Ok . . . well I only have one thing to say and that is you GET what you PUT IN . . . eBanza is BRAND SPANKING NEW . . . . it was started and first introduced on this forum about 2 and a half months ago and is STILL in BETA testing which means we are still working hard to make it better and it is not officially released as a final product just yet . . . when it is out of beta it will be announced proudly on this forum and it will give sellers ALL THE TOOLS to sell online and create an online presence . . . but that is just it it is TOOLS what you put it will determine your level of success their just like anywhere else . . .
WE GIVE YOU FEEDBACK IMPORTER so you can keep your ebay score
WE GIVE YOU A EMAIL BLASTER so you can automatically import you email contacts aka your ebay customers with a click of a button and email them automatically on a bi-weekly newsletter
WE GIVE YOU TWITTER CONNECT which automatically TWEETS your listings on twitter
WE SUBMIT YOUR ITEMS INTO GOOGLE BASE so they can be found by the masses of people who use google products
We give you FREE STORES so your store can live on its own and each store has its own RSS feed so you can post your its too blogger live journal , squidio and social sites like myspace or facebook
ALL 100% FREE - BUT ITS YOUR JOB TOO GET YOU STORE OUT THIER AND LET YOUR CUSTOMERS KNOW WHERE YOUR SELLING . . .
I talk with my customers over the phone and email them automatically too let them know whats new - I send packing slips too them and let them know Im on eBanza too - I use my myspace twitter facebook and blogger to get my store out thier - and as a result I SEE WEEKLY SALES ON EBANZA
mind you its not as many as ebay but I do make sale as a result of ME putting in work for MY BRAND OF PRODUCTS - on anysite its about the WORK YOU PUT IN - my JOB as a seller is too find customers and make them want to buy the products that I am selling - eBanza's job as a site is too make it fun and easy too do so . . . .
EBANZA IS NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT RIGHT NOW IT IS MORE LIKE A ROUGH DRAFT . . .
but when she is done she will be a powerful FREE suite of selling tools - designed but a long time eseller who knows their e-marketing
I would say I am bringing in a little over $500 bucks a month off my eBanza store and that with small to medium gorilla marketing . . . now that is no eBay but it shows the potential
Last year, after an ebay account went NARU I opened an eCrater store and setup shop - I started promoting HEAVY on myspace everyday for a couple of hours and posted links and pics on my page on other people pages with large numbers of friend and people who has similar interests as my products . . . posting bulletins with updates on inventory . . . ect
I began making quite a bite of sales - over $1000 per month at the time
I wasn't making the sales because of eCrater - ecrater was just the site I used to house my items
EBAY is fcking famous thier is now way around that - and their is no change that someone is going to goto ecrater ebanza or bonazal to search for something at random before they goto EBAY . . .
but if you are a medium to large seller who sells stuff people WANT and LIKE and they find out about you than them will follow you where ever you go!!!!
they will even buy from you over the phone while your account is NARU because they KNOW and TRUST you as a seller!!!
They focus of eBanza is NOT eBAnza - ITS YOU!!!
And you sucess on eBanza ecrater or you own website results on the WORK YOU PUT IN
eBay is the only site that is an orgy of exclusively customer . . . if you SMART and your tired of
juggling all your feebay accounts and getting screwed out of $$$ than you will find a way to turn some of that traffic you meet at the eBay Orgy into a couple of one night stands off ebay or maby even some long term relationships :D
I have a customer base that follows me from account to account on and off ebay and I have done so by adding little personal notes (aka packing slips) to my customers - talking to them on my cell - adding them and meeting new people on twitter and myspace and personalizing my customer service
I have customers WHO CALL ME on my cell every week or every other week to see what we have in new - some I send pictures on my sidekick - SOME TIMES PICTURES OF ITEMS NOT YET IN STOCK - but the point is your success OFF ebay and even on ebay sometimes all depends on the WORK YOU PUT IN
I have been doing a lot of coding lately so I haven't had much time to post but when eBanza is done I know you guys will be impressed - till then