Negotiate on the record
A price agreed in a phone call is a price nobody can point at afterwards. Flipns keeps the conversation and the number in the same place, so what you agreed is a record rather than a recollection.
Reviewed
- Chat
- Real-time, between buyer and seller
- Offers
- Structured — accept, decline or counter
- Message forwarding
- 0.25 credits per message to WhatsApp or SMS
- Public contact number
- 100 credits to reveal on one listing
An offer is a thing, not a sentence
Buyers do not have to type “would you take 8000?” and hope. An offer on Flipns is a structured object with a number on it, and the seller can accept, decline or counter it. The thread then carries the price both sides landed on.
Sellers who would rather invite negotiation than field it can mark a listing as open to offers, which tells buyers the asking price is a starting point.
Keeping it on Flipns is the safety feature
Chat inside Flipns is logged, which means a report has evidence attached to it. A conversation that moved to another app on the first message leaves moderators with nothing to act on, and that is precisely why a scammer's first move is to ask you to move.
The advice is short: agree the item, the price and the meeting place in Flipns chat. Never share a one-time password, and never pay in advance to someone you have not met.
Reach sellers who are not in the app right now
Not every seller keeps an app open all day. Flipns can forward a buyer's message to the seller on WhatsApp or by SMS so a live buyer is not lost to a notification nobody saw.
Forwarding is metered rather than bundled — 0.25 credits per message, with the current rate shown before activation — because it costs real money to send and pricing it honestly is what keeps it available at all.
Publishing a phone number, when that is what you want
Some sellers — a shop, a dealer, an agent — want to be phoned rather than messaged. Revealing your verified phone or WhatsApp number publicly on a listing costs 100 credits and is a per-listing choice, so it is never something that happens to your account by default.
Everyone else stays reachable through chat alone, and their number is never exposed.
Frequently asked questions
- Is chatting with a seller on Flipns free?
- Yes. Messaging, making offers and negotiating are all free for both sides. Credits only pay for optional extras such as forwarding a message to WhatsApp or SMS, or publishing your number on a listing.
- What is an offer on Flipns?
- A structured price proposal inside the chat thread. The seller can accept, decline or counter it, and the agreed figure stays on the record in the conversation.
- Why should I keep the conversation inside Flipns?
- Because a logged conversation is evidence. If something goes wrong, moderators can see what was said and act; a chat that moved off-platform on the first message leaves nothing to act on. Being asked to move immediately is itself a warning sign.
- How much does WhatsApp forwarding cost?
- 0.25 credits per forwarded message — see the current rate before enabling forwarding. It is optional, and buyers and sellers can simply use in-app chat instead.
Try it on something you were going to sell anyway
Creating an account and listing an item are free, there is no commission on the sale, and every new account starts with 100 credits.
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