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"Why is that? May I ask?"
That question was covered in another thread a few weeks ago.
Simple answer: I am getting old (70) and my eyesight is not what it used to be. 
I will spend the winter packing up my inventory and ship it to stamp auctioneers for disposal over the next few years.
Hi everyone,
It's true, we are still trying to stimulate adoption of CAD listings with this new promo. Pretty hard to hide that fact 🙂
As a reminder, and despite what some of you may think, our new direction to advise most Canadian sellers to list in CAD is backed by real research with real numbers. I invite anyone who hasn't yet to visit the info page we have published on the subject. A few things I'd like to remind you:
- It is no longer true that listing in USD makes it easier for US buyers to buy your items. Aside from the exchange rate, buyers are now able to see items listed in any currency converted to their local currency depending on which site they are on. Further, they can now pay in their own currency at checkout. These two things didn't exist back when we first started advising sellers to list in USD.
- As some sellers on this thread have expressed, with the current gap in CAD and USD value, items listed in CAD look a lot more attractive to both US and Canadian buyers, even if you adjust the CAD item price to match the value of your USD item price.
- We have actually been able to observe the benefits on the increased adoption of CAD on eBay.ca since we started offering this guidance. A lot of seller actually have seen their sales increase, both domestically and into the US.
I'd like to thank those of you who have taken the time to correct some of the erroneous assumptions made on this thread.
"we are still trying to stimulate adoption of CAD listings with this new promo"
I understand and agree with you that listing in Cdn$ should not negatively affect sales by Canadian sellers. In fact in many instances it may help while reducing conversion costs for Canadian sellers. This observation is based on my rather extensive eBay experience as I sell in both currencies.
However, I would like you to take a moment and explain why that "by invitation" promotion to Canadian sellers is limited to ten days while a similar "by invitation" promotion to American sellers is valid for three months!
@e8group2007a wrote:
Ok Raphael...what about items the seller purchases in US$...he/she wants to sell in US$ otherwise constant price adjusting is necessary as the dollar fluctuates. For those with many listings this is work! Why does eBay not provide a tool where seller can list in US dollars but your computers adjust the exchange rate and show the price in Canadian dollars?
I apologize for stating the obvious but as a Canadian seller offering items to the world and to US buyers in particular, FX rates and price conversion will be part of the things you need to do. With that said, no one is forcing you to list in CAD if that's not what you want to do. All we are saying is that for most Canadian sellers, we see benefits in listing in CAD.
Also, the View item page already does show all prices converted to CAD on eBay.ca.
@e8group2007a wrote:
Also as others have asked Why are we being treated as second class citizens with a much poorer offer than the US sellers received?
We are your customers...we know the currency we want to sell in. Service OUR needs!
If you are going to pull this **bleep** give us the option to switch our accounts to .com, get their offers, and list in US dollars.
I am super upset with eBay right now! We are not second class...we are steerage class!
We have never looked down at Canadian sellers wanting to list on eBay.com and you don't need a .com account to do that. That wouldn't automatically include you in their invitation-only promos though, those are not even for all US sellers.
As I stated before, promos are a tool we use to stimulate the areas of the business that we need to stimulate. At this time, we are stimulating CAD listing adoption. Apologies to anyone who don't fall into the target category of sellers.
@pierrelebel wrote:
However, I would like you to take a moment and explain why that "by invitation" promotion to Canadian sellers is limited to ten days while a similar "by invitation" promotion to American sellers is valid for three months!
Unfortunately I can't speak to why promos are managed the way they are.
"I can't speak to why promos are managed the way they are"
I understand that.
However, looking at the situation from a Canadian seller's perspective, don't you agree it is not favourable to Canadians?
Can you see why Canadians feel treated like second class citizens?
More so that the eBay.com promotion is specifically directed to eBay.com listings exclusively. For as far as I can remember promotions offered by eBay.com were generally available for listings on both eBay.com and eBay.ca
Is this the first indication that eBay.ca and eBay.com are going their different ways?
@rose-dee wrote:
raphael@ebay.com wrote:
- As some sellers on this thread have expressed, with the current gap in CAD and USD value, items listed in CAD look a lot more attractive to both US and Canadian buyers, even if you adjust the CAD item price to match the value of your USD item price.
Thank you for jumping in here Raphael, but can you confirm whether the promo is for 1,000 or 2,000? As you'll see if you check the announcement, the header says 2,000 but the body of the text states the promo is for 1,000.
With respect to the statement quoted above (from your post), I'm sorry but I'm having real trouble understanding how this is true -- and also how it would be less trouble for a seller.
I'll take an example from one of my own items, since over 90% of my eBay customers are American. I have listed a particular antique pattern in my line for the same $US 15.95 now for over 3 years. I don't intend to change it in 2016. As the buying power of the $US decreases over the years and costs rise generally, that $15.95 stays absolutely stable, meaning that what was a decent price in 2012 is starting to look like a pretty darn good bargain by 2016, especially if my U.S. competitors raise their prices to compensate for current costs.
Now if I were to list that same item today in $Cdn (for the current equivalent of about $20.50, assuming a 1.29 conversion rate), it will be displayed as $15.95 U.S. to my U.S. buyers only as long as the $Cdn stays at its current level. This means I will have no control over the displayed $US pricing as the $Cdn continues to fluctuate. Either I will have to adjust my prices every week or two to keep up with $Cdn fluctuations, or pray that the $Cdn doesn't rise.
Do you see what I'm getting at? If the $Cdn were to rise to $0.85 next week against the $US, then my $20.50 Cdn price would suddenly be displayed as closer to $17.50 U.S. I can't see any way that such an outcome would be beneficial for a seller like me who sells mainly to the U.S.
The other (almost as serious) issue I see is the fluctuation itself. I want my U.S. buyers to see my prices remaining the same no matter which day or week they happen to visit my store. This is because 100% of the competitors I do have are in the U.S., and I price my items against theirs. A $15.95 item should still look like $15.95 in my listing no matter what. Otherwise I can't imagine that a U.S. buyer seeing pricing bouncing up and down can possibly be a good thing.
I hope you can see my point. I simply don't think these factors would work to the advantage of a seller whose primary market is the U.S.
Hi rose-dee,
The real question is, would you rather have the FX fluctuations affect your profits or the displayed price on eBay.com? As a seller you have to go with that's more important to you.
@e8group2007a wrote:
The thing is by giving the promotion in Canadian dollars only THAT is forcing us to convert or forego the offer. That is Steerage class treatment!
Let us switch to .com and go on the .com free promotion list!
"Unfortunately I can't speak to why promos are managed the way they are. "
...but you can raise our concerns to those that do manage them!! Tell them just how peed off we are!
The differing offer is a super insult to all sellers on .ca!
I'm sorry you feel insulted. However promotions are just that, promotions, with rules that apply to them. This one is for CAD listings only. A cell phone carrier may offer a special price to new subscribers only. Harvey's send coupons in the mail that can't be combined with other offers. Car dealerships offer a preferential rate on a small selection of models only.
Are we trying to get more Canadian sellers to adopt listing CAD? We certainly are. If Toyota offered a promotional price on the Yaris, it would probably be because they are looking to increase Yaris sales.
