Bonanza New Facebook Promotion options..

Once again Alex released yet another new feature and integration at Bonanza

Here is how it looks in your "My Bonanza > Sell" page

Then the following Facebook window opens for you...

You can read about all the changes in detail at the Bonanzle Blog

Home Page A/B Bonanza Test Results are in!

Alex posted the test results from the A/B Home page testing at Bonanza

Results, in Alex's words, "Not super conclusive."

Bottom line, the new Home page format did not necessarily outperform the old home page version.

So what is their next step,,, Take the data from this test, backup and try something else. Which means another test in the near future.



Read the full test results on Bonanza's Blog

Bonanza updates the Site Search

Bonanza made an incredible change to the site search.. This is just too totally cool.  I happened to be online right after the change was made.  I noticed the left navigation was different and started immediately fiddling around with the new filtering.

The improvement really makes narrowing a search down very easy. 

Check out the blog here

They even posted a cool video about how to add Item Traits to listings

Bonanzle Boardroom Podcast August 4, 2010 Wednesday night

Yes you read the title correctly.


The BonanzleBoardroom podcast has been changed this month only to tomorrow night. August 4, 2010 Wednesday night. Same time.. 7 pm CST/8 pm EST


We had to change because of all the travel plans for BonanzleUP 2010..


Dan Shaprio is joining us tomorrow night.! You really don’t want to miss it. He will be front and center. Ready to talk to the community and answer questions.


http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=66030&cmd=tc


There is a ton of info to cover this month.


See you there!


Judy
bluepennylady

Get savvy about the cyber market | ajc.com

Get savvy about the cyber market ajc.com

Bonanzle makes it to the Atlanta Journal.. Cool!

Stores Subscribers, List Auction-style for 10¢–Any Start Price! | eBay Announcement Page

Stores Subscribers, List Auction-style for 10¢–Any Start Price! eBay Announcement Page

So get ready and list!

Bonanzle Changes Search Results Page

More changes are on the way.. Well are already being shown to "searchers' on Bonanzle

The old search results page was cluttered and often made it close to impossible to locate your favorite seller. Not to mention items that you might want. 

The page has been cleaned up as well as changing the way the search works to locate a favorite seller.

Is that cool or what...

Here is what the "old" page looked like

And the new page looks much cleaner..

And here is what happens when you search for a seller now! How totally cool.

You can read all about the great new change at the Bonanzle Blog

Bonanzle Launches Product Page A/B Testing

Today July 19, 2010 Alex of the Bonanzle team announced they have launched an official A/B test of the Product Page.

The product page is one of the most important pages a prospective buyer sees. The Product page is generally the landing page from incoming search results. A buyer is searching for an item, clicks open the listing and bingo. on the product page.
As Alex promised, he is launching testing to help increase the conversion rate... Meaning more sales to the Bonanzle seller.


Here is the old product page

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 And here is the B version (new version)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Half of the incoming traffic will see the old page ANd 50% of the incoming traffic will see the new page.


YOu can read the details on the Bonanzle blog

The Results are In!

Yes the results are in!  From the Bonanzle first seller survey.. Alex just released an overview of the results.

Number one is the diversity of product offered on Bonanzle. Items offered for sale come from all over the place, literally..

The top important features were multiple shopping carts, the item creation process, and ability to do bulk updates. Not far behind was the forum and community site.

Read all about it on the Bonanzle Blog

Bonanzle has a New kid on the Block

Blake Lucchesi joined the Bonanzle team July 13, 2010.  Not only a  new and friendly face but also with lots of goals, plans and ideas for Bonanzle.

"Blake says, "As a Front End Developer, my contribution to the community will be to improve and enhance the user experience on Bonanzle. I'm going to be implementing new design elements, features and some things you might not notice as well."

Read all about it on the Bonanzle Blog

BonanzleUP 2010-Exploding Forward Logo Winner

Yesterday, the logo design winner was announced at Bonanzle  .. Alilbirdy2 was the winner! Congratulations are in order.

Once again the Bonanzle community jumped in to applaud and share congratulations...Calling all Graphic Designers

Way to go!

Bonanzle Boardroom Podcast July 1, 2010

July's podcast promises to be packed ..

We have a special guest tonight. Andrea's Creation is joining us ... You don't want to miss this surprise.

We have a What's new to cover. My word alot has changed in the last 4 weeks.

Mark Dorsey has some things to share with the community, He won't be there "live" but we have the written interview to share..

Be sure to join us LIVE 7 pm CST July 1, 2010

Talkshoe

eCommerce-Guide Interviews Bonanzle's Bill Harding

eCommerce-guide released an interview with Bill Harding. The article was written by none other than Vangie Beal, managing editor of Webopedia.com as well as an online seller and contributor to eCommerce_guide.com.

If you are wondering where Bonanzle has been and where Bill plans to take the site, this interview certainly dives into the inside look.

All Things Bonanzle: Interview with Bill Harding

Bonanzle adds Facebook and Google login

Yes that is right. You can now log into Bonanzle using your facebook or google signin.. How much better can it get.

The change was announced by Alex, Bonanzle's newest member, yesterday ( June 29, 2010)

Two reasons for adding the feature:  speed and ease

You can read about it on Bonanzle's blog

Bonanzle is Introducing Alex!

Yeah, I know,, slightly behind here. Alex Berg has already been at Bonanzle for about a week and I am just now blogging about it. 

Alex first "official" day was June 21, 2010.  His job is "the product guy" helping the site stay on target in the strategy, design, and usability area.

Alex will be testing out new designs, layouts and other creative ways to better merchandise the Bonanzle seller's amazing products.  Making the already totally cool site even cooler!

Read more about Alex at the official Bonanzle blog!

IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR SELLERS | eBay Announcement Page

IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR SELLERS eBay Announcement Page

Attention sellers! These summer seller updates, originally announced on April 27, are now live or coming soon:

•New item condition values are now available in many categories. If you haven’t already, start using them now before it’s required on July 27.

•New bulk editing functionality in the eBay listing flow to edit, list, and relist up to 200 listings at a time in a familiar spreadsheet format—including item condition—will be available to all sellers later this month.

•New Microsoft Excel plug-in available now to edit up to 5,000 listings at once.

•File Exchange enhancements available now to update listings with multiple variations and parts compatibility information.

•Rewards for sharing your pictures. Now get 5 free Subtitle credits when one of your product photos is selected for the eBay catalog. If you’ve opted out before, opt back in.

•More secure member-to-member communication. Email communication between buyers and sellers is now more secure than ever with anonymous email addresses in My Messages.

•Get more control over email payment reminders to buyers. Available now.

•Categories and Item Specifics changes now live. Find out if your categories are impacted.

BonanzleUP 2010 Exploding Forward Plans

Live! August 7th, 2010 at the Four Points Sheraton in Kansas City, MO. We have a fantastic line up of events and speakers, including none other than the baby's daddy himself Bill Harding with our keynote and headliner - Mr. John "ColderICE" Lawson.

Sponsors are lining up and so are participants.

You do not want to miss this event. So register now! Registration fee is $25.00 on a pre-sale basis. After July 7th, the price goes up to $35.00.

Things to do in Kansas City, have extra fun while attending the event.

We have secured a room rate of $70.00 per night at the Four Points by Sheraton for our attendees.

And they have extended the rate from 3 days before till 3 days after the event! Book your rooms now, reserved rooms are limited.

We will be posting a complete schedule of events soon. So check back often and bookmark this page. And there will also be a live link to book your hotel at the fantastic rate we have secured.

Bonanzle currently has over 250,000 registered users. If you are a service provider to eCommerce sellers, we are definitely looking for sponsors for the event, so drop us a line at
judy@bonanzleboardroom.com or visit our sponsor page.
 
Don't miss the opportunity to become a sponsor! 
 

Alilbirdy2

Bogcandle

AntiquesRGreat

pawtytimetreats

gypsygirl

SharsBoutique

the_seller_inc

canary_treasures

Bonanzle gives a new look to the "My Bonanzle" home page

In the wee hours of the morning, June 16. 2010, the "My bonanzle" home pages got a face lift.

No sedatives were needed. The results turned out quite well.

system announcements can now be seen on the sidebar.

There is a User notification section, Sell section complete with links to "Selling tools" and a "Shopping" section with all those cool shopping tools such as saved searches.



The left navigation was not neglected in the facelift. Icons better define each link for those that are more "picture" oriented than words.



the "Sell" section has all the "fast facts" detailed for easy viewing..

You can read the "official" post about it.

So checkout what's new on your "My Bonanzle" page. I think you will like it... Way to go Bill!

Bonanzle Boardroom podcast June 3, 2010 Episode 9

An entire week has passed since the Bonanzle Boardroom podcast June 3, 2010. And I thought it was time to perhaps remind everyone of some of the invaluable information covered in the podcast.

First the changelist..

Bill has been incredibly busy. not only expanding the Bonanzle team but coding more features plus cleaning up bugs in the current system.

Phaedra Stockstill of Bonanzle Boardroom and attheboutique covered the "inside" scoop concerning what is the next big thing on Bonanzle.

Here are Bills comments.

Q:ith all the recent exciting news - Funding, Board of Directors, New Hires - What is the bottom line, What does it mean to the average Joe/Jane seller on Bonanzle?

A:The bottom line is that this is going to enable us to create an environment that allows our sellers to be more successful.

To understand what our future holds, I think it helps to understand what our strategy has been to date, and why that needs to adapt. So far, Bonanzle has succeeded beyond anyone's expectations because we have obsessed over creating the easiest (and most well priced) way to post "everything but the ordinary." Sellers get excited about this, and they tell their friends, and in less than two years we have three million items for sale. And the more merchandise we have, the more juice we get from Google. That has been the basic equation for Bonanzle's success so far.

But it isn't a perfect solution. Many Google visitors have never heard of the site before, and so they convert into sales at a relatively low rate. And if they don't come back, there isn't residual value there. The same principles apply to advertising -- you can buy a visitor, but once they arrive, if they've never heard of the site and can't immediately see how it's different from other sites, there is a relatively low probability that they will buy or that they return.

The offshoot of this is that we have a lot of sellers who make a fair number of sales per month, but we don't have many sellers who can quit other marketplaces and sustain themselves wholly on Bonanzle at this point. We want to change that, so that people can earn enough on Bonanzle alone to sustain their business.

In essence, we believe that the key to taking Bonanzle to the next level lies in earning repeat buyers who visit Bonanzle before search engines or other marketplaces. And the key to that lies in differentiating our buying experience from what a buyer can find elsewhere. For a buyer, it isn't enough just to be "easy," because lots of marketplaces have "easy" buying processes. For buyers, we need to create an experience that is fun, interactive, and catered to their specific tastes.

Frankly, building this experience, and building it right, is going to be one of the hardest projects we've undertaken so far. Which is why we've decided to grow our full time development team from one person (me) to five people. It is going to take a usability tests, creativity, and a lot of horsepower to build something that differentiates itself to buyers from the first click. And, critically, we need to enhance this buying experience while we continue to provide the best marketplace selling experience -- we can't sacrifice a great selling experience for a great buying one. We need both.

That is our goal. Our bottom line objective we're working toward is to make Bonanzle a viable place for the average Joe or Jill to run a hearty, sustainable business by giving buyers an experience they can't find anywhere else."



The next big thing covered was the Google organic algorithm change, referred to as the "Mayday" change.

It isn't as scary as the Bonanzle sellers or any seller imagines actually. The change is actually a good thing. Judy Oglesby of the Bonanzle Boardroom and bluepennyladyaddressed the changes:


Google has been launching changes for the past two years.. AS many as 350 to 400 changes per year. They will continue to make changes. Just a fact of life.

[Quote from Bill] There were a couple changes Google made to its search algorithm last year that sent Bonanzle traffic down quite a bit, but even in those cases, it always came back around. Google's ultimate mission is to show a searcher the most relevant page possible, and if sellers are creating relevant items (i.e., lots of details, good pictures, good prices) they're putting themselves in the best possible position to be highly ranked.

The recent algorithm change is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, for Bonanzle sellers it can be a very good thing. So look at it as a "can do" This change is about quality links rather than quantity of links.

First , Bonanzle has lots of quality inbound links. Especially recently with the Bootstrap award, $1 Million dollar Angel funding, all the news releasese, press, blogs, tweets as well as interviews with Bill.. All are linking back to the Bonanzle site.

Long tail search queries are going to reduce the garbage being served up in results. The long tail search queries are going to do good things for the Bonanzle sellers right off the bat. Lazy older sites that have not done anything to keep their sites relevant are going to drop off the search results. And bringing the long tail queries into play will clean up search results nicely.

Sites with tons of links on their pages that are totally irrelevant to the site content will also negatively impact those sites rankings. Relevant links are good. It is about quality not quantity now.

Google analyticals enables a seller to "Know" precisely what keywords are being used in search queries to locate their items. That is what impacts the long tail search queries. Keywords in content rich descriptions and title lines are their friend.

If you know what keywords searchers are using then those terms can be included in title lines as well as description fields.

If you don't have Google analyticals, then studying the organic search results will help. Those listings that appear ahead of your listing must be studied so you can determine what consistent thread is running through them in terms of keywords. Same thing we have always done.

Blogs, website pages with inbound quality links all help drive the ranking up. So rather than linking to a listing page, link back to a category in your booth. And then keep that category populated so a searcher doesn't come to the booth and find no items listed. And clicks back out quickly increasing the bounce rate. Keep listing pages clean so they load quickly.Slow loading pages are often penalized... Hence Bill has spent a great deal of time making the Bonanzle site clean and tweaking the page load times.

The Canonical URL's are important. Bill just implemented those recently so google knows what to index when there are multiple URL's such as our booth URL"s have two renditions.

This is not panic time.. OR the sky is falling, This is happy dance time! Bonanzle sellers have a better chance of being seen.. Newer site, fresher well laid out dynamic content with relevant quality links inbound...


Don't forget to drop by the first sponsor of the BonanzleUP 2010-Exploding Forword booth,,Bubblefast

Plus there was tons of other information covered. So if you missed it live, then by all means drop by talkshoe and listen to the podcast. It is well worth the time..

Shapiro joins Bonanzle board

Shapiro joins Bonanzle board

Bonanzle Wins Seattle's Best BootStrap company Award

Yes that is right.. Bonanzle won! Seattles Best BootStrap Company Award tonight! Tonight being May 19, 2010!

The event has been recorded and archived at Seattle's 2.0... The Recording is now available. If you do not want to listen to the entire event, just pull the scroller over to 1:50 timeframe. Bill and Mark are on at around 1:52 or so.

Bill made an "Official response" to the Bonanzle Community. In his ever sincere and forward thinking manner, he thanked the community for their support. And he is right,, this changes Bonanzle.. Bonanzle is no longer biggest of small eCommerce sites. But Bonanzle is the smallest of the biggest eCommerce sites. Move over ,,, Bonanzle is coming through!

This is so exciting!

Bonanzle B-Mail includes Body of Message

For those who have patiently (or impatiently) waited, well the wait paid off. This week Bill Harding, CEO of Bonanzle, changed the Bonanzle email notifications. Previously, only a notice of "you have email" was sent out. So the seller had to log into their Bonanzle account and click open the email message just to determine if it was something that required immediate attention.

But now the Bonanzle B-Mail notification includes the full body of the email message in the notification so the recipient can easily see if the email needs immediate attention.

How cool is that!

Ina Steiner Interviews Bonanzle's Bill Harding CEO and Founder

Thursday, May 6, 2010 Ina Steiner of Auctionbytes interviewed Bonanzle own Bill Harding CEO and founder.

You can read about the Interview as well as listen to the podcast interview too!

It is well worth listening too! You will get a really good feel of Bill's vision for Bonanzle and the community.

Bonanzle Boardroom Podcast May 6, 2010

The first Thursday is already here! And another jammed pack podcast this Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 7 PM CST is scheduled. This one you really don't want to miss..

We will be covering the exciting BonanzleUP 2010-Exploding Forward event planned August 7, 2010 in Kansas City, Mo at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel.

The Bonanzle sellers are encouraged to call in with some of the topics they would like to see covered at the event. Although, most of the event is already outlined, we really want to know what "you" the Bonanzle community would like to learn about too.

So join us May 6, 2010 at 7 pm CST at Talkshoe

BonanzleUp 2010 Exploding Forward August 7, 2010 Announced

We did it... Phaedra and I have FINALLY got the date, time and facility nailed down for the next BonanzleUP event.

BonanzleUp 2010-Exploding Forward is scheduled for Saturday, August 7, 2010, 8-5 in Kansas City, MO at the beautiful Four Points Sheraton. An all day event jammed packed full of timely information you can use Now!

You can register at the Bonanzle Boardroom Early bird registration fee is $25.00. After July 7, 2010, the fee increases to $35.00.. Seating is limited so grap your seat now.

Bill Harding, the founder of Bonanzle, will be there.. Up front and center to speak to the Bonanzle Community.

Our very own "Tomwayne1" will be speaking to the seller community. And who knows who else may appear..

John Lawson of "colderice" will be speaking at the BonanzleUp 2010 event. And that is a total wow!

So register now! Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn how to "Explode forward' your Bonanzle business!

No Auctions at Bonanzle

Auctionbytes again today announced yet another interview with Bill Harding, the founder of Bonanzle

Auctions are a different beast entirely and a different model than Bonanzle. Bonanzle is just a super platform for online sellers wanting a eCommerce website. Bonanzle handles all the nitty gritty details of secure payment cart, site maintenance as well as the Google shopping feeds. Not to mention handling all site issues and tech support. Freeing up a seller to focus on what they really need to, their business.

See the article here

Bonanzle Raises 1 Million so they can Grow

Auctionbytes news today released an article concerning Bonanzle raising $1 million dollars to Grow the Bonanzle marketplace

Bill Harding,Bonanzle Baby daddy posted about the event on the Bonanzle Blog

You go Bonanzle!

WebSellers Circle ECMTA Summit Wrap up Report

Yesterday it was my, Judy Oglesby, bluepennylady, distinct pleasure to be part of a conference call with Phaedra Stockstill of attheboutique, hosted by Cindy Shebley of WebSellers Circle.

The topic was our take on the ECMTA Summit in Las Vegas April 2010.

If you missed the free call live, don't worry, it is available here at the WebSellers Circle

It was a really fun time and good to reflect back on the things Phaedra and I brought back from the ECMTA conference.

BonanzleUp Event in the Planning Stages

Phaedra Stockstill of attheboutique and JudyOglesby bluepennylady have been handed the task of planning the next BonanzleUp meetup event! Wow is all I can say.

We want to know where you, the Bonanzle community would like to see the event at. What section of the US. It just makes good sense to host the event in a part of the country where sellers want to come (or go)

So cast your vote.

Surveymonkey

Bonanzle is Growing

Today, April 20, 2010 Auctionbytes released an article concerning the Bonanzle site's growth in the past 2 years.

Bonanzle is approaching their two year old birthday in June. And the base is growing at an unbelievable pace. Bill Harding the founder and developer of the Bonanzle site is one of four employees. The site expects to employee more developers and designers in the future

Mark Dorsey, the Bonanzle Chief Raconteur, commented on the uniqueness of the site and items one would find at Bonanzle.

Take a minute to read the entire story

Pretty exciting stuff!

ECMTA Las Vegas Conference April 13-15, 2010

The week has literally flown by! I can't believe it is already Thursday. Ever single day the intentions to sit down to post some of the events have been there, but the time has just escaped.

Phaedra and I bluepennylady met for the very first time on Monday night. Most people did not know that Phaedra and I have worked together on multiple projects including the Bonanzle Boardroom and podcast ...And we got to meet, very first time Monday night ! Very exciting for both of us.

Tuesday our agenda was full with meet-ups with other Bonanzle sellers. Wow, what an experience.

We had lunch with Bonanzle's own baby daddy Bill Harding
. that was totally fun and very enlightening.

So let me embrass Bill to death. I found Bill to be extremely gracious. Not that I expected to find him any other way. Very well spoken and considerate. He is a gentleman. You know,the kind of man that waits for ladies to walk through the door, holds the door open, offers to carry your laptop bag....that kind of man. Which in today's society isn't something you see everyday.

He doesn't miss anything. Even the most random comment. If something pricks his interest, you can see the wheels turning immediately.

I can also say definitively that Bill is constantly looking for ways to improve the Bonanzle site, For sellers and buyers alike. IT isn't just lip service like some people (or sites), it is a true and sincere desire to give the sellers tools/features/functions/exposure they need to succeed while providing the very best buying experience for the buyers.

I was impressed (like that matters :)

More info to come later. After I unwind it from my brain..

eBay 50% off Insertion Fee for Giving Works Auction listings

eBay announced today a 50% off insertion fee on regular style auction listings when the seller donates a percentage of the selling price to their favorite non-profit organization.

Donate as little as 10% of the selling price

The 50% off insertion fee offer runs from April 6, 2010 to April 11, 2010.

Bonanzle Boardroom Episode 7 April 1. 2010

Last night, Thursday, April 1, 2010 was Episode 7 of the Bonanzle Boardroom podcast.

Elizabeth Van Pelt, Anightowl, the newest member of the Bonanzle team joined the podcast. Elizabeth talked about her new responsibilities at the Bonanzle site. Approving and Improving the Item traits for sellers, monitoring payments, and dealing with help file comments as well as category images.

Elizabeth told us that the "job" has been far from part-time. She was a bit taken back by all the bells, whistles, and buttons that she sees on her monitor as one of the Bonanzle team. Thanks for joining us Elizabeth!

MKDesigners
won the Burning Bonanzle question this month. She asked what the top 10 questions since the last podcast in March and how improvements are monitored.

Ever quick to answer, Mark gave us some insight via email. Below is his response.

The process is to search the vote for improvement page, future feature file at support and also requests at each of our email accounts. Bill and I review this as time permits, at the very least once a month.


A couple that come to mind:
Sales Tax integration
Downloadable sales reports
More payment options

The Changelist is long since the last podcast. Here are the highlights covered.


P: 3/11/10
Setup monitoring of sellers with high percentages of negative feedback to be put on probation and/or removed from site.

J: 3/14/10 User profiles now have better preview text in google
And deleted old email YEAH!

P: 3/18/10
Updated offer emails to provide specific details about transactions, link to email other party, etc. Love it! You can now see exactly what sold, the amounts, offer total etc.


P: 3/22/10
Updated offer filter to allow offers to be filtered on the characteristics that buyers and sellers actually use.
Updated offers show page to update aesthetic for the 2010's.
. Now you can use some more interesting filters, such as by payment type. On left are now quick links to offers by title of item sold. Much easier to find what you are looking for.
Fixed description text when posting booths to Facebook. = Now instead of the old post that showed the meta description for your booth itself, it now shows first bit of item description.



J: 3/23/10
Added more advanced detection mechanisms to catch previously suspended sellers signing up.
Added detection of unusual transaction patterns to analyze for potential fraud
http://www.examiner.com/x-27854-Bonanzle-Examiner~y2010m3d15-Bonanzle-marketplace-implements-seller-monitoring?cid=examiner-email

P: 3/28/10
Fixed Craigslist exporter for select Windows users with which it wasn't working.


Again there were lots of good questions and comments. If you missed the podcast or could not log in (the technology gremlins were on the run Thursday) you can still here the podcast.

Talkshoe

Bonanzle Boardroom Podcast Thursday April 1. 2010 No Foolin'

Can you believe it..

A whole month has flown by. And it is time for the next Bonanzle Boardroom podcast!

This month we will have a special guest. Elizabeth also known as ANightOwl is joining the Bonanzle Boardroom podcast.

So grap your favorite beverage, find a comfy spot, turn up the computer speakers or headset and listen and learn.

Don't forget to post your questions on the Burning Bonanzle Question thread.. If your question is selected we will link back to your booth on the Boardroom website, on blogs as well as several mentions!

See you Thursday, April 1, 2010.


Talkshoe

Our very own Phaedra Stockstill blogs on ColderIce

Yes, you read the title correctly.

Our very own Phaedra Stockstill of attheboutique has a blog article at ColderIce.

Phaedra's blog is so very relevant for us today. It is about the networking bubble, how to use it, what to expect and how not to stress!

Read it for yourself Bubbles: Networking for the Now Generation

New on Bonanzle Boardroom "Successful Bonanzle Sellers" Interviews!

The Bonanzle Boardroom has launched something totally new!

Interviews with "Successful Bonanzle sellers".. With such an influx of new sellers, comes an increasing demand for more information. How do you move your buyers from other venues to your Bonanzle booth?

What about marketing your booth? How are others doing it, (meaning marketing) The list of questions from inquiring minds is almost endless.

So the 'answer" Let the community speak.

Be sure to check the Bonanzle Boardroom podcast page for interviews..

IN fact, the very first interview is already there just for your listening pleasure... Sharsboutique was the first Interviewee (is that a word!! )

Listen and learn at your leisure..

Bonanzle Gears up Protecting the community

This week Bonanzle added even more security measures to protect the community, sellers and buyers alike.

The "What's new changelist" talked about the following site enhancements.



a;) Added more advanced detection mechanisms to catch previously suspended sellers signing up.
b:) Added detection of unusual transaction patterns to analyze for potential fraud.
c:) Censored users can't interact at roundtable.

Protecting the Bonanzle selling community against potential fraud is of utmost importance. The Baby Daddy of Bonanzle, Bill Harding is keeping pace by continually tweaking the system security.

Way to go Bonanzle!

March 23, 2010 eBay 50% off Insertion fee Sale

Wow, another 50% off insertion fee sale at eBay. Loving this that is for sure.

eBay 50% off sale

Get to listing !

Phaedra Stockstill will be Interviewed on the Seller Buzz Radio Show March 18

Phaedra Stockstill will be Interviewed on the Seller Buzz Radio Show March 18

March 16, 2010 eBay 50% off Auction insertion fee Sale

Wow, eBay is having another 50% off insertion fee for Auction style listings again. On March 16, 2010!

Here is the announcement!

So get those items ready to List tomorrow, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. 50% off is quite the savings.

Bonanzle Announces an Addition to Tech Support Team

Bonanzle is growing at such a rapid pace. And as the user base expands so does the demand for support. In answer to the increasing user, Bill announced March 12, 2010a new addition to the Bonanzle tech team, Elizabeth of ANightOwl

Elizabeth joined Bonanzle October of 2008 and is very active on the Bonanzle forums as well as running a successful Bonanzle booth.

According to Bill,

"Elizabeth's initial responsibilities will be helping to approve and improve our item traits, monitoring and enforcing payments, and keeping an eye on site help comments and images submitted for the category page. We also plan to have her dabble in support and other community maintenance tasks as needed."

Elizabeth will start out part-time as Tom did.. Yeah right! With the rapidly increasing Bonanzle user base, I suspect Elizabeth will quickly be seen frequently in the "support" role. So start sending in those emails to see if you can catch one with Elizabeths' name!

A hearty congratulations to you Elizabeth!! No wonder you were walking around for days smiling. what a honor indeed! Welcome aboard!

March 11, 2010 eBay 50% off Insertion Fee Auction Style Listings

eBay announced this evening, there is a 50% off the insertion fee on regular Auction style listing on March 11, 2010, Thursday. That is a big deal. This is the third insertion fee sale eBay has ran in the last 4 weeks. Good for the sellers and the buyers.

eBay's announcement

So get those listings ready to go at one minute after midnight ..

Happy selling!

Bonanzle and the Switchboard

Bill, the Baby Daddy of Bonanzle, has been hard at work programming a really neat feature called the Switchboard.

The Bonanzle switchboard is a ribbon or strip that resides along the lower portion of the browser. The purpose of the switchboard is to group all notifications, quick text messages and other activities into one spot for easier management. For those sellers who have ever lost a quick text message, forgot about a Bonanza or could not remember where that special something was you looked at an hour ago is located, well you will love the switchboard.

For screenshots of the new feature, check the Bonanzle Boardroom out.

Or better yet, checkout your Bonanzle booth Account Settings > Other Options page!

Bonanzle Boardroom podcast Talks about Syndication

The Thursday night Bonanzle Boardroom podcast was once again filled to the brim with the ever interesting Bonanzle and eCommerce sellers! Full of fun, questions and learning from one another. as it should be.

Phaedra Stockstill of attheboutique brought a very interesting segment on the Bonanzle Affliate and Syndication program. The chat room was full of questions, comments and seller's sharing their experiences.

If you missed the live podcast, you can still listen at your leisure

Podcast

Happy Bonanzling!

Bonanzle Boardroom Podcast March 4, 2010 Episode

March 4, 2010 Bonanzle Boardroom Podcast is once again upon us! 7 pm CST at Talk Shoe

This month John Lawson of ColderIce is the podcast sponsor.

We have the Tip from the Whiteboard---

Rant Southern Belle Style by Phaedra Stockstill of attheboutique

Getting Techy by Judy Oglesby ofbluepennylady And you don't want to miss this month's techy section. As I have the official response from Google content concerning duplicate, similar, different and identical content policy. Information you need for your online business

Plus we are covering some of the the "What's new" at Bonanzle.

And the winner of the Burning Bonanzle Question!

Join us! We will be accepting calls from listeners to ask those burning questions.

March 2, 2010 eBay 50% off Insertion fee Core Auction style Listings

eBay announced another 50% off the insertion fee on core Auction style listings for March 2, 2010. One Day only!

eBay Announcement

To Mouse or Not to Mouse. That is the Question

Ever wonder what you would do if your PS2 mouse stopped working? How would you shut down your computer?

Save time and steps using these helpful shortcuts without ever taking your hands off the keyboard!

How many times have you watched someone else work on their computer and rarely touch the mouse, wondering the entire time how in the world they do that? Or, you and a co-worker are working on a project together and your co-worker finishes everything much more quickly. They say it is because they know how to use their keyboard shortcuts.

The fact is, we have become so accustomed to using the mouse, we forget we have the ability to use keyboard commands. Keyboard commands are quite useful and often time saving.

Most all windows based programs can be navigated using the keyboard. Placing the cursor over menus often displays the "tool tip" which supplies the keyboard command shortcut as well.

Try using some of the following keyboard shortcut. Try it, you’ll like it!

F1- Opens "Help".

F3 - Finds the next record.

F5 - Refreshes page. In Word or other Windows programs, opens "Find and Replace" or "Go To" utility. F5 will also load email in Outlook Express or WWindows Mail too!

F7- Opens "Spell Checker".

Home - Moves cursor to the beginning of a sentence.

End - Moves cursor to end of sentence.

Insert - Opens or begins a new record.

Page up - Allows you to navigate up through the document you are viewing.

Page Down - Allows you to navigate down through the document you are viewing.

Ctrl+Delete - Deletes the current record you are viewing.

Alt+F4 - Closes an open program.

Alt+Tab – Allows you to switch between open programs/windows.

Ctrl+A - Selects the entire text on the page you are currently viewing.

Ctrl+B - Assigns the text to be in bold font.

Ctrl+C – Copies the information highlighted.

Ctrl+D - Opens the "Default Font and Character Spacing" options in Word.

Ctrl+F - Opens "Find" utility.

Ctrl+G - Opens "Find and Replace, Go to Page Number" box.

Ctrl+H - Opens "Find What" utility.

Ctrl+I – Assigns text to be in italics.

Ctrl+K - Will open the hyperlink utility in Word, Outlook Express and other applicable software programs.

Ctrl+M - Will send and receive mail in Outlook Express. Tab function in Word.

Ctrl+N - Allows you to create a new folder. Opens a new window identical to the currently viewed window. Opens a new email message in Outlook Express.

Ctrl+O - Opens up the available files so that you may choose whatever file you wish to open.

Ctrl+P - Opens the "Print" utility allowing you to create a print job.

Ctrl+S - Will save your work. In some programs the selected text will be stricken out.

Ctrl+U - Assigns text to be underlined.

Ctrl+V - Pastes what you have copied.

Ctrl+X – "Cut" function.

Ctrl+Z - Undo typing.

There are tons more keyboard commands available at the tips of your fingers. Microsoft has a great list of keyboard functions keyboard functions These apply to windows based software.

If you are a Mac Fan, there are Apple shortcuts as well.

Get cozy with your keyboard. You will LOVE IT!

eBay 50% off Auction insertion fee sale Feb 23-24, 2010

eBay announced that starting Feb 23, 2010 and ending at midnight on Feb 24, 2010, they will be having a 50% off insertion fee for core style auctions in most categories.

Here is the link to the announcement.

eBay announcement

Renagade Rants Today

Today one of my Bonanzle friends, Renagade posted on her blog about a post she ran across.

The blogger was posting about social media at Bonanzle and how Bonanzle really didn't have it together.

Excellent blog providing some very insightful information. Worth taking your time to read.

How to commit search suicide..

The ability to be found or seen in search queries is absolutely essential. Keywords, text formatting, attributes all play a part in the formula for search visibility. But there is a foundational concept that sellers often forget. and that is their user id.

I often hear Bonanzle sellers saying that no buyer ever searches for a seller by user id... Is that really what a Bonanzle seller want? To be so "forgettable" that no buyer will ever look for you by name..?? Do the Bonanzle sellers forget to type in "Bonanzle"? When was the last time that you forgot you picked up a great gadget at Bed, Bath and Beyond?. Or that you found a perfect pair of shoes from Zappos.. You know those sellers names. Why do you want to be so "forgettable" that a buyer will not remember you by name?

The first step in committing search suicide is to create a user id that is hard to remember or more effective in your suicide efforts is to use punctuation in the user id such as an apostrophe. Using punctuation such as the apostrophe means a browser will not interpret the apostrophe correctly, most buyers do not know they must use an underscore where the apostrophe is at so it renders correctly. And the seller can't be found by name.

Bonanzle sellers booths are branded quite well. Every listing page URL contains the seller's user id right in the address bar. Keep that important little tidbit tucked away for a minute. As it is extremely relevant to committing search suicide quickly and efficiently.

The sellers decides they have made a grave mistake with their user id. Let's change it. No worries, easy to do. contact support, and voila' user id changed. Life is all good. Or is it. we won't even talk about how the user id change can impact business identity, marketing and your bottom line. We will talk about what happens to all those booth items that are already published to google shopping.


So the seller hops over to Google shopping, types in their user id,, and no items are served up.. Great all items associated with the previous user id are gone from Google shopping. Or are they?

Remember the little tidbit about the Bonanzle listing page URL containing the seller's user id... Well on Google shopping the marketplace name must be displayed underneath the price. But the Bonanzle booth URL allows each seller to be branded hence someone can find a particular seller by user id. So it looks like all the sellers product is gone because the seller's user id is changed.

But use item title line search. And well I'll be. There is the item. So the seller presumes their items are in google shopping new user id and all. If the title is clicked,, an Item not found in inventory " error appears. oops, broken link which is a google product policy violation. And the seller just committed search suicide. Until the old listings that are associated with the former user id are either removed by the uploader OR expire in 30 days so a new xml file containing the seller's New user id can be uploaded, the seller can't be found.

There are definitely correct circumstances to change a seller id. But make the changes slowly. Take into consideration all aspects such as all the blogs you are connected with, twitter, facebook, squidoo and how the change impacts google shopping results. Otherwise you will be committing search suicide.

AuctionBytes Sellers Poll

This past month January 2010 AuctionBytes conducted an online survey for eCommerce sellers. What marketplaces do they use and how do they rate those marketplaces.

The results are quite interesting. So check out the article and see what the online world of sellers has to say!

The Land of Slackness

Looking at the Land of Slackness

Slackness is defined as wanting in activity, not using due diligence or care, lacking in completeness or not tight or taunt as in a slack rope.

Slackness is a mentality that attaches itself to a majority of businesses, be it large companies or individual sellers. And slackness will take a toll on your business's bottom line.

So how does slackness affect online sellers? Technically speaking everyone knows that Google (as well as other search engines) likes fresh content. So the business or seller has filled up their Bonanzle booth , their individual websites, eBay Store or other venue of their choice with all these new goodies. Google is in love with them for the first 60 days or so. Then views/hits start to slide.

What to do to stop the sliding? Introduce new content to Google and the other search engines. How do you do that if you have all your inventory online already?

Answer -- Pull older items offline for at least 24 hours.. 72 is better. Then the item can be listed again. Good til Cancelled (GTC) listings can be death of your traffic hits from outside search engines. The content becomes old. Since the item never "ends" it simply drops off to pages and pages back. Never to be seen. Pulling items down every 30 days or so and leaving them offline for a minimum of 24 hours gives you----

Fresh content.. Is it work.. yes it is. But being in business is work. Anyone selling something will tell you the merchandise must be re-faced on the shelves periodically. OR even moved to a new spot. Internet sales are absolutely no different. Sellers like to think they can simply put up product never to touch it again. That thinking is from the "Land of Slackness" Lacking in activity.

Technically speaking, if you want your items to be new and fresh, slackness won't work. Tow a tight rope in your business model. Introduce fresh content frequently!

Bonanzle Boardroom Episode 2 December 3, 2009

Tonight was Bonanzle Boardrooms' 2nd episode. Wow what a great audience. The chat room was packed full. The chat box was overrunning with incredibly insightful questions and comments. Laughter, fun and more importantly, learning. Covering everything from the Bonanzle News to the winners of the Burning Bonanzle Question.

Yes you read it right. Two Burning Bonanzle question winners

aqua_angels



And


DMedicineWoman

Here is the link to the podcast.

Bonanzle Boardroom episode 2

Have fun Bonanzling!

eBay 50% off Insertion Fee Auction Style Listings Nov 25, 2009

Hi, all

eBay announced that November 25, 2009 they are offering a 50% off insertion fees on all Auction Style listings.

eBay 50% off Insertion fee Sale

So get those listings up in preparation for the launch of the Holiday Shopping Season

Bonanzle Boardroom premier Podcast!

November 5, 2009 aired the live, premier Bonanzle Boardroom podcast. A full hour packed full of all kinds of information the Bonanzle sellers need and want.

The Burning Bonanzle question was won by Kaboodlegifts. They asked about a subject that everyone wonders about...Do paid Bonanzle subscribing members get better placement in search results on the Bonanzle site and in Google product shopping.

The special guest was our very own Mark Dorsey of Bonanzle. Mark is the Bonanzle forum monitor which is just one of his many duties. It was a true pleasure to have him as a guest. He addressed some weighty issues as well as the future expectations of Bonanzle growth.

The tips from the white board was about the new "Vacation setting" feature recently added at Bonanzle.

We had a premier sponsor for the podcast. Karen from
mommysbazaar sponsored the first ever podcast. Take a minute to visit mommysbazaar's booth for a true eclectic of goodies

To hear all the entire podcast, visit

Bonanzle Boardroom podcast

Until next month's podcast,,, happy Bonanzle selling!

Typical eBay day

TheBrewsNews had an interesting article on their website about a typical eBay day for most any eBay seller.

The hard to navigate eBay site creating an extremely difficult task to try and communicate with uneducated buyers is sometimes almost overwhelming. Checkout system is difficult seasoned buyers never mind new buyers. Contacting a buyer can be anything but easy.

Now eBay has been sending out surveys to a select group of sellers inquiring about how sellers would best like to see fees. Insertion as well as Final value fees. And we all know that anytime eBay starts polling with surveys, there are changes on the way.

Take a look at the great article TheBrewsNews wrote about their typical Monday morning dealing with buyers. Any eBay seller will be quite familiar with the scenarios

Just Another Typical Monday Morning as an eBay Seller

Bonanzle Essay winner

Yes I am a bit late but being late doesn't make it any less significant. Bonanzle had an Essay contest to celebrate when they reached 100K users.

Relentless simplicity was still the theme. And on September 30, 2009, the winner was announced....

jsgear of Bonanzle won the contest. He has a great booth selling all kinds of HO trains. So be sure to drop by his booth!

And then take the time to read his great essay!

jsgear_100K_essay

Bonanzle Boardroom is open

For Immediate Release



Contact:

Phaedra Stockstill

@ The Boutique

phaedra@bonanzleboardroom.com

http://bonanzleboardroom.com

Or

Judy Oglesby

bluepennylady

judy@bonanzleboardroom.com

http://bonanzleboardroom.com




The Bonanzle Boardroom is Prepped and Ready



Phaedra Stockstill and Judy Oglesby have teamed up to bring you a new monthly podcast - The Bonanzle Boardroom. Creating a one stop podcast for up to date, rock solid information about selling on this exciting marketplace.



On November 5th, 2009 at 8 pm Est the premier broadcast will air on Talkshoe. The podcast will last one hour and will bring to the air the knowledge of both of these wonderfull ladies. Covering updates on what's new on Bonanzle, tips from the white board, and solid eCommerce information.



Airing once a month on the first Thursday of every month, the Bonanzle Boardroom will be one hour of Bonanzle information, updates, and selling tips. Keeping up with all things Bonanzle has never been easier.



For further information you can visit the Bonanzle Boardroom page on Talkshoe
Or visit the newly created Bonanzle Boardroom website, BonanzleBoardroom

Judy Oglesby

http:www.bonanzle.com/bluepennylady
http://twitter.com/bluepennylady

How Time Flies

In a few weeks will mark the two year anniversary of when our oldest twin son took an 18 foot fall headfirst from the iron on a building he was erecting, nearly claiming his life.

The road to recovery has had its challenges. He is a walking miracle. I see our son returning to his "old self". That same sparkle in his eye is back. That disarming from the heart kind of smile is there. But what is totally cool is some of the "Brain" things are working again.

Prior to the fall, he use to be able to calculate in his head faster than you could run numbers on a calculator. Do complex mathematical calculations on the jobsite without pen or paper. That was lost in the fall. But the other day, he stood in our living room, talking to his dad about a roofing job and how much foam material they would need. Without even noticing, he stood there and ran the job numbers in his head, told his dad the square footage, how thick the foam needed to be and broke it down into the kits needed.

I couldn't hardly keep the tears back. Several months ago he would have had to sit down with pen and paper to do that.

He was my coffee drinking buddy. He would come by most mornings real early and grap coffee on his way to a jobsite (if he was in town). He lost his taste for coffee as well as lots of foods he use to love. The taste for coffee is returning. Now, he comes by and graps a cup. Did that yesterday. Hearing his travel mug crack open and the pot pouring coffee makes my heart so thankful. I will make 100 pots of coffee for him. God is so good.!

Now if we can just get him to eat broccoli again!

Bonanzle Boardroom Something new in the air -

There is just something going on around Bonanzle. What is it you ask?

Bonanzle Boardroom
Let's Talk Shop...


There is something new in the air. The boardroom is being prepped. Fresh crisp notepads, plenty of sharpened pencils and water at every seat.

The anticipation builds..

Who is at the head of the conference table in the boardroom?

What's on the white board?

Stay tuned to find out.......................

Google Base/Product webinars re-scheduled!

Good day, all

Phaedra from attheboutique And Judy from bluepennylady booth have re-scheduled the Google Base/Product webinars

October 22, 2009 (Thursday) and October 29, 2009 (Thursday) at 7:00 pm CST.

There are still a few spots available.

This is a don't miss webinar. With all the changes to Google Base and Google Product, there are lots of questions. And the webinar will give you lots of answers.

So here's your chance to not only see how all this will now work for your benefit and increase your business but to ask those questions one on one.

Sign up at Phaedra's attheboutique booth

see you there!

Judy/blue

Google Base Webinar Postponed

Based on the Google Base announcement, Phaedra from attheboutique and I, bluepennylady, decided we better postpone the Google Base webinars.

Google Base announced they were going to require marketplaces, such as Bonanzle and eBayto upload seller's items on their behalf to Google Base. The deadline for the change over is December 1, 2009

You can read the announcement at Google Base Blog

In order to provide the attendees with the most relevant information, it is necessary to postpone.

I am so excited I can't hardly stand it. Phaedra Stockstill from attheboutique on Bonanzle has asked me to join forces with her and teach a Google Base webinar.

The webinar is in two Parts. September 10 is Part 1 where we will cover the "How to" setup a Google Base account correctly. So many people do not understand how to configure their account or even what the settings mean. It will be at 7 pm CDT/8pm EDT.

Go here to read more or sign up for Part 1

Part 2 is on September 17 at the same time. 7pm CDT/8pm EDT. We will look at the Dashboard, how to read the performance details as well as making sense of Impressions and clicks.

For more information on Part 2

There is a discount for purchasing both classes at once.

don't miss out on this opportunity. Plus there will be a Q&A at the end of the webinar.

Look forward to seeing you!

Judy
bluepennylady

BonanzleUP Wichita Thinking Outside the Box

HI all,

The BonanzleUp Wichita May 23, 2009 event was a huge success. We had such a great time and learned so much from each other. Plus getting to put faces with the names was wonderful.

Unfortunately the live broadcast had a technical glitch so the video streaming did not work. BUT never fear, I had my trusty old analog video camera,.. it is such a great camera.

And I have started editing the tapes. This is the first part of the First presentation.

Thinking Outside the box.

So Enjoy

Judy
bluepennylady

BonanzleUP Wichita May 23, 2009

It is almost upon us! The Wichita BonanzleUP 2009 event.. And I can't hardly wait. It is unbelievable the dedication and work individuals have put into hosting these events across the US.

Last weekend was BonanzleUP Seattle, WA. The event was a huge success. I anticipate Wichita 2009 will be just as great a success. Not to mention finally putting faces with all the names. Plus all the tons of great information sellers will have access to.

I am going to try to remember to post the links to the video of the event.

It will be a great day~

bluepennylady

Web-based Auction Management tools versus Computer-Based

Over the past few days the Auctiva website was infected with a Trojan. Auctiva users could not safely log into their accounts to manage their listings. And the buyers could not pay for items purchased.

Here is a link to an article at AuctionBytes..

Trojan Infects Auctiva


This exact scenario is one of the reasons I stay away from web-based applications. Had I been an Auctiva user, my anti virus software would not even allow me to navigate to the site, so I could not have managed a single listing for over four days.

Now I realize my own computer network could be attacked. Anyone could be. But putting my sensitive information on another site whose security could not be up to par isn't something I even don't want to think about.

I will just stick with my computer based Auction management software that I have used for years. Auction Wizard 2000

If the internet is down, doesn't matter I can continue putting in information for auctions, editing images or whatever I want to do on my computer. And I don't have to store any of my passwords or financial information on a site out there that is high profile and could easily be attacked, gleaning my information..

No waiting for a browser page to load so I can add/edit images, add description text or all the other tasks that must be done in order to manage auctions. It is on my computer and moves as fast as my computer does.

Nope, I will stay with computer based Auction management software.

Selling on Bonanzle

Hi, all,

Well I finally took the plunge and took a look at Bonanzle Great Place! Super easy to setup a booth (that is where you sell your stuff).

I set up my booth in about 5 minutes. Take a look.

bluepennylady's booth

A few mouse clicks and you are done, literally.. Site is easy to navigate and easy to understand.

Have a question, a real live human being responds. One who has read your email and responds appropriately instead of an automated non-response that doesn't help one bit.

Bonanzle will import your eBay store listings. And you can either leave them as they are or elect to Batch edit. The default Item condition at Bonanzle is "Used" so if you sell "new" stuff, you'll need to batch edit and change the item condition appropriately.

Creating a listing at Bonanzle is incredibly easy and fast. Takes about 45 seconds to list something. Their form is one page instead of the slow loading, numerous page, hard to work with Sell your Item form on eBay.

Bonanzle also provides each seller with a google base xml file. I have uploaded the xml file twice to my new google base account created specifically for Bonanzle. Not one single missing attribute or condition. I didn't do a thing to the xml file other than save it to my hard drive and manually uploaded it. Slick as a whistle.


What does it cost you ask? Well I was surprised. Listing is free. You pay Final Value fees. But they are much less than anywhere else I have checked out.
What does it cost to sell at Bonanzle?

According to my booth statistics, the first three days my bluepennylady's booth was open, the traffic was as high or higher than my
bluepennylady eBay store
And although not a landslide business, I have sold two items in the first three days. It only cost me $1.00 instead of $7.20 as it would have on eBay.

Now don't get me wrong, I am not slamming eBay. My bluepennylady eBay store generates alot of traffic. And eBay still provides a pretty good bang for your buck. But there are some New kids on the block and I think they might be quite serious about their online Auction site.

So you might ought to consider checking the Bonanzle site out.. It is looking pretty good!

Judy/bluepennylady

How to Treat your eBay Business as a Business

On September 17, 2008 at 12 noon Pacific time, Phyllis Wischer of SageFire will be presenting a workshop at eBay on the subject of "How to Treat your eBay Business as a Business.

I had the opportunity to hear Phyllis speak at the Rocketplace conference in Las Vegas this past week on September 12, 2008. What an excellent seminar! Phyllis is an excellent speaker, energetic and entertaining. But the most important part is she knows what she is talking about.

The IRS is making changes which will affect many online businesses including eBay sellers. So be sure to sign up for this workshop.

You will find more information at the following link on eBay

How to treat your eBay business as a business workshop

Copper Ring Sale

I thought you all might want to see pictures of the great looking Copper Rings We have Available at Bluepennylady Auctions

Folklore maintains Copper may relieve the pain of arthritis..

Beautiful Bands, Twisted Rope designs, Falcon, Hearts and so much more to choose from.

Check them out.

Copper Ring Sale 10% off FREE SHIPPING

Bluepennylady auctions is running a Copper Ring Sale until July 31, 2008. And most are FREE SHIPPING!

There are some incredibly good looking rings. Great for yourself or gift giving. I know no one wants to even start thinking about Christmas in the middle of summer but it will be here before we know it. These rings are great stocking stuffers, last minute gifts for someone at the office, or just a "I am thinking about you" gift..

Check them out at:

http://stores.ebay.com/bluepennylady_Jewelry_Rings_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ15178727QQftidZ2QQtZkmViewitem?refid=store


We hope to see you soon!

bluepennylady and staff

Quartet Dry Erase & Cork Boards

This week Bluepennylady auctions is listing Quartet Dry Erase Boards as well as Cork Boards. Several different styles and sizes.

Styles such as:
Quartet 2304 Cork Bulletin Board Aluminum Frame 4' x 3'
Quartet TE564T Dry Erase Board Aluminum Frame 4' x 3'
Quartet B244LC Prestige Bulletin Board w/ Cherry Frame
Quartet ARCCP3018 Magnetic Dry Erase Calendar Arc Frame

Just to name a few.

Check them out at

http://stores.ebay.com/bluepennylady_Office-Art-School_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ8QQftidZ2QQtZkmViewItem?refid=store


Or just go to bluepennylady's store Home page at:

http://stores.ebay.com/bluepennylady?refid=store

So many office supplies to look at such as Avery labels, 3M Notebook computer Privacy Filter for LCD monitors, Printer Toners and cartridges plus so much more! We hope to see you in our buyer's list soon!

Regards

bluepennylady and staff

Thankful Christmas

Hi, All,
I haven't posted anything in a very long time. Not much at writing. But this past 2007 Christmas was without a doubt the best Christmas we have ever had. Ever! Reason--we celebrated a home coming instead of a funeral.
On December 18, 2007 I had just left town to head to ST Louis, Mo. My sister was having a major surgery. I was following my parents up to be with my sister and her husband for the surgery. As I pulled onto to I-44 my cellphone rang. It was my husband. As soon as I answered, I knew something was terribly wrong. My husband is a rock.. He never gets rattled. From the tone in his voice, I knew it was serious. I whipped my truck over on the shoulder of the road and asked what had happened. My husband's response, "I have to tell you something. And it is bad."
Our oldest twin son owns a construction company. He erects steel buildings. He had just climbed up on the iron, harness on, lanyard in place, he slipped and fell 18 feet headfirst onto a concrete slab. Wasn't good news. He was in critical condition and was being life flighted back to the trauma center. The town he was working in is small without a big hospital. And they were not equipped for this type of injury.
It was a nerve racking drive back to the hospital. My husband and I met up with our son's wife. Called our son's twin brother and our daughter. My parents both came straight back. Our pastor and his wife came with us to the hospital.
Five long hours in surgery with four specialists to put our son back together. Amazingly and miraculously, no brain damage,, No nerve damage. Skull fracture, broken nose, both arms broke as well as one shoulder. broken eye socket. Neck broken in 6 places. But not one thing wrong below his armpits. Not even a scratch. Broken neck doctor said was no big deal. Broke the outside of the vertebra so no worries there. Jaw broken in three places which meant mouth wired shut.
Two days in ICU. Four days on the regular floor... And our son came home on Christmas Eve. That was his only wish. Come home for Christmas and be with his family.
The doctors have told us repeatedly we are seeing a miracle, God's hand at work. Today I received a call from our daughter in law. All she said was someone wants to talk to you. It was our son. A full 2-1/2 weeks early the doctor removed the wires from his mouth. I could understand him over the phone. What a great call!
The gifts around the Christmas tree this year seemed nothing in comparison to having our son resting on the sofa.
Yes, this was the best Christmas. We celebrated a home coming and not a funeral. Thank the Lord!

Guess what bluepennylady found!

We bought out a sporting goods store to liquidate. Semi arrived at the store. Boxes were unpacked. In the bottom of one box was a framed document. The glass had been broken in transit. So we laid it to one side to work on later. After a bit of research, we discovered that it is a NY Knights Roy Hobbs contract signed by him and someone else from the cast of "The Natural" Now isn't that just the neatest thing ever! Has Roy Hobbs name on it in blue ink. We think the thing is authentic.. Not totally sure but sure looks like it. Regardless, we sure thought it was really a special thing to find something like this.

You just never know what bluepennylady will get in to liquidate.

bluepennylady auctions

bluepennylady