Someone here linked to a thread on a different forum where a person claimed that Shopify had Zonos integration at checkout.
I haven't been able to confirm whether this is actually the case. I've checked a few larger Shopify sites and added an item to my cart with a US address to see what happens. I have yet to find a website with actual built in duties calculated. My assumption is that if Zonos integration actually exists, it is Zonos collecting the duties, not eBay.
I have found a few sites that claim to not charge duties, but they do charger a 30 percent "Administration Recovery Fee" on orders going to the US. My assumption is that this is a loophole to charge a flat fee that covers the duties, without violating any rules regarding the chain of custody with duties.
With eIS only a month or so away, I'm operating under the assumption that eBay is not going to split their platform and will only offer a solution directly through eIS. We will obviously be allowed to facilitate international shipping on our own, but I don't expect them to provide us with tools to make it seamless outside of eIS. The higher rate of sellers that they convert to eIS, the higher the volume is, and I assume that makes the program more viable.
Make no mistake, my preference as a seller would be to have both options. The above is just speculation.
