@flukeman43wrote:
Recently I was sent a message from eBay that buyers had an item of mine in their "shopping cart". Did not even realize ebay had shopping carts but whatever. Anyway the email suggested a price reduction that I should consider and they would message the buyer and let them know. Can anyone explain why this is even a thing when my listing is fixed price with a buy it now offer. Any buyer is welcome to present an offer to me on the item so ebay should message the buyer and tell them to put an offer in. I believe what they are calling a shopping cart is really just items on a useers' watch list.
Does ebay realize that if a buyer really wanted an item they would either bid or offer.
Someone please enlighten me on this.
eBay has always had shopping carts as far back as I can recall. Not sure why you would think otherwise. When you look at your fixed price listings you see a button called Add to Cart, which allows buyers to add this item to their personal cart and continue shopping or come back later to pay for it.
Just a quick note - Fixed priced items are always available on eBay until someone pays for them, so any fixed price item sitting in someones cart does not remove it and any other buyer can come along and buy that item.
The promotion you are speaking about is just a suggestion as a way to entice the buyer who put it in there cart and maybe forgot about it, getting approval from family or friends, maybe checking sizes before they pay, whatever the reason is the promotion is just a simply reminder to the buyer and a small discount might make the difference in them going ahead and paying or not.
Since it is just a suggestion you do not have to do anything if you do not want to. It is something eBay can do and I think it is good idea and one that all parties can benefit from.
Good Luck Selling!
