How to Make an Offer

Found something you love at a price you'd like to negotiate? Here's how offers work end to end.

When a seller turns on Make an Offer for a fixed-price listing, you can propose a price instead of paying the listed one. The seller can accept, decline, or send a counter-offer. It's a friendly way to agree on a fair price — but an offer is a real commitment, so here's exactly how it works and what you're agreeing to.

1. Send your offer

On an eligible listing, tap Make an Offer and enter the price you'd like to pay. You can usually add a short note. Offer what you're genuinely willing to pay: when you submit an offer, you make a binding, good-faith commitment to buy the item at that price if the seller accepts it. Only offer on items you're ready to purchase.

2. The seller accepts, declines, or counters

The seller can accept your offer, decline it, or reply with a counter-offer at a different price. A counter-offer replaces the previous offer — you can then accept the seller's counter, send your own counter back, or let it go. Offers and counter-offers may carry an expiry time and lapse automatically if no one accepts in time. Before an offer is accepted, either side may withdraw it.

3. Acceptance forms a contract of sale

As soon as the seller accepts your offer (or you accept their counter), a binding contract of sale is formed at the agreed price, on the terms in the listing. There's nothing more to negotiate — the price is locked in and it's time to pay.

4. Pay safely through escrow

Complete payment through the Platform at the agreed price. With escrow, your payment is authorised and held safely by the payment processor — it isn't released to the seller until you've received your item and confirmed it's as described. The seller then ships, adds tracking, and the funds release once you confirm receipt, exactly like any other purchase.

A few good habits

Offers don't reserve stock. The item can still sell or change price until a contract is formed by acceptance and checkout.
Keep the whole negotiation on-platform — only payments made through NexudeIT's checkout and escrow are protected.
An accepted offer can't be unilaterally withdrawn, so be sure before you offer or accept.

If you don't pay after acceptance

Because an accepted offer is binding, walking away from it is a breach — the same as not paying for an auction you won. It can mean escrow penalties, account strikes (which escalate to suspension), and losing your offer and bidding privileges. If you offered by mistake, contact the seller and our support right away rather than going silent.