its original packaging in the display cabinet, the other without its box in your stock for sale.
FOR SELLERS
Want to sell a duplicate model or make room for something new? Offer selected pieces from your inventory. Their photos and details stay with each item, and you decide on the price and sale.
Someone who discovers one of your items can visit your shop to see your other offers and displayed collection pieces. You have a single link to share with fellow collectors.
A clear asking price helps buyers assess an offer. If you change it later, you can update the listing and show an actual price reduction transparently.
A buyer likes a model but has a different price in mind? A price proposal keeps their offer attached to the right item. You can review it and decide whether the sale works for you.
See which pieces belong to a set and which are still missing. When selling, keep the link between the complete set and its individual pieces so the same physical item is not allocated twice.
FOR COLLECTORS
Organising a collection does not mean having to sell it. Keep pieces private, show them to fellow collectors or offer selected items for sale. You decide for each one.
Want to organise your collection without showing it publicly? Keep stock records, purchase prices, storage locations and notes for yourself. The piece appears neither for sale nor in your public collection.
Want to show fellow collectors what you own and take pride in? Share photos and descriptions of your favourite pieces. They are displayed as part of your collection and cannot be purchased there.
Have a duplicate or a piece you no longer need? Publish it with its price, condition and shipping details. It appears in your shop and in the relevant platform listings.
Purchase prices, storage locations and internal notes remain private even when an item is published.
You can also display sets as part of a collection that is not for sale. Missing components remain visible in incomplete sets.
FOR BUYING AND FINDING ITEMS
Missing a particular variant or the last piece of a set? Record what you are looking for. Compare suitable offers and take your list along to your next collectors’ fair.
Narrow your search to suitable models, countries and prices. Photos and condition details help you compare individual examples and choose the one that suits you.
You do not have to remember every missing model or set component. Your wanted list records what you are looking for and what matters to you, such as original packaging or a maximum price.
Take your wanted list to a collectors’ fair. At home, receive alerts for matching new offers on Modellwelt without repeatedly running the same search yourself.
After a purchase, there is no need to piece together what was agreed. The item, amount, trading partner and order status stay together, even when several purchases or sales are in progress.
FROM ORDER TO PARCEL
What was ordered, where should it go and has it been paid for? These details stay together in the order. They help you pack and dispatch it, while buyers can review their purchase and the recorded shipping status.
There is no need to search through separate messages for a shipping address. The address confirmed for that order stays with it, even if the buyer later changes their profile address.
Before ordering, buyers can check whether you deliver to them and how much shipping costs. Save your usual terms in the shop and set different postage for particular items or sets when needed.
Buyers find the payment method and reference alongside their order. Record the actual payment received so you can see which orders are paid and ready for dispatch or collection.
When packing, see which items and set components belong in this parcel. Include the delivery note so the recipient can check the contents against it. There is no need to copy the address and item list again.
Both parties can see when a parcel was dispatched or collection confirmed. A saved tracking number makes it easier to answer “Where is my parcel?”
Keep your postage receipt with the relevant order. Number recognition helps you transfer a long tracking number, and you can check the suggested result before saving.
If an unpaid purchase does not go ahead, keep a record of what happened. The items become available again, so the order no longer holds up your stock.
If you have refunded a buyer, record it against the order. This keeps the refund and its effect on commission traceable, rather than leaving the only record in your bank account.
COLLECTORS IN CONVERSATION
A description cannot answer every question. Discussions help clarify details, while experiences from paid purchases give fellow collectors additional context.
Is the set complete, or is the box original? A public answer stays with the item and helps future visitors too. For collection pieces, you can discuss details and distinctive features.
Keep track of questions awaiting a reply and manage discussions about your pieces. If a contribution is inappropriate, you can ask the administration to review it.
Before buying, read how other people experienced a transaction. By leaving your own review, you give future trading partners additional context.
YOUR PERSONAL SPACE
A new order, a matching offer or a changed address: your account brings tasks and details together. Choose which notifications you receive and which language you work in.
New orders and matching offers need your attention. Read notifications in your account and enable push on supported devices, so you do not have to keep checking manually.
Choose separately whether to receive the newsletter and messages for registered members. Set your preferences while continuing to receive order and account-security emails.
Use Modellwelt in a language you know and discover offers from several countries. As a seller, you choose which countries you deliver to.
When your address, payment details or password change, find the settings in one place. For an unfamiliar task, the help pages guide you to the relevant screen.
YOUR FIRST STEPS
You do not have to set everything up at once. Start with one piece or a wanted item. When you want to sell, add your shop details and complete the steps to enable selling.
Register with your email address and follow the confirmation link you receive. Your account starts as a collector account.
Add your shop name, description, address and currency. To sell, also set up shipping costs, delivery countries and payment methods.
Add items or sets with photos. Decide whether each item stays private, appears in your collection as not for sale, or is offered for sale.
Your account needs seller approval before you can sell. The administration grants this approval. Eligible promotions allow you to activate selling yourself after verifying your email and completing your shop details.
CLEAR TERMS
Before selling, check which commission rate applies to you; afterwards, review the related invoices. The rate saved in your account or a confirmed fee-free period determines what applies.
Current standard rate
1.00%
Shipping costs are excluded from the commission calculation. Any applicable VAT is added to the commission.
A personal rate or a confirmed fee-free period may differ from the standard rate. You can find your applicable rate under «Profile & shop».
During active promotions, you can qualify for a fee-free period. Each promotion lists available places, deadlines, the required items, and eligible countries and categories.
Participation is optional and does not reserve a free place. If no other fee-free period is active, the rate saved for your account applies again to new orders after your fee-free period ends.
View promotions and termsSee which platform fees are still pending and which have already been invoiced. Download the documents for your own records.
See which promotion requirements you still need to meet and by what date. Once a fee-free period is confirmed, check how long it lasts.
So you can later check whether you already own a variant, where it is stored, what you paid and which set components are missing. Keep the piece private or show it in a collection that is not for sale. You do not need to sell it.
It is your packing list and shows the recipient which items belong in the parcel. The details come from the order, so you do not need to write out the address and contents again. It does not show payment amounts or internal stock notes.
No. You can use your account for private inventory, a wishlist and a publicly displayed collection that is not for sale.
Only the items you publish as collection pieces or sale listings. Private items, purchase prices, storage locations and internal notes are not shown there.
You can already add items to your inventory. You need seller approval to publish items for sale. If you join an eligible promotion, your account shows the requirements for activating selling yourself.
Yes. When buying or making a price proposal, you can enter a different delivery address in an accepted delivery country instead of your profile address. Check it before submitting: the confirmed address is saved with the order and used for the delivery note.
The individual seller receives your payment and arranges shipping or collection. Available payment methods, delivery countries and shipping costs are shown in the listing or order.
You choose your delivery countries. The interface is available in eight languages; your own item descriptions are not translated automatically and prices are not automatically converted to other currencies.
Add your first piece or save a wanted item. Build up your collection records step by step.