Trump Tariffs + Di Minimis gone - Strategies for Canadian sellers | Selling

rdemaree · 2025-02-03T09:07:52.207000Z

As I am sure you are all aware of at this point- Trump seems to be making good on his 25% tariffs and removal of di minimis which will end up being more than a 30% effective tax on ALL items once you calculate their orginal tariff code tax imported to USA and also trump says he may even raise it higher than that if we retaliate. I am trying to strategize on how I can minimize the effects of this as best as possible. Some things I have in mind: -Is there any benefit to listing on .CA vs .COM? I currently list on .COM from Toronto. There is a small fee to do this but using USD and .COM opens me up to a larger base. I am thinking of trying to grow my Canadian base. Currently my customers are about 70% American, 20% Canadian and 10% International. Would listing on .CA and using CAD actually garner more purchases from Canadian buyers? If I could even get it to 30% Canadian and 15-20% international and 50% USA id be happy with that. Also, is it possible to have your listings on .CA / CAD and .COM / USD? -I am also thinking of ending my free shipping and essentially separating the item cost + shipping cost and offering them separately to optically appear to be cheaper at first glance and to offset the USD to CAD conversion shock. I would round down to a digestible number. INstead of 46.7 CAD it would be 45 CAD etc. stuff like that. -I am thinking of offering some smaller dollar items as well as offering sales more frequently and for a bit higher percentage. Any ideas on what might be effective on this front? -Currently I use ChitChats. Is Stallion Express cheaper? or is there anything better? I have been really happy with ChitChats for around 3 years now but keeping my mind open to any way to possibly soften the blow from this. If those go under I would have to go back to Netparcel UPS which is less than ideal as it would cost 3-5$ more per small package to ship. What are some things you all are planning on ? I understand that some people dont sell much to the USA or plan on halting shipments to the USA but thats not an option for me as this is my main income and USA was/ is 70% of my base. All productive thoughts are helpful!

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