At a glance
Stale Listings (>180d no update) counts the item listings in your booth that have not been edited in over 180 days. On Bonanza, listings left untouched for half a year tend to drift on price and stock and rank poorly in search and Google Shopping distribution. When stale listings climb above 15% of your catalogue, it is time for a refresh pass. Keeping listings current keeps them visible and accurate.
| What it counts | The number of item listings not edited in over 180 days. |
| Sample type | Backend API data from Bonanza, refreshed on the standard data refresh. |
| Why it matters | Untouched listings drift on price and stock, rank poorly, and quietly drag on discoverability across Bonanza search and Google Shopping distribution. |
| Reading the value | Read it as a count, and against your catalogue size. Above 15% of the catalogue signals a refresh pass is overdue. |
| Currency | number |
| Time window | RT |
| Alert trigger | >15% of catalogue |
| Sentiment key | bon_stale_listings |
| Roles | owner, operations, marketing |
Calculation
Vortex IQ checks the last-edited date on each item listing and counts those untouched for more than 180 days, refreshed in real time. The count falls as you edit listings and rises as more cross the 180-day line. The card weighs this count against your total catalogue and flags when stale listings exceed 15% of all listings, so the same raw number reads differently for a small booth than a large one. See the At a glance summary above for the 15% line and the worked example below for a typical reading.Worked example
A representative reading of Stale Listings (>180d no update) for a typical merchant on Bonanza. On 14 Mar 26 a booth showed 240 stale listings against a catalogue of 1,400, about 17%, just above the 15% alert. Most sat in a few seasonal categories that had not been touched since the previous year. The interpretation was a backlog of neglected listings rather than a single broken import, and the action was a refresh pass to update prices, photos, and stock on the oldest listings first and retire any no longer carried. Vortex Mind traces the upstream cause, here the dormant seasonal categories, and Ask Viq lets you ask “which listings have not been updated in six months” in plain English.Sibling cards merchants should reference together
| Card | Why merchants reach for it |
|---|---|
bon_total_listings | Listing Health sibling: Total Listings. |
bon_listings_active | Listing Health sibling: Active Listings. |
bon_listings_expiring_soon | Listing Health sibling: Listings Expiring Soon. |
bon_avg_bra_score | Listing Health sibling: Average BRA Score (Buy-it-Right Asking). |
bon_attribute_completeness | Listing Health sibling: Required-Attribute Completeness. |
Reconciling against Bonanza
Where to look in Bonanza’s own dashboard: Open your booth dashboard and review the selling and items area, sorting by last-edited or last-updated date. The listings sitting beyond 180 days are what Vortex IQ counts as stale. Why the Vortex IQ value may legitimately differ:| Reason | Direction | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Period boundary. Vortex IQ measures the 180-day cutoff in real time; Bonanza dashboards may group by calendar periods. | Variable | Match the period range. |
| Time zone. Bonanza uses account time zone; Vortex IQ aligns to merchant reporting time zone. | Marginal | Confirm time zone match. |
| Filter scope. Profile-level filters (booth, channel, test orders) may narrow the Vortex IQ view. | Variable | Match filter settings. |