Final Value Fee offers

moonpenny

I have not had a fvf offer since February.

Just wondered anyone in same situation, how long was it before you started getting them again? 
Thought maybe at 6 mths (as I am at 5 mths) but that may be wishful thinking.

soolin

moonpenny said:

I have not had a fvf offer since February.

Just wondered anyone in same situation, how long was it before you started getting them again? 
Thought maybe at 6 mths (as I am at 5 mths) but that may be wishful thinking.

It might be worth checking your account to see if there is anything going on. For instance nothing sinister on your dashboard, no late deliveries showing or unresolved cases and definitely showing as standard or above average.

Then one final check, you haven't been switched to a business account have you? Daft question I know but a while ago this apparently happened to someone on a different forum, they said they didn't notice or understand the messages that ebay sent and hadn't realised that by being switched they wouldn't get the offers any more.

One other thing, are you still listing and keeping your account active?

Spoonie_Turtle

I didn't get any for ages - no idea how long, as I rarely sell and haven't done for a few years.
Just recently I did get one that I accepted, and a fortnight later I've had another.  You could be right with 6 months, I don't know.

moonpenny

soolin said:

It might be worth checking your account to see if there is anything going on. For instance nothing sinister on your dashboard, no late deliveries showing or unresolved cases and definitely showing as standard or above average.

Then one final check, you haven't been switched to a business account have you? Daft question I know but a while ago this apparently happened to someone on a different forum, they said they didn't notice or understand the messages that ebay sent and hadn't realised that by being switched they wouldn't get the offers any more.

One other thing, are you still listing and keeping your account active?

Checked everything and all OK.  100% feedback, above average on dashboard, no lates or anything.  Still on personal account. I am still listing and have had a couple of small sales recently.
I even wondered if I should stop listing and see if that makes a difference.
Previous to this I was getting offers every fortnight. 

Micron

Similar situation here moonpenny, not had a fvf offer since about April, my parner receives the offers nearly every week but as the offers now seem to be personalisd the links won't work for me.

Let's hope some offfers turn up soon as I have loads to sell but I don't really want to pay eBay 13% of my sales when other sellers are only paying about 2 or 3% in fees.

Adamhoward20

It’s probably worth going back through your eBay messages and clicking activate on old promotions. It could be that your account is eligible, just not sending you messages. 

Buster_Danog

I think some accounts can get thm while others don't. However, I also had the experience of using a dynamic IP address with a mobile phone company to log into my ebay account and then not receiving a FVF offer the next time they came around. I haven't been selling on there lately, but that was definitely the first time I did not receive / qualify for the offer.

stewartwilliams

I tend to only get the 70% off final fees ones and these only ever seem to be offered when I'm not at home that weekend.  Just had the weekend off and nothing.  Working next weekend, so I bet there's an offer.

Last time I sold something outside of these offers, they took close to 15% off me in fees etc. and that was before I sent it.

Sometimes one of the deals websites has links to 70%, 80% and £1 final fees, in someone's post, that may or may not appear in your eBay account.  One of them generally works (70% probably)

Rantband

Have you tried making the listings when you are not working and just schedule them to go live during the FVFs offer period ?

moonpenny

I have tried all the deals posted on here and the website's and nothing works.  I think you have to be eligible for an offer by ebay that weekend anyway for them to work.

soolin

stewartwilliams said:

I tend to only get the 70% off final fees ones and these only ever seem to be offered when I'm not at home that weekend.  Just had the weekend off and nothing.  Working next weekend, so I bet there's an offer.

Last time I sold something outside of these offers, they took close to 15% off me in fees etc. and that was before I sent it.

Sometimes one of the deals websites has links to 70%, 80% and £1 final fees, in someone's post, that may or may not appear in your eBay account.  One of them generally works (70% probably)

As Rantband suggests, use the scheduling system to sort out his problem. I’ve been listing a few things today on my private account, and on the basis there might be an offer this weekend I’ve completed the listings and scheduled them for a random date in August. Then if I get an offer I can just reschedule after I accept it, or list’live’. If I don’t get an offer I can just keep rescheduling until either I get an offer or decide to list anyway.