Couple of things. First off since the existence of .ca you can no longer register on .com. It'll bump you to .ca once you enter a Canadian address. Before there was a .ca you could. I registered on .com.
What do you mean by 'use them'? Will the listing sales for the .com site work since you're a Canadian? Generally yes but you have to read the rules of each promo. .ca is the site that tends to issue listing sales for Canadians only. Other country specific sites may as well, that I don't know but .com doesn't. It's open to anyone listing on .com.
To find out about the listing sales, promos etc sign up for the announcements on .com and you'll get them. You need to sign up for the Announcements Group on .com under eBay Groups.
http://groups.ebay.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1071
Also, make it a habit of signing in on .com and read their announcements.
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing.shtml?_trksid=m40
I have two windows open. I sign in on .com to do my work and ONLY use .ca for the chatboards. That's how I find out about .ca promos which I find useless since they're only for .ca. I don't list on .ca.
What do you mean by 'use them'? Will the listing sales for the .com site work since you're a Canadian? Generally yes but you have to read the rules of each promo. .ca is the site that tends to issue listing sales for Canadians only. Other country specific sites may as well, that I don't know but .com doesn't. It's open to anyone listing on .com.
To find out about the listing sales, promos etc sign up for the announcements on .com and you'll get them. You need to sign up for the Announcements Group on .com under eBay Groups.
http://groups.ebay.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1071
Also, make it a habit of signing in on .com and read their announcements.
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing.shtml?_trksid=m40
I have two windows open. I sign in on .com to do my work and ONLY use .ca for the chatboards. That's how I find out about .ca promos which I find useless since they're only for .ca. I don't list on .ca.
Lots of reasons. Better exposure. Different rule structure and since I ship from the US I can say my location is in the US & Canada. I get better exposure and get on Express. I got told to do this at eBay Live.
Pierre one of the big Canadian stamp guys has pointed out the stupidity of listing on the Canadian sites. He has a Jacque Cartier stamp. I'm not a history buff but I believe he's the guy that discovered Canada. It's a STAMP. It's not a designer what-the-heck-ever. When he tries to list the stamp of the guy that discovered Canada availble worldwide it won't let him because of the word 'Cartier'.
Something dum about their fraud category or other. Like when you list Gucci, or Lacoste or other designer name products. It limits where you can sell to. But he can list the exact same thing unencumbered on .com.
I don't think and never did think there was a need for eBay Canada. Ok I'll give you there are a couple of reasons which are good for some people but they're not enough to get me to list on it. And some of the reasons like our Canadian taxes don't work!! Utterly foolish in my opinion.
Pierre one of the big Canadian stamp guys has pointed out the stupidity of listing on the Canadian sites. He has a Jacque Cartier stamp. I'm not a history buff but I believe he's the guy that discovered Canada. It's a STAMP. It's not a designer what-the-heck-ever. When he tries to list the stamp of the guy that discovered Canada availble worldwide it won't let him because of the word 'Cartier'.
Something dum about their fraud category or other. Like when you list Gucci, or Lacoste or other designer name products. It limits where you can sell to. But he can list the exact same thing unencumbered on .com.
I don't think and never did think there was a need for eBay Canada. Ok I'll give you there are a couple of reasons which are good for some people but they're not enough to get me to list on it. And some of the reasons like our Canadian taxes don't work!! Utterly foolish in my opinion.
All of my listings have always been done on the .ca site and i never really noticed any issues? I may have to try and list a few on the .com and see what happens then.
Sean
Sean
You have to decide for yourself if it works for you or not. I've also heard that Canadian listings get shown after US listings in searches. I don't recall if those that posted that said the items were listed on .ca or just Canadians listing on .com.
You also have to bear in mind that when listing on .com the default postal system is USPS. Whereas on .ca the default postal system is Canada Post. Something else to consider. I'm referring to the info posted at the bottom of a listing. If you don't use that, then it doesn't matter but it's something you should know if you do.
The announcements are great not just for listing sales but for information and rule changes. It's a great resource.
You also have to bear in mind that when listing on .com the default postal system is USPS. Whereas on .ca the default postal system is Canada Post. Something else to consider. I'm referring to the info posted at the bottom of a listing. If you don't use that, then it doesn't matter but it's something you should know if you do.
The announcements are great not just for listing sales but for information and rule changes. It's a great resource.
You're misunderstanding. The shipping tool isn't what we're talking about. Go look at the bottom of my listings. It lists prices and services offered by the USPS. Now go look at someone's listing on .ca and it will show prices and services offered by Canada Post. You the seller enter those figures.
If you're thinking about a shipping calculator like they have on .com, forget it. No such thing exists on eBay.ca. There is one you have to buy from a seller but nothing is offered by eBay itself. You have to enter the figures on your own.
The US shipping calculator offers sellers shipping with USPS the ability to enter a handling fee, an item weight and potential buyers enter their shipping info and get a rate. You can't do that from Canada. eBay hasn't gotten around to figuring out how to do that. You have to enter shipping costs to various locations yourself. ie: $20 to US, $20 to Uk whatever....
If you're thinking about a shipping calculator like they have on .com, forget it. No such thing exists on eBay.ca. There is one you have to buy from a seller but nothing is offered by eBay itself. You have to enter the figures on your own.
The US shipping calculator offers sellers shipping with USPS the ability to enter a handling fee, an item weight and potential buyers enter their shipping info and get a rate. You can't do that from Canada. eBay hasn't gotten around to figuring out how to do that. You have to enter shipping costs to various locations yourself. ie: $20 to US, $20 to Uk whatever....
I registered on .com before .ca existed. That however has no bearing on what site you list on. You've registered on .ca and you can list on any eBay site you wish. Go to that site and list your item. UK, US, Australia, whatever you want. You can even list on non-English speaking sites if you know the language. It's totally up to you.
As Nancy says, you don't have to register on that site to list there.
Your user ID and password are good on any eBay site. Go to that site directly log in and sell your item. That's all there is to it. :)
As Nancy says, you don't have to register on that site to list there.
Your user ID and password are good on any eBay site. Go to that site directly log in and sell your item. That's all there is to it. :)
i guess you need to be registered with ebay.com to get their promotional emails?
Getting back on topic.....where you are registered has little if anything to do with receiving the promo notice emails.
Despite a number of requests I have not been receiving either .com or .ca promo notices for at least the past 2 years. (I have registered accounts on both sites)
Many sellers never receive them, there does not seem to be any consistency about them.
"What else could I do? I had no trade so I became a peddler" - Lazarus Greenberg 1915
- answering Trolls is voluntary, my policy is not to participate.
Getting back on topic.....where you are registered has little if anything to do with receiving the promo notice emails.
Despite a number of requests I have not been receiving either .com or .ca promo notices for at least the past 2 years. (I have registered accounts on both sites)
Many sellers never receive them, there does not seem to be any consistency about them.
"What else could I do? I had no trade so I became a peddler" - Lazarus Greenberg 1915
- answering Trolls is voluntary, my policy is not to participate.
