# Offbeat Online Market Places Bonanzle Has Bizarre, Strange and Useless Gifts By Mark Dorsey | Published 2008-12-08 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bizarre-gifts-and-everything-except-the-ordinary-at-bonanzle References: [examiner](http://www.examiner.com/x-312-Auctions-and-Antiques-Examiner~y2008m9d22-eBay-alternative-Bonanzle-is-super-simple-list-in-60-seconds) & [bonanzle](http://www.bonanzle.com) You can find [eBay](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bargaintime)’s rare finds at Bonanzle, a snappy and fresh alternative to mainstream online shopping. Bonanzle is an [online community marketplace](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/online-auction-format) that offers unique, out of the ordinary items for sale. The Bonanzle community votes for the Most Bizarre, Most Beautiful, Funniest, Coolest, and Best priced items and lets buyers easily search these categories. Buyers and sellers can chat in real time with the instant messenger feature, search local items, search freebies, [make an offer on an item](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-garage-sale) and many other cool features. Bonanzle launched out of beta on September 3rd, 2008 and already has almost 500,000 unique items and nearly 13,000 registered users. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.1/10 - Popularity: 37% | Activity: 78% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Community Marketplaces:** Opportunity to create online marketplaces that foster a sense of community and offer unique, niche products. - **Curated Categories:** Potential for platforms that allow users to vote and curate items based on different categories, creating engaging and personalized shopping experiences. - **Real-time Chat Features:** Innovations in instant messenger features that facilitate real-time communication between buyers and sellers in online marketplaces. ### Where This Applies - **E-commerce:** E-commerce platforms can explore creating community-driven marketplaces that offer unique and niche products. - **Social Commerce:** The social commerce industry can integrate features that allow users to vote and curate items based on different categories. - **Instant Messaging:** Companies focused on instant messaging technology can develop solutions specifically tailored for real-time communication in online marketplaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Pioneering Secondhand Search Engines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/secondhand-search-engine.md) - [Shopping Discount Discovery](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bargaintime.md) - [D2C Artisan Marketplaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artisan-marketplace1.md) - [Online Luxury Resale Platform](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/luxury-consignment-platform.md) - [Entrepreneur-Focused Online Marketplaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/agora-exchange.md) - [Used Component Marketplaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/framework-marketplace.md) - [Online Startup Marketplaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/startupsonsale.md) - [Metaverse Farmers' Markets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/metamarket.md) - [Auction Discovery Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lastminute-auction.md)