ShippingServiceCost Capped on eBay.com ?

[choice2010]

What does ShippingServiceCost Capped on eBay.com  mean?

[decal-fx]

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@reallynicestamps wrote:

Free Shipping just means that the seller has included the cost of shipping in the asking price for the item.

Which is cheapest?

$5 book with $10 shipping?

$10 book with $5 shipping?

$15 book with $10 shipping?

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I'm no Genius but I won't be buying the $15 book LOL

[73rhc]

However, this is not a good idea if your selling limits ($) are low!

[martmaduke]

6$ cap per magazine is absurd, I can't even ship for that price within my own country.

[ypdc_dennis]

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@martmaduke wrote:

6$ cap per magazine is absurd, I can't even ship for that price within my own country.

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You must be selling some heavy magazines.

Canada - Oversize Lettermail (under 2cm thick)

101-200g .. 2.95
201-300g .. 4.10
301-400g .. 4.70
401-500g .. 5.05

[femmefan1946]

If you are listing on dotCOM -- particularly in the "media" categories (Books ,CDs) you cannot charge more than $4,00 for Flat Rate shipping.

If you are in Canada and selling on dotCOM, you can only use Flat Rate shipping.

If you are in the USA and selling on dotCOM, you can use Calculated Shipping and charge more than $4.00 for shipping.

If you are in Canada, and selling on dotCA, you can use Calculated Shipping or Flat Rate shipping.

And you can charge whatever you want.

Your shipping charge may be higher than your US competitors .

Or not if they are using Calculated Shipping.

So eBay is just telling you that your competitors' total price may be lower than yours.

Ignore it.

Selling on dot CA frees you from the problem and there is no point reducing the cost of shipping until you are losing money on every sale.

[pausetoread]

 I am in Canada and charge free shipping to the US as well but it still says ShippingServiceCost Capped on eBay.com? Is this correct? 

[ypdc_dennis]

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@pausetoread wrote:

 I am in Canada and charge free shipping to the US as well but it still says ShippingServiceCost Capped on eBay.com? Is this correct? 

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You tacked onto an old out-of-date thread.

The message is only a warning that you listing an item that has a shipping cap on eBay.com -- it does not check to see if you are over or under the limit -- you are expected to know.

The shipping cap was raised a few years ago to $20us or higher depending on category.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/shipping-items/maximum-shipping-costs?id=4655

[pausetoread]

Thanks very much!!

[femmefan1946]

ZOMBIE THREAD FROM 2015

The problem with zombie threads is that the advice in them is often out of date and no longer valid.

@happy_pigeon

[kh-leslie]

Hello Everyone,

Due to the age of the thread, it has been closed to further replies.  Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thanks for understanding!