Mercari Launches New Features: Time-Limited Sales, Auto-Offers To Likers & Adjusted Bundle Shipping
Mercari has finally officially announced several new features that have been in beta testing over recent months, launching Time-Limited Sales, Auto-Offers To Likers, and Adjusted Bundle Shipping.
Time-Limited Sales
Bring urgency to listings with Time-limited sales. Just select a listing, tap Promote >> Time-limited sale, and choose your discount. Your 72-hour sale starts right away, plus gets these perks:
- Deals page feature with red timer badge
- Boosted in search results
- Notifications sent to potential buyers
When the sale ends, your item automatically returns to its original price.
This feature allows sellers to offer a discount on items that have been listed for seven or more days. The discount will be valid for three days and will boost the item in search results, feature the item in the "Deals" section, and notify interested buyers.
When an item is put on sale, it must be offered for at least 10% lower than the historical lowest price of the listing.
Auto-Offers To Likers
Now you can send automatic, individual offers to new likers. Just send an offer to likers as usual and we’ll automatically send offers to all future likers.
That’s it! If a new liker accepts the offer, the sale is binding. No more delays or lowering your historic price. Just faster, targeted offers to help sell more efficiently!
If the seller reduces their price by 10% or more, Mercari will notify up to 50 of the most recent likers of that item, starting with the most recent to the oldest liker.
The Offer to Likers remains valid for 24 hours. If a liker accepts the reduced price offer, then the purchase is binding. If no sale is made, in order to send a new Offer to Likers on an item, the new price will need to be at least 10% lower than the historically lowest price, and can never be lower than $1.
When someone new likes the item, Mercari send them the same offer after some time has passed, as long as the offer price is lower than the item price.
Adjusted bundle shipping
We now calculate bundle shipping based on the weight of each item in the order, giving you (and buyers) more accurate rates.
What do you think of these latest Mercari updates and new features? Let us know in the comments below!
