Use Best Offer on eBay to propose a lower price to the seller
Verified on the store's site · Checked Nov 2, 2026
On listings with Best Offer, offer the seller a price you're willing to pay. You get up to 3 offers on most items, and the seller has 24 hours to accept, decline or counter.
How to use it
- Find a listing that shows Best Offer
- Enter the price you are willing to pay and send the offer
- Wait up to 24 hours for the seller to accept, decline or counter
- If countered, decline, keep negotiating or check out within 96 hours
- Pay promptly after acceptance, or turn on autopay to secure the item
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Who qualifies
- Listings where the seller has turned on Best Offer
What's left out
- Up to 3 offers on most items, 5 in most vehicle categories
- Expired, declined and withdrawn offers count toward the limit
- Up to 4 counteroffers to the seller
- An accepted offer doesn't hold the item; others can buy it until you pay, unless autopay is on
- Offers expire if the seller doesn't respond in 24 hours or the listing ends
Source
From ebay.com (opens in a new tab)With Best Offer, you can offer the seller a price you're willing to pay for the item. The seller has 24 hours to decide whether to accept or decline your offer.