is there any reason not to connect my amazon account to bonanza? I’d only import fbm listings, and would not discount the price from amzon. thanks for any input!
I didn’t even realize that you could connect Bonanza to Amazon.
But we used it for a while with it connected to Ebay. Supposedly when an item sells there, it will take it off of the Ebay site, but we had multiple times of this not working properly. So I would say that if you try it, keep an eye on this issue.
In the end, we sold so little there that we stopped using it. But I don’t know of any reason not to give it a try; just make sure that inventory gets adjusted properly.
I was not given the reasons why but we only used the eBay import and do not use the Amazon import with Bonanza. (Bonanzler since 2019)
We did have a concern about conflicting advertising costs.
We did have a concern linking Bonanza to our Amazon store.
Hi @Becca did you decide to go for it?
I would like to know what reason you have for thinking a connection to Bonanza would be worthwhile.
For a time, our listings on Bonanza showed up better in searches than the same listings on eBay, and got us quite a few sales. Then eBay changed something with their SEO and that was no longer true; sales then dropped to where it wasn’t worth the hassle.
No idea how it might compare to Amazon, but I see no harm in trying.
Spent about 10 minutes exploring Bonanza.
The selection of merchandise was shallow.
The search was rudimentary. It does not correct common typing errors, it presents results which are partial matches to pad out the limited matches.
The items I checked were all overpriced compared to Ebay and Amazon.
IMO you may have seen a drop in sales because the buyers who bought from you did not return to Bonanza to shop. Obviously, I can’t prove that, but if I saw enough worthy competition, I would consider some listings there.
Many B&M retailers have failed due to being in the wrong location. It applies online, as well.
I am currently experimenting with Temu, as a buyer. Only a 50% return rate so far. Delivery faster than from Ebay sellers. Shipping tracked and lower than I could buy anywhere else.
They may replace Ebay as my source for cheap Chinese electronics.
When we were doing well on Bonanza, a search for one of our items (usually Broadway playbills) would show up high in the listings for the Bonanza copy; ebay would be much farther down the list, if it showed up at all. It was when eBay started showing up again on Google that the sales dropped. I don’t think anything changed at the Bonanza end.
But I agree, absent getting better search results on search engines, does not appear enticing, which is why we quit bothering with it.
I doubt if they changed anything,
There are few enough Entertainment Collectibles on Bonanza today that you will get great placement but no one will be searching.
I assume most of the Playbill sellers left due to lack of interest.
Repeat buyers on Ebay are key to my sales in that area. Ebay is telling me that they are repeat buyers since the recent buyers are not my memorable customers.
This month has seen the return of repeat buyers for me in a variety of categories. It may be a drop off in competition.
Maybe I’m not being clear.
The sales on Bonanza were NOT because of anything magical Bonanza was doing; it was because Ebay was NOT showing up when you searched Google, at least not near the top (rarely on the first page).
Once Ebay changed their SEO and the Ebay listings starting showing up in Google searches, Bonanza sales dropped.
IOW, it wasn’t because Bonanza was so good, it’s because (at the time) Ebay was so bad. I doubt that many, if any, sales on Bonanza came from people going there first to start searching; it was all from Google and possibly other external search engines.
I get it. I can be a little thick, sometimes.
I can’t ever think of a time that I have searched for something and had bonanza come up in the search results.
I have found it is always the biggest companies first…Amazon, EBay, Etsy….then usually Walmart or target…followed by maybe lower middle specialty chain stores ace hardware, Home Depot, Michael’s, Joann’s etc…if it’s a branded item than often ending up on the brands own website.
I do a lot of googling before buying anything and I don’t know if google just knows my shopping habits or if what I search for is just generic? Maybe if I was searching for something super detailed ? But usually that would lead to eBay.
I think if you sold something super unique and it wasn’t available on the bigger stores then maybe you would show up in a smaller website or store if someone was really taking the time to search for something?
I think most people just go to the first result or give up?
As can we all. Otherwise we’d never make it in this business! 
There was a time, maybe about 5-6 years ago, where for some reason, eBay rarely showed up in Google searches. So if you were searching for used items such as we sell, the other stores you mention were not applicable.
But like you, I rarely see Bonanza showing up in a search these days. Of course, part of that is the type of thing I would be searching for; if it’s for research, it’s a used book; if it’s for personal, it’s not a used item, so neither is likely to be found on Bonanza in the first place.
There used to be a seller, whose name now escapes me, who sold quilting/sewing supplies w/ related titles, plus vintage sewing patterns(such a Vogue/Kenzo); on Amazon who also sold w/ Bonanza in the latter part of her AMZ career. I believe she was disabled and her son, diagnosed w/ high-functioning autistism, scouted the patterns for her at garage sales, etc. At one time, she did quite well selling the patterns, one of the few offering them on either platform.
She no longer sells on Amazon; had issues w/ non-readers assuming they were buying an actual coat, sheath dress etc for ridiculously low prices, instead of a pattern. Last I heard she had a storefront only w/ Bonanza, where she had no such issues. Perhaps someone recollects her name. My mind is a sieve…
I strongly suspect that you’re thinking of our well-missed friend who, back in the ‘Age of Discourse’ - i.e., the last iteration of the the ASF (“Amazon Seller Forums”) which many of us think of as the “OSFE” (OLD Seller Forums Experience," as opposed to the increasingly-necrotic NEW Seller Forums Experience, aka NSFE) - went by the ‘forum handle’ “Moonwishes_Sewing_an” during that time, and by “Moonwishes Sewing and Crafts” in the preceding ‘Age Of Jive’ (2012-2018)
Regardless of whether or not my presumption is correct re: just who you’re thinking of, I must say that I’m hopeful that Moonwishes and her well-served family are doing well.
I was thinking that I might know who was being referred to, but couldn’t recall a name. I think that Moonwishes is the person I was thinking of. Haven’t seen them in ages. A shame; seemed like one of the good ones.
Moonwishes Sewing and Crafts, is, I believe, correct!
Once you provided me w/ a name, I did a limited google search. There were several listings for a website which sold patterns and other sewing items which mentioned her being an RN before her arthritis became chronic plus a Facebook page(we don’t do social media). Didn’t appear to be any postings or refreshes after 2021.
For the OP, I did look up Bonanza,com on BBB, you might want to read the entries-customers and sellers, both. The comments weren’t very flattering. AMZ has many complaints, too, which makes one think TPTB aren’t quite so customer-centric as they pretend.
Yepper, Moonwishes did indeed state - more than once - that she once found no-little degree of both satisfaction & success in having pursued a career in the Nursing Profession…and unless I miss my guess, certain OSFE posts along that line which she made over the years probably went far in convincing even the most-skeptical of observers that she wasn’t simply blowing smoke in relating her experiences.
May I ask if said search results you’ve found were for eCRATER, where Moonwishes long had a fairly-prominent presence?