"Sent offers"

[notoriousk1cks]

Hello everyone. I wanted to ask if any of yall have had this experience and if you had any tips on how to get better results.

So, most times that my items become eligible to "Send offer to buyer", I send a good offer with a very fair price and say something along the lines of "I can ship tomorrow/today if you decide to buy."

I feel that 9/10 times, my offers are completely ignored for the entire 48 hours and then expire. This disables me from changing the price of the item to possibly make a sale to someone else. And it does not happen once or twice, as i said it happens 9 out of every 10 times i send someone an offer. My items are priced very fairly, I always offer free shipping, and I have very good feedback, so I cannot figure out why so many of my offers sent to buyers are being ignored. Has anyone else had this experience? Can anyone share with me anything they may have done to increase their chances of at least hearing back from a potential buyer or getting a counteroffer even? Thank you

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

Hun, it's just a "wait and see game" you have a good variety of items and your prices are very reasonable. Lots of watchers hold an item to do research or compare as I do, but if it's something I might possibly buy, I'll watch it and if an offer comes thru I'll buy it! Just keep sending offers, someone just may nibble on your line! Best to you, Silver

[notoriousk1cks]

That's really nice and encouraging, thank you very much! I will definitely take your advice!

[1grandmashope_1]

As silverstatetreasureboxes stated some people, myself included,  may be watching to use as research for something that they may put up or are just curious about.

I send out offers and the majority are not accepted. 

It never hurts to through it out there. 

The best of luck on your sales this fall.

Happy Fall,

Grandma 

[patd3283]

Believe it or not, some folks are not on eBay or read their email everyday.  Out of every 10 or so I send out, 1 is accepted, maybe 1 is rejected and the rest are ignored or not seen in the allotted time.  Just the way it is.

[tymcbray530i]

I rarely get a sale, or even a nibble from a sent offer.  I do notice an increase in folks asking for a lower price on an item.  Sometimes we can, and sometimes cannot.

[jack_bucks_ghost]

I have maybe a 25% sell rate on offers I send. it was quite a bit lower than that, but I've been sending more lately and have had a somewhat better success rate. still, you get a lot of no responses and lowball counters. overall, I like the feature.

[cityslickercreations2004]

"I feel that 9/10 times, my offers are completely ignored for the entire 48 hours and then expire. T...

I found this on the help pages:

Is the item locked while an offer is open? What if someone else wants to buy?

Having an open offer does not prevent others from buying the item. In addition, any offers that haven’t been accepted will be canceled when the item is sold or multi-sku items are sold out to another buyer.

I hope this helps.

[luckythewinner]

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@notoriousk1cks wrote:

 I cannot figure out why so many of my offers sent to buyers are being ignored. Has anyone else had this experience? Can anyone share with me anything they may have done to increase their chances of at least hearing back from a potential buyer or getting a counteroffer even? Thank you

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I think you are simply over-estimating the interest that "interested buyers" have in your item.

If the interested buyers were really interested, they would have bought it already. And a fair number of people who showed interest in your item may have already bought from another seller.

I have 1200 items listed on my various selling accounts, and send offers to interested buyers about once a month. 9 out of 10 being ignored is about what I experience.

As for "hearing back" from a buyer about an offer, I don;t think I've ever heard back from a buyer unless they are one of the 5-10% who simply purchase the item at the offer price.

[southern*sweet*tea]

Back when the send offer feature was new, I had amazing results, fully two-thirds of my offers were accepted. As time went on it became less and less and here's why:

As a buyer, when more and more sellers started using it, more and more emails started flooding my inbox that I don't have time to deal with.  I would get offers within hours, if not minutes, of watching an item.  I may be missing out on some deals, but I just don't have the time to check through 20+ offer emails on my buyer account. I'm sure it's the same for many buyers.

You will get your best result IMO when you send offers for items that have had watchers for a long time, because that price discount just might be the spark to get them to purchase. JMHO

[snoopy_love]

Your watchers are probably not buyers but other sellers watching your item to see what it sold for.  I find 90% of the time offers are useless and they hold up the listing from being edited until the offer expires, which is ridiculous!  

[luckythewinner]

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@southern*sweet*tea wrote:

I would get offers within hours, if not minutes, of watching an item.

You will get your best result IMO when you send offers for items that have had watchers for a long time

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Like you, I am now used to getting offers within hours or days. So I think many buyers now do what I do - they use their watch list to comparison shop.

When I need something, I no longer send offers that will be binding if they are accepted.

Instead, I watch a dozen listings from one of my selling accounts, and then wait a day or two for the inevitable seller-initiated offers to come in.

I then take the best offer I got on my selling account, and use my BUYING account to send an offer for 10% less than the offer I got. This lets me know which sellers are interested in dealing and by how much, without committing myself by sending the offer first.

So if I am the watcher, it may behoove the seller to send an offer quickly.