Bonanzle Help

Below you'll find answers to some of our favorite general-purpose questions.

If you don't see the answer to your question below, or a question that pertains to a specific area of the site, check out our more comprehensive help resources to your left.

Warm Up Questions

What is Bonanzle?
What does it cost to use Bonanzle?
How much traffic does this site get? How many items are for sale here?
What does Bonanzle's slogan "Find Everything but the Ordinary" mean?
What are Bonanzle's marketing plans?
How do I register?
How can I contact you?
What is a Bonanza?
Who's the baby daddy?
Is this site haunted?
These are dumb questions! Where can I get answers to my very smart questions?

The Answers Thus Begin

What is Bonanzle?

Bonanzle is an online marketplace for buying and selling items faster while having more fun. Our specialty is helping you buy and sell items that aren't shiny, new, and mass-produced. The principle of relentless simplicity drives our easy-to-use yet powerful user experience.

What does it cost to use Bonanzle?

Don't you hate how it usually takes five or more pages of clicking around marketplace sites to get a straight answer on this question? Here's the scoop: Buying on Bonanzle is free. Posting items for sale is free (including pictures). When you sell items, here is what you'll owe (Hint: it's about one-third what you might be used to paying elsewhere).

How much traffic does this site get? How many items are here?

More and more all the time. As of February 2009, more than half a million different people visit Bonanzle every month. More than one million items are currently for sale. According to Ecommerce Guide, these numbers make Bonanzle's start one of the fastest ever (similar to the beginning of eBay, except for the totally different economy and level of competition).

How do I register?

Like this. It's four fields.

What does Bonanzle's slogan "Find Everything but the Ordinary" mean?

Glad you asked. You can read all about it here.

Is Bonanzle a real word?

It is now. And it's a verb. Bonanzle combines the wealth and excitement inherent in Bonanza (a large pocket of valuable mineral, or a source of prosperity), and the action implicit in -le (as in babble, burble, bustle). To Bonanzle is to spend quality time at an online space buying and selling goods, and meeting people.

Is Bonanzle being marketed to the public? How?

Yeah... about that.

What is a Bonanza?

At Bonanzle, a Bonanza is a short-term super-sale. Once a month (if you're good) we'll let you dominate the Buy page with your wonderful presence. You choose the time to put your goods up for sale. We direct traffic to your booth. Magic happens.

How can I contact you?

Visit our contact form.

Who's the baby daddy?

Founder Bill Harding has designed games for Amaze Entertainment, Nintendo, and himself. He likes 19th century British Literature, bubble baths, and romantic walks on the beach.

Is this site haunted?

Yes, well, unfortunately we have had a problem with ghost since having launched in 2008. Our best guess is that some of the site's servers may have been manufactured with metal recovered from an old shipwreck. As a result, we've had a series of booth hauntings since the site's launch. We hope to minimize this problem in the future.

These are dumb questions! Where can I get answers to my very smart questions?

It takes but a minute to start Bonanzling, but there are enough nuances to where you could continue learning for weeks. We organize our main help section by the topics you see at the left side of the page: buying topics, selling topics, and assorted topics. Follow these links and thou shalt find the answers sought.

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