Seems fun and easy. Worth a try. There are other forum posts with tips how to post on Bendable if you want full commission.
Here’s my link: https://benable.com/i/4FPYE
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I am joining the bandwagon and trying out Benable. I see many possibilities with it. To sign up, you need an invitation, so I am sharing my invite link if you would like to join: https://benable.com/i/YVVNM
Shoot. I thought I’d posted my invite link, but it appears I didn’t. Never too late: https://benable.com/i/PD7ME What I really want is to have Walmart unlocked. All I’ve gotten so far is Sephora, which is many miles away from my alley.
What I actually came here for was to ask if anyone knows if random followers get anything out of it. If they have lists for things that interest me, I follow them back, but I don’t reciprocate otherwise. Is there any use for all the following and being followed? Does it get you points with Benable? Isn’t that more a social media ploy?
As far as I know, the only benefit for having lots of followers is that they get an alert when you create a new list, or update an old list. So potentially more traffic for you if they followed you and liked your stuff.
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I’ve wondered about that also…does Benable give you anything for having followers and following? Haven’t really had time to do much more with it. I have noticed that I sure get lots of followers who make lists of beauty products. I’m kinda past all that at my age…lol…like Popeye used to say, I yam what I yam!
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@Silvara I’m not sure it creates much traffic that Benable might find honorable since followers aren’t necessarily anything more than people looking to be followed. Benable probably already knows this. Organic traffic from the outside probably has more value. Well, it does for me, anyway.
@Westerngirl2 Indeed, all the “beauty” products move me not at all. I haven’t worn a speck of makeup since the last funeral I went to some years ago, which thankfully wasn’t mine.
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I think I wore a little fingernail polish when I was about 4 years old. Since then, nadda! Who can be bothered?
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I’m right there with ya. SInce I live a fairly isolated mountain life, I figure my dogs, cats, horses, and the occasional visiting moose or elk or mountain lion isn’t really interested, anyway. I look at some of the pics on the internet now and think…THAT ain’t real. 
I don’t think I could sit through the Barbie movie.
Anyway, a nice little diversion from worrying about the Z changes. Nice to know there are kindred spirits out there.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming!
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Something I discovered a couple days ago is that using sub-sections is no different from having those same sections as individual lists on the main page. To wit: I divided one of my lists into two sub-sections, each with less than 15 items but totaling about 20 items, and I can’t get a checkmark for the overall list on the main page, not unless I can come up with (to my mind) extraneous items for each of the sub-sections.
So beware of dividing a list into two or more parts.
That’s so weird. Most of my lists have sections that are only 4-8 items per section. Some have less than that. And all but one of my lists have the green check mark. (Excluding the ones that don’t have enough total items of course.) I thought it was the description on the items that counted. Like, my Stylish and Unique Bags list is the only one that doesn’t have the green check mark. So I need to go back and figure out longer/better descriptions for the items. But all my others that I’ve done that to already have the check mark.
I had to dig for it, but I found Benable’s “How To Get The Green Check Mark” to do list suggestions, maybe it’ll help someone:
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Thank you for the link! I read through it, changed a couple things that didn’t need changing other than that I made them a tad more personal, and we’ll see what happens. The total list has 18 items, so that can’t be the problem. Oddly, I got one of those emails that says they think the list is great and will be featuring it. Who knows?
I just signed up for Benable, it looks interesting! I hope it helps us all get more sales in the days ahead.
Here is my invite code, if you’d like to join!
Otherwise the wait-list is super long.
Cheers, Shelley
@Silvara That did the trick. At some point when I wasn’t looking, I received the badge, and I’m positive it’s because of you, so thank you!
Yay! I’m glad it helped!
Hi Barbara, I just had my first commission , don’t laugh $1.65 .After that more lists of companies were released! Don’t know about the following others thing but it could have an effect by people looking at your own profile!
Many thanks Mariholly, for posting this I have already made a small commission! Happy to have people following me on Benable and joining them up! Could have a positive impact re directing marketing for zazzle ,or another way to increase income for zazzlers ,experiencing lower sales here.
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It might be worth dedicating a bit of time to it. I don’t know how I did it, I don’t know how I got those bonuses… But there they are.
I think that sharing products you like from the brands that get unlocked along with our Z products, in a meaningful way, could be a winning strategy to earn small incomes and generate traffic and sales. I don’t know if referrals or self-referrals will be generated given the current situation—maybe the money will go to the third party, Z, who knows? But it might be interesting.
The lists shouldn’t be too big, around 15 to 20 recommendations, so I’m starting to believe that my designs will be seen, and that’s already something important
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And what if, along with, for example, your Mother’s Day gift designs, you include a few Sephora items in your list—something colorful, fun, or that you personally like? Maybe that could bring some traffic to your list.
Just my opinion based on my brief experience with Benable.
I think you’re absolutely correct about doing a bit of a mix, though Sephora wouldn’t work for any of my lists since they’re all book related, in particular e-books and Kindles. I’m mostly stuck with Amazon except for my bookish posters with which I could mix in a few other companies such as Walmart and, if it’s offered, craft type places like Michael’s. I wish Benable would offer a kind of voucher so you could choose the company. Or am I wrong and is it just a matter of choosing a product offered by a specific company?
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Doesn’t Benable have a spot where they store any and all tutorials that we can rummage through for information and tutorials? I can’t find anything except for when I get an email from them with suggestions.