Sales Booster: How to send eBay offers to watchers | Size.ly Blog (2024)

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Make them a direct offer

For fixed price listings (not auctions), you can use eBay's “offer to watchers” function to direct message eBay watchers with a lower-price offer. This is the only way sellers can communicate directly with watchers, so it's one of your best opportunities for conversion.

Make them a direct offer

For fixed price listings (not auctions), you can use eBay's “offer to watchers” function to direct message eBay watchers with a lower-price offer. This is the only way sellers can communicate directly with watchers, so it's one of your best opportunities for conversion.

Your listing also needs to be at least 10 days old. If your listing meets those criteria, you'll find the option to direct message your watchers under your Manage Active Listings menu by clicking the tab labeled “Send offers-eligible.”

Not all listings are eligible for sending watchers an offer. For example, the option isn't available in the following categories: cell phones, motors, real estate, tablets and tickets. In addition, shoppers can opt out of receiving unsolicited offers, and many do so after receiving their first one.

The "problem" is you don't have enough interested buyers... you need buyers adding your items to their wachlist, or to their cart, or viewing the listing multiple times. Not all buyers are eligible to receive offers, but buyers who are and meet these criteria will be eligible for offers.

You can't. If they remain a watcher and you send an offer that they either decline or it times out, you can't send a "new" offer to them unless they unwatch/rewatch it or they send you a message, where you can respond with an offer. ....... "The Ranger isn't gonna like it Yogi".........

"Watchers" are potential buyers who have no intention of paying. They aim to sabotage your ability to sell your item at a time when other sellers might be offering the same item. When these folks buy your item but do not pay -- for 72 hours for example -- that is 72 hours where your listing is no longer competitive.

A view is when someone opens you listing. A watcher is when someone who has flagged your item to be added to his Watch List. The view count contains only views within the last 30 days. An item can be watched indefinitely.

Quick answer NO. As far as watchers on eBay are concerned very few have any intention of buying or bidding, so basing anything on number of watchers would be pretty meaningless.

Sellers cannot identify who is viewing their items, but eBay gives sellers the opportunity to send offers without knowing who the offer is going to. If the buyer takes advantage of the offer, then the seller finds out identifying information.

Why am I getting offers not bids on eBay? ›

As you theorized, potential buyers often make offers that are higher than the opening bid, because they hope to get the item cheaper that way than if the auction ran its full time with regular bidding. Thus, many of these offers are legitimate. There are also offers from potential scammers.

The moment ya' get a watcher, send the offer. They either have money in their pocket looking to spend or they dont. If they do and you don't offer probably miss the chance, if they don't doesn't really matter does it? If they get money at later point and really want it, they'll make you an offer.

In Sum, How Much Does eBay Make on a Sale? The amount eBay makes on a sale depends on the final selling price of the item, the category of the item, and any additional fees that may apply. On average, eBay takes between 10% and 15.55% of the final selling price in fees.

Rules for Sending Offers to Watchers

You can only send offers to watchers for fixed price listings and buy it now listings. You can only send one offer per buyer or watcher. You must wait at least ten days before sending offers to watchers. The offer must be lower than the posted price on the original listing.

Log into your Reverb account and go to your Listings page. At the bottom right-hand side of every listing there will be a Direct Offers button.

For privacy reasons, eBay is no longer displaying personal email addresses. However, you can still contact the buyer through email using their "Buyer Alias Email Address" which you can find in the View order details page. This email alias, ending in @members.ebay.com, is unique to your communications with this buyer.