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title: Making and answering offers | TimeBank Ireland
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# Making and answering offers

Suggest a price to a seller, or accept, decline or counter an offer you receive.

An offer lets a buyer suggest a different price.

## Making an offer

1. Open the item and press Make Offer.
2. Enter Your Offer. The Asking price: is shown for comparison.
3. Add a message if you like.
4. Press Send Offer.

You see **Offer sent successfully!** The seller is told. An offer expires after 2 days if the seller does not answer. You can make one offer at a time on each item.

## Following your offers

Go to [My Offers](/marketplace/my-offers) . The **Sent** tab shows offers you made. The **Received** tab shows offers on your items.

Each offer shows its status: **Pending** , **Accepted** , **Declined** , **Countered** , **Withdrawn** or **Expired** . While an offer is **Pending** , you can press **Withdraw** to cancel it.

## Answering an offer on your item

- Press Accept to agree the price.
- Press Decline to turn it down.
- Press Counter to suggest another price. Enter the Counter Amount and press Send Counter.

If a seller counters your offer, press **Accept Counter** to agree.

## After an offer is accepted

The item is held for the buyer for 2 days. The buyer pays with **Pay accepted offer** on the offer. If they do not pay in time, the item becomes available again.

[Go to this page](/marketplace/my-offers)

## More guides in this topic

[How do I find things in the marketplace?](/help/members/marketplace/browsing_the_marketplace) [Looking at an item and contacting the seller](/help/members/marketplace/looking_at_a_listing) [How do I sell or give away an item?](/help/members/marketplace/selling_an_item) [Managing your listings](/help/members/marketplace/managing_your_listings) [How long do marketplace listings last?](/help/members/marketplace/marketplace_listing_limits) [How do I buy an item?](/help/members/marketplace/buying_an_item) [Following your orders and rating a seller](/help/members/marketplace/marketplace_orders) [How do I report a listing?](/help/members/marketplace/reporting_a_listing)

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