iOffer.com Unveils Enhanced Item Detail Page

Another iOffer press release:

New Design Improves Buying Experience with Better Features, Selling Experience with Increased Item Exposure

San Francisco, CA -- Online shopping consists of two elements: buyers and sellers. Buyers must be completely satisfied with their purchase, and sellers must provide the best service to retain buyers. Buyers must understand the full buying terms up front, and sellers want to expose their items to more buyers. iOffer's new item detail page satisfies both buyers and sellers, with advanced buying features and extensive selling attributes.

Enlarged item displays add clarity and focus to each item listing, followed by a full description to reiterate its importance. Buying terms are grouped together to let buyers grasp relevant information immediately, stating the item's asking price, quantity, shipping info & price, payment options, and available actions on the item.

A "Meet the Seller" box introduces the seller and his or her store to buyers, displaying recent activities and feedback ratings. Buyers can access the seller profile, past transactions, feedback comments, and seller statistics through the rating chart before making informed buying decisions.

Multiple gateways to the seller store are strategically placed on the page, including a permanent slideshow and a gallery view of their items. This convenient path connects buyers and sellers to help foster and develop a strong business relationship.

An organized tabbing system eliminates the need to scroll down the page, showing all buying information in one central location. The simple and clean layout allow item detail pages to load faster, permitting buyers to browse more item listings and find the best deal in a shorter amount of time.

The new item detail page is centered on item description and buying terms, creating a global buyer appeal. Placing the most prominent information in the center inspires buyers to proactively initiate negotiations with sellers to speed up transactions. As a result, buyers and sellers are satisfied, and both obtain better online shopping experiences.

About iOffer, Inc.

iOffer, Inc. is recognized as a leading alternative online marketplace worldwide. Since 2001, iOffer has been changing the way online transactions are conducted, providing a safe and friendly community for its members to buy, sell, and trade through open negotiations. iOffer believes that active communication and interactions are keys to the success and enjoyment of their members. For more information, please visit www.ioffer.com.

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Selling on iOffer Part 3: Snag a Sale

Did you have a good start with the Want Ads? Here's another starting point.

Selling is like fishing. You wait and you wait, until something finally happens. You feel a tug at your pole, so you start pulling. For all you know it could just be a garbage bag.

Likewise, sellers wait awhile before they make a sale. When someone finally comes and takes a look around your store, you get excited and give them your full attention, not knowing if they're actually buying something or not.

To make sure that you get the real deal, use iOffer's Snag-a-Sale.

Snag-a-Sale is a feature that lets you see the offers and negotiations that are taking place in front of you, whether there's a question or offer in place.

Why do you care?

The transaction is not completely done. There's no commitment yet. That's where you come in. If you got the same item or something similar, jump in there and offer the buyer a better deal.

Just like fishing, snag the buyer quickly with your offer before it's too late. It's a big ocean out there; everything is fair game.

5 Ways to Buy on iOffer

Last year, literally, I did a pretty poor job of overviewing the buying concept of iOffer, with a promised but yet to be fulfilled overview of selling on iOffer. Here's the beginning of attempt #2.

Buying on iOffer is similar to buying on any other physical store or web site. You walk through the doors, or enter a web site. You walk or click around to see what this particular store has to offer. Personally, I am more interested in finding sales and deals, and comparing prices to see how I can pay the minimum for the maximum.

iOffer helps you in that sense. When you want to find something, just type it in and all the results will come out. iOffer consists of MANY seller stores for you to browse around, eliminating the extra car trips and web portals. Sellers offer great deals, and if it's not great enough, feel free to make them an offer that's sure to entice them back, because having a sale is better than having no sale.

Once you get all that taken care of, here are 3 ways for you to buy on iOffer:

1. Buy Now

Most item listings you see will have a "Buy Now" button. If you are satisfied with everything, click on the button and the item's yours. Filling out the rest of the information only takes about 5 minutes.

2. Make Offer

Many item listings will also have a "Make Offer" button. If you are not sure about the price the seller put up, just make an offer and see what the seller says about it. There's nothing wrong with negotiating, it's Business 101.

3. Add to Cart

Why the heck do you need to add your item to a shopping cart if you know you want it? Because if you want to buy more items from the same seller, you can make a combined bundle offer for all the items to potentially save on shipping. Plus, adding your items to a shopping cart gives you the opportunity to...

4. Make a Group Offer

Multiple sellers are sure to have similar items for sale. If you find them and don't mind getting any one of them, you can make a group offer on them. A Group Offer lets you send one offer price to multiple sellers on similar items. You're giving sellers a first come first serve rule; whoever you can strike a deal with first wins your business.

5. Ask a Question

Finally, if you want to know more information about the item(s), you can ask a question to the seller before committing to anything. This may not necessarily mean buying the item, but you have to start somewhere, right?

That's a lot of information to swallow in one day. Come back tomorrow to learn a little bit more about a couple features that goes with buying on iOffer.

What is iOffer

Back to basics. Breaking down iOffer little by little.

iOffer is an interactive online community that allows its members to buy, sell, and trade through open negotiations, viewable to the general public, just like you would in real life.

Of the top of my head, here are some of their basic benefits:
- No Listing Fees
- Free iOffer Store
- Free pictures
- Transfer your items and ratings from eBay and other sites
- No item expiration dates
- Sellers only pay a fee when their item sells
- Multiple payment options (PayPal, Google Checkout, Mpayy, Amazon Payments...)
- and more...

One unique characteristic of iOffer is that buyers can make OFFERS on items, so it's waiting until the end of an auction to bid on an item. Instead of bidding, iOffer is all about NEGOTIATIONS.

New iOffer Home Page

Starting today, when you visit www.ioffer.com, you will see a brand new design. Here's a breakdown of each individual section:

Smack in the middle of the page is a welcoming message about iOffer and what it is. The search box lets you search the entire site immediately. Click on "learn more" to see the various features that you can use on iOffer.

To the left of that is a little box that encourages new visitors to sell on iOffer. It is truly fast and easy to start selling on iOffer. Like the box says, there's no listing fees, you get a free iOffer store, and you can transfer your items and ratings over to iOffer from other sites. Just click on the big, yellow button to see for yourself.

Right below that is a "Current Activity on iOffer" box. This area shows you how active the site really is. Buyers and sellers are always online, and questions and offers are continuously being made. Click on each individual link to see what was said if you're interested.

Then there's the huge category visual. In addition to the normal category column on the left hand side of the page, this visual is more appealing and attractive (at least to me). These are the more popular categories on iOffer, so click on a few and browse around and see what's cooking. Wouldn't you want to click on one of those pretty pictures instead of a word? I know I would.

Right underneath that are the "Featured Items". Sellers who paid for this enhanced feature will see their items here, with a much bigger picture than before. You're sure to get more lookers this way. Pictures are always good, so I would suggest all sellers to keep putting nice pictures for their items. Pictures are FREE anyways, so why not. These 8 pictures will rotate, but if you want to see more Featured Items, just click on the "View All Featured" link.

Finally, you can see what buyers are saying about their sellers and the items they bought. Read it and you'll be sure to feel welcome. This shows how wonderful the site is, with buyers and sellers happily transacting with each other. Happy Buyers = Happy Sellers = Happy Business = Happy $$$. Now, if only I can get more sales.

So, what do you think about the new look?

Buying on iOffer: Recap

This is the last of a series of posts about the simple aspects of buying on iOffer.com.

1. Buy Now - If everything looks good--price is right, shipping's awesome, no questions needed--just click the "Buy Now" button to purchase the item right away!

2. Make Offer - Have some fun with the website. If the price isn't right, make some offers and counter offers on some items to experience how the site really works!

3. Ask a Question - Are you the cautious kind of buyer? Ask as many questions as you want about the item(s) before committing to anything. You may even request an offer from the seller if you want them to make the first move.

4. Add to Cart - Maybe you're the indecisive kind. Add the item to your shopping cart so you can monitor the item(s) whenever you want. But don't wait too long because the item might be gone before you can get back to it.

5. Swap - Why pay for something when you can trade for it. If both parties agree on item(s) that each person wants from the other person, then you guys can trade those items instead of the traditional buying and selling.

That was one big and short recap of the several buying aspects of iOffer. If you want, go to their Buyer Center and learn more about buying.

Next time, we'll talk about the opposite of buying...Selling!

- iOffer Dude

Buying on iOffer: Part 5

This is the fifth of a series of posts about the simple aspects of buying on iOffer.com.

If buying isn't really your thing, one cool thing about iOffer is that you are allowed to SWAP with a seller.


Swapping lets you trade your item(s) for the item(s) that you were looking at. You may initiate the swap by clicking on the "Let's Swap" button. Then this window will pop up for you to send the seller a nice message about what you want to do. The seller can view your items and choose the ones they want to swap if everything works out.

However, you must have items for sale to be able to initiate swaps. Nonetheless, this is another great way for ioffer to engage its members to negotiate, rather than bid, bid, bid.

- iOffer Dude

Buying on iOffer: Part 4

This is the fourth of a series of posts about the simple aspects of buying on iOffer.com.

If you can't decide between "Buy Now", "Make an Offer", or "Ask a Question", your other choice can be: Add to Cart.


This window will pop up to let you know that you have added the item to your cart. Whenever you're ready to decide what you want to do with your item, just click the little shopping cart icon on the upper right hand side of the page.

- iOffer Dude

Buying on iOffer: Part 3

This is the third of a series of posts about the simple aspects of buying on iOffer.com.

If you're not ready to buy the item immediately or just have no clue what kind of offer you want to make, another option you can do is: Ask a Question


The above box will pop up. Type in whatever you want to ask, whether it's about the item itself or about shipping. Anything related to the product at all you can ask, and it will show up publicly. In fact, you can even request the seller to put more pictures of the item and ask the seller to give you an offer! Now, how cool is that?

- iOffer Dude

Buying on iOffer: Part 2

This is the second of a series of posts about the simple aspects of buying on iOffer.com.

After looking at an item and the "Buy Now" price still seems a little iffy, you may go ahead and "Make an Offer" instead.


The above box will pop up. Type in the price you want to pay instead, and check the box to specify if shipping is included in the price or you're willing to pay extra. You may even post a comment with your offer, asking an additional question or convincing the seller to accept your offer. Finally, select whether your offer will stand for the standard 3 days, 1 day, or 5 days. Review and submit your offer and you're all done!

- iOffer Dude

Popular iOffer Community Clubs

Below are some of the more popular community clubs on iOffer. Mouse over each club logo to see the title of each club. And since your cursor is already on top of it, why not click it and check out what other members have to say!



- iOffer Dude