Constant offers after clicking on an item is a nuisance that turns off buyers.

[merseyglo]

Persistent offers being sent after simply viewing an item, is a great nuisance and likely has discouraged a lot of shoppers from frequenting eBay. It is a practice that should be stopped.

The single offer to a person who has put a watch on an item some 3 to 5 days after clicking watch is one thing but sending out a slew of automatic offers to people after just viewing an item is just a turn off.

I've received 4 offers on each of two shoes after viewing them in two days then finally a notification that off was expiring and then expired. This is ridiculous.

Sending an offer a few days after a watch is placed, and then notifying watcher that item they were watching has sold was a good practice which eBay used to do.

I wish eBay would stop this.

MEBGA ( Make eBay great again ). : )

[simba6]

Log out of eBay and clear cookies before looking at items.  They can't send offers if your not logged in.

[tarotfindsandmore]

If you don't want to receive offers, adjust your preferences.  Here's an old thread showing how to do it...

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Mobile-Apps/How-to-Block-unsolicited-offers-from-sellers/td-p/32927505

[tobaccocardyahoo]

Offers, including automatic offers are a sign of seller desperation.

Feel free to message the seller with an offer 50% or more under than his last offer to you. He deserves it.

And never send an offer to a seller who has not enabled Make An Offer.

[paleadhead]

Hi and I agree with your point. I keep getting offers on the same item over and over after I have decline the offer multiple times. This a big turnoff and your are so correct about pushing shoppers and sellers away. Instead of striving for ease for buying and selling, which would generate revenue for both parties, they continued to try to shake it up with these unusual and very counter productive business like practices. I'm a dinosaur and freely admit it, but it worked for years productively so leave it alone. Where do they find these geniuses is beyond my knowledge.  Instead of MEBGA they are trying to destroy this platform to emulate Amazon. I'm antiques and collectibles seller which Amazon does not do at this point. So quit shoving their business model down my throat. I'm gone to hear it again, go elsewhere if you do not like it here. We built this platform with our offerings, fees and suggestions for decades and now we don't matter.

[hartungcards]

"Offers, including automatic offers are a sign of seller desperation."

Congratulations, you just won this week's Most Over-the-Top Sweeping Generalization award.

[kensgiftshop]

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@tarotfindsandmore wrote:

If you don't want to receive offers, adjust your preferences.  Here's an old thread showing how to do it...

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Wished it worked.

I opted out of all offers and still receive them for just looking at a listing.

[chariot_badges]

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@tobaccocardyahoo wrote:

Offers, including automatic offers are a sign of seller desperation.

Feel free to message the seller with an offer 50% or more under than his last offer to you. He deserves it.

And never send an offer to a seller who has not enabled Make An Offer.

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Offers, including automatic offers are a sign of seller desperation.

I keep all kinds of marketing/sales numbers.   

60% of ALL my sales started with an offer; either from me, or from buyer.

Feel free to message the seller with an offer 50% or more under than his last offer to you. He deserves it.

Sure.  I do deserve lots of offers on stuff you'd really like to own, I'm not afraid of an offer, if you're not afraid to hear 'no'.   I really don't mind - the first time.  But, if you keep it up, and waste too much of my time ... well, one of the best features still allowed us sellers is the "Ignore List."   

And never send an offer to a seller who has not enabled Make An Offer.

Thank you.   Yes.   I have never done that and (in my genre) I don't receive hardly any of them.  I do believe that customer (and buyer) behavior is similar within each genre.  Huh? What did that mean? 

Used Auto Parts people are different than Fine China people.  

[kelekt]

Ebay is pushy - telling sellers to "Send Offers" & shoving all those listings they want you to send offers for right up top in your face every day all day...and I don't know if I'm sending to watchers or someone who just looked at the item. 

thing is, I'm willing to send offers to someone truly interested in the item - if they put it on their watch list it makes more sense to send an offer...but not to random viewers with zero interest in buying.

and I keep getting offers for things I looked at briefly ONCE and did NOT add to my watchlist and yeah... it bugs me, too.... I don't want to be an annoying seller so I wish Ebay would ONLY allow offers sent to Watchers.