As a seller, can I reject an offer?
My first item for sale. It retails for over $90 and isn't available on Amazon. Don't know why. Anyway, I listed it for $.99 and have one bid but I don't want to sell it for such a low price. Can I remove the listing or reject the bid?
13 comments
janet9988
·3 years agoOffers can be rejected..... On fixed price/ buy it now listings.
Bids can be canceled before an auction listing ends.
Auctions sell to the member who bid the highest.
ms.rodriguez*
·3 years agoNEVER follow an ebay suggestion for a starting price. They do not care if you make profit or not. They just care about sales. It does n't matter if it's 99 cents. They can tell their stockholders that they sold thousands of items last night. Of course, they won't say that the sellers lost money.
fashunu4eeuh
·3 years agoHi @twila.diamond and welcome!
Having made your choices to run an auction at a low starting price, stand by your decisions and let the auction run its course.
susanb1872
·3 years agoAs a new seller you should not be listing an item that is "expensive". You should start with smaller $$ items to get your feet wet so if you make mistakes it won't cost you too much. You have a lot to learn and others here have given good advice. It was smart to come here and ask for advice and I hope you will sell lots of items!
kensgiftshop
·3 years agoWhy would you start the auction at $0.99 if you wouldn't accept it, if that's the only bid you get?
The auction just started and has a ways to go, let it go and see what happens.
femmefan1946
·3 years agoYou can cancel any bid.
You cannot cancel a purchase.
So.
Start again
Cancel that bid, then cancel the auction
Using Sell Similar relist the Auction with a more reasonable opening price.
Any Watchers will be notified that you have relisted.
Remember that you cannot see the maximum bid of your high bidder and that the closing price is set by the underbidder.
Or forget Auctions entirely.
EBay pushes them on newbies because that is their brand, but over 85% of listings are Fixed Price.
You set the selling price.
The listing is visible to more buyers because it is visible for 30 days not seven.
You can add Immediate Payment Required.
nobody*s_perfect
·3 years agoWhen an auction has just one bid, that bid will always show up as the opening bid amount. It takes two bidders, bidding against each other, to make the price increase. That's why you should always start the bidding at the lowest price you'd be willing to sell for -- in case you get just one bidder.
You are supposed to let the auction run its full chosen time -- in this case, 10 days. Wait and see how the bidding goes. As noted in another post, many bidders wait until the very end. In the meantime, read up on how eBay works.
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/selling/start-selling-ebay?id=4081
albertabrightalberta
·3 years ago@twila.diamond
You still have over a week left in the auction. Although auctions aren't particularly popular among sellers (or buyers), many buyers who bid on auction listings wait until near the end of the auction period.
But having listed as auction and getting a bid, ending it early will cost you FVFs.
bonjourami
·3 years agoIf you close the listing with a bid, you will still pay final value fees. Always start your auctions at the lowest price you would be happy with. You have seven days left on the listing, I would let it run.
monica-sells
·3 years agoHint: Never (unless you are just getting rid of stuff) start (or open) an auction with a .99 bid....
You should, in most cases, open an auction with the lowest amount you are willing to accept for it, and let it go from there.
If you cancel, you will get a ding on your account....maybe some interest will generate and it will improve...but since you are new, a defect (ding) is really going to hurt your metrics if you end/cancel.....
a quick search tells me you will 'probably' see additional action on this item....
still over 7 days left
nobody*s_perfect
·3 years agoSellers do no get a "ding" or defect point on their account when they end an auction early. Defect points can be given when a seller cancels a transaction. For ending an auction early, the only penalty is the final value fee, which in this case is about 13 cents.
monica-sells
·3 years agoI stand corrected.....I hate that when I give wrong advice...
I thought I recalled seeing that on a metrics type thread....darn dead brain cells
Thanks for the correction @nobody*s_perfect
cardxcraft
·3 years agoUsually, here on Ebay, bidders wait until the last second to bid.
If you end your auction now, you'll only have a few bidders/watchers **bleep** at you, but the longer you wait, the more bidders you'll have upset at you.
I would do buy it now, BIN.