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momcqueen · ‎11-05-2015

http://pages.ebay.ca/promo/2015/1105/2000Listings.html

List FREE - 2,000 auction-style or fixed priced listings Start Date * End Date

Pay no insertion fees on 2,000 listings when Canadian Dollar is specified as the currency. Learn More

Nov. 05, 2015

05:29:30 am EST

Nov. 15, 2015

11:59:59 pm EST

Invited sellers who activate the offer and then create a listing with Canadian Dollars specified as the currency in the auction-style format, auction-style with Buy It Now format, or fixed price format, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein ("Qualifying Listing"), will pay no insertion fee per item listed ("Promotion") for up to 1,000 listings during the Promotion Period (as defined below).

The Promotion does not apply to listings with 1-day or 3-day duration, final value fees, or optional upgrade fees. Final value fees will be applied to the total amount of the sale, including the cost of the item, shipping, and any other fees a seller may charge—excluding any sales tax. Fees for optional listing upgrades (such as reserve price, bold, listing in 2 categories, etc.) still apply. For listing in 2 categories, you will be charged at standard rates for the second category. Please note: Not all upgrades are available in all listing flows. All existing selling limits on your account (as well as category and item limits) still apply, and may prevent you from creating the maximum number of listings in this Promotion. The Promotion is in addition to the free listings per month as part of the everyday rate plan.

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This Promotion is available to sellers who: (i) activated the promotion from the invitation email or on the Promotion landing page; and (ii) meet eBay's minimum seller performance standards. Please sign in to My eBay and view your Seller Dashboard to verify whether your account is currently meeting the standards.

momcqueen · ‎11-10-2015

(It's how they will solve the eBay.com shopping cart not accepting .ca-created USD listings.)

raphael@ebay.com · ‎11-11-2015

@dutchman48 wrote:

Raphael

It can be done on Turbo Lister now but only if they were listed on .ca. You have to highlight the ones you want to change (only in the inventory file is the best), click on edit, on top right of the screen, click on the currency arrow and then Canada, click save on bottom right of page.

Keep in mind it will convert US to Can dollar for dollar so you may have to make price adjustments.

Also, all shipping will have to be changed as well which can also be done bulk edit the same way but you have to change all shipping fields and then click save. It will convert your original US shipping to Can dollar for dollar again.

WHAT I WOULD DO FIRST IS MOVE 1 ITEM INTO INVENTORY, DUPLICATE IT AND PLAY WITH THE DUPLICATED ITEM TILL YOU BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCEDURE

Thanks dutchman48. I'm not familiar with TL so this is great for anyone who uses it. Just be careful when creating duplicate listings, the site can be pretty quick to catch those if they go live.

raphael@ebay.com · ‎11-11-2015

@pocomocomputing wrote:

raphael@ebay.com wrote:

For now, you have to use Sell Similar or simply create new listings from scratch if you want to move USD inventory to CAD. We are working on bringing tools to make this task easier in the near future, stay tuned for that.

For eBay to actually spend the time and effort to make a tool to do this move from US $ to Can $ ONLY on the eBay.ca Canada site strongly implies that ebay is going to drop the US currency as an option in the near future (1 year or less). Why does eBay.ca Canada not just openly state that this is what is going to happen right now and not hint all the time at this?

All we've been saying is that we strongly believe that our assessment that it is better for most Canadian sellers to list in CAD, and we are putting forth guidance and tools to help those who want to adopt this practice. We can't openly state things that haven't been planned for or committed to.

mmmcross · ‎11-11-2015

Thanks for the help, but I never listed on the Canadian site originally so I seem to be out of luck. At this point I'm not even able to create a new item template for the Canadian site in Canadian currency, but maybe I'm missing something so I'll keep trying.

rose-dee · ‎11-11-2015

@mjwl2006 wrote:
(It's how they will solve the eBay.com shopping cart not accepting .ca-created USD listings.)

I think you've created an "aha!" moment. OMG.

I've been shaking my head for months wondering why on earth eBay Canada would want to remove a listing feature (the ability to list in $US on .ca) that so clearly benefits so many Canadian sellers. This possibility never occurred me, 'mj', but it makes perfect sense, which is more than I can say for the dubious announcement about statistical results of listing in $Cdn, the critical data from which we are of course not allowed to see. Now it must be admitted that listing in $Cdn, at least at the moment, only obviates the cart problem for .com buyers, it doesn't actually solve it. However, it does allow buyers to check out and purchase more than one item without hitting a dead-end, which is some improvement.

Here's the thing. Which is cheaper -- re-programming the entire eBay.com site so that it's smart enough to be compatible with eBay Canada, or just dump the problem currency on .ca altogether? Ooohh those guys in San Jose are clever.

And of course to convince us minions that this is the only rational course of action, we need to have appropriate propaganda, in the guise of a "study", the details of which are never disclosed to those most affected (sellers) so that they can make up their own minds as to whether this is actually beneficial for their particular situation.

Plus a little short stick in the eye (the auto-defaulting SYI form), just to foist a bit of the habit on us in advance. Followed by a nice, sweet carrot (the $Cdn-only promo) to see if the donkeys will all plod along as desired.

Those sellers who prefer not to swallow the red pill, and who migrate instead to eBay.com in order to list in $US won't represent any loss to eBay. They'll just keep on collecting on the U.S. side, sans cart problems. It's a perfect scheme.

Oh, I'm afraid I'm sounding cynical, aren't I? But how can one be otherwise given all the smoke and mirrors that go on around here? I'm someone who prefers to know the facts and deal with them than be patted on the head and told it's all in your best interests dear, just trust us...

widgetc · ‎11-12-2015

eBay if you are going to introduce tools to convert to C$ from US$ you should also introduce the option for automatic price changes in the C$ listings against US$ fluctuations. If someone has 2000 listings and the dollar drops over time like it has it is a major pain to have to keep readjusting 2000 prices! Many sellers buy inventory in US$ so need to either list in US$ or have prices in C$ automatically adjusted to reflect currency changes. Perhaps they could readjust automatically each time they are renewed for GTC listings.

momcqueen · ‎11-12-2015

@widgetc wrote:
eBay if you are going to introduce tools to convert to C$ from US$ you should also introduce the option for automatic price changes in the C$ listings against US$ fluctuations.....

It is relatively easy to do this with the Bulk Editor tool in batches. I wouldn't exceed more than 100 at a time just to be safe but, after you've switched to CAD, you can bulk edit the price and set it to increase by whatever percentage you deem appropriate to cover the conversion between the currencies..... I also do most of my inventory acquisition in USD and have a built-in conversion happening in my brain at all times. CAD works great for me as Canadians are my top priority for sales.

pjcdn2005 · ‎11-12-2015

Here's the thing. Which is cheaper -- re-programming the entire eBay.com site so that it's smart enough to be compatible with eBay Canada, or just dump the problem currency on .ca altogether? Ooohh those guys in San Jose are clever.

And of course to convince us minions that this is the only rational course of action, we need to have appropriate propaganda, in the guise of a "study", the details of which are never disclosed to those most affected (sellers) so that they can make up their own minds as to whether this is actually beneficial for their particular situation.

Plus a little short stick in the eye (the auto-defaulting SYI form), just to foist a bit of the habit on us in advance. Followed by a nice, sweet carrot (the $Cdn-only promo) to see if the donkeys will all plod along as desired.

I guess that they are more clever than you think as it looks to me like they have already solved the problem you are referring to. It looks like $Cdn listings are treated the same as $U.S. .ca listings so neither can be 'added' to the cart. I guess we can throw that theory out the window.

mmmcross · ‎11-12-2015

I am still in shock that there is no way to convert U.S. listings to Canadian in bulk. I am also having technical difficulties creating any Canadian listing whatsoever in Turbo Lister, and by the time I receive technical support, the promotion may be over. I am basically shut out of this promotion unless I abandon Turbo Lister and use the web forms. I can do a handful of new listings that way, but not 2000, and I can't possibly convert my entire inventory to Canadian currency without a bulk tool. I understand that listing promotions are a privilege and not a right, but if they change the rules to require Canadian sellers to list in Canadian currency, surely there will be many sellers like me whose entire inventory is in U.S. currency. I can't be the only seller with this problem. Am I just unlucky, or is this not fair?

pjcdn2005 · ‎11-12-2015

@mmmcross wrote:
I am still in shock that there is no way to convert U.S. listings to Canadian in bulk. I am also having technical difficulties creating any Canadian listing whatsoever in Turbo Lister, and by the time I receive technical support, the promotion may be over. I am basically shut out of this promotion unless I abandon Turbo Lister and use the web forms. I can do a handful of new listings that way, but not 2000, and I can't possibly convert my entire inventory to Canadian currency without a bulk tool. I understand that listing promotions are a privilege and not a right, but if they change the rules to require Canadian sellers to list in Canadian currency, surely there will be many sellers like me whose entire inventory is in U.S. currency. I can't be the only seller with this problem. Am I just unlucky, or is this not fair?

Raphael did mention that they are working on some sort of tool that would make it easier but I don't imagine that will ready right away.

If I were you, I would contact @skylarstuff through their feedback page. That was who originally mentioned that it was easy to do on Turbo lister so perhaps they could help you. They haven't been on the board the past few days so they wouldn't have seen your comments about having problems with it.

momcqueen · ‎11-12-2015

@mmmcross wrote:
I am still in shock that there is no way to convert U.S. listings to Canadian in bulk. I am also having technical difficulties creating any Canadian listing whatsoever in Turbo Lister, and by the time I receive technical support, the promotion may be over. I am basically shut out of this promotion unless I abandon Turbo Lister and use the web forms. I can do a handful of new listings that way, but not 2000, and I can't possibly convert my entire inventory to Canadian currency without a bulk tool. I understand that listing promotions are a privilege and not a right, but if they change the rules to require Canadian sellers to list in Canadian currency, surely there will be many sellers like me whose entire inventory is in U.S. currency. I can't be the only seller with this problem. Am I just unlucky, or is this not fair?

I wish I had better advice for you but I know absolutely nothing about Turbo Lister since I use a Mac and it's not supported. pj has better advice on that than I.

mmmcross · ‎11-12-2015

Thanks for the advice. That's a really good idea. I saw skylarstuff's original message but then a few others, including Raphael here and Pierre on another thread, seemed to confirm that it was not possible to do it in Turbo Lister. Luckily techincal support got back to me quickly with a suggestion, so I'm not all out of luck yet.

mmmcross · ‎11-12-2015

Thank you anyways. I'm going to take pj's advice as well as that of technical support which responded more quickly than usual, so I'm not all out of luck or options yet.

rose-dee · ‎11-13-2015

@pjcdn2005 wrote:

I guess that they are more clever than you think as it looks to me like they have already solved the problem you are referring to. It looks like $Cdn listings are treated the same as $U.S. .ca listings so neither can be 'added' to the cart. I guess we can throw that theory out the window.

I'm not sure what you are alluding to. A few weeks ago, when I brought this question up, Raphael did confirm that $Cdn and $US listings were still being dealt with differently. That is, that $Cdn listings cannot be added to a .com cart at all (which is a solution of sorts to the cart disconnect), but .com buyers of $US listings on .ca can still get routed into a "dead-end" cart (a much worse situation).

I don't know whether that has changed in the last month -- perhaps it has. I've been unable to test it on my own listings, and frankly I've begun to lose interest in spending time on tracking the issue.

I'd be interested to know if there has been a significant change in the last few weeks. I think many Canadian sellers have been under the impression for months now that where .com buyers' checkout experience is concerned, it makes no difference whether an item is listed on .ca in $US or $Cdn, which has definitely not been the case up until at least late September of this year.

I'll post the link to Raphael's information once I locate it.

rose-dee · ‎11-13-2015

Further to my post above, see my post #21 and especially the screen shots I posted in #22 in the thread linked below, and see Raphael's reply in post #34 of that thread. This was on September 9, 2015, so if eBay has changed anything in this scenario, it's been very, very recently.

"1) Yes you are right, there is a difference. When I said there was no difference, I only means that neither can be purchased via the cart."

http://community.ebay.ca/t5/Weekly-Chat-Session/September-9thy-2015-Weekly-Session/td-p/312655/page/...

dutchman48 · ‎11-13-2015

I just did the following test which contradicts a lot of what we were told from what I can see.

I set up shipping discounts in Can dollars for listings on .ca. I set up shipping discounts in US dollars for items listed on .com.

I uploaded a number of listings on both .com nd .ca from the same ID.

The US listings are fine, everything shows in US dollars including shipping, discounts, etc on both .ca and .com.

The 3 Canadian listings I tested have issues. They are listed in Can $ and shipping is in Can $

When I look at the item on .ca everything is fine as far as price, shipping, discounts, etc looks as it should.

The US is not so nice. I did a search under my US ID for 1 of the items (262143133775) it shows in US $.

HOWEVER, WHEN I OPEN THE ITEM, PRICING SHOWS IN CAN $ (NOT US), SHIPPING SHOWS IN CAN $ (NOT US) AND THE SHIPPING DISCOUNT SHOWS IN CAN $ AS WELL.

NONE OF THE CANADIAN PRICES ARE CONVERTED TO US $ ONCE YOU OPEN THE ITEM

IF ANYONE HAS A US EBAY ID, PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF YOU SEE THE SAME PROBLEM

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS NOT HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK

raphael@ebay.com · ‎11-13-2015

@dutchman48 wrote:

I just did the following test which contradicts a lot of what we were told from what I can see.

I set up shipping discounts in Can dollars for listings on .ca. I set up shipping discounts in US dollars for items listed on .com.

I uploaded a number of listings on both .com nd .ca from the same ID.

The US listings are fine, everything shows in US dollars including shipping, discounts, etc on both .ca and .com.

The 3 Canadian listings I tested have issues. They are listed in Can $ and shipping is in Can $

When I look at the item on .ca everything is fine as far as price, shipping, discounts, etc looks as it should.

The US is not so nice. I did a search under my US ID for 1 of the items (262143133775) it shows in US $.

HOWEVER, WHEN I OPEN THE ITEM, PRICING SHOWS IN CAN $ (NOT US), SHIPPING SHOWS IN CAN $ (NOT US) AND THE SHIPPING DISCOUNT SHOWS IN CAN $ AS WELL.

NONE OF THE CANADIAN PRICES ARE CONVERTED TO US $ ONCE YOU OPEN THE ITEM

IF ANYONE HAS A US EBAY ID, PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF YOU SEE THE SAME PROBLEM

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS NOT HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK

Hi dutchman,

I looked at your item on eBay.com and the CAD price is converted in USD as with any other foreign currency listing:

During checkout, a US buyer would see Canadian dollars until such time as they get to the payment stage, where PayPal would tell them the final amount (item price + shipping - discounts / FX rate) in USD. It's exactly the same (albeit in reverse) as when Canadian buyer purchases a USD item on eBay.ca.

dutchman48 · ‎11-13-2015

Hi Raphael

Thank you for the reply.

If you open the shipping section, everything is in Canadian $ which is going to create issue with our neighbors to the south with part in Can and Part in US on the listing.

Canada and the rest of the world are used to seeing and using different currencies, but people in the US don't like to see anything but their own currency.

dutchman48 · ‎11-13-2015

Also, when they checkout if they buy more than 1 from Canada, does it use the additional shipping discount in Canadian or US dollars?

If the combined even works, but that is a different issue as we all know.

raphael@ebay.com · ‎11-13-2015

@dutchman48 wrote:

Also, when they checkout if they buy more than 1 from Canada, does it use the additional shipping discount in Canadian or US dollars?

If the combined even works, but that is a different issue as we all know.

As we all know, only items listed on eBay.com can be combined in the eBay.com shopping cart. So logically all combined purchases on eBay.com will be in USD.