I’m not trying to be facetious or start drama. I moved to eBay for a couple years because Bonz had gone completely dry, and did quite well. I sold all my inventory off a few months ago and moved into a different line of products and business model and am doing ok, but it is a lot less effort to sell them. I’m wanting to cross sell on Bonanza again since I’ve been on here so long and have a near perfect reputation here and have been here since the site started.
My question is, does any seller actually see traffic here now? The “Say hello to” for new members rarely has more than 1 new member in the last 24 hours, sellers I follow who always did quite well seem to have little to no feedback either.
I also see that the “vercado” website model is gone and they finally changed the price to be a little more competitive.
Overall though, before I spend any money or time on Bonz I’d really just like to know that it’s worth my time to do. Anyone? Bueller?
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GravityVideo Reputation: 108 See GravityVideo's booth |
Hello Gravity.
This is Sharon. I know you from eSellersCafe.
I am going to be brutally honest.
For me it slowed with new ownership (and possibly something else, too, that I will mention near the bottom of this post).
I firmly believe that not as much money is being spent on costs per click via Google Shopping as there needs to be. I believe one of the two with this or even both….just depends. Either they stayed the same with cost per click and new sites have started being promoted in Google shopping causing the need for more spending on costs per click or Bonanza literally lowered what they are willing to pay for costs per click.
As you know, for a long time Amazon did not use Google shopping when Google shopping started charging. But now Amazon is utilizing Google shopping. Just not sure how long. Maybe in the last year or a little longer.
Also, it does feel like this site is not being ran much with people.
It’s my opinion.
But you can give it a go since it is free. You may still do better than I. Google organic may be your friend.
I did get a few sales via my website and a few on Etsy and a few on eBay, so at least I am getting some sales on the internet from somewhere and these are not duplicate listings that I have on Bonanza. Truth be told, I just wish I was getting the sales on here like I used to.
I’ve also had an issue for a little over a year now where I did the turbo pack but have wanted it gone for many months now since this is also around the time my sales slowed wayyyyyyyy down. But there is a glitch that has been happening where every time they remove the turbo pack it comes back on. This does tell a story though, because if they cannot get the glitch taken care of (and they have not) then that means I’m not in good hands. I am leaving Bonanza, so I wish you well. Once in a great while I’m sure I’ll still post to eSellersCafe. Hope to see you there from time to time.
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EmpressDepot Reputation: 7094 See EmpressDepot's booth |
Hi, I was doing great until the past month. I haven’t had a sale since Feb 19. Before that sales were really good. I have to question what Bonanaza has done to effect this drop in sales. Thankfully it’s not my only source for sales, but I will leave if things don’t pick back up.
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TheorySkinCareCo Reputation: 12 See TheorySkinCareCo's booth |
No, you will not get any traffic from Bonanza or the “market place”.
You will only get traffic from Google is Bonanza continues to buy ads properly without gouging but it seems they are cutting back their spending so we get less G traffic.
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Thank_You_Cards Reputation: 146 See Thank_You_Cards' booth |
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