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" Now if it is listed in CAD, will it be still in the search at eBay.com?"
YES exactly as they do right now. The search result page always shows the currency of the country (not the currency of the listings)
Items listed on eBay.ca in Cdn$ currently show on search result pages on eBay.com in US$ and will continue to do so.
"What will this new policy look like to buyers from other countries - they will see the listing in their country currency - yes? "
No change. Whether a Canadian lists in Cdn$ on eBay.ca or US$ the German buyer will still see the price in Euro (€). As evidenced by hundreds of posts, there is a lot of paranoia these days by many Canadian sellers (not you) who do not really understand how eBay works internationally.
"Then they pay in Euros or Australian dollars, and how will the paypal conversion work? won't I loose conversion twice......."
Once again, no change. Buyers generally pay through PayPal in the currency of the listing which is converted for them into local currency and charged accordingly.
1) If the Canadian seller listed in Cdn$ and maintains a Cdn$ balance at PayPal, no conversion fee will apply. (in this case only one conversion fee applies and it is paid by the buyer converting Cdn$ into local currency)
2) If the Canadian seller listed in US$ and maintains a US$ balance at PayPal, no conversion will be charged at that time but a conversion fee will be included when the Canadian seller withdraws money from the US$ balance to his/her Canadian bank in Cdn$. (in this case two currency conversions fees apply: one paid by the buyer to convert US$ into local currency and one paid by the seller to convert those US$ into Cdn$ at time of withdrawal).
"eBay is getting real greedy"
???
The change to eBay.ca being a single currency (Cdn$) site like all other eBay sites does not affect eBay's revenue one way or the other. I fail to see what greed has to do with it.
"whats with being charged on the shipping price"
That change was made several years ago to match what competitors like Amazon were doing. At that time eBay lowered many FVFs and many sellers in fact ended up paying lower fees to eBay, more so if they were already offering "free shipping". Personally I saved about $1,000 in fees that year due to that change of policy.
There are many ways to lower your eBay fees - such as opening an eBay store for example where your FVFs drop automatically by 1% to 4% depending on the category.
Offering an item at Cdn$ 1,300 should yield the same results as offering it at US$1,000. (and more money in your pocket - if that is important to you - as you would save about $40 in currency conversion fees at PayPal). Every little bit helps!
Good Luck.
"Plain and simply put American buyers only want to use US dollars when making purchases"
That is absolutely wrong.
Do I know what I am talking about? With over 100,000 transactions on eBay, yes I do.
Americans will pay Canadian dollars (or any other currency) to sellers who have a quality product for sale at an attractive price. It does not really matter to them as PayPal takes care of converting their US$ to pay the seller.
There is a lot of paranoia on the subject by sellers afraid of the unknown.
You guys and gals should talk to Canadian sellers selling in Canadian dollars for years.
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