How to get a buyer to accept an offer?

[blueladybugjodes]

Hey Community, 

I have sent collectively in excess of 100 offers to 'interested buyers'. I would have expected at least 1 person to take up an offer but I've had a 0% success rate. Percentages offered off average 30% off+ some even 40%. Not one taker. 

Is there anything I am perhaps doing wrong? As of right now, I am not going to send offers, because I feel it isn't time well spent if no one takes an offer. 

[sugar249]

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@springyzone wrote:

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@sugar249 wrote:

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Exactly, I just use the default offer wording from Ebay,  who needs someone to write up flowery rubbish,  all I'm interested in is the percentage discount.

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You are 100% right.😁 Money talks.

The final price is what I concentrate on, too.

And whether I still need it.

Usually in my case, it is a case of want though, not need.😅

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Not often we agree,  but with me it's my pocket wanting it, not needing the money.  It fits better in my pocket, than the buyers.

And unlike bricks, every sale makes a profit, not into loss leaders or just bad business sense which they must work on.

[springyzone]

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@sugar249 wrote:

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Not often we agree,  but with me it's my pocket wanting it, not needing the money.  It fits better in my pocket, than the buyers.

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You'd probably be surprised at how often our opinions do align, it is just when I don't agree with something, I'm probably a bit outspoken.

[domino-710]

No Springy - you are far more well mannered than most. lol

And that is totally meant as a compliment. 

[p9games]

I'm well aware of the official definition of SPAM.  Whether a government regulator considers it spam is irrelevant.  as a buyer it's annoying and if a seller spams me offers I'll ignore them / block them / avoid them.

People have a low tolerance for sellers wasting their time and cluttering their inbox.

If the best thing an Ebay seller can think of doing to boost sales is to send offers to people on ebay then they need to choose a different career / side hustle.  Waving a sign on the side of a busy road will have the same impact on sales and at least you'd get a sun tan.

[sugar249]

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@p9games wrote:

I'm well aware of the official definition of SPAM.  Whether a government regulator considers it spam is irrelevant.  as a buyer it's annoying and if a seller spams me offers I'll ignore them / block them / avoid them.

People have a low tolerance for sellers wasting their time and cluttering their inbox.

If the best thing an Ebay seller can think of doing to boost sales is to send offers to people on ebay then they need to choose a different career / side hustle.  Waving a sign on the side of a busy road will have the same impact on sales and at least you'd get a sun tan.

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I guess that is where you dont really understand Ebay,  you have to turn on an option to receive offers,  so the buyer wants offers, in witch case it is not SPAM.

Sadly the 36 seconds it took me to send offers the other day was insufficient to give me a sun tan,  but the $'s in my pocket afterwards were well worth the time.

[brickworksmarket]

If you are sending out offers they are going to lower the price of your item which is going to lower your profit margin. This is just basic mathematics which is all business is. 

[sugar249]

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@brickworksmarket wrote:

If you are sending out offers they are going to lower the price of your item which is going to lower your profit margin. This is just basic mathematics which is all business is. 

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 but lowering a healthy profit margin by a few percent,  still leaves you with a healthy profit margin (if your fundamentals are correct), and dollars in your pocket,  which may otherwise be left on the table.   As I have said before,  I want the dollars in my pocket not the buyers pocket. 

[springyzone]

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@p9games wrote:

I'm well aware of the official definition of SPAM.  Whether a government regulator considers it spam is irrelevant.  as a buyer it's annoying and if a seller spams me offers I'll ignore them / block them / avoid them.

People have a low tolerance for sellers wasting their time and cluttering their inbox.

If the best thing an Ebay seller can think of doing to boost sales is to send offers to people on ebay then they need to choose a different career / side hustle.  Waving a sign on the side of a busy road will have the same impact on sales and at least you'd get a sun tan.

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I guess the one thing I have learnt in life is we are all different.😁

I can believe some buyers might get annoyed with what they regard as unnecessary emails.

Doesn't affect me as my ebay email isn't my main email so i just do a mass deletion every so often without reading any of it.

The offers do go into my ebay messages though & I enjoy them. I often buy from them.

I think of it as no different to a shop mark down and I love those too.😁

I suppose if (as a seller) offers work for you, do it. If they don't or if they are a hassle, then there's no need to use that ebay function. I don't know there is any right or wrong, they are just different approaches.

[p9games]

I guess you're right.  I've only sold 100k items on the platform.  Maybe one day I'll understand how to make money on Ebay

[sugar249]

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@p9games wrote:

I guess you're right.  I've only sold 100k items on the platform.  Maybe one day I'll understand how to make money on Ebay

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Don't worry you will work it out !!!!!!