Selling on E-Bay.ca - what am I doing wrong?

[daleastern]

I have a product that is not sold in Canadian drug stores, [that I have ever found]  and no one sells it on Ebay Canada. I have heard that a lot of Canadians like the product and some stock up on it while in the US.

So I bought some of the product and offered it on E-bay Canada with free shipping. In 3 days I have only recorded 2 views --- and those are probably my own.

I used a lot of proper guide words in my main description.   What am I doing wrong?

[mrdutch1001]

There are countless factors that may come into play here including the fact that many folk don't trust purchasing medication online, and trust purchasing on eBay even less.

[daleastern]

There must be a few people out there that don't mind buying drugs on EBay.  When I search using the brand name on the US site I get 315 listings.

When I do the same search on the Canadian site I get 1. [mine]

Is the Canadian site that dead?

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

No. It's a cultural thing.

I've been selling by mail order since the late 70s, and it has been common knowledge that Canadians just don't buy by mail as much as Americans.

At one point , our company was selling Vermont Castings woodstoves in our stores, because the company, which was almost entirely mail order in the USA, could not find Canadian buyers willing to spend $1000 or more to have a stove shipped sight unseen.

And most Canadian sellers will tell you that the majority of our customers are from the USA, usually more than 80%, sometimes over 90%.

In terms of your listings, with the exception of the migraine pills which are targetted at Canadians, as long as you have shipping to the USA (and overseas when you decide to go that way) US buyers will see them and see them in their own currency.

[ypdc_dennis]

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@daleastern wrote:

I have a product that is not sold in Canadian drug stores, [that I have ever found]  and no one sells it on Ebay Canada. I have heard that a lot of Canadians like the product and some stock up on it while in the US.

So I bought some of the product and offered it on E-bay Canada with free shipping. In 3 days I have only recorded 2 views --- and those are probably my own.

I used a lot of proper guide words in my main description.   What am I doing wrong?

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Current title:

Excedrin Migraine --80 count bottle Geltabs- located in Canada - no border fees

Suggestion:

Excedrin Migraine - 80 count Gel tabs July 2017 - ship from Canada 80 Geltabs

Search gives different results for "gel tabs" vs "geltabs" so use both

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Minor suggestion:

Drop your price from C$39.00 to C$38.99

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[daleastern]

THANKS

[daleastern]

Oh, while I have you.....................

Am I breaking any laws by reselling an off the shelf US pain reliever, that I don't think is available in Canada?

[pierrelebel]

All I could find on the subject is:

http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/drugs-products-medicaments-produits/buying-using-achat-utilisation/dru...

[pjcdn2005]

I have no idea of the legality although I see it is available on the other 'large' Canadian site.

The following was posted on Ask MetaFilter in 2009.  The person who replied may not have the correct information and/or the rules may have changed since then.

Why doesn't Excedrin in Canada contain aspirin?

The Excedrin (or generic equivalent) that I buy in the US has 250mg acetaminophen, 250mg aspirin, and 65mg caffeine. The one in Canada has 500mg acetaminophen and 65mg caffeine. Google yields pages mentioning that Excedrin sold in Canada contains no aspirin. Why?

Laws against selling mixed analgesics are probably a consequence of phenacetin-containing mixtures causing analgesic nephropathy, which used to cause a small but significant number of cases of chronic renal failure in heavy OTC painkiller consumers. After this connection was recognized, these products were taken off the OTC market, but some countries, like Canada, went farther and blanket banned this kind of mixture.

[maggiebvintage2010]

According to what I've found, it has been illegal since 1986 to sell or import for sale any analgesic that contains acetaminophen and aspirin together.