a listing available to only one buyer, is this possible?

[thriftsongabq]

I am trying to compensate a buyer for my out-of-stock listing error. Can anyone in the selling community tell me if I can create a listing that is available to only one buyer? Thanks for any answer.

[natoman777]

When I have had a situation like this I will contact the buyer and ask them to let me know when they are ready to purchase.  I create the listing and send them the link and they buy it.  That is the only way I can think of

[soh.maryl]

One way is to list the item with a ridiculously high price with "Make An Offer" enabled and then accept whatever price you and the buyer have agreed upon.  

[klhmdg]

No need for "tags"

No you can not make a buyer specific only listing.

You can make a listing with a price no one would pay and add best offer.

Send the buyer the listing number and have them send you the "offer" you agreed on.

Then you accept the offer from them

[heckofagame]

Do as @soh.maryl  mentioned. That has always worked for me. Be sure to send the buyer the item number. 

[luckythewinner]

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@thriftsongabq wrote:

I am trying to compensate a buyer for my out-of-stock listing error. Can anyone in the selling community tell me if I can create a listing that is available to only one buyer? Thanks for any answer.

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You can try, but eBay does not have this as a feature. 

One common way is to create a listing give a title that only makes sense to your buyer. 

Another is to create a listing with a high price that accepts offers, and only accept the offer from that buyer. 

[ittybitnot]

Send the buyer the listing number and have them send you the "offer" you agreed on.

Then you accept the offer from them

@klhmdg 
@soh.maryl 

Be advised of the recent rolling out CHANGE to the make offer system.  It is not working like it normally did anymore.  There are many posts on the topic, all over the boards.  It is one giant mess that incorporates enhancement, unannounced intended changes, new experience, tests, etc. that looks like ONE BIG GLITCH.  

Though your advice is correct, and has been working in that fashion for years, it might be a bit confusing when trying to implement the procedure as it rolls out. 

There are numerous ones about this, I am copying/pasting a very short version snippet from another thread to give you the basic idea. This apparently has nothing to do with the "buyer requirements" for the 'auto-pay'.  You can't escape this fiasco by changing your preferences to NO.  It is for everybody.  Which makes me think that sellers should just turn off the preference to require a payment source from buyers before they make an offer....They don't have to pay now anyway.  The preference may just get you some offers from PAYING BUYERS that refused to comply with the buyer requirements eBay gave you. 

When you receive an offer from a buyer and you accept, the transaction is renamed into YOU SENT AN OFFER.  On the buyer's end instead of a notice that their "offer was accepted" they get a notice that "YOU HAVE AN OFFER".   Their choice is to pay, decline, or ignore.   There is no longer an 'accept' feature that would allow it to go to the cart and request a total for more than one accepted offer, no more unpaid item strikes for those that don't pay, and if you retain the buyer preferences that previously resulted in auto-billing for the buyer and instant payment to you that is all over, too. 

The listing remains live until somebody pays for it. 

You can "accept" all the offers you want from multiple buyers for the same product/listing.  

source:  

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Offers-being-accepted-then-not-showing-up-as-sold-creating-hav...

[inhawaii]

I create a listing that is titled "Special listing for thriftsongabg" or whoever.  

[ittybitnot]

I create a listing that is titled "Special listing for

@inhawaii 

I used to do that on Etsy and it was respected and nobody hit the BIN. They didn't have seller punishment programs for sellers that cancelled a sale either if was purchased by someone else.    How can you send your buyer a link to their special new listing, when ebay strips out all links in messages even if they are to an eBay page? 

[inhawaii]

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@ittybitnot wrote:

I create a listing that is titled "Special listing for

@inhawaii 

I used to do that on Etsy and it was respected and nobody hit the BIN. They didn't have seller punishment programs for sellers that cancelled a sale either if was purchased by someone else.    How can you send your buyer a link to their special new listing, when ebay strips out all links in messages even if they are to an eBay page? 

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I think I gave them the item number.

[monster-deals]

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@thriftsongabq wrote:

I am trying to compensate a buyer for my out-of-stock listing error. Can anyone in the selling community tell me if I can create a listing that is available to only one buyer? 

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You "can't". 

You however can make a listing that only one person will buy...if you let them.

Just make it for $1700 or some other ridiculous sum with OBO and send them the link. Tell them to offer whatever it is you have agreed upon and when they do accept the offer.

[krazzykats]

Or revise the O/S listing price to a super high price, and add the best offer to it. 

Let your buyer know to offer the amount agreed upon.

[linda7913]

I just purchased an item that the seller and I agreed to, and she made a special listing that said For <membername> only and the title, photos and description of the item. It took a few minutes to show up after listing, but it worked for the seller and me.

[richard1rst]

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@ittybitnot wrote:

I create a listing that is titled "Special listing for

@inhawaii 

I used to do that on Etsy and it was respected and nobody hit the BIN. They didn't have seller punishment programs for sellers that cancelled a sale either if was purchased by someone else.    How can you send your buyer a link to their special new listing, when ebay strips out all links in messages even if they are to an eBay page? 

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Well, you do not make a "hot link". You leave off the https:// part of it. Whenever I need to direct a buyer to a particular listing I send

ebay.com/itm/(and then here is the item number)

Never had a problem