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Post by Pantlandia on Jun 27, 2017 15:24:12 GMT
I imported all of my listings on both of my CD accounts. If I get a few sales per month, then that would be cool. If not, I spent about 10 minutes total on everything, so no big loss. www.bonanza.com/booths/bridgetown |
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Post by val2525 on Jun 27, 2017 15:53:05 GMT
Keep us updated! I've thought about it, but I may open my own website on Big Commerce instead. I'm waffling.
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Post by Pantlandia on Jun 27, 2017 16:18:44 GMT
The absolute ONLY reason I did it is because of the importer. If I had to manually list stuff, I wouldn't have. We'll see how it goes!
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jun 27, 2017 16:52:01 GMT
It looks good! I was on Bonanza before and nothing really sold but I'd be willing to try it again since Tradesy and Etsy seem to be dying. The more eyes the better.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2017 23:50:22 GMT
I am on Bonanza. Only sell about one item a year.
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Post by Pantlandia on Jun 28, 2017 1:44:30 GMT
I am on Bonanza. Only sell about one item a year. Yeah, I don't expect much, but honestly it is very little work with the importer, so anything I sell will just be a bonus  |
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jun 28, 2017 2:04:08 GMT
I'm wondering if I Tweet lots of stuff from Bonanza if it would help at all. Someone here (Staytuned?) used to sell a lot on Bonanza and knows a lot about it - she said the admin there really screwed up the site. They keep acting like it's the next big thing, but it's having problems gaining traction. Maybe I'll load all my vintage onto Bonanza, too - at the rate things sell on Etsy I doubt I'd have a double sale. Now, just wait...the first thing I sell on Bonanza I will also sell at the same time on Etsy.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jun 28, 2017 2:08:11 GMT
OK, I just gave you your first (or was it second?) sale - I didn't have to sign up or anything, just had to pay with paypal. How curious.
ETA: OMG! They saved my settings from when I was trying to sell there!
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Post by Pantlandia on Jun 28, 2017 2:16:10 GMT
OK, I just gave you your first (or was it second?) sale - I didn't have to sign up or anything, just had to pay with paypal. How curious. ETA: OMG! They saved my settings from when I was trying to sell there! Yay! Thanks Chap! I was like "Whoa! I just got a sale on Bonanza!" Then I was like "Wait, I know that name!" haha I'll get this out in the morning, but now I have to figure out how to do their order process and shipping. I wonder if it linked email addresses or if your PayPal account was still in the system? ETA: The packing slips are customizable, but they charge a $0.95 processing fee for printing postage through their program! I'll do that through PayPal. |
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jun 28, 2017 2:31:08 GMT
My old booth was still in the system from a couple of years ago.
I'm importing my Etsy items - they use a CSV file so I guess it takes a while. I'm trying to figure out how to fix the store front now. Do you have a paid membership?
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Post by Pantlandia on Jun 28, 2017 3:09:43 GMT
My old booth was still in the system from a couple of years ago. I'm importing my Etsy items - they use a CSV file so I guess it takes a while. I'm trying to figure out how to fix the store front now. Do you have a paid membership? No, I think I'm just on the 9% free membership plan. I don't think I'd pay to sell there. |
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jun 28, 2017 3:12:32 GMT
I'm on the 6% membership plan (which they seem to have abolished). I'm trying to decide if it's worth trying a paid membership for a couple of months for greater advertising or if it makes any difference at all. I think I'll just tweet stuff for now, though.
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Post by val2525 on Jun 28, 2017 5:01:48 GMT
Bonanza got venture capital funding a while back and everyone was hoping they'd use some of the funds to advertise....
Nope. They didn't.
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Post by jellybeanscloset412 on Jun 28, 2017 13:25:19 GMT
I've had a booth for about 2 or 3 years. I think I sold 3 things so keep your expectations low! But ya never know?
They finally updated the site and removed all my old listings.
Good luck
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Post by Pantlandia on Jun 28, 2017 15:07:05 GMT
I have zero expectations. I've been there over 5 years, tried to make a go of it, sold 1 thing and closed up shop. I was there when they got the venture capital money, like Val stated, and did who-knows-what with it. I tried to import when I sold clothing and it was horrible. With my current items, they are an easy import, they just take forever for some reason.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jun 28, 2017 19:05:07 GMT
So far my Etsy import hasn't done anything. I guess I'll wait until this evening (their stated 24 hours).
It may be easier for me to batch up the vintage and just get rid of it in a FB group, or blow it out on my cheap ID.
ETA: I get the feeling that the CEO is all hat and no cattle - he talks big but what is he *really* doing to promote the site?
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Post by Pantlandia on Jun 28, 2017 19:47:19 GMT
So far my Etsy import hasn't done anything. I guess I'll wait until this evening (their stated 24 hours). It may be easier for me to batch up the vintage and just get rid of it in a FB group, or blow it out on my cheap ID. ETA: I get the feeling that the CEO is all hat and no cattle - he talks big but what is he *really* doing to promote the site? With all the options to 'pay for more traffic', I'm guessing he isn't doing anything. I've never seen a site with so many different options to get your items viewed; paid membership, higher FVF, turbopacks, etc. But, since they don't do squat for advertising that is what seller's need to do there and Bonanza is reaping the rewards. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 22:58:04 GMT
I've been on Bonanza almost since their beginning. It started out great. For the last few years I sell maybe one item per month and it's usually something that has already sold on ebay long ago.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jun 29, 2017 5:01:24 GMT
Well, the import failed. They wanted a CSV file, I gave them a CSV file then...nada.
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Post by Pantlandia on Jul 12, 2017 16:35:28 GMT
So, it's been two weeks. I have over 1300 items listed. I'm getting less than 10 TOTAL views per day. Not <10 per item, <10 TOTAL on 1300+ items! I'm on the 13% plan. I refuse to go up to 19% or 30% just to sell something and make less than what it would have sold for on eBay. Honestly, this whole site is a money grab for the owners with all of the ways you have to pay to get people to view your items. Not impressed at all.
I think I'm going to build my own website.
ETA: I also hate how I have to constantly refresh my listings for Google shopping.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 18:58:02 GMT
About 5 yrs ago Bonanza could have given eBay a run for it money, but they just don't have the right leadership and motivation. It's too bad.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jul 13, 2017 19:04:51 GMT
About 5 yrs ago Bonanza could have given eBay a run for it money, but they just don't have the right leadership and motivation. It's too bad. I agree - they were really on track for that, but it's another case where a CEO had a great idea, got it up and running, then needed to step back and let a good merchandiser take over and run operations. Years ago I worked for a small manuscript editing/copy editing/transcription where the CEO was great at starting it up, wining and dining clients, etc., but not so good at operations. She would hire supervisors to run that, but then couldn't keep her sticky hands out of things and micromanaged everything. She eventually ruined a good thing. It's an unfortunate byproduct of startups. |
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Post by Pantlandia on Jul 14, 2017 2:50:17 GMT
This is the 5th time TODAY that I have had to refresh my shop for Google shopping. Completely ridiculous. I am paying more than I pay on eBay so they can bring me traffic (13% FVF) and I'm not even getting traffic. Here are my item views over the last week:
7/6 - 1
7/7 - 6 (the highest!)
7/8 - 0 (wha?)
7/9 - 2
7/10 - 2
7/11 - 3
7/12 - 3
Sorry, Bonanza. I'm going to give you until August 15th. If I haven't made a sale before then, I'm outtie. I spend more time updating my site for Google shopping and switching between my syncs so my items are correct than I do on eBay!
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jul 14, 2017 6:06:55 GMT
Blech. I had no luck at even importing, and I tried several times. I think I'll just skip it - I have so many venues going right now that it's driving me nuts.
I agree - it's good to give something new a good try, but if it's not working with diligent effort, and the site has a poor track record, I'd not put much more time into it. A poster on Ina's blog keeps talking about how they love ecrater - I've never heard of anyone selling anything there, and never hear about it online.
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Post by Pantlandia on Jul 14, 2017 7:22:00 GMT
My main reason for trying Bonanza is the importer. eCrater has an importer, but it's horrible. I've tried there to import stuff and it throws it into 1 category that you can't change. Over the years I've probably created 10 accounts on eCrater and never sold a single item.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jul 14, 2017 18:35:47 GMT
It's like it's invisible.
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Post by Pantlandia on Jul 17, 2017 17:13:05 GMT
Remarkably, I had a sale last night. Of course, after paying a 13% FVF, I made less than what I would have if it sold on eBay. But, a sale is a sale.
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Post by Pantlandia on Jul 20, 2017 21:30:22 GMT
Just had another sale...
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jul 21, 2017 4:19:29 GMT
You may have the right product and amount to sell on there!
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Post by Pantlandia on Jul 21, 2017 4:48:44 GMT
You may have the right product and amount to sell on there! The bad thing is their minimum FVF is 50 cents. That's twice what I pay on eBay (around 26 cents). I won't raise my prices because a sale is a sale and with the import and sync it will change them back anyway. But, if I can built it up and get an extra 20 sales per month, then I'm okay with that. |
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