paypal shipping still doesn't offer the same discounts as before

ebay issued an update re: paypal shipping platform change for Cdns. was defaulting to set up a Cdn Post acct and rates were high; ebay says it's been fixed but rates are still high so no longer using paypal shipping; using Cda post snap ship as at least a $2 Cdn difference in the rates

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ebay issued an update re: paypal shipping platform change for Cdns. was defaulting to set up a Cdn Post acct and rates were high; ebay says it's been fixed but rates are still high so no longer using paypal shipping; using Cda post snap ship as at least a $2 Cdn difference in the rates


Discounted rates using paypal are only if you link from eBay -- you must not buy directly from paypal.

 

Canada Post's Snap Ship is the better deal at the moment because it has a temporary extra 15% discount until the end of July.

 

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paypal shipping still doesn't offer the same discounts as before


@ez2curgr8 wrote:

ebay issued an update re: paypal shipping platform change for Cdns. was defaulting to set up a Cdn Post acct and rates were high; ebay says it's been fixed but rates are still high so no longer using paypal shipping; using Cda post snap ship as at least a $2 Cdn difference in the rates


Discounted rates using paypal are only if you link from eBay -- you must not buy directly from paypal.

 

Canada Post's Snap Ship is the better deal at the moment because it has a temporary extra 15% discount until the end of July.

 

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paypal shipping still doesn't offer the same discounts as before

hi thanks for the reply as i didn't know it made a difference that when ready to ship you perform this via ebay rather than thru the paypal website

 

THANK YOU SO MUCH : D  but i will continue using the temporary snap ship for now as still a better rate

 

CHEERS!

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hi thanks for the reply as i didn't know it made a difference that when ready to ship you perform this via ebay rather than thru the paypal website

 

THANK YOU SO MUCH : D  but i will continue using the temporary snap ship for now as still a better rate

 


eBay announced the change to getting eBay discounts only by linking from eBay back in January. But paypal didn't get around to implementing this until 2 weeks ago when they screwed things up.

 

I do agree, Snap Ship is the better $$ choice for most services because of that extra 15% discount. My wallet will go into mourning when August rolls around.

 

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yes when good old paypal screwed this up I lost $ on shipping on stuff sold during that time then wasted a few hours of mine as I had to change the US shipping rates on close to 1,000 listings now i must change them back !$!@#$!#$ errr!

 

Yes snap ship is the way to go for now; also can't believe there is no longer any discounts for high volume sellers re: paypal fees; if only there was some other trusted co. we could use and boycott paypal! Most of my sales are US so 3.7% fees from 3.3% !#$!!@#$

 

HUGE THANK U to U AGAIN : D

 

 

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Well booger, I thought it was a discounted if you have a small biz acct with CP?

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No sir, You should be mourning about FVF on shipNhandling.  I do it for fun as a seller but that 10% fee chokes the fun out of it.  Plus, with CP's discount, I am still incurring the cost of shipping by a small percentage. I do not know why Ebay does this, as PP also nibbles too, and I do not care for it.

 

Calling for Rogue One. :")

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This is an out of date thread.

 

Until May 2017 discounted shipping rates on PayPal were the rates eBay had with Canada Post.

 

May/June was a transition period.

 

After June 2017 discounted rates via PayPal are the same rates(*) the seller has with their Canada Post account (Solutions for Small Business / Venture One).  Shipping is available for any PayPal transaction (not just eBay sales).

 

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From the end of June the discounted shipping rates that eBay has with Canada Post are handled through Shippo, not through PayPal.

 

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(*) - except expedited parcel for Canada which has an extra 15% off until July 31/2017

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