How to Send an Under Bidder a Second Chance Offer on EBay

There may be times when you want to offer an item for sale to an under bidder on eBay. EBay policy allows you to make second chance offers to under bidders when you have a non-paying bidder, you have multiples of the item you are offering for sale or when an auction item did not sell because the reserve price was not met.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Log into your eBay account and go to your "My eBay page."

2. Click on "Sold" under the "All Selling" category on the left side of the page if you are making a second chance offer on an auction that ended successfully. Click on "Unsold" if you are making an offer on an item that did not hit reserve price and did not sell.

3. Locate the auction that you want to make the offer on and click on the pull down menu in the "Action" column.

4. Choose "Second Chance Offer" from the menu and then click the continue button.

5. Select the under bidders that you wish to make second chance offers to.

6. Choose the duration. You have a choice between 1, 3, 5 or 7 days. This is the length of time that you want to give the under bidder to consider your second chance offer.

7. Write a personal message to the under bidder. It is a good idea to tell them why you are making the second chance offer.

Tips & Warnings

• You will not be charged eBay insertion fees on a second chance offer. If an under bidder accepts your offer though, you will be charged final valuation fees.
• Some eBay bidders have opted not to receive second chance offers. If your under bidder does not wish to receive the offer you will not be allowed to make it.
• You can choose more than one under bidder to receive a second chance offer at the same time; however, you should only do this if you have multiple items. Do not make more than one second chance offer at a time if you only have one item for sale. If both under bidders accept your offer you will be obligated to complete the sale with both of them.

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