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Sell with Caution on Bonanzle

May 19, 2010 By 8 Comments

Recently a friend of mine called to inform me that Bonanzle had closed his store. He contacted Bonanzle via email and received a timely response via e-mail. The email appeared to be a simple form letter. What was upsetting to him was that Bonanzle closed his account due to the IP address matching to another account recently suspended. No other explanation was provided and most importantly no information on the other sellers account or store name.

Its not fair  that my friends account was closed due to someone else logging in. I can appreciate how Bonanzle is trying to protect themselves and the “Buyers”, however, how can a seller in Good Standing make an argument when Bonanzle will not entertain any.

We concluded that it might have been a former employee that might have logged in using the business computers. This could have been devastating to his business if he did not have a store front or other sites where to offer his products.

Lesson Here: Always have other sites or your own webstore to sell your products and advise your team members to use Company PC and Internet ONLY to log in to business accounts.

Filed Under: bonanzle, Selling online

Bonanzle a raising star

January 26, 2010 By 14 Comments

Back in October Google announced changes to be to their Shopping search engine “Froogle”. As you know I sell on several of the online sties. The top four being eCrater, Amazon, Bonanzle and yes….eBay. Up until October my sales on eCrater were about the same as on eBay, close to 30% of my total sales. Amazon came in a strong second and Bonanzle last.

eBay and Amazon are such huge Brands that you would think the changes Google made would not impact them but I find that it did. At least it was clearly evident with eBay and eCrater. The traffic and sales now generated in eBay represents only 15% of my sales each month. The change could had impacted my overall sales a great deal. Surprisingly, the difference in sales was made-up through the leads generated by Bonanzle. Bonanzle was one of the first sites to announce its full compliance with Google’s changes. For what I have seen its working and doing well for me. Help yourself and Drive traffic to your estore and other marketplaces placing Free ads.

Are you offering your items through Bonanzle?  Have you experienced a decline in traffic from any of the sites since Google made changes?

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Bonanzle works closely with Google to be compliant

September 17, 2009 By 4 Comments

Bonanzle posted today on their blog to be working on Google Base Update closely. This is not going to be done in a 1-2-3 but they are certainly doing their best to make sure all is in order to continue to get traffic to your postings.

Bonanzle stated:

“We are striving to be a model Google citizen, so the less feeds that violate Google Program Policies, the better.

Here are some of the rules you’ll need to keep in mind to have your items get submitted to Google:

  • Item must have a category, and that category must not be vehicles, powersports, or other car-related categories (those belong in a different type of feed, which we aren’t generating)
  • Item can not be mod chips for games, or other prohibited items as outlined in their program policies
  • Item title/description can not contain any foul language
  • Item must have shipping setup within the US (“See description” is OK, but I believe Google will rank you higher if you specify a shipping cost)
  • Item can not be free
  • If multiple items are the same except for size, only one item will be submitted

You can help yourself and Bonanzle by checking all your listings are compliant for details you can visit Google Base Program Policies

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Bonanzle Takes First place as eBay Alternative

January 31, 2009 By 9 Comments

Bonanzle Takes First place as eBay Alternative named by Small Business Computing and in Second place eCrater.

Now, I list on both sites and continue to recommend both. I am not surprised that Bonanzle took first place. As Bonanzle is easier to list in. Say you have 50 items on eBay or more and you want to offer the same items on your Bonanzle store. This could take you a few hours (even more if you have a larger inventory) Bonanzle can transfer this information for you. All you need to do is allow them into your eBay account (all information is secure; I highly recommend that you change your password) and they will transfer this information.

This is greatly appreciated, as you know that listing items is time consuming.

Both sites are user friendly, but the listing tool and feeback can be great motivators. However, I generate more sales using eCrater than I do with Bonanzle. This could be due to the items I offer. eCrater has been around longer and I have built trust in the community. Whereas with Bonanzle I just opened the account. I get leads from them but no sales yet.

I have set up on both sites recently stores using “Whateverebay” user ID. I opened these to offer you as examples and will be stocking them soon. Once I do, I will let you know and we can watch if I sell or don’t.

Both sites charge you no listing fees! You know that in real estate it’s all about Location, Location, Location…. Well, I am all for Exposure, Exposure, Exposure… Of course FREE helps. Get your brand out there for all to see. I understand you want to generate SALES; one way is to have people see you in various sites offering your products. Eventually, they will buy from you and you will grow as the Market picks up.

Did you know that President Barack Obama uses Volusion ? Check out the article HERE for details.

Are you using Bonanzle or eCRater? What do you think about the services they offer? Does it meet your expectations?

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Online Sales Pick Up

November 17, 2008 By 4 Comments

 

  

My sales report. I am very pleased to report that sales have increased on the website but also with eCrater and  Bonanzle. I must say that I am pleasantly surprised with Bonanzle.

Bonanzle is fairly a new site. I have been registered on Bonanzle for two months now and I have not been charged any fees other than the Final Sale Fee. This is totally fair.

However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that without much effort I was able to sell 4 items. I only listed 10, mostly due to my busy schedule.

Therefore, I will open an account today for all to see. The last account I opened is for the company (partnership) I am no longer a part of. My id name will be Whateverebay. I have already registered my username, however, I am waiting for that email. Tick tock tick tock…..still waiting.

As for eCrater. OMG! You should list. I know that you can get traffic and make sales there. However, due to the recent state of the economy, I did not expect much traffic. I am happy to inform you that I was WRONG! Not only have sales, increased, we have seen an increase in email and special request.  Yeah!!!

Once I am done posting this, I will also open an account today with eCrater.  So, now , I am on my own. I will be working from home and only for me. I have enough inventory in the garage to start listing. I have my shipping accounts set up and packaging supplies.

Let, the adventures begin.  

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