Does increasing the fee level actually increase sales?

I have been on Bonanza for several years and am locked at a 16% commission rate. Has anyone had any success with the higher commission rates 19% or 30%?

asked over 5 years ago

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abigdogmom says: December 01, 2019

I tried 19% for a while and it made no difference. Don’t know about 30%.

Atomicdiner says: December 02, 2019

In MY Experience, NO. Buying TurboTraffic Packs or Memberships here is also no guarantee of sales to cover the expense. And 30% is also a big nut to get back if you raise your prices to do so. Might as well give the stuff to charity.

Glodeo says: December 05, 2019

NO…

1 Answer

There are a few things to consider..

Increasing the percentage gives your items more possible ad clicks….so

Are customers going to find your items on ebay, amazon or etsy, if so then the extra ad clicks are probably not going to help much as the buyers are going directly to these sites and not bother doing google searches for the items

If you have buyers on one of the other sites, drop a note and/or coupon with the packing slip and let them know that your items are also on bonanza for less… (that is if you sell for less here)…give them a reason to search for you here and not there

Are your items unique, hard to find, scarce or in some other way in demand that searching google/bing elsewhere will be the best way to find them…if so…then a few extra ad clicks/or higher cost ad clicks (more desirable to affiliates) might help (no guarantee..if no one is looking then all the ad clicks probably won’t do much good)

Seasonal items increase % during the season they are more likely to be purchased..
Short term increase during holidays may/may not help..again depends on the items..

For the holiday season…If I thought my items would be good for sales at this time of the year..I would go with a turbo pack for volume to get as many ads out in as a short of time as possible…

otherwise go with value…which releases fewer ads over a longer period of time…

Good Luck

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