Bonanzle Subscribing Memberships: A Good Deal Gets Better
Busy day around the farm today, as keen observers of the changelist may note. Most of the changes are staying in the theme of this month (ways to bring visitors back to Bonanzle without Google), but we also snuck in a top 5-requested feature from the Next Up List -- ability to add tracking numbers to your inventory and print out an inventory sheet.
For Plus (or Premiere) subscribers, this option can be set via the Batch Editor. You'll see a new tab called "Print Inventory" that will let you set a new "inventory_id" attribute for your items in much the same way you setup Google attributes for your items. In fact, we even left the syntax the same: to add an inventory tracking number for your item, you just tell the batch editor [[inventory_id: 12345]]. And of course, you can put that tag directly into your item description as well -- so you don't have to go back to your items in the batch editor after listing them. (Example description: "This is the description for a handmade necklace. It is blue and pretty. [[inventory_id: ABCDEFG]]". When buyers see the item, the [[inventory_id]] bit gets stripped out, but when you go to the inventory printout page, you'll see the inventory id)
We also made some internal updates to the way we are storing the item attributes. This applies to all users. The biggest benefit you'll notice with the new approach is that you can now set more search attributes for an item without your old search attributes getting wiped out. If you set an attribute that is already in your item (e.g., [[color:red]] becomes [[color:orange]]), the new system is smart enough to just update the attribute you changed, without affecting your existing attributes. Of course, this is all very new, so there might be a kink or two in it for Monday, but it all seems to be generally working at this point.
Coming Soon for Premiere Subscribers...
Later this week we're hoping to add another feature for premiere subscribers: the ability to see a list of where your sales originated from. That is, we're going to try to set it up in such a way that you can know that of your 10 sales this week, 5 came from Craigslist, 3 came from Google, and 2 came from hand picked list browsers. In the Founder's humble opinion, this feature will rule. While Google Analytics is great for seeing who is looking at your items, there is still a gap between knowing who's looking at items and who's actually buying items, so this should seal that gap and help you know where to focus your promoting efforts.
Oh, and about a week ago we also added the ability for premiere subscribers to collect buyers' email addresses for running direct email promotions to snag repeat buyers (buyer has to opt into it). I don't believe that has been previously mentioned?
Not a Subscriber?
We don't tout our subscribing memberships that often, but with an FVF structure as low as Bonanzle's, subscribers are the peanut butter on our PBJ sandwich. It's a mere $8.33/month (2 cups of Starbucks, in Seattle-speak) to get a plus membership if you pay yearly, or $16.66/month for a premiere membership, if you buy a year at once.
Here's where you can read about all the subscription benefits (excluding those added today).
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28 responses to Bonanzle Subscribing Memberships: A Good Deal Gets Better
It just gets better and better each week.
Thanks Bill & Team
Steve
Excellent News!
I guess it’s time to subscribe more of my booths
Thank you for the new benefits! One great thing about membership is that you keep getting more than you originally paid for!
I look forward to upgrading my plus membership to Premiere in the near future…I’ve been very happy with the benefits that come along with it! Thanks for continuing to improve thegreat features we have!
Wonderful new features Bill, great work as usual.
GREAT timing! Katie’s Sewing Nook needed to renew membership today – so just jumped in all the way with a one year Premier! WooHoo!!! NOW, Cheyenne2u AND Katie’s Sewing Nook are Premier Booths! I love it here and LOVE supporting you Boyz! You’re EASY keepers!
Interesting
Awesome improvements! Off now to list some more!! Got to get my sales rolling! Want to up the membership to Premere soon!
As I keep saying time after time, What Is Not To Love About Bonanzle. To be in on the climb to the top is a great honor. ladyshars
Another great Bonanzle morning! Great news, great additions. Thank you!
Cool! I expect to be subscribing on one booth fairly soon.
I hope to upgrade soon to Premier, I love this site! Thanks Boyz for all the added features!
Thanks. Great ideas just keep coming.
Bill,
I am a plus member and very glad for the bargin. The benefits I recieve from Bonanzle eliminates the need for me to enter into counseling, and thus I am saving money by being a plus member, and don’t have to pay for prozac.
Thanks you guys!!!
?? Where can I collect buyers’ email addresses ???
Didn’t notice.
Thanks Thanks and more Thanks for the change in how the site stores the already added attributes… now that that’s fixed I’ll get busy doing my attributes on all my items again, knowing they won’t get wiped out when I add text or more attributes… Woooohoot – love the “smart” updater too, very cool when you make a boo boo or have the memory span of a goldfish which I learned tonight was 3 seconds.. LOL Thanks much
Zig
Re: “If you set an attribute that is already in your item (e.g., [[color:red]] becomes [[color:orange]]), the new system is smart enough to just update the attribute you changed, without affecting your existing attributes.”
What if you’re not changing the attribute but adding a second descriptor? According to Google, “You may include multiple genres if they apply to the product. For tab-delimited, separate each genre by a comma. For XML, include each genre as a separate attribute.” For example, I had [[genre:Rock and Roll]] [[genre:Alternative]]..now it is just [[genre:Alternative]]. I had multiple descriptors on over 200 of my items and now they have gone poof. Are we now limited to one descriptor per attribute because of the way it is stored?
Thanks for the added value to my membership, Guys. Like someone said above, it just gets better n better around here. The wife is always sayin “You Rock, Bill” I have to agree even if it pains me to admit she’s right! LOL Thanks again. Scott
HI,
Now the Print Inventory is just plumb cool! So much easier to manage listings with Missing Fields, or see what is on Reserve. Just open that little dude up in another window and you can work right in the “edit” mode fixing everything. I like it!
Now about these email addresses. I must be blinder than a bat on a sunny day— where in the world are those email addys for our buyers..
Judy/blue
I tried the Inventory Id thingy tonight and got a few in.
Hope I did it right.
I had inventory numbers when I first listed my items in Oct 2008 but took them out so as not to confuse Google.
Sure makes it easier to see What I have listed and also find the item in my warehouse (home..lol).
Thanks,
Sher
Love the ability to add attributes without overwriting what was already there, but like itsrainingbooks, I also have noticed the multiple descriptor feature is now gone poof! I like using multiple color attributes for my items and now can just do one. More work, too. Hmmmm.
Excellent additions! All 3 of our boothes are subscribers and we don’t plan on changing anytime soon. Things just get better and better.
I am a Premier member. Thanks for adding more value to the purchase! May I ask if it would be possible to put those pretty stars on the shop home page as well as on the User Profile page. If a prospective buyers clicks on the webpage link as below, he/she may or may not go to the User Profile page and see it.
Thanks very much,
Alice Sisk, Something Old
SOMETHING OLD-Fine vintage silver, porcelain, glass, linens & laces
http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/alicesisk
I just upgraded – Thanks so much for a great site.
This sounds great to me. Now I just need to sell something so I can sign up. I want to sign up for Premiere Subscriber for a year when I do get the money.Sound so good. I’ll just keep putting more and more items in my booth, I am up to 109 now. I am sure I will be selling something soon. I love it here.
Hi every one, just to let you know we will have a Bonanza next Saturday from noon ’till 3 p.m. Everybody is welcome
Hope to sell some of my items..
Hi everyone. I just want to know if I can have 2 booths. If so, how do I?
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