CART OFFERS are ONLINE!

[member_zero]

Site Status Update: 02/16/2010

Atomic Mall announces "Cart Offers"

Today Atomic Mall's new Cart Offer system went live, allowing shoppers to fill their carts with multiple items from a seller's store, then submit an offer for the entire bundle! Previously, buyers wanting to negotiate pricing on multiple store items had to send individual offers on each item, and then complete separate checkouts for each approved offer. Now the entire process is wrapped up into a single neat transaction, saving valuable time and allowing shoppers to leverage the power of bulk-lot buying to secure great deals.

Making a Cart Offer is a simple process:

1. Buyer selects an Offers-enabled item and adds it to the cart:



2. Buyer adds additional items from the same Seller. If the seller has enabled offers on all the items, the "Cart Offers" graphic will display, alerting the shopper that they may submit an offer for the lot:



3. Clicking the image transfers the Buyer to the Cart Offer entry page, showing the cart items along with their asking prices and respective shipping fees. If the Seller has a combined shipping discount set, this discount is reflected in the totals shown. The Buyer may then enter an offer for a lower purchase price on the entire cart:



4. Buyer is given a final review page, and clicks the "Confirm" button to lock in the offer, sending it to the Seller:



5. The final confirmation screen appears, and the Seller immediately receives the offer with complete details of the items and prices involved - both as an email notice and an account alert:



At this point the Seller can accept the offer, decline it, or send a counteroffer back to the Buyer. If the offer is ultimately accepted, the Buyer is provided with a unique url to complete the purchase at the newly negotiated price.

I think our new Cart Offer system will be well received by both buyers and sellers alike. It has been one of our most requested upgrades, and I'm pleased to announce that this great new tool is in place and functioning. The new system has the same look and feel as our standard single item offer feature, so members familiar with that system will feel right at home with Cart Offers.

As always, feedback and suggestions are not only welcome but encouraged!

Cheers,
Mike

[tam2win1]

Great idea! I just had one of those three items/three offers/three payment deals not too long ago.

Just a question though... Do we have to do anything to make this active in our stores or is it automatically set up and going good? Just want to make sure I'm not missing out on something by not hitting the activate button.

[member_zero]

Great idea! I just had one of those three items/three offers/three payment deals not too long ago.

Just a question though... Do we have to do anything to make this active in our stores or is it automatically set up and going good? Just want to make sure I'm not missing out on something by not hitting the activate button.

You don't have to do anything special. Any items that are open to offers now will be open to cart offers. However if you have an item or two with offers disabled, they will cancel out the Cart Offer feature if they are included in someone's cart with other "offers enabled" items.

For Cart Offers to work, all items in the cart must have offers enabled.

[cvgplus]

That is pretty cool. Will cut down time and hassle of multiple offers and be able to do it in one transaction. Mike, that is really a good function that you added. Thanks.

[jlynnpro]

Wow! This is really, really cool!

Thanks, Mike!

This place just keeps getting better and better! Even though I have only 2 sales, I STILL feel I'm in the right place.

Jen M.

[cubanitatb]

Wow! This is really, really cool!

Thanks, Mike!

This place just keeps getting better and better! Even though I have only 2 sales, I STILL feel I'm in the right place.

Jen M.

Yes, this is the place to be and sell Jen..and the sales will come..trust me..

thanks Mike for time and time again making Atomic Mall the best place to be