How to Create a Manual Sale
Need to sell an item at a price that isn’t the Buy It Now, or get a buyer checked out quickly? A manual sale creates an order for them in a couple of clicks.
- Create a manual sale makes a new order at a price you set — not the Buy It Now price.
- It creates an order on your Orders page; you then send your Thryft Ship link so they check out.
- Pick someone who already commented or bid, or enter the winner’s username if they aren’t one of them.
When to use a manual sale
Use it whenever you need to check a buyer out at a custom price — say you agreed on a price in the DMs, or you want to move an item quickly outside of bidding. It simply creates an order for that customer, just like any other Thryft Ship order.
How to create a manual sale
- Open the item
In your Sales Assistant, click into the active drop and select the item.
- Click “Create a manual sale”
In the action buttons under the item, click Create a manual sale.
- Choose the buyer
Pick one of the people who already commented or bid, or enter the winner’s username if they aren’t one of the bidders.
- Set the price
Enter the price you agreed on. This creates an order for that customer on your Orders page.
- Send your link
Send the buyer your Thryft Ship link as usual — they check out by entering their Instagram handle. See How Checkout Works.
Prefer to watch? This clip jumps to the “Create a manual sale” button in our active-drop walkthrough.
Common questions
How is this different from “Mark as sold”?
A manual sale creates a new order so a buyer can check out. Mark as sold records a sale that already happened. See Mark an Item as Sold.
What price will the customer pay?
Whatever price you enter when you create the sale — it doesn’t have to match the Buy It Now.
How does the customer pay?
You send them your Thryft Ship link and they check out by entering their Instagram handle, like any other order. See How Checkout Works.
