Hello Canadian sellers,
This thread is open for discussion regarding the recent announcement about eBay Canada retiring USD support from its selling flows. Myself and other employees will come visit this thread and do our best to answer any questions on this topic.
"Please tell me how I can produce a 32 t0 37% increase in sale"
???
What do you mean?
eBay never suggested your sales would go up by "32% to 37%" if you list in Cdn$. And I do not know where you get "32% to 37%".
" Ebay is still the largest shareholder."
With all due respect, I am not the one who posted that misinformation. you are.
Correcting your error has nothing to do with "sticking up for eBay and PayPal."
"Whatever that could be said here, they just don't care except maybe if its a question that hasn't been already answered."
That is correct.
I think many posters misunderstand the meaning of these threads originated by eBay. They are NOT "focus groups". They are not meant to receive and evaluate opinions.
The purpose of these threads (initiated by eBay) is to advise members of decisions made by eBay and have the staff and management answer questions and provide suggestions how to handle challenges created by those decisions.
For as long as I can remember, the eBay policy has been to not explain how they reached their decisions or justify them. It is their site, they own it and they create the rules and policies for what they feel is best for them.
These threads are not a polite debate from which decisions will be made. Decisions have been made and are final. Comments and insults on these threads never changed or modified the policies announced.
Members affected by the decisions may benefit from reading these threads a few times to find potential solutions to their perceived problems and challenges. Of course not all problems will be solved as some have no answer. However readers with an open mind may find solutions that could work for them.
" most of the categories I list in now do not even exist "
Could you please provide more details. I have been selling stamps (philatelic items) on eBay for eighteen years and the categories available on SY3 form on eBay.com should mirror the categories available on eBay.ca (with few exceptions)
@pierrelebel wrote:"your final fees on shipping are lower than the final on the item itself, "
Quite the contrary.
A seller pays regular FVF on shipping charge (TRS rebate does not apply) but could get 20% rebate on FVF if Top Rated Seller (TRS).
Now, if a smart seller offers "free shipping" as the first shipping option domestically, no FVF will be charged on the "shipping charge" when shipping outside the country.
It helps to know the rules!
This is quite true, but as an aside, I wanted to point out that this is one more solid argument explaining why herding more Canadian sellers over to .com will be a significant cost savings for eBay overall. This is a little truth of course that Rodney et al fail to mention in their zeal to convince us the switch to $Cdn is intended for our own benefit.
For many of us selling mainly to the U.S. and overseas, being able to offer free shipping domestically by listing on .ca, and hence avoiding paying FVFs on shipping for all non-Canadian orders, has been a huge benefit. I used it as a cornerstone of my business plan until I was forced to list a large percentage of my items on .com in order to escape the "cart disconnect" problems.
So, for any Cdn. seller who sells mostly to the U.S. and abroad and has been relying on using free domestic shipping in order to reduce overall FVFs on shipping, keep in mind that moving to eBay.com (in order to continue to list in $US) will mean not only losing that FVF fee reduction, but will almost certainly mean paying higher FVFs on shipping overall -- because every U.S. sale will be a "domestic" shipping sale, and what small Cdn. seller can afford to offer free (or very reduced) shipping to the U.S., especially if shipping items of any size or weight?
It's clear to me for this reason, amongst others, that having a large number of Cdn sellers move over to .com can only result in a cost-saving benefit for eBay. No wonder they're happy to encourage us to do so. I set out a rough estimate of the savings for eBay in an earlier post -- it's not peanuts.
For me personally, moving over to eBay.com in order to continue to list in $US and accommodate my U.S. customers with an easy and reliable checkout/cart function, is a no-brainer. It outweighs all the bad scenarios that listing in $Cdn on .ca would create for me.
However, some sellers may have to weigh the potential of higher sales by listing in $US on .com against the higher costs on shipping FVFs that will be virtually unavoidable. For Cdn. sellers who have a fairly even mix of Canadian, U.S. and international buyers, this could be a difficult calculation.
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