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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...

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....

Big purchase just made from my store and I'm nervous to say the least

Hi all, this is my first post here - please go easy on me. I sell sports cards that I ship via lettermail. Most are between $0.50 and $2 in value, though I have some listed in the $7 to $20 range. Shipping I charge is via lettermail: $2.15 in Canada ...

Where to call in for customer service?

There used to be an option to give or get a call from customer service when I have a problem with buyers, but it's not available any more. Is there still customer service I can talk to, or that service is simply gone forever?

Anyone experienced "Made in usa" goods being held at us customs or returned back to canada?

Us buyers are interested in buying some of my vintage / antique items that were made in usa. They are eager to buy them since the us de minimis doesn't exempt us made products either - I guess we're basically done with us sales after august? I just w...

China Made item CA->USA: Avoiding tariffs + Return .. Use CP Labels from Shippo? Any issues?

So based on the feedback from the forum here to continue sending China made items to US is the best option sending by Canada Post Tracked USA because the chances of tariff being charged or item returned os lowest or very low. I looked at Canada Post ...

Canada Post labels not working on ebay

Getting an error message for Canada Post labels and they are currently down....again... Anyone know what the issue is? what a great time to be operating a small business in Canada...tariffs, postal strikes, inflation etc.!

Taxes/customs fees on package returns to Canada

I have a fairly high value item being returned by a customer from US via UPS. I have an idea of what this would cost if it was a purchase, UPS is telling me that even though it's a commercial return I still need to pay it just like if it was a purcha...

Ebay changes to Payment Terms of Use. BURIED in legaleze of course

Interesting. They mention changes due to Canadian Retail Payments Activities Act, so they just dump you by link into the entire thing, rather than just spelling out specific changes, if any. Meanwhile, I like this part; Ebay's way of acting like a ba...

Scams from the UK

I recently get a lot of investment scam calls from the UK. I did wonder why just from the UK? (I do NOT list anythng on UK Ebay) Here is a simple explanation: for an unknown reason (possibly because of some weird UK law?) every of my listings display...

How does Stallion vs Chitchats handle Shipping cost in terms of insurance & customs value

So I noticed Stallion Express includes the shipping price in the item price together. Chitchats on the other hand ignores the shipping price and only take the item price.e.g. Phone sold for $100 (CAD), shipping cost is $20 (CAD)Stallion shows the val...

Late Delivery — Buyer Opened INR, Now Delivered: Will eBay Close It?

Shipped a $50 international order that arrived about 2 weeks late. Buyer opened an “Item not received” case asking for a shipping refund, but eBay put the entire order on hold. I declined.Today tracking shows it’s delivered.Will eBay close the case a...

Goods made in China and De Minimis to the US, what has been your experience?

Goods made in China and De Minimis to the US, what has been your experience? De Minimis ended a while ago for goods made in China and Hong Kong. If you continued to sell your made in China goods to the US, what happened, did your buyers have to pay t...

Thank goodness for Canadian buyers of CD's

Doing some research of how much I would be affected by not shipping CD's made in other countries to the USA after Aug 29/25. In the past 90 days, I sold 121 CD's of which 43 were sold to US buyers (36%). Of those 43 CD's 20 (45%) were made in Canada,...

Did this packge clear customs yet?

This is my first Tracked Packet to the US (with $95 UK made goods and one $5 China made coin declared as China 5 Yuan 2023). I'm not sure what I'm supposed to see when it's out of customs and at the USPS facility. C.

I just noticed at least on .ca that you can screen COO, that is great, not sure about .com

I just noticed at least on .ca that you can screen COO, that is great, not sure about .com. Checked .com and it didn't show and then when I went back to .ca it didn't show either. I think that they are working on showing it. I know you can filter it ...

Ebay uses image AI to validate category?

I try to post a laptop together WITH a docking station in laptops category. EBay is blocking me saying that I am trying to list an accessory for laptop and it should go to Laptop accessories becsause or I need to mention Bundle in the title. I have n...

You know what would really help me and others.

If somewhere on the search listings it showed COO not only the country it is coming from. I know you can find that information by looking at the individual listing, but it would be good, to show that up front. 50% of my listings are made in the US wh...

Resolved! Selling to Switzerland or Noway

Neither are part of the EU, so are there any specific requirements to sell from Canada to those 2 countries? Will buyers from there have to pay duty or tariffs? Trying to figure future options.

Canada Post Tracking is Down

Yup. I wonder if this is why the tracking updates of items getting into US Customs are not updating.

eBay's Post about US Import Rules

Maybe everyone has saw this already but I noticed it posted at top of Board here: seller_news_teamCommunity Member(0feedbacks) View listingsOptions ‎08-06-2025 10:01 AMMost-recent updatesWe’re closely monitoring how the new US import requirements aff...

Sales Tax on used items sold with in Canada

I dont know if this subjet has been discussed before or even chalenged.Today i talked to an Ebay Rep at the Toronto Expo Show although they were from the USA was told that with in Ebay account if your account is not a business and you list items as u...