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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...

Any Canadians Using USPS to ship WITHIN Canada?

Hello, Any one using USPS/stamps.com to ship within Canada? I am alittle bit confused and here is what I am planning to do: 1- Set my item location to an address in the states ( using chitchats express address)2- ship the items from Canada to the sta...

Sending offers to watchers, my experience....thus far

I've been reading mixed results from offer senderers so I thought it would be worthwhile to experiment with it myself. I sent 5 offers on Monday, all for items that have been running for at least 5 years.I sent 5 more offers on Tuesday some multi ite...

Resolved! PROTEST!!!!!!!!! Kill paypal

Ok my previous post was very popular and because my sale was 450+ 60 shipping i paid about 20$ to paypalHow can i bypass paypal??? Do i have to open a buisiness with my bank? Then pay them monthly and declare my revenu for tax purposes?What if i sell...

Shipping requests: please throw over fence

One of the blogs I follow had a post about a shipping request he got. We had an unusual request from a customer this week regarding the delivery of their order: "Hi, unfortunately due to where i live (heart of LA) the only safe place to leave the pac...

Resolved! How another venue is handling Internet Sales Taxes.

I don't actually sell there anymore, but here's what Ruby Lane (better antiques, vintage, collectibles) sent its shopkeepers today. Dear Shop Owner,Early last month we informed you about new laws that are requiring Ruby Lane to collect and remit stat...

Technical errors

I've been getting the red Technical error screen for some time trying to invoice.Anyone else getting this today?

Resolved! want to use ebay.co.uk platform

some items are in UK and want to use ebay.co.uk platform for selling those items ( for UK to UK ship only ) , my base is ( Canada ) ebay.ca Is it according to ebay rules or I have to inform them first before using for add items on ebay.co.uk as I am ...

The Circle Of Life On eBay

The Circle Of Life On Ebay - Viewers View - Watchers Watch - Buyers Buy (if only) - Sellers Sell (or try to) - Collecters Collect (eBay & PayPal fees) - Poor get Poorer - Rich get Richer

How do I become "approved" to sell digital books and recordings?

I understand the listing terms for selling digital downloads, but the info doesn't say how we become "approved" to sell them. Is there a process, or can we just list digital items, as long as we use the correct wording, so buyers understand they are ...

Question regarding income tax on large sale

So quick background, I've been unemployed for the past 4 years. Been playing poker semi-professionally and been living off a decade of grind and bank for the past few years. Slowed down and haven't made much at all in a couple years, so I've hadn't h...

Canadian seller selling items to the states - tax collected

HI everyone I just noticed past few months Ebay has been charging a tax for all my buyers from the states. Is this new? I haven't seen this before. I obviously don't get the money, ebay collects it directly when the buyer pays. I've had a few buyers ...

GTC ITEMS NOT RENEWING!

This might be alittle premature but my last 3 items that renewed ended up in my ended listings in my watch list (I watch some of my own items). I went from 807 listings to 803. When I click on the ended item it shows that it is active ie: your item i...

Thoughts about low start auctions (LSAs) in a seller's strategy - 1 cent & 99 cents

I have heard many people saying that, with the new marketplace model emerging in eBay, Amazon and other global sites, the 'good ol'days' of Ebay low-start auctions are gone for good. Many sellers has had bad experiences with low-start auctions: few v...

US Sales have dropped dramatically! (I'm in Canada)

Hi all. I've been selling on eBay since 2003 -- I have plenty of experience and lots of metrics to track the health of my business. The majority of my sales have been to the US for most of my business' lifespan. In the last few months, however, I've ...

I find it odd... this isn't also on .CA

This is on the system announcements for .COM in the .COM seller hub, yet nothing on the .CA seller hub? Your business: Our Results. A note from Jordan Sweetnam, SVP + GM Americas https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/Your-business-Our-Results-A...

Paypal foreign currency exchange fee

Good day,This is to any Canadian sellers out there who sell worldwide and accept payment via Paypal. Has anyone figured out how to avoid the Paypal foreign currency exchange fee when funds to Canadian dollars. I find it excessive on top of the 4 % th...

who is doing this without proof reading anything?? Page lay out changes.

so ebay programmers are messing with the page lay out once again.. They have added 2 new buttons/badges in the top right of the page. One is about the money back guarantee, Big deal they just moved it, But now there is a button exclaiming easy return...

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Canada Post Lettermail - Ebay's estimated time of arrival

Hi All, I ship a lot of my items using Canada Post Lettermail. I always ship on time and have been dinged here and there for late delivery (as per the buyer as there is no tracking) I noticed a trend. I live in Ottawa and it seems every time this hap...

Paypal notifications late again??

Started last night, payments were about 30 minutes late, now this morning, i am seeing over an hour behind and still counting. Is this because of the way they did the tax thing, and it is slowere getting out of Paypal. It was coming within seconds, o...

Is there a way to get back to the all orders page

I hate this new page, doesn't tell me at a glace what country or whether it was .ca or .com. and leaves of the total for the month. Does any one know how to get the old page back?

WWYD - re Item condition

I sell CD's and take pride in the condition of my CD's. I use the Goldmine Standard for classifing CD's:Goldmine Grading SystemMEDIA GRADINGMINTCD: Perfect. Never been played. No scratchesNear Mint (NM or M-)CD: Near Perfect - No signs of wearVery Go...

Canada Post November 5: one free Tracked Packet

On Tuesday November 5 you have your choice of one free Tracked Packet USA or Tracked Packet International. Tracked Packet is available for 32 countries. Weight limit of 2kg. $100 insurance included.Minimum size is 14 cm x 9 cm x 0.1 cmMaximum size is...

Sellers, check ending times on your GTC items now that Daylight ST has ended!

Just went to end a older item in my store and missed ending it due to the change from daylight saving to EST. In my Seller Hub I see that the ending times are now one hour earlier than the start times. Most of my items were ending between 10 and 10:3...

The US "tax flow through" has started....

Looks like today was opening day for the new tax flow through (for a NY purchase). Here's what it looks like in PAYPALand: Purchase total$19.99 USDSales tax$1.77 USDShipping amount$0.00 USDHandling amount$0.00 USDInsurance amount$0.00 USDGross amount...

Item Specifics Genre for DVDs and Books

Hi: Does anyone know how I can get a list of Item specifics for DVDs and Books. I am particularly interested in Genre and Sub Genres, but would like to know them all.

Sales are terrible.

Last year for the month of October 2018 I sold 65 CD's, this year 25. At this rate, I will be closing up shop soon. I am also trying different venues to see if I can drum up some sales. I know I am not the only one that is in this boat. Once the sell...

Has anyone had any trouble with Hong Kong addresses?

This is the 2nd package in the past few months that the Hong Kong PO cannot deliver as addressee unknown. I sent it to the paypal address, looks like another one will be lost. I am thinking of not having Hong Kong as one of the areas I ship to, It is...

Resolved! Selling using Listing Templates on ebay

I use the eBay Listing Templates Which I have already set up in advance. its a great time saver most of the time! All I have to do is change a photo and the price etc! But I am very very forgetful nowadays, and I just keep typing things in the templa...

another GOOD TILL CANCELLED RANT.. let it fall on deaf ears...

Compared to prior 31 daysCompared to same period a year ago12.0%DownYou>10.0%DownMarket13.0%DownYou>10.0%UpMarket so it has only been 9 days since, the true value of GTC can be calculated, as the items are now over 31 days old.. and auto-relisted.. B...

Resolved! Selling

As I am no longer a business seller due to ill health and aging problems 'Memory etc' , all my listings go into the 'collectables' category.. I have compared the 'Collectables' listing sales with the 'All Categories' Listings sales and it is obvious ...