GOODBYE EBAY..HELLO PONDEROSA

jivan

by the most mysterious way i found this auction site called WWW.BONANZA.COM.....was trying to find some info on an item i wanted to sell and wanted to research it.. so, i googled it and the item came up in this auction site...I went there and joined..... almost like ebay in the way to browse items but am not sure how much business they generate.....will give them a shot on some ebay carap that did not sell and see how it goes...no listing fees,as many pics as you want, no extra fees...did not cost anything and you can get paid via check, money order, paypal or google checkout....take a look and let others here know how you feel bout this.....everyone starts out someplace and lot of people are irritated by ebays tactics.....

CEOBIDMC

I wonder if Storm can provide us some info on this site, like the number of hits it gets, eyes on the screen etc.

hankcaddy

http://www.bonanza.com/

mtcards

In browsing, I determined many thinges about the site, but not enough to give a complete opinion. That said, it is obvious there are "some" knowledgeable sellers on the site as many items are priced much less than book and are about the going rate, there are also "many" people who think that late 80's cards have value, as shown in the 1988 Topps Juan Uribe for only $1.50, but with no cost to list it appears, there will be a lot of those. May be OK if it ever got traffic, even as much as sportlots to warrant the time to list items

storm888

I and others have been posting info on this site for
several years.

The site opened as "bananzle. com." When the "bonanza"
tag became available - several months ago - the owners
changed the name.

In '05, when mentioning another outfit on the EBAY boards
was a bammable offense, the site was referred to as "the
ranch." (ecrater.com was known as "the moon.")

Bonanza is not an EBAY replacement. Like ecrater, it is an
extra place to sell. To get strong traffic on either, adwords
are required and that can get expensive.


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Site Information

ebay.com
Alexa Traffic Rank: 22
Traffic Rank in US: 7
Sites Linking In: 22,331

Ebay.com is ranked #22 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. Visitors to this site view an average of 17.9 unique pages per day. The site has attained a traffic rank of 7 among users in the US, where we estimate that 67% of its audience is located. Ebay.com is based in the US, and the fraction of visits to it referred by search engines is about 9%.

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ecrater.com
Alexa Traffic Rank: 4,051
Traffic Rank in US: 1,178
Sites Linking In: 1,708

Ecrater.com's three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 4,051. Visitors to the site view 7.6 unique pages each day on average. The site has been online for more than seven years. Ecrater.com is particularly popular among users in the cities of Tampa (where it is ranked #535), Chicago (#782), and Phoenix (#906). Roughly 37% of visits to the site are bounces (one pageview only).


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bonanzle.com
Alexa Traffic Rank: 21,735
Traffic Rank in US: 354,303
Sites Linking In: 973

Bonanzle.com's three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 21,735. Compared with the overall internet population, the site appeals more to Caucasians; its visitors also tend to consist of moderately educated women over the age of 35 who browse from home and have incomes over $30,000. Search engines refer about 25% of visits to the site. Visitors to Bonanzle.com spend roughly eight minutes per visit to the site and 43 seconds per pageview. It has a relatively good traffic rank in the cities of Tampa (#878), Philadelphia (#1,256), and San Diego (#1,501).


bonanza.com
Alexa Traffic Rank: 7,884
Traffic Rank in US: 1,449
Sites Linking In: 4

Bonanza.com has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 7,884. Roughly 40% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces). The site has been online since 1997. Compared with the overall internet population, this site's users are disproportionately female, and they tend to be users between the ages of 35 and 65 who have no postgraduate education and browse from home. Bonanza.com is located in the US.


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As noted, the alt sites get their traffic from search engines.
EBAY gets only 9%+/- from search sites; it is a direct destination
site for more than 90% of its shoppers.

That is why adwords are required on the alt sites to get strong
traffic.

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Listing Counts
December 3, 2010 / 8:19 pm


eBay 115,392,814

eCrater 3,844,496

Bonanza 3,584,653


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Prolly the fastest growing site is etsy.com.

Sellers can make A BUNCH of money there, IF they
can find a niche product that will fit into the mix
that ETSY allows. It is a destination site and the
traffic is super STRONG. (It is expected to double yoy
items sold and revs in 2011. It will be IPOd by 2014/15.)

etsy.com
Alexa Traffic Rank: 277
Traffic Rank in US: 64
Sites Linking In: 26,559

There are only 276 sites with a better three-month global Alexa traffic rank than Etsy.com. It has been online for at least six years. Compared with all internet users, the site's users are disproportionately female, and they are disproportionately moderately educated, childless Caucasians between the ages of 25 and 35 who have incomes between $30,000 and $100,000. Etsy.com is based in the US. Approximately 11% of visits to the site are referred by search engines.


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IMV, where most card sellers miss the boat is at the point
they decide that they are ONLY in the card biznez.

ALL of the skills that we have ALL learned on EBAY selling
cards/collectibles are transferable to OTHER categories of
merch.

This depression-like economy is going to produce LOTS of
prosperous sellers, IF they are willing to explore new and
different merch-cats.

Moving either slow or failed products to new venues will
often result in sales and it is worthwhile. But, folks who
wanna make LOTS of money should consider expanding
their inventory lines... NOT just the venues they list on.

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MULLINS5

Thanks to etsy, my Boston Terrier was Bostzilla this Halloween

bobbyw8469

That dog is the bomb.

thedutymon

Evening,

As usual Storm...Well...Well Said!



IMV, where most card sellers miss the boat is at the point
they decide that they are ONLY in the card biznez.

ALL of the skills that we have ALL learned on EBAY selling
cards/collectibles are transferable to OTHER categories of
merch.

This depression-like economy is going to produce LOTS of
prosperous sellers, IF they are willing to explore new and
different merch-cats.

Moving either slow or failed products to new venues will
often result in sales and it is worthwhile. But, folks who
wanna make LOTS of money should consider expanding
their inventory lines... NOT just the venues they list on.

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I am doing OK on Cards, not setting any Blazer Sales, But what I have been doing as of late is exactly what you say...Slowly moving into Paperback Sales with Half.com, exploring other options. I am also looking at several different related types of items to Sell, am persuing new inventory on a daily basis!!

YeeHah

Neil

mtcards

I agree that the internet game is still there for the taking in all forms of business. Most people who sell on ebay and others have the skill and knowledge to transfer that to other items and how to do it, it is simply a question of finding the place to get a product to do it.

Even on baseball card, on a small scale, for instance, I have been selling on sportlots, but recently have begun looking at "Lots" on ebay, which generally sell at a large discount off individual prices. I bought a 16 card lot of baseball memorablilia, paid $13.76, including shipping. Listed all 16 cards in either single or lot form on sportlots and currently have either sold or have bids totally over $35. Assuming a slight profit on the S&H (Yes, I build that in people, deal with it, I charge $1.95), my profit on this deal will be almost 200% or more. This example is in play for every item from books, to clothing, electronics, etc. Finding a source for something and selling it at a profit is the name of the game. Its out there!!