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You are correct, Chris. We Bonanzle Sellers ~are~ recruiting. Disgruntled eBay sellers have been looking for a viable alternative for years, and the large majority of us that are selling on Bonanzle agree that a truly viable alternative has finally appeared.

We are purposefully rolling the Bonanzle snowball all over the web, picking up buyers and sellers by the thousands. Most all that we attract with our campaign very much like what they see and stay at Bonanzle to buy, sell, or both. And then many join us in pushing our snowball around the web and bringing in even more buyers and sellers.

Why do they stay? Why do they actively join us in recruiting? Why do we believe so strongly in Bonanzle? Because Bill Harding and Mark Dorsey took the time to figure out what small online sellers wanted and then added their very own personal and personable touch.

No listing fees. Zero. Zip. None. Low final value fees. Ease of listing. Top notch support. The ability to negotiate and share info in real time right in your Bonanzle Booth. A warm and helpful community. Importation of your hard won feedback. The ability to upload your items to Google Base. And wonder of wonders, Bill and Mark actually listen to the users on Bonanzle, implementing a 'suggest then vote for what improvement you want next' system.

They talk to and with us. They keep us apprised of what they are doing, and what they will do in the future. If they have an issue they need help with, they ask us to help resolve it. And all of this is done with a warm, wacky, and sometimes not so subtle sense of humor that users see pervading throughout the Bonanzle site. Now I ask you, would the management at eBay ever do any of that? No. They, in fact, do the exact opposite.

You may be thinking, "Ok, that sounds good for sellers, but what about buyers? Are they there?" Yes. They are. Currently there are almost 23,000 registered users. Of those there are 7032 booths, which are the seller's stores. And 1,018,158 items listed in this hour.

When buyers first arrive on the Bonanzle homepage, they see a colorful and attractive interface with an ever-changing block of items for sale. There are Hand Picked Lists, where users can surf through all the listings and add 14 items that they like randomly, or as a theme. Creating and/or looking through these lists can be a bit addicting. The Search system on Bonanzle has undergone a few changes per the member's requests, making it easier to use. You can either search directly for what you want, (no "best match" leaving out many seller's items), or cruise through all the listings using the homepage, the browse feature, or the Hand Picked lists. These things make shopping and buying on Bonanzle is just plain fun. And yes, people really are buying. Oh, and did I mention that buyers can pay with Google Checkout, money orders, Paypal, and in some cases, even personal checks?

We've got a long way to go to reach eBay's numbers. But considering that Bonanzle is just 6 months out of beta, we've got a very good start. (I can't even imagine how well Bonanzle would be doing if the economy wasn't in the mess it currently is.) I encourage all those small sellers who are looking for a viable place to sell their items to come over to Bonanzle and see for yourselves what it is that makes this site the fastest growing sales venue on the web.

Thanks for reading,
mrsmoondog of Graphics by mOOndog on Bonanzle