What makes a listing Eligible to Send Offers

[larrys.basement]

I was under the assumption that watchers would show under Listing eligible to send offers.  I have 3 new listing that already have watchers, but do not display under eligible to send offers.  Could it be because the buyers do not meet my set qualifications? Or are blocked? Unable to find anything technical notes.

[Anonymous]

@eburtonlab It looks like you were on a similar thread a couple years ago, with no resolution.

Truly this is a mystery for the ages...😁

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Share-eBay-Technical-Issues/Why-is-the-Send-Offer-option-not-showing-w...

[eburtonlab]

Yes, as far as I can tell eBay does not spell out the exact details of what makes a particular watcher (or listing) eligible, or show the limits placed on the numbers of offers a buyer may receive.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/selling-buy-now/adding-best-offer-listing?id=4144#section...

On another page it says that items must have been in a cart for five days to qualify, so the limits that are described are not consistently described.

[Anonymous]

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@eburtonlab wrote:

On another page it says that items must have been in a cart for five days to qualify, so the limits that are described are not consistently described.

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Agreed. Consistency is, unfortunately, not an eBay trait

[larrys.basement]

Thanks for the response, but that's not what I asked.   A new listing is being watched, but does not show in the eligible listing to send offers.  I think we found the issue (noted above), but may not be working 100% of the time.

[eburtonlab]

A new listing is being watched, but does not show in the eligible listing to send offers.

The listing may be too new. It may be in a category that is not eligible. Or the individual watchers may not be eligible for one reason or another.

You may be able to rule out some of those -- if other listings in the same category are eligible, for instance. But it is difficult to ascertain whether all your watchers are eligible or not, or how many other offers each might have already received.

[whitewaterford]

@larrys.basement This may or may not be working, but here is a screenshot of what the send offer screen shows when you click on the information button.  Since you don't really know who is watching your items it is difficult to know whether an unknown user meets the requirements to receive offers.   Plus, as mentioned by others, I think users can set preferences not to receive offers.