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Toycycle Blog: Sustainable Toys & Eco-Friendly Parenting Tips

Read tips on sustainable toys, secondhand shopping, toy rotation, and eco-friendly parenting—plus brand spotlights and gift guides—from the team at Toycycle.
Lovevery dupes vs the real thing — used Lovevery Ball Drop Box, Mosaic Button Board, Clear Tube stacking rings and Sort & Stack Peg Puzzle at Toycycle

Lovevery Dupes: What They Cost vs Buying the Re...

Amazon Lovevery dupes typically run $96–175 for one kit's worth. Here's how that compares to the real pieces bought used — and when a dupe is genuinely the better buy.

Lovevery Dupes: What They Cost vs Buying the Re...

Amazon Lovevery dupes typically run $96–175 for one kit's worth. Here's how that compares to the real pieces bought used — and when a dupe is genuinely the better buy.

Best toys for 1 year olds — Janod fox ride-on, PlanToys stacking rings, Lovevery puzzle and Very Hungry Caterpillar books, used and open-box at Toycycle

Best Toys for 1 Year Olds: Used & Open-Box Pick...

Push toys, stackers, first puzzles and board books — the best toys for 1 year olds, organized by what your toddler is learning, with real used and open-box prices.

Best Toys for 1 Year Olds: Used & Open-Box Pick...

Push toys, stackers, first puzzles and board books — the best toys for 1 year olds, organized by what your toddler is learning, with real used and open-box prices.

Toycycle welcomes new brand partners SVOLTA, Tree Blocks, QUBS and OmaOmaOma

Meet Our Newest Brand Partners: SVOLTA, Tree Bl...

Something we love about our work: when a toy brand decides its extra inventory deserves a second chance instead of a warehouse shelf — or worse, a landfill — they...

Meet Our Newest Brand Partners: SVOLTA, Tree Bl...

Something we love about our work: when a toy brand decides its extra inventory deserves a second chance instead of a warehouse shelf — or worse, a landfill — they...

What Amazon does with returns: a liquidation receipt for a $109.99 toy — a liquidator pays $5.50 gross, minus a 15% referral fee and $1.45 processing, leaving the brand $3.22. FBA Grade & Resell is marked not available for Toys & Games.

What Does Amazon Do With Returns? A Toy Brand's...

Where Amazon returns really go — and the recovery channel toy brands use instead.

What Does Amazon Do With Returns? A Toy Brand's...

Where Amazon returns really go — and the recovery channel toy brands use instead.

Receipt breakdown of 2026 Amazon FBA fees on a $29.99 board game: $4.50 referral fee, $5.57 fulfillment, $0.19 fuel surcharge, $0.20 storage — $10.46 total Amazon fees, minus $10.00 unit cost, leaving the seller $9.53.

Amazon FBA Fees for Toy Brands (2026): How It W...

Every Amazon FBA fee a toy brand pays in 2026 — referral, fulfillment, storage, and returns — with real rate-card numbers, a worked board-game example, and a free calculator.

Amazon FBA Fees for Toy Brands (2026): How It W...

Every Amazon FBA fee a toy brand pays in 2026 — referral, fulfillment, storage, and returns — with real rate-card numbers, a worked board-game example, and a free calculator.

How Much Can You Make Selling on Toycycle? - TOYCYCLE

How Much Can You Make Selling on Toycycle?

We’re really pleased to be able to lift the burden of selling outgrown kids’ stuff from the shoulders of busy moms. And who isn’t a busy mom?

How Much Can You Make Selling on Toycycle?

We’re really pleased to be able to lift the burden of selling outgrown kids’ stuff from the shoulders of busy moms. And who isn’t a busy mom?