As you know from my recent blog articles, we have closed our store at eBay. The fees along with the non-exposure of the little guy finally made us bite the bullet.. and leave.
But not wanting to close down our Ephemera sales, we looked for other venues to establish ourselves. We looked at several… and finally decided to move to both Bonanzle and Delcampe Auctions. We wrote about that move yesterday.
In the article Susan explains “What is Bonanzle” as well as “What makes it different”. She, like many of the Bonanzle crowd, got fed up with eBay and moved her LP Records, Biker Items, Books, Artisan Jewelry or “Relic-y” things over to Bonanzle.
With a growth rate of 100 or more sellers a day, Bonanzle is sure to give the eBay giant a run for its money… and I expect that to be soon.
How about YOU? Have you become disgruntled with eBay and moved to another site? Let us hear about it.. and how you are doing there.
I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the encore it deserves.
Tom
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Thank you Tom…I AM honored!! See you over at Bonanzle!! Susan
Nice blog… I’ve linked to yours on mine… Your explanation of why folks collect advertising ephemera is nicely written, and your send-up of Bonanzle, like Bonanzle itself, is a breath of fresh air.
Best of luck as a fellow seller of ephemera (mine is industrial machine literature, mostly) on Bonanzle! It’s a great new venue and a wonderful extra “channel” for folks looking for alternatives to the established venues, some of whom are looking a bit “long in the tooth.”
I left Ebay almost two years ago. I have gone back and still purchase there, but my preference for buying is on online websites. I do not do much with buying on auction sites anymore. I am hearing Bonanzle is crawling up there. Been over there a couple of times, and lots of good word is out on them. I also have my own forum for support to online sellers and that one keeps me busy too. If you have the time sometime, come on over and check out my forum. We primarily focus on online websites but maybe there is something over there that might help. I think getting away from Ebay is really a good move for most of us because it is really not the same and doesn’t do justice to the mom and pop shops that sell one of a kinds like so many of us do.
My forum is here: http://www.creativeshoptalk.com.
By the way you have a very nice blog and a wealth of fun and informative info. I think I need to add your link to my blog.
Alana
Bonanzle.com
I have been a book seller on eBay for the past 5 years. I have done well over the years building a repeat customer base and welcoming new customers every day. I still have my eBay site. I have also imported all of my listing to a new site http://www.bonanzle.com. Bonanzle is free to list and free to have up to 4 photos. The guys who run the show there are very good at what they do. They will personally answer you and even ask your opinion in the forums. You can chat live with a person who is browsing your items and interact with other sellers.
I guess after researching the many alternatives, I have found this to be the best. The display when you first log in to Bonanzle is professional. It is a clean, refreshing, easy to use site with “booths” for the sellers who offer what ever payment type they choose. Yes, it is a breath of fresh air!
The beauty of it is that the seller can be linked to Google Base where your items will eventually appear at the top of the pages when your item is searched. And this is free! There are FVF’s, but minimal compared to eBay.
The site is growing leaps and bounds everyday. Of course, it doesn’t have the notoriety that eBay does, YET. If you, as a seller, want a great alternative and grow with this site, it can’t hurt at all to list your items parallel to what you currently have listed on eBay and eventually get out from under the grips of a “sinking ship”.
So, come on over and check it out. You will find many eBay refugees, in fact most of the sellers are. Many former PowerSellers that are making the transition, one of them is me.
http://www.bonanzle.com/SusansBooks