[Philippines] Reply Quota for Sellers
From 17 April 2024, each seller will have a monthly limit on the number of unique buyers you can reply to in each category. Reply quota will be consumed when you reply to a chat from a new buyer for the first time, all subsequent chats with the same buyer will not consume any new quota.
Your quota will refresh on a fixed day of every month, the day depends on when the quota was first consumed. If quota consumption day is on the 31st of any month, quota refresh day will default to the last day of every month.
Reply quota per category as of Nov 2024
Use your reply quota when:
- You reply to a chat from a new buyer for the first time, or
- You accept/reject an offer from a new buyer
Once a seller has consumed quota for a specific buyer, all subsequent chats with the same buyer will not consume any new quota. This is regardless of listings, category, or time period.
Reply quota will not be consumed if:
- You had replied a previous chat with the same buyer on other listings
- You do not reply to the new buyer chat
- You have an active Shoutout campaign running
- Chat was replied through auto replies (CarouBiz)
- Chat is with @carousell_assistant
- Listing of the chat is a Certified listing
- Listing of the chat has a running Spotlight campaign
- Listing of the chat was bumped within the last 2 days
What will happen to my current chats with buyers before 17 April 2024?
If you engage in a chat with a buyer with whom you've interacted with in the last three months from 17 Apr, responding to these conversations will not be considered as part of your reply quota. This means that you can reply freely to your familiar buyers!
How do I check my quota?
We will notify you when you've consumed 80% or more of your reply quota in any category, or if you've reached your quota limits. By clicking on the info icon in the banner, it will also provide a further breakdown of categories where you have consumed quota. If you do not see this banner, rest assured – you still have a substantial amount of free reply quota available!
What happens when I have hit my quota?
Chats from new buyers will be greyed out and have an ‘On hold’ tag. You will not be able to reply to new buyer chats until you have unlocked unlimited quota or wait for your next quota refresh date. Chats from new buyers will be greyed out and have an ‘On hold’ tag.
How do I get an unlimited reply quota?
You have 3 options:
- Wait for your monthly quota to refresh
- Subscribe to Lite CarouBiz and above to receive unlimited reply quota as a benefit along with other premium seller tools - you may refer to our CarouBiz article for more details.
- Pay with Coins and receive unlimited reply quota for a period of time (ie. 3-days or 7-days).
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- The unlimited quota period will start from the day of Coins paid, and during this period, 1 day is equivalent to 24 hours.
- Unlimited quota days are stackable with each unlimited quota package purchased.
- eg. On 10 January, I purchased 3-day unlimited reply at 1pm and 7-day unlimited reply at 2pm. I will receive 10 days of unlimited quota which runs til 20 January, 1pm.
- A seller can have a maximum of 90 days of unlimited quota at any point of time through Coin payments.
Will my unused reply quota accumulate?
Unused quota will not accumulate.
If the free reply quota is unused, it will reset to the original number of free quota on the next refresh date.
Can I transfer my reply quota to other categories?
Each quota is allocated to a specific category and is not transferable across categories.