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Ask Us Anything: eBay International Shipping Canada

Have questions about how eBay International Shipping works, how to streamline your cross-border sales, or how the program can help grow your business? Drop your questions in our AMA thread and the eIS team will be ready to dive in. We’ll be collectin...

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Minimum Pixel Size for photos.

This pixel size limit is ridiculous. My camera is 20 years old and takes perfect photos. I wouldn't list them otherwise. I don't use a phone for pictures, that's why they make cameras. I don't use my phone to run ebay accounts, that's why they make P...

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Re: Paying your buyers tariffs survey

Seeing where the consensus lands on paying the tariff on behalf of your buyer or not. Important to consider that even if you were willing to pay tariffs there would still be any processing fees for these transactions. Next to impossible to cover that...

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Ebay did not have to get rid of Canada Post. I suspect there is MORE at work here.

They could have left them on as a shipping choice. Right now, the process is, you print a Canada Post customs document (from Canada Post) go to the post office, they can the custom's doc. barcode THEN you provide the Zonos app. barcode, they scan it,...

Ebay Search Visibility Algorithm - Smart or Dumb?

So is the search algorithm smart or dumb, for instance, is it able to: - increase Canadian listing visibility in Canada and Worldwide, while in exchange, reducing listing visibility in USA. - indentify CUSMA compliant listings and increase the visibi...

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Bigger picture - ain't so rosy

Just a few notes gathered from the larger forces at play -Lululemon self-fulfills 66% of their e-commerce orders and the end of de minimis means they'll take a 240 million USD hit to their bottom line. All sectors big and small are taking a hit due t...

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Warning for USA customers

Hello ! Bonjour !He found a good place on the site that we can indicate to buyers from the USA that they will definitely have new fees to pay on delivery. This should be clearly visible to avoid unnecessary returns or bad quotes. Thank you in advance...

Zonos app doesn't go off value of item sold, IT assesses the value and duty is assessed on that

For example a $25 used item sold, but was assessed by zonos as $50 so the duty was based on that, $7.50 instead of $3.25, plus the zonos fee. My advise would be to check with UPS/Fedex for costs of shipping, even if they aren't represented to that de...

EIS vs chit chats/ stallion etc?

Do you guys think rates to ship small/ low value shipments from Canada to the USA via EIS will be comparable to chit chats/ stallion express going forward? I live in Toronto btw so I’m sure that will help. Although in 3 years I do plan on moving to L...

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Canada Post shipping label adjustment runaround

I am hoping someone else has had this issue and can offer some guidence - I am getting the most frustrating runaround from eBay and Canada Post. I sent a small toy expedited lite to Alberta - small box, under 200g - cost was $9.38 I just happened to ...

TSR Discount going forward

Anyone else under the impression keeping our TSR discount (carrot) will be EXTREMELY challenging going forward? Lost mine for USA several years ago. Global is soon to follow. In scheme of things it was not a major savings but any savings we do get wa...

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CUSMA compliant question?

So I mostly sell handmade art supplies in my shop but I also sell some of the raw materials that I use to make those art supplies. I am confused if my raw materials would qualiy for CUSMA. I will give a few examples. -Most of the dry color pigments t...

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Finally some headline Canadian media coverage for de minimis suspension

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canadian-online-sellers-brace-for-elimination-of-duty-free-shipping-to-united-states-1.7618437https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/small-businesses-brace-for-higher-costs-as-us-ends-shipping-fee-exemption/

Resolved! Canadian Selling Stamps and postcards on eBay.com - no more US sales - why?

I have been selling stamps and postcards as a Canadian seller on eBay.com for a while. I sell many postcards to the US. Since a week before the Aug. 29th tariff date, I have had no sales to the US. I normally sell postcards to the US every week. I us...

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Resolved! UPS quote on my listing is $50 higher than with UPS website calculator for Canadian shipment.

I have a parcel going to Toronto M6E 2H4 and have added UPS Standard as an option on the listing. The box is 14 x 14 x 12 inch 6.6 lbs (35 x 35 x 30 3 kg). The eBay calculator is showing $121.84 but when I check the calculator on the UPS website it s...

Resolved! Shipping to the EU - Product Safety info required??

This is crazy and the first I've heard of this policy. Has anyone dealt had their orders rejected because they didn't include safety manuals, photos, and documents with their listings when selling to the EU? I don't even know where to get them from. ...

Ebay & Canada Post Labels , Tarriffs

With Canada Post using Zonos to collect tarriffs will ebay be bringing back Canada Post labels for the USA? Also, I bought a UPS label today under the new rules , no change i can see through ebay, who is UPS billing for the tarriff?

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ebay disabling shipping options

can someone explain to me where the logic is for ebay to disable canada post labels to the US but not disabling the option for us buyer to CHOOSE that option in the first place? thats a probleme that need fixing even outside of this particular event ...

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