Selling on ebay.CA, can buyers around the world see our listing?

[watch-n-save]

I sell all my items on Ebay.CA and I was wondering if buyers from .COM, .UK and etc... see our item in their site? Or do they have to log onto .CA in order to view our item? I was told that only item in .COM can be viewed in any dot orgin. Is that true?
Thank you for those who can help me answer this question.

[ampurtle]

Only the countries that you specify in your listing as a shipping destination will see them.

[cumos55]

If you use Turbolister you can add sites to list on.

If you list on ebay.ca and choose eBay US your listings will show up in regular search.. On all of the other sites the listings will show up as international listings.

In Turbolister click in order.

Tools > Options > Seller Options > eBay sites...

and add the sites where you want your listings to go...

eBay will download information pertaining to the selected site.

Out of my last three sales... one was Canada, one was Germany and the third was Hungary

If you only click worldwide as a shipping option in a listings form ... Potential buyers have to view your listings on eBay.ca if you only list to ebay.ca.

Most people list to eBay.ca and eBay.com

I have my listings go to all English countries... to French speaking countries as well as to Germany.

[cottonwoodindustries]

I only list on .ca but ship all over the world, last month alone I sent items to France, UK, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Taiwan, and Spain

[gifts_of_elegance]

I list on eBay.ca and I have purchasers from all over the world, even from places I have never heard of. It makes up a very large portion of my sales and it keeps growing.

[jeffglobal]

Just to clarify....if we now click that we ship "Worldwide" are you saying that we will no longer have exposure on ALL eBay sites, just on .CA?

FYI, I'm not using Turbo Lister, just listing manually....

Can somebody clarify.

Thanks,
Jeff

[recped]

Can somebody clarify.

Not sure what you want clarified or who your message is directed at.....

It's pretty simple, if you list on .ca AND specify you ship Worldwide your listing will be available on ALL eBay sites.

"available" means they can be found but perhaps not in the basic/default search.

[pierrelebel]

Worth repeating:

""available" means they can be found but perhaps not in the basic/default search." .

[jeffglobal]

So how do we get exposure into the "basic / default" search for the other sites, .COM for example (if listing on .CA and specifying WORLDWIDE shipping)?

[northernlights2228]

I sell on Ebay.ca but send my items all over the world so I am assuming they are seen on all the ebay sites that I ship to.
Thanks

[jeffglobal]

Yeah, me too for many years,....but with all the changes that have occured, is there any change to our exposure on the other sites if specifying WORLDWIDE shipping? Somebody told me the other day that we now had to PAY A FEE for that "priveledge." So not true then??

[momoftwingles2]

Hi jeffglobal,

IF you want your listings to show up in the NORMAL SEARCH in other countries outside of the US and Canada...then you need to pay the fee.

IF you don't mind just having your listings following at the end under the title of...See items from International Sellers then you don't need to pay. Just marking the WORLDWIDE box for shipping will ensure this.

Hope this helps,
Susan
momoftwingles2

[coxengines]

When you list on eBay.ca or eBay.com your listings will have equal placement on.ca and.com, subject to Best Match criteria.

Outside of North America, your listings will only show under "International sellers" at the bottom of the page.

The only exception: If you pay the "International Visibility Fee", your listings will be included in the basic search in the UK.

If the UK is perceived as a viable market for your product(s), buy this option when listing. If it's a very weak target market, take a pass on this option.

For us, The UK now houses our second biggest customer base (we virtually dominate in UK searches and the 10 cents or so we spend additionally on listings are the biggest investment we could make when listing).

However, you need to analyze your potential. What would I do? Go for it - full tilt - for a month (buy the International Visibility, that is) and decide after that time, whether to continue or not.

Downside? Just a few bucks.
Upside? Potentially incredible.

As a certified Kraut, one of our country's mottos is "Wer nicht wagt der nicht gewinnt", loosely translating into "Whoever does not take a risk, will not win".

Good luck:-x

Xena

[recped]

So how do we get exposure into the "basic / default" search for the other sites, .COM for example

On .com ALL Canadian listings which ship to the USA are searchable in the default/basic mode.

At this time the International Visibility option is only available for the UK

[jeffglobal]

Thanks everybody

[gifts_of_elegance]

I ship "worldwide" and have never been asked to pay extra for exposure to other countries. Am I missing something? Half my stuff goes over-seas.

[recped]

Am I missing something?


This announcement from last May.

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/ca/200805211214492.html