If you’ve been managing your LEGO inventory in BrickStore, you don’t have to start over to move to the cloud. BrickPulse can import your BrickStore .bsx file directly into your inventory — so you can bring years of catalogued stock with you and start syncing it across BrickLink, BrickOwl, and eBay. Here’s how.
What is a .bsx file?
A .bsx file is the native save format used by BrickStore, a popular free desktop app for managing LEGO inventory. It stores the items you’ve catalogued — parts, sets, and minifigures — along with details like quantity, condition, and price. If you’ve used BrickStore, your inventory already lives in one or more .bsx files on your computer.
Why import it into BrickPulse?
BrickStore is a desktop app: it runs on one computer, and keeping marketplaces in sync depends on you doing the work. Importing your .bsx file into BrickPulse moves that inventory into the cloud, where it becomes one master inventory that syncs across BrickLink, BrickOwl, and eBay automatically — with nothing to install and no computer that has to stay on. You keep your catalogue; you lose the manual upkeep.
Before you start
- Make sure your BrickStore inventory is up to date and saved as a .bsx file.
- Know where that file is on your computer.
- Importing into your sellable inventory is a Seller-plan feature, so you’ll need the Seller plan or an active 7-day free trial. (The free Collector plan catalogues a collection but doesn’t include .bsx import.)
Step by step: importing your .bsx file
- In BrickStore, save your inventory as a .bsx file. It’s BrickStore’s native format, so this is just a normal save — make sure the file includes the lots you want to move, and note where it’s saved.
- Sign in to BrickPulse, open the Inventory page, and create a batch (or open an existing one). A batch is a staging area where new stock is reviewed before it goes into your live inventory.
- Inside the batch, open the add tools and choose BrickStore — “Import items from a BrickStore .bsx file.” In the BrickStore import dialog, click Choose .bsx file and select your file. BrickPulse reads it and adds the items to the batch, showing how many were added.
- Review the staged items in the batch — quantities, conditions, prices, and locations — and adjust anything before it goes live. Nothing has touched your real inventory yet.
- When the batch looks right, click Upload lots to inventory. BrickPulse publishes the batch — creating new lots and restocking any that match lots you already have — and your inventory is live and ready to sync.
What carries over
When BrickPulse reads your .bsx file, each line comes in as an inventory item: the part, set, or minifigure — with its colour, condition, and quantity. Prices come from the file where a line has one; where a line has no price, BrickPulse fills it in from its cached price guide, or when you publish the batch. And a handy detail: a line’s remarks become the item’s internal location in BrickPulse, so your storage notes carry over too. Because everything lands in a batch first, give the quantities, conditions, and prices a quick look before you publish — that’s your chance to catch anything that didn’t come across the way you expected.
After importing
Once your inventory is in BrickPulse, connect your marketplaces and it becomes a single master inventory synced across BrickLink, BrickOwl, and eBay — no more updating each channel by hand, and no desktop app to keep running. From here you can manage everything in the cloud.
Bringing your BrickStore inventory into BrickPulse takes minutes and saves you from rebuilding a catalogue you’ve already built. Once it’s in, it syncs across BrickLink, BrickOwl, and eBay for a flat $15/month.
FAQ
A .bsx file is the native save format used by BrickStore, a desktop app for managing LEGO inventory. It stores your items, quantities, conditions, and prices.
Yes. BrickPulse can import a .bsx file directly into your inventory, so you can move from desktop tracking to managing and syncing your stock in the cloud.
No. Once your inventory is in BrickPulse, you can manage it in the cloud and sync it across BrickLink, BrickOwl, and eBay, without keeping a desktop app and a computer running.
Each item — the part, set, or minifigure with its colour, condition, and quantity — plus its price, taken from the file or filled in from BrickPulse's price guide if the line has none. A line's remarks are brought in as the item's internal location.
No. Imported items go into a batch first, not straight into your live inventory, so nothing you already have changes while you review. When you upload the batch, BrickPulse creates new lots and restocks any that match lots you already hold, rather than overwriting them.