New Name, More Posts???

I finally found my old blog - in the interest of inertia, I decided to change it's name and blog a little more... maybe.

I sell on Etsy now (for almost 2 years) and Mendozam's Booth on Bonanza is still going strong. I fell in love with the growing, vibrant community of vintage lovers on Etsy and opened a shop there called MendozamVintage .

I'm a newer member on the Etsy team WWES (World Wide Etsy Sellers). As far as teams go, this is a SUPER match for me. I've always loved dealing internationally. I guess, since I had my first passport before I could sit up, it sort of makes sense. You can see some of the other WWES team members listings here.

There's also a handful of WWES blogs - oh, look, here's one. It features treasuries of WWES items. If you are looking for something special, and need it shipped anywhere (as opposed to US only as so many people only sell in the US), check WWES.

So, back to the name change.

I originally started this blog as a member of the Bonanzle Action Committee. At the time, I only sold on Bonanzle (after a heartbreaking divorce from eBay). I've branched out again, am seeing other online selling venues, and Bonanzle is now Bonanza.

Rather than make a whole new blog, I just changed the name on this one. And, maybe I'll post more.

Bonanzle in BusinessWeek!

BusinessWeek did a nice article on Bonanzle (see it here) . Great read, for those of you who are looking for a new venue.

EBay still doesn't seem to get WHY many sellers left (or diversified) in the first place. Well, I opened a booth on Bonanzle because of what Ebay was doing last year. But I finally closed my shop on eBay because of all the great things Bonanzle did.

Instead of treating small sellers as desirable partners, eBay treated us as captives -not unlike what most credit card companies are doing...

And, I just saw this today on ReadWriteWeb. All about Bonanzle. Get off the fence and try it out.

One thing I keep seeing is people saying new sites have trouble getting traffic. I just don't get that from my experience with Bonanzle. My Bonanzle items are very easy to find (and are found by real live buyers). Their excellent instructions walk even the least tech savvy of us through using Google Base and their new Search Optimizing function from batch edit. Heck, they even have a Craigslist exporter. Could it get any easier than that?

Oh, and here's the full links for those of us who like to see where we are going:

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc2009033_379735.htm

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/seattle_startup_bonanzle_takes_on_ebay.php

Busy Weekend on Bonanzle!

I had a very busy weekend on Bonanzle- about like Christmas. Managed to get it all packaged up and mailed today and made more sales today. Made my first international sale since moving to Bonanzle. Haven't really courted international buyers yet, so this is great.

Went to an estate sale Saturday. Didn't find a whole lot (bought myself an old enamel milk pail for the garden). Still have a lot piled up that needs listed.

Bonanzle

Last year, I opened a booth on Bonanzle.com. Within a very short time of setting up my booth, I had made my first two sales. Sales have been steady and increasing ever since. It's a nice looking site, easy to navigate and quick loading. Living in dial-up-only-land, I want to do everything I need from as few pages as possible. On Bonanzle, listing is a simple one page deal. You can list items in minutes.

Bonanzle has grown so fast as an eBay alternative, it's truly amazed me. Apparantly, I'm not the only one impressed with Bonanzle. After being named the best eBay alternative in July by Ecommerce Guide, Bonanzle was recently named the best eBay alternative by SmallBusinessComputing! Go Bonanzle!

You can also read about it here:
http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/news/news/article.php/3762231

http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/news/article.php/11520_3798906_4