What could be the reason for people to spam offers on products? And never buying anything after they are approved?
Some people just spam dozens of models with offers. Do they get some bonus points for that?
We might simply ignore price offer requests because just around 1-2% from them are real resulting in sales.
Interesting point, I love the idea of the price offer system, its one of the things which I think could set this store above others stores in my opinion :) However if it becomes abused then that is a shame.. On the bright side responding to offers does contribute to your response rate percentage which I imagine would make people more comfortable about buying if they know you will get back to them on any questions.
Had 4 to date with only 1 resylting in a sale.....
I do not like the make offer system as it is a waste if time and if you accept an offer you might as well bring down your prices in general.... If people do not want to pay my asking price, which is low in any case, then they might just as well buy another model from someone who are willing to lower their price on their work.....
Just my thoughts...
I decline all haggling attempts, as this is not a thriftshop - you either NEED the model or you DON'T need it. If you need it, you will buy it for the 1/10th or less of the price it will cost to order it from an artist.
Many who post "50% off today!!!!" posts don't understand how this business works. They think people buy models for convenience, "oh look, it's cheaper today, let's strike it honey!"
Those that haggle are simply not really buyers. It is also irritating, that somebody will haggle for something that is already massively discounted, and I wish I could turn it off completely.
I had 6 price offers. One of them was insultingly low, so i declined. Other was withdrawned by buyer. But 4 of them resulted in sales under lower price. But it was from one person who approached me to buy 4 of my models. And he did bought 4 of my models. He asked for lower price, but we negotiated and meet in the middle for all 4. I had 4 remaining 100% royalties from prize i won on Christmas challenge. So, in the end it was a really good day :). But i see your point that this can be abused. Like that first person i mentioned asked 80% of the price value to go down for particular model. It's just spam.
"If you are selling something unique then yes, you have a point, offers and discounts etc would be of little effect, however for generic stuff, like much of your own work it is a completely different situation. A jet for example, a jet is a jet, a chocolate box is a chocolate box! Its no different from any other! Same with any other product based model, you don't stand out....."
To be frank, birds, dragons and fantasy creatures aren't exactly the uniquest items on offer around here either. Their name is legion all around. Since you decided to take a cheap potshot.
Hey guys,
It's an interesting topic and an issue. We are planning on implementing the "check box" - so you can check if you want to receive the price offers for different items.
Jazz_cousins, if you need a little bit of a market research, this one can be very beneficial:
https://www.cgtrader.com/blog/infographic-best-selling-3d-models-and-practices
Regards,
Eduardas, CGTrader
I like the offer feature.
It gives customers with a low budget the possibility to work with you files.
But offer spamming/trolling is bullshit!
https://3dartdh.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/a-troll-or-not-a-troll-that-is-the-question.jpg?w=1500
So this Brought me this two ideas, which could reduce this annoying problem.
1. Instant sale.
If the seller akzeptiere the offer, the sale is done.
2. Time limited sale.
After the seller accepted the offer the customer has one hour to cancel the sale.
And if the customer cancel the sale the seller will get a message.
And also the customer will be put on a list which counts how often he do cancel a offer just to analyse if it is a troll or a real customer.
Also the customer should know this by giving him a message/warning window which he must agree before he can do a offer.
Just some Ideas :)
I don't think that forcing buyer to commit to purchase is a positive thing. And how do you expect to make one pay if he decides not to do so?
Maybe there could be better ways to solve this problem? Like to do such only buyer who has at least one normal purchase would be eligible to make an offer. That would be at least some defence against those naggers who have no real intention to buy anything.
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