03-24-2018 06:31 PM
I had an idea, and just wanted to shoot it out to see if anyone else this could help secure "best offer" sales more effectively.
When someone sends us an email asking if you would consider an offer on a particular iem, you have a box that allows you to make a certain offer right away and see if it sticks. But anyone who's been in sales as long as I have (35+ years) yeah, you can shoot them an offer but we all know that when it comes down to best offeres, at least when working a real "brick & motar" in a store, retail enviroment, getting people to not just throw your idea away and play games, those need direct live communication in many cases to actually get them to work.
Call me nuts but I've seen other sites similar to this that do use that approach. I checked out Bonaza once and you could see if the seller was on line and if you found something you liked you could chat with him about it, which I thought was a great concept. Soes anyone think this would work for them as well?
03-24-2018 06:57 PM
When someone sends us an email asking if you would consider an offer on a particular iem, you have a box that allows you to make a certain offer right away and see if it sticks.
LIke this?
03-25-2018 01:10 AM
03-25-2018 01:44 AM - edited 03-25-2018 01:45 AM
You might have misunderstood the op. They are saying that they are aware there is a box there to make an offer now but are suggesting that a chat option would work better for clarification in some cases.
It might be handy to be able to do a real time chat with a buyer but because eBay likes to restrict conversation between sellers and potential buyers, I can’t see them ever allowing that.
03-25-2018 06:02 AM
Can't see this happening because ebay will claim you are trying to do an off ebay sale anytime the bidder/seller contacts each other directly
03-25-2018 07:06 AM
Some sellers wouldn't be pleased with having to chat....some just sell too much to take the time, others wouldn't want to take the time because of their lifestyle, etc.
03-25-2018 07:11 AM
03-25-2018 09:13 AM
@fuzzface50wrote:Can't see this happening because ebay will claim you are trying to do an off ebay sale anytime the bidder/seller contacts each other directly
Agreed. Ebay seems to discourage, "chatting it up, between buyers and sellers"