Still, at least I can see their site now, which I couldn’t for almost a year – - – just got to get eBid to unblock users in Asia and I can get back onto selling there again – shame they’ve got that problem, selling more on eBid than on eBay would be a doddle right now based on the last 2 months eBay performance, and then I could post hard and proven numbers on the TameBay blog for Chris and Sue

Gaz

Additionally Ina mentioned it on her Newsflash this week:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m11/i14/s05

Now, if you were to make use of that membership of the BuildaSkill forums, and notch up you post count a little, you’d have access to hundreds more boards in there, and you’d have noticed that Henrietta posted on 4th August that Bonanzle was opened internationally about that time – she quoted Bill as saying -

“We’re open to sellers from other countries registering (quite a few already have), but our shipping is only setup to specify rates within the US right now, and all our prices are in dollars, so it is admittedly not ideal for them yet. We’re hoping to add more internationalization in the coming months.”

OK, the lack of international shipping options could be seen as a bugbear, but I notice Henrietta also blogged recently (over at RedInkDiary) that the international shipping options were now in place … Maybe she’ll drop by and post the link to save me hunting for it.

Since kicking eBay UK into touch as a viable venue, I’ve been seeing a lot more other venues and right now I’m spoilt for choice – even more so than with just eBay’s 38 other venues to work with. That’s great for me as a blogger and journalist, but it “ain’t ‘alf spoiling me plans” and I’m actually listing less than I used to using just three eBay sites – lol – like a kid in a candy store nowadays I suppose?

Ed

Many thanks for dropping by and adding your comments. I’m trying to clear space in the diary to give Bonanzle a fair crack of the whip, but it’s tough right now. I know Gaz is also champing at the bit to give it a try, but he’s got too many incomplete web site builds to get let loose on it yet.

We’ll get onto it as soon as we can.
Ed

(sniggers and runs)
Ed

Thanks for the mention. Though we only launched in June 2008 we have been fortunate to have been reviewed by many market experts and we welcome your opinion too. It appears that our focus on unique items and “Everything but the ordinary” has been a hit with our community. We have a really neat section on our “Buy” page where a visitor can browse “Exceptional” items which our community has “Tagged.” One of the categories in our exceptional items is “Most Bizarre.” I must say that our users have done a pretty good job at singling out the bizarre items at Bonanzle. The exceptional items page is a must visit. There are so many other features and tools that we offer to empower our users so make sure and stay a while

See you soon,
Mark Dorsey
Bonanzle