A Little Bonanzle News

Bonanzle now has a "saved search" now that will e-mail you when something is listed on Bonanzle that matches your search. This is a great considering how many new items are listed on Bonanzle every day. The information can be found on the "what's new" page.

Bonanzle also has another Bonanzle Up scheduled for Saturday, May 23, 2009 in Wichita, Kansas. If you are intrested in going to this contact Shars using the contact seller button. There is also a forum thread that is loaded with lots of information about it.

If you missed the AuctionWally, Brainstoming Bonanzle show last night, you really missed a show. John Lawson of ColderIce was the guest and he is just an awesome source of information. You can listen to it on the Brainstoming Bonanzle blog, show notes are there as well. This is a show well worth your time to listen to.

Bonanzle currently has 39,660 users, 11,346 Bonanzle booth owners and 599 supporting members. Bonanzle is currently #4 on the PSU listing count board with 1,539,507 listings.

Bonanzle Round Up 2009

Bonanzle has grown with the effort of its grass roots. Just yesterday another milestone reached of 39,000 users. Bonanzle currently has 39,079 users, 11,223 Bonanzle booths and 593 supporting members. Bonanzle is currently #4 on the PSU listing count board with 1,534,125 listings.

Now the grass roots are putting together a Bonanzle Up 2009! This should be a lot of fun and a great way to share loads of information.

The first one is scheduled for Saturday, May 6, 2009 in Seattle. Bonanzle's home state, this should prove to be an awesome adventure! Kat from GypsyByways, is putting things together and would love to hear from you if attending. Just use the contact seller for more information.
Thanks Kat for all of the time you are putting into this!

The next Bonanzle Up is scheduled for Saturday, May 30, 2009 in Mobile Alabama! Bobbi from Bobbi85170 Bonanzle Booth along with Phaedra from @ the boutique
are working on this one and again please contact them through the contact seller, if you would like to attend or have questions. Thank you both Bobbi and Phaedra, you both spend endless hours working for the better of Bonanzle!

Scott Pooler of iBusinessLogic has donated, yes donated a web site for all of the Bonanzle Ups! This man has an incredible amount of talent when it comes to building sites. I was impressed with the layout and how nice it looks. Everything just pops on this site. If you are intrested in finding out about the Bonanzle Ups take a look here. Thank you again Scott for all that you do and continue to do for Bonanzle!

Like I have said so many times before, there are sooo many folks at Bonanzle that give endless hours to work for the better of Bonanzle. I thank you all!

Bonanzle Has Some Real Talent: They Are Very Helpful

Bonanzle has grown at a rapid rate and has done so with the grassroots efforts. There are so many really helpful folks that are there to help you. Not just help you with an issue with your Bonanzle booth, things like your personal computer problems.

BluePennyLady has spent hours helping folks with Google either one on one or in the forums. Judy has some wonderful knowledge when working with Google. She is more than willing to help you! Thank you Judy for all that you do for the folks at Bonanzle, very unselfish person.

Another very helpful person is Jack at JacksPlace . There were several folks last week that were having issues with listing and getting into their mail. Jack went step by step on how to up date their JavaScript and what settings they needed to be using in their browsers. This takes time to do and I thank you Jack!

ThreeTen a fairly new Bonanzle member has spent his time putting together a Google Attributes visual screen shot. Google Attributes are something that really does work and most have an issue with doing. However, he has taken his time to set this page up. Thank you Merrill for taking your time to do this!

Steve from the_Jewelry_Shack has worked endless hours as well working on the Google Keywords. He spends hours working on the bonanzle ning network in marketing and is soon going to be doing a live "No Spin Zone Bonanzle" talk show on talkshoe soon. Thank you Steve for the hours you put in helping others!

These are just a few of the folks at Bonanzle that give of themselves to help others. There are so many more that give hours to help others and to promote Bonanzle!

Bonanzle updates, you do NOT have to be a member of Bonanzle to buy. You can come to the site and purchase without being a member. Log out and see for yourself.

The "User Trust Report" has been renamed "More Seller Info", you now only have to have 20 posts instead of the orginal 50 posts. You can see all of the updates on the "what's new" page.

Bill has also done a blog, "Something eBay Would Do", excellent read!

Bonanzle currently has 38,566 users, 11,107 Bonanzle booths, and 567 supporting members. Bonanzle is #4 on the PSU listing board with 1,507,425 listings.

Thank you to all of the folks at Bonanzle that have made Bonanzle the friendliest site to buy and sell! A job very well done!

Bonanzle 9 Points

Bonanzle has added a new 9 points system to Bonanzle sellers "more" profile. Bonanzle has worked hard to keep the site as "safe" as you can be on the internet. Mind you nothing is guaranteed in keeping everything "safe", however Bonanzle has added just a little extra to try to ensure it.

These are the 9 points. For the "Trust Report"

1. Filled out profile information about themselves.
I would think that this would be one of the first things that a seller would do.

2. Used a valid credit card to pay Bonanzle fees or membership dues.
This just makes life a little easier, at least for this seller.

3. Received personal recommendations from other Bonanzle members.
This is always welcome. Very nice when someone takes time out of their day to write you a recommendation.

4. Received at least five positive feedback from transactions occurring on Bonanzle.
This shouldn't take a whole lot to complete.

5. Filled out a detailed overview of their booth.
Again I would think that this was one of the first things that a seller would take time to do.

6. Provided detailed policies for their booth.
Another first that should have been done, prior to activation of your booth.

7. Posted more than 50 messages in the Bonanzle message forums.
Bonanzle forums are not hard to get involved in. Harder not to go to, then to stay away. Fifty posts is nothing to achive.

8. Given at least one other way they can be found online or offline, besides Bonanzle.
With the way the world is today, no I don't want my phone number here. However, Twitter, facebook, blog, a ning network, or e-mail will work. I am sure there are lots of others too.

9. Logged into Bonanzle within the last month.
Now, I don't know about you, but if a seller hasn't logged in, in the last month, this tells me that they have dumped thier items and left.

This is nothing new as far as this information, it has always been available. Just scattered all over. Like the number of posts, this shows on your posts. The profile and booth details, contact information have always been there. Now everything is located on one page. That's all, no big deal. Feedback has also been available.

Bonanzle overall site rating feedback is 99.4% positive. An awesome feedback rating!
You can read Bill's Bonanzle blog for all of the information.

Bonanzle currently has 37,816 Bonanzle users, 10,895 Bonanzle booth owners, and 575 supporting members. According to the PSU listing count board, Bonanzle is #4 and currently has 1,473716 listings.

Bonanzle News

Bonanzle has made it to the BusinessWeek article " Hey e-Bay, Say Hello to Bonanzle", written by Douglas MacMillan. It is very well written and well worth a read.

Bonanzle has also gotten an addition the the front page, which is really nice. At the botton of the hand picked list there are now rotating quotes. For instance, "I really hesitate to call Bonanzle an "e-Bay competitor". Because it is so different and refreshing. Bonanzle is a new animal entirely".
Scott Pooler, AllBusinessAuctions.com. There are a host of others that continuely rotate.

In addition to being able to tweet and item on Twitter.com you can now add a personalized message to it. Bill adds to the "what's new" page usually afer he has done something to the site. It is a great way to stay on top of changes and new features.

Bonanzle also hit the 36,000 member mark last night. Currently Bonanzle has 36,191 members, 10,513 Bonanzle booth owners, of those booth owners, 554 are supporting members. Bonanzle is still #4 on the PSU listing count board with 1,439,087 listings.

The AuctionWally show, Brainstorming Bonanzle now has its own blog spot with all of the past shows and show notes. The show is every Monday night at 8 est on talkshoe.com
The show is lots of fun with loads of information. Be sure to sign up, it's free and join the live chat during the show.

Bonanzle Gets A Second Server

Bonanzle has had some kind of growth in the last few months. Just incredible growth. Currently Bonanzle has 35,409 users, 10,323 Bonanzle booth owners and 539 supporting members. Bonanzle is still #4 on the PSU listing count board with 1,413,385 listings.

Bill has been hard at work again last night with a new feature. A seller can now set up restrictions on buyers. This has be on the vote list and is now avabiable. Bonanzle really listens to the community.

Bonanzle also has another server that to avoid any down time not to mention less for for the guys doing the programing. You can read all of the details in Bill's Bonanzle Blog, love this guys sense of humor.

If you are looking for some really good deals to buy or need a great place to sell stop on over at Bonanzle and check it out.

With Growth Comes Change At Bonanzle

Bonanzle has had some real growth in the last couple of months. There are currently 34,740 users and of those users there are 10,161 Bonanzle booths of that there are 534 plus or premiere members. Bonanzle is currently #4 on the PSU listing count board with 1,401,411 listings.

With growth comes change and no, not all will like it, however there has to be rules in any community. Bill did a Bonanzle blog about the new changes and yes, they are for the better. When there were only 500 members the forums were not an issuse, people went to get help or say hello, they got quick answers and greeted.

With reaching almost 35,000 members things are growing and so are the forums. It takes no time at all for a thread to roll to the second page, people trying to promote their Bonanzle booth would bump threads over and over. New users trying to get answers, their posts would be gone in no time at all.

So now we have a new people page and it is wonderful! The people page now has the last 8 threads and they are broken into most recent deals and promotions on one side and on the other most recent discussions. This seems to be working very well.

Bill has also added the ship button to our sellers page and are now able to in put delivery confirmation numbers and e-mail customer that order has shipped. This is a super plus as a seller.

Another added feature that has been added in the last couple of weeks is the export to Craigslist.
Then there is this really cool feature "Tweet It". While browsing you can now Tweet an item to Tweeter. The batch edit has also gotten a facelift. And a very fine one indeed. Very easy to use now.

The latest added feature is the ability to set custom attributes in Google Base. Lots of folks have been waiting for this feature. And they now have it. Just like everything else they have asked for, they have gotten.

Thank you Bill for all that you do!