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I am thinking to offer high bidder to purchase additional quantity at 1/2 (or whatever %) of the high bid after the auction is over. Is it ok to do so? Will I violate any eBay rules? Also, is this a good strategy?
As long as the buyer doesn’t complain to ebay, there won’t be a problem. If they complain, ebay might try to spout their no spamming policy, but I doubt they’d suspend you. As far as price goes, it depends on if they are expensive or not. If it’s a low price item, you won’t be paying ebay/paypal/billpoint fees. Explain that to the buyer and if they want it they’ll take it. I’ve done many side deals, and it’s benificial to both parties.(Save on shipping, fees, making ebay listings, waiting for the sale to complete)
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I am thinking to offer high bidder to purchase additional quantity at 1/2 (or whatever %) of the high bid after the auction is over. Is it ok to do so? Will I violate any eBay rules? Also, is this a good strategy?
It’s an Excellent strategy for you to become the next NARU victim. It’s called fee avoidance at eBay. Watch out! — Friend, Howard Lute -kell- eBay Rating: 1050 LPFM Page: http://pw1.netcom.com/~optcamel/fmradio.htm
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I am thinking to offer high bidder to purchase additional quantity at 1/2 (or whatever %) of the high bid after the auction is over. Is it ok to do so? Will I violate any eBay rules? Also, is this a good strategy?
Don’t offer the same item at 1/2 of the of the bid. Think of something different buy similar. Offer that at a reasonable price. As it is different than the auction item I don’t think Ebay will complain. It is an excellent legal stategy for double or tripling you sales with no added costs. Once you have the bidder in a buying mode, he/she is most likely to buy more. Example, lets say you are selling beanie babies. Find a cheap source of books on collecting beanie babies. For every beanie baby you sell offer to sell them the books too. Sometimes you can get remainder books for $1.00 that had a retail of $19.95, offer for $9.95. You make 9 dollars and the customer gets a great bargin. Everyone is happy. I can’t find anything in the ebay rules prohibit this. But, once the sale is complete it IS against the rules to contact that bidder with the other offers. So you have to offer right after the auction ends.
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Would that also include brochures or a list of items that you’re also selling (included with the item that’s already being shipped to the buyer) being illegal too? Sheryl
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I can’t find anything in the ebay rules prohibit this. But, once the sale is complete it IS against the rules to contact that bidder with the other offers. So you have to offer right after the auction ends.
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Would that also include brochures or a list of items that you’re also selling (included with the item that’s already being shipped to the buyer) being illegal too? Sheryl
There’s no rule against doing that as far as I can see. If you look at the rules, the restrictions are against either contacting someone that didn’t win your auction, contacting someone to sell something already listed on eBay, and contacting someone who hasn’t indicated that they want to be contacted. If you’re sending to someone who won your auction, this last one really only comes into play if the contact is seperate from a normal auction communication. What I do is simple. If I have ten plates, I list one or two, if the price goes high, I’ll mention in my end of auction email that I have more plates at the same price per plate, or more pieces in this pattern as the case may be, and to let me know if he’s interested. If he is, we take it from there. I don’t list every item I have and a price, but I do let him know that more is available. I do not offer to sell him similar items that were listed and he didn’t bid on, and I don’t offer to sell him currently listed items, although if he responds that he is interested in my items that weren’t listed, I will mention that I have other similar auctions running, and that if he wants to bid on an auction ending later, I’d be willing to wait and see if he wins before he sends payment so I can combine shipping if he wins. If they don’t respond to my query, I never mention it again. Catalogs don’t really work for my type of merchandise, but stuffed into the box with the merchandise you’re shipping, they would fit into the same general category, since it would be included with a mailing that had to be made pursuant to the completion of the auction. If you waited a week, and sent them a catalog or brochure as a seperate mailing, you would be violating the rules. Richard Ward
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I am thinking to offer high bidder to purchase additional quantity at 1/2 (or whatever %) of the high bid after the auction is over. Is it ok to do so? Will I violate any eBay rules? Also, is this a good strategy?
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It’s a great strategy if your goal is to get NARUed. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am thinking to offer high bidder to purchase additional quantity at 1/2 (or whatever %) of the high bid after the auction is over. Is it ok to do so? Will I violate any eBay rules? Also, is this a good strategy?
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I am thinking to offer high bidder to purchase additional quantity at 1/2 (or whatever %) of the high bid after the auction is over. Is it ok to do so? Will I violate any eBay rules? Also, is this a good strategy?
If you do so as part of a normal auction correspondence, like your end of auction email, and you offer goods that have not been listed on eBay, I don’t think it violates the rules. Others may differ, but I can’t find any eBay rule this violates. I would not offer them additional quantities at 50% of the winning bid, that implies that they overpaid for the item they won at auction, which never helps customer satisfaction or your bottom line. When I make a post auction offer I offer it at the winning bid, with most of the savings coming from postage. If they are purchasing a large number of items, I give a quantity discount, the more they purchase, the bigger the discount. I don’t drop the price more than 20% no matter how much they buy. Richard Ward
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