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rroader41 · ‎10-23-2025

Pleased to get enrolled in EIS on eBay.ca thinking sales might pick up, however, one question I have is how might I get a close estimate of what a potential buyer in the USA will be paying using EIS. For example, to educate myself for lack of info. in Help, I decided to list an English bone china coffee mug at a low price thinking someone in the US will surely have an interest. Perhaps 0 views doesn't tell the whole story; might it be that what I see in the listing as the EIS shipping, etc. is $32.00 when the tracked packet cost US buyers were accustomed to was $15-$17 for Tracked Parcel. Question is, where do I find the codes, etc. that classifies the item thoroughly so, even before listing and pricing my item, I'll have an appreciation of what the US members are seeing for a Total Cost. (long time seller as rroader94 on .com but much less as rroader41 on .ca)

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎10-23-2025

@rroader41 wrote:
Pleased to get enrolled in EIS on eBay.ca thinking sales might pick up, however, one question I have is how might I get a close estimate of what a potential buyer in the USA will be paying using EIS. For example, to educate myself for lack of info. in Help, I decided to list an English bone china coffee mug at a low price thinking someone in the US will surely have an interest. Perhaps 0 views doesn't tell the whole story; might it be that what I see in the listing as the EIS shipping, etc. is $32.00 when the tracked packet cost US buyers were accustomed to was $15-$17 for Tracked Parcel. Question is, where do I find the codes, etc. that classifies the item thoroughly so, even before listing and pricing my item, I'll have an appreciation of what the US members are seeing for a Total Cost. (long time seller as rroader94 on .com but much less as rroader41 on .ca)

@rroader41

To get an approx idea just go into your listings and update ship to address (where you check postage) and update to US zipcode. (Usual 1 is 90210.) To see by country just test a few countries to get an approximation.

rroader41 · ‎10-23-2025

Thanks but I wasn't looking for postage costs to other countries. It's the USA that interests me and while there may be slight differences in pricing depending on ZIP, how much of the EIS total is for A, B, C.....shipping, customs handling, tariff amount; each element that makes up the EIS total of $33.92 for a coffee mug.

Anybody know if the details of the $33.92 can be found, at least a close estimate thereof.

reallynicestamps · ‎10-23-2025

Question is, where do I find the codes, etc. that classifies the item thoroughly

Canada Post has them.

The codes are international and used by every carrier.

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/information/app/wtz/business/findHsCode?execution=e1s1

And of course the government o f Canada.

But this is more complex.

https://international.canada.ca/en/services/business/trade/tariffs-regulations/harmonized-system-cod...

I keep a list of the codes I use most often in back of my daybook.

marnotom! · ‎10-23-2025

Remember that a portion of the US shipping charge is your charge for getting the item to the eIS shipping hub in Mississauga, so eIS's actual charge for shipping the mug from the hub to a US buyer would be C$33.92 minus C$17.00, so C$16.92. That's about the same as what you'd get for Tracked Packet--USA.

From the little I've seen so far, eIS's share of the total shipping charge seems to be a smidgen cheaper than Canada Post's non-commercial rates for non-Express services, such as Tracked or Expedited, depending on the size of the item, so you might be able to use that as a guide.

As for the import fees, those are separate from the shipping fees and are listed separately from the shipping charge.

rroader41 · ‎10-23-2025

Thanks, that is very helpful. The $17.00 was an amount I've experienced using NetParcel's discounted rates to most of the United States whereas it should have been the charge for getting to the hub in Mississauga.

I did look up the code and from there got the shipping cost and filled out a Customs form showing England as Origin. I have logged out of that site but pretty much satisfied myself that the Total cost of my experimental

$7.00 china coffee mug is far beyond what any USA buyer would value the item at.

The tariffs and cross border regulations have surely reduced Canada's eBay sellers potential of selling in the US big time and conversely, what US buyers appreciated buying from Canada not that long ago.

Thanks! I will accept as Solution. rroader41

reallynicestamps · ‎10-23-2025

is far beyond what any USA buyer would value the item at.

@rroader41

Never decide what your customer can afford.

They are looking outside their own country because they can't find it there.

And if you don't list it, not only will your US customer not be able to find it, neither will your Canadian customer or your overseas customer.

Let the customer decide what they can afford.

marnotom! · ‎10-23-2025

@rroader41 wrote:

Thanks, that is very helpful. The $17.00 was an amount I've experienced using NetParcel's discounted rates to most of the United States whereas it should have been the charge for getting to the hub in Mississauga.

That $17.00 I mentioned is the charge for getting the mug to Mississauga. It just so happens that your portion of the total shipping charge (AKA your domestic shipping charge to Mississauga) and eIS’s portion are just about equal.

reallynicestamps · ‎10-24-2025

A detail I forgot.

We are only charged fees on the domestic rate even when shipping is international.

but

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FEES
"If you offer 1-day or international shipping as well as a cheaper or free option (like domestic shipping),

the total amount of the sale is calculated based on the cheapest domestic option you offer.

If you only offer 1-day or international shipping but no cheaper option like domestic shipping, the total amount of the sale is calculated based on the service the buyer chooses."