Joined Bonanza because eBay sales were slow, but have sold $3000 in small items on eBay while awaiting my first sale here. Don’t see much else happening without some TV ads.

With the “search crawler activity” off and having in mind that B. stats include us looking at our own items – extremely low number of views…

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I perfectly understand your statement and share the same feeling about it.

E.g. today no views at all, so far…

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There are a lot of free boards, groups, etc., where everybody can promote their items without spending extra money.

When members log in here on B., they could spend 2 minutes twice a day to post their items.

E.g. I have on Pinterest “The Best Of Bonanza Open Board” and “Pin Free Market” (and I’ve invited all members here on our forum to join this board):
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“(…) They [items] can stay there permanently, the goal of the community board is to make it more ‘alive’ with a constant flow of items, so when somebody checks it, can see all the time new items on the top.
But this requires at least a minimum effort from all members to pin regularly 1-3 items even every day. This can drive buyers to the Bonanza in general and it would benefit everyone.”

and “(…) It would be good [members adding items themselves], I hope more members will do it, it could help everybody.
Now, in the beginning I’m adding some items from the first members’ shops, but to have this board beyond any doubt, for everybody to be sure, that it’s an our community place and nobody’s items are promoted extra – when items appears that’s because only shops owners posted them!”.

Don’t give up Maggie- you have a great start with free shipping and 30 day returns. My experience is that social media is just not the answer especially until you are out there for awhile. We did find that using the advertising program made a lot of difference if you can afford even the 9% plan. Also even the gold membership. I know it is not always possible, it wasn’t for us for awhile, but we found that it was worth a test even for just a month. There is definitely more exposure using those features. If you can try it and see it will help you decide. It’s been a lot of work which you are obviously willing to do and no guaranteed success of course but if it shows promise for you then you can price your items to cover your costs for the membership and advertising plan.

Lastly, it’s been a rough winter for people and now the terrible storms everywhere and that slows things down as people have other things to worry about other than shopping! Deliveries are affected etc.

So don’t quit and good luck to you! Hope this helps.

Yes, sales are down on every site. I have not sold a thing on ebay or listia in the past 2 or 3 weeks. usually i at least get one small sale,but nothing. I do believe what ccmom said, as i have seen the same thing, every time google messes with something, sales take a plunge. Hopefully things get back to normal soon.

Hello, the best way to get people to visit your shop is to use Pinterest ,Twitter ,Wanelo, Webs.com ,Tumblr , Kaboodle , Facebook, RebelMouse , Fiverr.com and have other people Promote your Shop.

There are people on here that have those kinds of services.

I also Promote other shops on here. Feel free visit me at my other websites.

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I think seasonal economics only add to the frustration. My mom was an antique dealer – and all she ever did in May was buy things for upcoming sales – she never signed up for shows in May – too many things on people’s minds – memorial weekend for many is the first escape to a vacation, and after that the school’s are all out and people are worrying about other things instead of spending time indoors shopping. This cycles throughout the year – you have done a lot of prep work getting your name out there on social media – it does not happen immediately – but that comes in waves as well. Plus the mobile compliant mode slows things down.

Work on building more inventory and taking choice pictures to upload or change out bad ones during the “maintenance time” – it’s called work for a reason and people want to be exposed to “new” (not neccessarily brand new – but new items for them to get an interest in) – hang in there – work on other parts of your business and keep an interesting choice of products.

I have the same problem, and my booth set on the maximum fee 16%.

there are days when i get 20 sales a day, and there are days 0-5 a day.

i would suggest you search for Social Media Promotions here some people to advertise for you but you might need to pay for the service they offered. you can check the ff people.

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hope this helps. thanks and enjoy selling and buying

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Online sales drop 30% in the Americas in Q2 for Quiksilver
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Between google and their UN small business-friendly practices, gov’t (over) regulations, increasing postage costs, it’s not a stretch to think Americans are backed into a corner that is costing all of us. Even that big retailer I referenced is taking a hit right now.

Just wanna put two cents in (although not helping much). I sell on ebay, amazon, and my own web site and I think by far bonanza, from a selling and buying standpoint is a much, much better selling environment. Even though things may be slowing a little I think that as more and more people find out the better experience they will get from Bonanza things will pick up.(Not a paid advertisement just opened up a shop and still adding products)