Enquire about a listing
Send the seller a private message about a listing. One chat per listing, and your phone number stays hidden.
- In the app
- On zinola.in
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An enquiry is a private chat between you and the seller about one listing. Only the two of you see it, and your phone number stays hidden unless you choose to share it.
Open the listing
Find it on the Market tab, the marketplace page or in a circle chat.Tap Enquire
In the app, the Enquire about a listing sheet opens. On the website, use the Ask the seller · private box on the listing.Write your question
Tap a quick question like “Is it still available?” or write your own. You can add a ROUGH BUDGET and photos if they help.Send it
Tap Send enquiry. The seller gets a notification, and you'll see Enquiry sent.
One chat per listing
You get one chat with the seller for each listing. If you've already asked, you'll see You already asked the seller, with Open your thread. Anything else you want to say goes in the same chat.
Where to find your chats
Inside the chat
You can message back and forth, add photos, agree a price, set a pickup time and pay by UPI. See Offers, counter-offers and pickup times and Pay or get paid with UPI.
The seller can mark the chat Replied, Solved or Closed, and as the buyer you can tap End chat. Once a chat is closed, the buyer can tap Restart chat to pick it up again. When a listing is sold or deleted, its chats close and you can still read them.
When you can't enquire
- Sold out: enquiries are paused until the seller marks it available.
- Ended: the listing has ended; the seller may have posted a newer one.
- Not taking enquiries: the seller turned enquiries off. Ask in the public questions instead. See Public questions on a listing.
Common questions
Does the seller see my phone number when I enquire?
Where do I see replies to my marketplace enquiry?
Can I send a second enquiry about the same listing?
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- Buying from a neighbor: enquiry to paymentThe whole buying journey in one place: enquire, agree a price, set a pickup time, pay by UPI and mark it sold.
- Make offers and set a pickup timeUse the cards in an enquiry chat to ask to buy, agree a price, counter an offer, fix a pickup time and mark the deal done.
- Ask a public question on a listingAsk, answer and second questions under a listing that everyone can see, and how sellers turn public comments off.
- Pay or get paid with UPISellers send a UPI payment request in the chat and buyers pay from their own UPI app. Zinola never holds the money.
- What's in the Chats tabThe Chats tab holds personal, market and business chats, with filter chips. Group chats are in Circles. How the website differs.
