I no longer get upset at lowball offers - it's just a small part of Ebay life. I will counter with not too much off, and occasionall I'll send an offer 1 cent lower than my original price just for fun. That's usually the end of it. But any offer activity is good because Ebay seems to give listings with offers more exposure. I usually sell it shortly thereafter at a good price. Don't waste your energy blocking buyers - focus only on the positive.
I have also gotten frustrated sometimes I delist and resist after a few weeks and sometimes I relisted at a higher rate and boom the item sells...crazy Couldn't sell it for 7 raised it to 25 it sold in a couple weeks
I get low ball offers all the time. I’ve done this once with a very persistent obnoxious buyer. I finally accepted their offer. Then I canceled the order about 30 minutes later. Lol😂
I block lowballers because if I just decline they end up sending more insanely lowball offers. I’ve also been blocking a lot of demanding or controlling people who thought they could tell me how to run my business. I’m not talking about helpful suggestions. I’m talking about people flat out being demanding and controlling. Here’s an example. I have an item that I’m the only person who has that item and I priced it for what it sells for, and I was nice enough to send this person an offer knocking off a good portion of the price, but they immediately sent me a message saying that they would pay $20 for it and that’s all, and that my offer wasn’t low enough. That particular item sells for $75. I’m also blocking people who are too demanding on low dollar items like I had someone expect me to answer a dozen questions and send them dozens of pictures of a $15 item. I’m not doing that. I value my time more than I value a buyer who’s just wasting my time.
Thanks for the comment. I have almost the exact same issues. I know that I get way more questions and low offers on items that are price $20 and under. No issues at all with the more expensive items. I had an old Barbie doll listed for $9 and they asked me about 10 questions about it! Ha
I never answer questions. Despite what you hear on youtube, Ebay does not penalize for not answering messages. I Also put a polite blurb in my listing that I will not pull an item from inventory to answer a question. I set a bar on the items I allow offers on. On posh, I have a blurb that reasonable offers up to 20% off will be considered or countered. Anything in excess will not be considered. These things have helped make my life bearable now. 😂
@@jenna1395 I don’t answer questions anymore either because I kept having people literally spend hours asking me questions and not a single one of them ever bought anything. I’d be careful about advertising it though because there are people in the reselling community that like to try to bully people who advertise things like that. I just saw a video the other day where a guru was attacking a small reseller because they don’t like how that reseller runs their business.
I just set a price on all my goods that I won't go below and just keep countering with that same price and they soon get the message that I won't go lower than that and I don't hear from them anymore.
If someone really lowballs like more than 70% I will counteroffer for like a $1 above their offer and after I send it i immediately end the listing. I’ve done that a couple times
I’m stressed out about getting lowball offers so I did no offer but sometimes I feel like I need sales and can accept them. Now I use both, it depends on the item. By the way, if you can recognize dog’s breed, you better put it. The dog owners are always looking for their breed things! I always put Duchshund instead of Dog when I search. The vans backpack is Welsh Corgi😊
Funny end to the video! I just counter and play the game. I have offer thresholds on all my items so I would never see a 75% off offer. Play the game and Ebay usually rewards you. I’ve gotten bad offers, countered, then another item sells within 30 minutes.
I don’t do anything too special with coats. I just fold them up nicely, wrap them up in brown paper with a thank you sticker. And then place them in a box to ship.
I used to work for The Gap and was told that Salvage jeans cost more because they are made from the edge of the ream of denim so not as many pairs can be made.
If its a lowball offer, I counter once to see if they really want it and come back higher. If not I just decline with no further offers and they usually go away but sometimes come back with a sensible price.
I recently had a pair of Free People flare leg jeans in like new condition listed for $39 (retail was $148.) Someone on eBay sent me an offer $1 along with a snarky note that said the jeans were sold brand new for only $29 and why was I asking more than retail. Uhhhh…what? I immediately declined and blocked and then the jeans sold a few days later on posh for my full asking price. People are weird. I typically automatically decline any offer 50% or more below asking (unless it’s something that has been sitting for a very long time.) If they come back with another way too low offer, I block.
I usually accept reasonable offers and counter for lower ones. Last week someone lowballed me and I told them ‘no thank you’. Then he said ‘good luck’. So I looked at comps again to make certain the bottom didn’t fall out of the market on that item and from what I could Tell my price was in the middle.
You can have offers set to auto decline at a certain $ threshhold that's what i do. That way anything that's lower than the bottom offer price i set i never see.
I like to see ALL my offers and always counter even if it’s for 2 dollars off of your price and see if they come back a lot higher I’ve had people except my offer after really low offer so maybe they just taking a shot at it you know but yea I like to see all I think it helps although it could get petty it’s just part of the business
Yep I usually try to counter offer with just about every offer I get, unless it’s just a few dollars off. I like the offers that I don’t have to think about 😂
That’s what I’m thinking too. I like the activity brings to my store having offers available. I might start putting a minimum offer on some items and see how that goes.
LOL re: your counter offer on shirt for $2.01!!! Yeah, maybe a smartass but funny. Made my day, thanks! I have a piece of uranium glass listed a tad below average at 34.99. Received an offer for 18.00 & declined offer. Came back with 20.00 & declined offer again. I usually write a message but if someone lowballs me like that its insulting. I love finding interesting items to resell but not on Ebay to lose money! I am just selling part-time but this is not in my business plan to grow on Ebay. OMG the kung fu hamster 😂
Haha glad you enjoyed it! I completely agree, this takes a lot of time and work and just don’t have time to play back and forth like that. It gets frustrating! Should have kept that hamster!
@Retired2Resell Yes!!!! I'll be on the lookout for one of those hamsters now!! Can't get the song out of my head! Another great recap video, and many quality items to bolo for.
I don't have offers available for most of my items. I try to price at market. I do send offers. It works for me. I recently posted an item with offers and I got a lot of 75% off. I decline and block. I don't want that kind of store because it's a time suck. That's why I don't have offers. I don't want to have to respond all day.
Yep I might have to switch to no offers for awhile and see if that affects my sales at all. I don’t mind giving reasonable offers, but you’re right, it can be a time suck!
If someone really lowballs like more than 70% I will counteroffer for like a $1 above their offer and after I send it i immediately end the listing. I’ve done that a couple times
I no longer get upset at lowball offers - it's just a small part of Ebay life. I will counter with not too much off, and occasionall I'll send an offer 1 cent lower than my original price just for fun. That's usually the end of it. But any offer activity is good because Ebay seems to give listings with offers more exposure. I usually sell it shortly thereafter at a good price. Don't waste your energy blocking buyers - focus only on the positive.
I always counter but I also set a minimum offer amount so I don’t get those crazy low offers
Yeah that’s a good idea too!
I do the same. I also use the auto accept option and love how it works.
I have also gotten frustrated sometimes I delist and resist after a few weeks and sometimes I relisted at a higher rate and boom the item sells...crazy Couldn't sell it for 7 raised it to 25 it sold in a couple weeks
Haha I’m going to have to try that next time with a few items!
I get low ball offers all the time. I’ve done this once with a very persistent obnoxious buyer. I finally accepted their offer. Then I canceled the order about 30 minutes later. Lol😂
😂 That’s great! Might have to try that.
@@Retired2Resell I did have to block them. But I gained a follower. lol
I like the old background with the gray wood
Thanks! It was really cheap on Amazon and looked pretty cool I think.
I block lowballers because if I just decline they end up sending more insanely lowball offers. I’ve also been blocking a lot of demanding or controlling people who thought they could tell me how to run my business. I’m not talking about helpful suggestions. I’m talking about people flat out being demanding and controlling. Here’s an example. I have an item that I’m the only person who has that item and I priced it for what it sells for, and I was nice enough to send this person an offer knocking off a good portion of the price, but they immediately sent me a message saying that they would pay $20 for it and that’s all, and that my offer wasn’t low enough. That particular item sells for $75. I’m also blocking people who are too demanding on low dollar items like I had someone expect me to answer a dozen questions and send them dozens of pictures of a $15 item. I’m not doing that. I value my time more than I value a buyer who’s just wasting my time.
Thanks for the comment. I have almost the exact same issues. I know that I get way more questions and low offers on items that are price $20 and under. No issues at all with the more expensive items. I had an old Barbie doll listed for $9 and they asked me about 10 questions about it! Ha
@@Retired2Resell it’s always the cheap items and lowballers.
I never answer questions. Despite what you hear on youtube, Ebay does not penalize for not answering messages. I Also put a polite blurb in my listing that I will not pull an item from inventory to answer a question. I set a bar on the items I allow offers on. On posh, I have a blurb that reasonable offers up to 20% off will be considered or countered. Anything in excess will not be considered. These things have helped make my life bearable now. 😂
@@jenna1395 I don’t answer questions anymore either because I kept having people literally spend hours asking me questions and not a single one of them ever bought anything. I’d be careful about advertising it though because there are people in the reselling community that like to try to bully people who advertise things like that. I just saw a video the other day where a guru was attacking a small reseller because they don’t like how that reseller runs their business.
I just set a price on all my goods that I won't go below and just keep countering with that same price and they soon get the message that I won't go lower than that and I don't hear from them anymore.
Yep I’ve done that a few times too. I’ve had people come back with an even lower offer than they gave me the first time. Haha
If someone really lowballs like more than 70% I will counteroffer for like a $1 above their offer and after I send it i immediately end the listing. I’ve done that a couple times
I’m stressed out about getting lowball offers so I did no offer but sometimes I feel like I need sales and can accept them. Now I use both, it depends on the item. By the way, if you can recognize dog’s breed, you better put it. The dog owners are always looking for their breed things! I always put Duchshund instead of Dog when I search. The vans backpack is Welsh Corgi😊
Thanks for the comment. I definitely missed putting the dog breed in that title!
Great update. Quick question - how many items do you list a day on average? thx
I draft 15 items every day and list 10 a day. That leaves me a good draft back to pull from when I can’t work on listings.
@@Retired2Resell thank you. much appreciated!
Funny end to the video!
I just counter and play the game. I have offer thresholds on all my items so I would never see a 75% off offer. Play the game and Ebay usually rewards you. I’ve gotten bad offers, countered, then another item sells within 30 minutes.
I don't even have offers turned on and I still get some lowball offers. I just counter with a reasonable offer. Lol, loved the Kung Foo Fighter 😅.
Yep, I get a lot of low offers on Poshmark too. Or messages on eBay asking if I’m taking offers. When I say yes, they low ball it. Haha
I'd love to see how you ship the mens sport coats. Could you share?
I don’t do anything too special with coats. I just fold them up nicely, wrap them up in brown paper with a thank you sticker. And then place them in a box to ship.
I used to work for The Gap and was told that Salvage jeans cost more because they are made from the edge of the ream of denim so not as many pairs can be made.
If its a lowball offer, I counter once to see if they really want it and come back higher. If not I just decline with no further offers and they usually go away but sometimes come back with a sensible price.
Yep that’s about how I usually handle it as well. Just seems disrespectful to make such low ball offers in the first place.
I rarely decline but I counter quite high when the low ball is ridiculous.
Yeah I’ve thought about countering above my regular price for extremely low ball offers 😂
I recently had a pair of Free People flare leg jeans in like new condition listed for $39 (retail was $148.) Someone on eBay sent me an offer $1 along with a snarky note that said the jeans were sold brand new for only $29 and why was I asking more than retail. Uhhhh…what? I immediately declined and blocked and then the jeans sold a few days later on posh for my full asking price. People are weird. I typically automatically decline any offer 50% or more below asking (unless it’s something that has been sitting for a very long time.) If they come back with another way too low offer, I block.
Wow that’s the worst one I’ve heard yet! That’s crazy. Yep about the same as what I do too, decline anything over 50% off unless it’s really old.
I usually accept reasonable offers and counter for lower ones.
Last week someone lowballed me and I told them ‘no thank you’. Then he said ‘good luck’. So I looked at comps again to make certain the bottom didn’t fall out of the market on that item and from what I could Tell my price was in the middle.
You can have offers set to auto decline at a certain $ threshhold that's what i do. That way anything that's lower than the bottom offer price i set i never see.
Thanks I might have to start using that!
I like to see ALL my offers and always counter even if it’s for 2 dollars off of your price and see if they come back a lot higher I’ve had people except my offer after really low offer so maybe they just taking a shot at it you know but yea I like to see all I think it helps although it could get petty it’s just part of the business
Yep I usually try to counter offer with just about every offer I get, unless it’s just a few dollars off. I like the offers that I don’t have to think about 😂
@@Retired2Resell lol yea but that would be way too easy , there's always a few customers ha
If its a disrespectful offer, I decline. I'll either accept/counter others.
Yep! That’s how it feels, disrespectful, when you get extremely low offers. It’s rude, and I never do that when I’m shopping.
Block them
Yep!
@@Retired2Resell great videos broski. Very eloquent. One of the few people I can watch 😝
Thanks! Really appreciate that. Try to keep them short and simple.
In my mind having offers on and just being more active might help the algorithm for me.
That’s what I’m thinking too. I like the activity brings to my store having offers available. I might start putting a minimum offer on some items and see how that goes.
LOL re: your counter offer on shirt for $2.01!!! Yeah, maybe a smartass but funny. Made my day, thanks!
I have a piece of uranium glass listed a tad below average at 34.99. Received an offer for 18.00 & declined offer. Came back with 20.00 & declined offer again. I usually write a message but if someone lowballs me like that its insulting. I love finding interesting items to resell but not on Ebay to lose money! I am just selling part-time but this is not in my business plan to grow on Ebay.
OMG the kung fu hamster 😂
Haha glad you enjoyed it! I completely agree, this takes a lot of time and work and just don’t have time to play back and forth like that. It gets frustrating! Should have kept that hamster!
@Retired2Resell Yes!!!! I'll be on the lookout for one of those hamsters now!! Can't get the song out of my head! Another great recap video, and many quality items to bolo for.
I don't have offers available for most of my items. I try to price at market. I do send offers. It works for me. I recently posted an item with offers and I got a lot of 75% off. I decline and block. I don't want that kind of store because it's a time suck. That's why I don't have offers. I don't want to have to respond all day.
Yep I might have to switch to no offers for awhile and see if that affects my sales at all. I don’t mind giving reasonable offers, but you’re right, it can be a time suck!
Why block?
@Retired2Resell do it slowly maybe just on certain items to not upset algorithm
If someone really lowballs like more than 70% I will counteroffer for like a $1 above their offer and after I send it i immediately end the listing. I’ve done that a couple times
Haha that’s a nice move!