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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...

Rules of Origin from UK government

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-your-goods-meet-the-rules-of-origin https://www.business.gov.uk/export-from-uk/learn/categories/selling-across-borders-product-and-services-regulations-licensing-and-logistics/get-your-goods-into-the-destination-coun...

What happens with items that were made in the USA?

I have about 1,000 CD's listed on both .com and .ca that were made in the US. Can I still ship those or is there going to be a problem?

Resolved! HS Tariff Code for Decorative Plates?

Someone in the USA just bought some decorative collectors plates for the NHL's original six teams, but i am unable to figure out what the tariff code is. Does anyone here know what it could be?

Any discussions with your buyers on the tariffs?

I was busy trying to figure out verbage to use when talking to buyers about how there might be tariffs on packages. It was pointed out to me that since the US president is telling Americans that other countries pay the tariffs, that my buyers might t...

Resolved! How to combine ship to USA

Hi everyone, I have a potential buyer looking to place a large order who is from the USA, but when he requests combined shipping says he is unable to. I was just wondering how to go about combine shipping outside Canada?

PostNord ( Denmark & Sweden ) has stopped all mail shipments

PostNord ( Denmark & Sweden ) has stopped all mail shipments from August 23, 2025, under $800.00 to the USA and Puerto Rico

Has anyone used Royal Mail (UK) before?

This is probably a bit of a stretch... I'm going to London UK to visit my extended family in September, and one of my repeat Spain buyer said she will be placing her next order near end of August (she usually asks me to put a few books on hold for he...

August 29/25 tariff change

I'm still not clear about the tarrif change starting Aug. 29/25What does it mean for a Canadian-made arts&crafts seller?Selling small handcrafted items under $100.Are there exemptions if materials used are purchased in North America? I'd appreciate a...

uncharged labels again and double charged for two

Currently have a dozen uncharged labels and was just doubled charged for two labels. They refuse to refund me for the overcharged labels telling me to contact canada post to get my money back. What the u know what is going on here. This is a complete...

Resolved! HS Tariff Codes for Comic Books

Hi, with the Canada Post Strike, I'm looking at using UPS Standard available through Ebay as an alternative. As I'm filling out the shipping form however, it's looking for the HS Tariff Code. I tried using the lookup, but I can't find a match for Com...

Some positive things from eBay Open - Auto Feedback.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9GBt636S3A

COO on Coins - Interesting response from Chat GPT

We had this discussion a few months ago about where coins are Minted (and how the Royal Canadian Mint, for example, makes coins from 70 different countries). This could apply to banknotes, De la Rue in the UK makes a lot of world banknotes. I asked C...

Canada Post shipments treated as de minimis entries after August 29 - READ

As per section 6(b)(ii) in the executive order, until CBP has a system in place to collect tariffs via postal networks, shipments via postal networks will still enjoy de minimis entry - that means no flat fee, no ad valorem tariff rates, etc.This wil...

Is the Aug 29 tarif enforced in Canada at the post office or when the item arrives in the USA?

I'm trying to figure out when to stop offering sales into the United States. Most baseball card buyers are in the US and I was thinking of listing a good chunk for a 7 day auction in the next day or so but I'm not sure if they'll arrive in the US bef...

Flat rate shipping to USA / Calculated Shipping for Canada/ International

I am curious if there is a way to offer flat rate shipping only for the USA to avoid the ridiculous tariffs on non-CUSMA products so I can make those items DDP and raise the sipping cost for those items? I still want to keep international as calculat...

COO for Stamp Dealers, what do you do?

I buy a lot of collections for mixed countries (many countries not existing any longer, most stamp collections I buy are pre 1960), then I take them apart and make new collections. There could be many countries in the collection and no way to break i...

CBP Update on De Minimis and Tariffs

CBP Update - Aug 15 2025Flat rate fees may be assigned to incoming postal packages per the release. Also from the release, cross-border carriers may need to request bonds from customers to cover the cost of debts, fines and assigned duties as per the...

Info I got from Discogs, $80 tariff on all incoming mail from Canada.

Of course Tariffs are also the subject on Discogs. From my understanding on the site that effective Aug 29/25 that all parcels going into the US from Canada Post that the COO is other than USA will be assessed an $80 fee. So that CD I sell from West ...

How are your Aug 29 plans developing?

I know many people have already said they're not shipping to the US. If you are determined to keep shipping, how are the plans taking shape to cope with this change? Stallion's message yesterday helped shape what I plan to do after Aug 29 (but on tim...

How to use develper API?

Hi,I already have an active eBay account that I’ve been using for purchases, and I now want to start selling using the eBay API. I can access the seller dashboard and product listing interface from my account without issue.However, when I tried to re...

Update from Stallion Express on De Minimis Removal

I haven't read it yet, I will do that in a minute... Posting for everyone else to read. C. A few weeks ago, the U.S. government confirmed that the Section 321 de minimis program will be fully removed for all countries by August 29. This is the most s...

Thought Experiment: Global Shipping Risk Assessment by Country

I fed all the countries in the world into ChatGPT and asked for it's assessment on shipping risk (i.e. countries which would be generally safe and trouble-free to ship to, vs. those that you should avoid). This was the output. Seemed like an interest...

US de minimis ends July 2027 for ALL COUNTRIES

In the bill the Senate just passed in the US, de minimis for ALL COUNTRIES ends July 2027. It is ending, guaranteed. There is strong bipartisan support in the current Congress for this change. Who knows what the exemption will be replaced with. Simpl...

How to navigate new US import regulations

The US government has issued an executive order to eliminate the de minimis exemption for imports from all countries (the threshold below which imported goods won’t need to be charged duties and taxes). The policy will go live on 29 August 2025, givi...

Tariffs and vintage and 2nd hand items.

Found this doing my searches tonight:https://www.thevintageseeker.ca/magazine/how-the-canada-u-s-tariffs-could-impact-the-secondhand-market#updates

I found this re tariffs on certain exemptions or at least someone on .com sent it to me.

Trump Tariff Exemption: IEEPA and 50 USC 1702(b)(3)Posted by Jason P. Wapiennik on April 19, 2025There is an exemption to certain tariffs imposed by President Trump under authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.The law is 50 USC ...

How are people sales so far this August?

Curious if its a specific or generalized lul.

USA packages being returned

Anyone else have problems lately with packages being returned to sender? I had one that cleared customs in Chicago went to Texas which is the delivery state and then sent back. Had another this week with the m=buyers address blacked out and a RTS on ...

Survival of Chit Chats and Stallion Express with Tariffs

This hasn't been discussed much, but people have mentioned it... What are the odds of Chit Chats and Stallion Express surviving all these changes with the tariffs? Stallion has told me that everything will go DDP or DDU, I presume DDU is Canada Post ...

CUSMA compliant goods + tariffs ?

I am curious about what the tariff situation will be for CUSMA/ USMCA compliant good going INTO the USA from Canada once the trump executive order to end de minimis kicks in on August 29th? The majority of my shop is full of handmade in Canada goods....