topic Re: Create offers for your watchers in Selling

Create offers for your watchers

gillians_gallery — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:51:24 GMT

I just had this message about a new health check issue, but it seems there was no issue at all, so how do I make an offer to my watchers?

Re: Create offers for your watchers

the4masters2013 — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:47:27 GMT

I had the same message from eBay.

Like the Good til cancelled message, it gives the idea ti sellers but is very light on facts.

I just did a mental eye roll and moved on.

I have no idea how to make an offer to a watch when I have no idea who it is. And eBay isn't telling at the moment!! LOL

Re: Create offers for your watchers

wide-world-of-stamps — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:04:58 GMT

As sellers, if we wanted offers at a price lower than the listed price, we'd tick the box.

Maybe we should make an offer 50% HIGHER and see what happens 😄

Re: Create offers for your watchers

curraone — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:56:26 GMT

Actually that has been available for some time in the Selling Overview page

Ebay selects a few of your items that have watchers - I don't know why they don't choose them all - and you have the option to make an offer to all watchers - yes they are anonymous to you - but they get the offer okay. If they reply, then of course you find out who they are.

I tried a couple just to see what would happen.

And then against your selling page - on the right - you can see against the item - Review All Offers.

Most watchers are not real buyers though, I reckon. Just tyre-kickers.

Re: Create offers for your watchers

the4masters2013 — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 04:00:42 GMT

Thank you for the information.

Now I know why I get offers on items that don't have the best offer box ticked.

Agree with you about most watchers..I sometimes feel they may be other sellers just checking to see if an item sells and what for what price.

Thanks again!

Re: Create offers for your watchers

curraone — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 04:07:14 GMT

@the4masters2013 wrote:
Thank you for the information.
Now I know why I get offers on items that don't have the best offer box ticked.

no sorry that's a different thing again. These days, even if you have not listed the item with best offer, in the "contact seller" menu ebay has decided to put something like "the seller has not listed this with best offer, but maybe willl accept an offer - why not email the seller with your best price?"

This is why you get unsolicited offers.

Here is the direct quote:

How do I make an offer?
The seller hasn't enabled offers for this item. See if they'll consider one – send a message with your best price.

Re: Create offers for your watchers

rwhi2669 — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:49:51 GMT

From what I can understand it is only for a business seller through Seller Hub.

"We’re rolling out this feature to Seller Hub sellers in phases and we expect “Offer to buyers” to be available to all business sellers by April 2019".

Re: Create offers for your watchers

joztamps — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:40:50 GMT

The "Send Offer" flags have been appearing on about 2/3rds of my "Watched" lots (seemingly chosen at random) in My Ebay Active for a couple of weeks, but not on my Seller Hub listings that I have been able to see.

Re: Create offers for your watchers

springyzone — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:42:33 GMT

I'm curious as to how these offers look to the buyers.

Do they actually get a message in their inbox to say the seller is making an offer?

Or does it show on the actual ad?

The reason I ask is there have been a couple of things I have been watching & they have prices of course but then there is some print just under it which says something like "This can be yours for (x dollars cheaper), click here to see how" and it gives a code to type in if you buy.

I have just assumed that those must be ebay wide discounts but it just occurred to me maybe that is how the best offers show? I don't know.

I have to admit, a bit of a discount being offered on an item is tempting, but it comes down to whether a person needs an item or not, I suppose.

I am not sure if a lot of people here would be using it, but there is a reward program that pays you a small % back of every purchase at absolutely hundreds of places-almost every business real & online that you can name, as long as you log on to the shop via the reward site. Ebay is one of the sites where a cash back reward was offered (on purchases over $50) but is currently not offering any cash back.

My guess is the cash back was being paid by ebay, not sellers.

I'm not saying sellers should offer discounts, just that buyers when they compare prices might factor any discounts in.

Re: Create offers for your watchers

curraone — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:58:08 GMT

@springyzone wrote:

The reason I ask is there have been a couple of things I have been watching & they have prices of course but then there is some print just under it which says something like "This can be yours for (x dollars cheaper), click here to see how" and it gives a code to type in if you buy.

This message is entirely different I reckon - part of an ebay promotion - 10% off 5% off etc.

Re: Create offers for your watchers

curraone — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 22:33:58 GMT

Is this the promotion you mean?

Re: Create offers for your watchers

digital*ghost — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:37:11 GMT

@springyzone wrote:
I'm curious as to how these offers look to the buyers.
Do they actually get a message in their inbox to say the seller is making an offer?
Or does it show on the actual ad?

It's an email, and they look like this:

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Selling/Problem-with-sending-an-offer-to-a-buyer/m-p/2209590#M179319

Re: Create offers for your watchers

donnamccwynnum — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 03:56:15 GMT

I really think it is Ebay pretending to be buyers I have 10 watche at the moment on one thing and still no sales

I dont know Ebay seems dead

Re: Create offers for your watchers

countessalmirena — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:54:33 GMT

springyzone, I have received these sorts of offers. Yes, they look like the one to which digital*ghost linked.

It felt creepy to me. The very personalisation of it ("Because you showed interest in this item") creates the creep factor.

It also struck me as saying, "I'm having trouble selling this. Would you buy it if I lowered the price to $xx? No? What about down to $xx? And I could throw in a Nubian slave and a free mini pyramid to sweeten the deal. No? Oh, come on, you gotta give me a little here! I'm supporting a sick wife and I've got 12 children, and the oldest needs braces and the youngest needs a sphincter transplant and I can't afford the nappies anymore and - OH BLESSED SAINTS! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE! I'M BEGGING YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE, BUY MY ITEM!"

Re: Create offers for your watchers

springyzone — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 05:09:56 GMT

Yes, that was it exactly. Thank you curraone and gigital ghost for clearing it up for me.

I have never received a special offer then on anything in my watched list.

Maybe I need to start watching more.

The thought of it doesn't really creep me out because (from being on the boards) I am aware the seller does not actually know who the watchers are so it is all sent anonymously and all pretty automated. Of course if I bought, then they would know but that wouldn't worry me.

Should add, it would unnerve me if sellers were aware of who their watchers were. I prefer to be anon.

I presume sellers would only send these messages out on items where they could afford to offer a bit of a discount, so not on your everyday cheap items.

Confession time though. It doesn't creep me out to think of getting an offer but it does unsettle me, put it that way, that I might go ahead and buy something at full price when secretly, maybe a dozen other people have been offered a substantial discount.

Depends on why I am watching something but have to admit, a discount offer might sway me.

I am a bit of a sucker for specials etc and not just on ebay

Re: Create offers for your watchers

richarma-5 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:13:01 GMT

As a watcher Ive been getting larger discount offers than previous I was wondering is it seller or ebay?

Re: Create offers for your watchers

lyndal1838 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:38:44 GMT

Ebay has no right to offer any discounts on th price of a seller's items.

If an offer comes direct from the seller it is a price that they have decided on and the seller gets the reduced price.

If you get an offer from ebay it comes in the form of a voucher where you enter the number in the box as you complete checkout,

The seller gets the whole amount of their item but ebay has paid a portion of it.