how do you send an offer for an item people are watching

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how do you send an offer for an item to people are watching, i don't have a store thanks Mike

kokoek9

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Posted 2 years ago·Last reply 8 months ago

7 comments

boxcloser

·8 months ago

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Hello, sorry about that. I think my phone was spinning or something anyways if we can do 6250 or split the baby and it's just an open box brand new hover board if you want to go ahead and get that congratulations Thanks

dbfolks166mt

·2 years ago

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Why don't you just adjust the price on your listing? I have lots of people that "watch" my items but I never pester the watcher(s) by sending offers.

caldreamer

·2 years ago

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You cannot "send offer" to everyone who watches your items. EBAY decides which items you are allowed to send offers to. To send offers on eligible items....go LISTING, ACTIVE (and click on SEND OFFER ELIGIBLE).

chapeau-noir

·2 years ago

No bad meows!6569 View listings

@caldreamer wrote:
You cannot "send offer" to everyone who watches your items. EBAY decides which items you are allowed to send offers to. To send offers on eligible items....go LISTING, ACTIVE (and click on SEND OFFER ELIGIBLE).

I believe it's the buyer who decides - they can set their communication preferences to not receive offers, so the option simply will not show up.

Also, as a general note, I don't send offers if I see "0" in the watch column - that means whoever is eligible simply looked at the item and I don't care to pester people with offers who only looked and never placed it on 'watch', but that's my own preference.

kokoek9

OP2 years ago

948 View listings

ok then why do I get offer when I am brousing, I have received offer just because I looked at and item 1 time

chapeau-noir

·2 years ago

No bad meows!6569 View listings

@kokoek9 wrote:
ok then why do I get offer when I am brousing, I have received offer just because I looked at and item 1 time

@kokoek9 eBay just recently made it so that if someone even looks at a listing ("view"), they're eligible for an offer. It used to be if the shopper looked at a listing 3 times (I believe) they got the offer, but that changed.

@dbfolks166mt I've had people thank me for sending an offer. I sell on Poshmark and am really used to sending offers, haggling, etc., and I suspect a percentage of shoppers are also used to it. I guess I'm always playing the odds and adjusting margins. I do run sales, too, though - I need to be moving this stuff along.

chapeau-noir

·2 years ago

No bad meows!6569 View listings

@kokoek9 You don't need a store, as far as I know - you can do it either from My eBay Selling or the seller hub:

Sending offers to watchers (all about offers).

Sending offers to interested buyers

If a buyer watches your item or adds it to their cart, you can send them special offers. If the buyer accepts, the item will continue to be available for purchase until the buyer successfully completes payment.

Here's how:

Go to My eBay Selling or Seller Hub Active.
Select Send offer beside the eligible item (or Eligible to send offers, if you're using Seller Hub).
- Not all listings are eligible. Eligibility is determined by a number of factors, including age of listing, listing format, and rules that manage the number of offers buyers receive
- Items must be in the buyer's cart for at least 2 days to send an offer
Select an offer price.
- The amount must be at least 5% less than the Buy It Now price for items under $200, 3% for items between $200 and $1,000, and 2% for items over $1,000
- Shipping will not be included in this price
In Seller Hub, if you don't want to let buyers counter your offer, select Don't allow counteroffers.
Add a message to buyers.
Select Send offer to buyers.