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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
The big shame about the ecommerce world is that nice sites such as Bonanza and eCrater are virtually ignored while the troublesome sites get all the traffic.
Sounds like a reincarnation of Fleecebay. Just a different name.
Hello Quincy
ADVICE :
Don’t be an Ebay or an Etsy.
Don’t get listed on the Stock Market.
Be the New Money Engine of the People.
Take NO MORE than 3% of the selling price of the Item Only.
Allow Personal Check and Money order payments along with Credit Card.
Let us hook up Our choice of payment processor.
Recognize that the Sellers and Artists are OUR customers.
WE are Your Customers.
I’m available if you need more positive input…..
@The End;
About a month ago I left a snarky comment on Bonanza’s website with regards to how they could do better and also how I wasn’t too confident that they would. A week ago, mid-March, I got a phone call from a number I didn’t recognize and ignored it like I do all the time, assuming it to be spam.
That caller left a voicemail which I happened to listen to and it turned out to be none other than Quincy Faison, asking me to call him so he could tell me (a Bonanza seller since 2015, when I left evilbay) how he was going to improve Bonanza.
I texted him in reply saying that if he wanted to hear how us sellers felt, he should read ECommercebytes.com, referring him to this article in particular and to your comment (The End) in specific.
He never got back to me, a sure sign that:
A) He probably doesn’t read or follow this website
B) He probably wasn’t interested in what we sellers had to say.
It was a good try…
PS: We are probably brothers from another mother as I’ve been echoing your comments for YEARS now, especially your postscript about how we SELLERS are the REAL CUSTOMERS…..
Correction :
Recognize that the Buyers are OUR customers. WE Sellers and Artists are Your Customers.
More marketing focused…
There’s a big disconnect here
I can put a ball on my nose but I’m not going to do it.
I will be back
I would really like to know what their sales are. I have 10,000 items on bonanza (transferred from ebay). ZERO sales on bonanza, even when I signed up for their 30% promoted ad option.
I have had items listed out on Bonanza for several years and have sold probably four items. People keep saying eCrater and Bonanza are where we should be selling. But do a Google search for any item you’re looking for. You will not find Bonanza or eCrater items. You WILL find eBay, Mercari, Poshmark, Etsy etc.
I tried Bonanza for an ENTIRE year, and had zero sales, despite having a robust inventory, along with great pictures and item descriptions. I had zero support from Bonanza staff. We need another strong marketplace,not sure if Bonanza is it.
Been on Bonanza since they started as Bonanzle. Have sold a total of 4 things in all those years, even though I always have hundreds of items for sale on the site. Unfortunately, the reason more sellers don’t go there is there just aren’t the buyers.
Seems Ebay and Etsy have some kind of Special Deal with Google.
Hence the special Trick Etsy Product Links that instantly remove 12% of our profit when someone clicks on the blasted link.
eCrater and Bonanza can easily get more people to our shops only if Father Google lets us.
This whole internet selling thing has to be executed Very Carefully so as not to infect the eCommerce Eco System.