Is there going to be NO MECHANISM for Canadian sellers to add a line item for USA tariffs due?

[dhslk]

Hello. Since the Aug. 29 de minimis end, I have not been shipping to the USA. I took a vacation etc. while waiting for the dust to settle with Canada Post etc, then blocked USA buyers. I have been asked by buyers in the USA if I would ship to them and I am willing to do so, but am NOT WILLING to pay a cent of the tariff for them. Is ebay ever going to add some sort of mechanism for the buyer to pay the tariff due?

ebay could just integrate Zonos into the payment process and give the seller the number generated so that the seller can use it when purchasing Canada Post labels (I have a Canada Post account) to show that duties/tariffs are paid. This seems the easiest solution, as labels could be generated on any platform that the seller wants (ebay, Canada Post, etc.)

The majority of the items that I sell are in the $75-$500 range and are not made in Canada/US so the tariffs due could be quite substantial. If a buyer is willing to pay it, I am willing to ship it.

Has anyone found a solution?

[dinomitesales]

I've been doing it the same way as @ilikehockeyjerseys mentioned.

I use business/shipping policies. They are set up with Flat Rate shipping for USA/International. The base shipping policy is built assuming the item is duty-free into the States. In the event that the listing is for an item that would incur additional duties I simply edit the shipping policy for that item only using this selection in the drop-down and change the cost of USA shipping to inclusive of any duty owing.

Yes, it requires running every item through Zonos to determine the cost of processing the shipment through them. This adds an extra minute or so to my listing process for unique items. But if you list a lot of things in similar categories then you start to become familiar with it and you can calculate the amount owing without Zonos (e.g. ok this is a shirt made in China, I know Zonos charges 30% on China, plus $2.99, plus 10% of the value of the item in processing fees).

At the moment, I dont' know any better or more efficient way to handle it.

Yes it would be great if Zonos was integrated directly into eBay, but I'm of the opinion that eBay isn't interested in going that route because it would be direct competition to their eIS program that they've invested a lot of time and money into developing.