Automated send offers. How long has this been a thing?

[comrie-antique-books]

Hi

I just noticed last night that Ebay has added a new feature in the marketing section titled "offers". I've been wondering for the past month why I don't seem to be getting the ability to send offers on items with numerous watchers. Obviously I've found out the reason for this is Ebay's opted every single item into automated send offers.

This was a massive announce when selling as a private seller, so I find this even more annoying as a business seller. I tend to send out varying offers depending on the length of time it's been listed, the purchase price and value etc so I certainly don't want Ebay dictating my offer prices.

Anyway 1) Does anyone know how long this has been a feature? I assume about of month. And 2) Like on private account does anyone know whether Ebay is going to keep adding items to automated offers after x amount of time? The so called convenience of automated offers will waist more time me constantly removing them from the automated offer section. 

[therenewalworkshopltd · Accepted solution]

It's been a thing for quite a while.

But it's not Ebay just sending out automated offers.

What will have happened, is that when you have been sending out your offers, the defaults change to "automated, yes" rather than no.

And unless you notice this, it continues to do it every single time that you send an offer out.

If you go to the new offers page, you can select all the items that are automated and switch them off in one go fortunately. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sh/mktv2/offers

[simplyessential_uk]

I think its a glitch as this was a "thing" about 2yrs ago when all my listing seemed to be selling cheaper and I couldnt work out why until I found out on herer - so I removed them all from auto offers - then last week for 2 days I was getting sales through on lower amounts so checked and 13 of my listings were in auto offers again - I think Ebay had put any offers I had sent straight into auto offers thereafter, but theres a toggle on offers to select if you want auto offers and I had definitely not ticked that as I knew from last time.

You can remove them (its tedious and cant be dont by bulk) Go to your deller dashboard > listings > Click on Send offers eligible (Its a tab on the top) > Click ALL FILTERS (to the right on the top)  , Select Offers > Offers sending automatically- Then click on this and on those listings EDIT each one  > View Offer settings > Send offers to buyers (It will say Automatically send offers ON - change to OFF)  You have to do that for each listing (Ive tried to look under bulk editing and not there)

 

[therenewalworkshopltd]

It is when you send offers.  After a while it auto populates the field as a "Yes".  And from that point, will start sending offers for you.  From that point on, any offers you send default to the yes, until you actually notice it.

And for removing them, it's much simpler now than the way you have described.

As per my prior post:

If you go to the new offers page, you can select all the items that are automated and switch them off in one go fortunately. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sh/mktv2/offers

[bazinga-games]

I used to send offers using my phone app until I realised they automatically switched on 'send offers' to ALL viewers of the listing. 

Once I realised this, I stopped sending them using the app - I only do it from my pc now and have done for a year or two.

[simplyessential_uk]

Thats great - Thanks - I remember last time this happened It took me age to remove all the offers manually so Ill use that new page