Is there a freeware third party program or a way to do listings offline and upload.
Have you been defaulted to the overSimplified Sell Your Item form or can you find easier Advanced Form which has more options?
Since TL was never available for Macs, I just keep a desktop file of my Descriptions (complete with HTML coding) and another of my photos.
The link to the Advanced form is somewhere in the upper right corner of the Simpleminded Form.
There also seems to be no way (that I can find) to split an item into two packages. Specifically a heavy oil lamp and a fragile glass chimney.
This is a packaging rather than a Shipping question, to my mind.
Assuming your customer would be wanting both?
You can ship more than one package with the same tracking number.
To work out the shipping charge, estimate the dimensions of BOTH packages together and their weight and enter those for the shipping rate.
When they sell, print two copies of the shipping label and put one on each package, marking manually One of Two and Two of Two.
Do you need to be reminded to use metric when estimating from Canada Post? Anything else is a guess.
To list in US dollars, you now have to list on dotCOM and you will be using Flat Rate from an International Location as your shipping choice. Then you enter the cost you worked out from here:
https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/far/business/findARate?execution=e1s1
Are you familiar with chitchatexpress and stallion express? These are forwarders who will carry your parcels across the border for a small fee and put them into USPS. If you are near one of their offices, you may find them a blessing.
There is a Hold on customer payments to new and returning sellers.
There is GST charged on your fees to eBay.
There is a 10% fee on your shipping charges.
Don't panic about the state sales tax on your invoices. That's paid by the buyer through eBay. You don't touch it and it is not a cost to you.
There are more changes since the currency change in 2016. Ask questions.
