eBay

rdemaree · ‎09-03-2025

So apparently ebay .c om is putting a warning on Canadian listings saying tariffs will be due for packages going into the USA pon delivery.

There are many things wrong with this.

1. This completely sidesteps CUSMA compliant listings (which I have been approved to sell via a customs broker). This warning basically assumes everyone is selling things made in China via UPS or Fedex. Its lazy and will hurt Canadian sellers.

2. This isn't how it works for postal shipments. For postal network shipments the tariffs must be paid up front and for CUSMA there are no tariffs.

Are we just toast until October when they get the international seller program up or until Canada Post re-enables shipping to the USA and ebay lets you get Canadian labels again?

I just think Ebay's approach is a broad brush and lazy approach.

I have jumped throgh hoops and went through hours of classifying my items and being approved by a broker for CUSMA rates and then I see this warning about tariffs on all of my listings.

This will no doubt siphon hundreds of dollars or even 1K+ out of my pocket until they get their act together.

easoss · ‎09-10-2025

Maybe I'm out to lunch on this but my gut feeling is eBay will eventually shut down the .ca site and force all sellers to .com. This assures that all items are available to US buyers, Zonos gets their slice of the pie and EIS becomes almost mandatory for anyone who doesn't use private couriers. Let's face it, a lot of sellers in Canada have either already left or are in the process of leaving by the end of the year. Small hobby sellers and those with lower value items are pretty much finished.

As far as CUSMA compliance enjoy it while you can. When Trump rips up the deal for a new one I can see a scenario in which every item entering the USA no matter where it's made having some form of tariff/duty placed on it. I certainly wouldn't be investing too much in an online business right now with so much uncertainty surrounding the future. I really really hope I'm completely wrong.

mrdutch1001 · ‎09-10-2025

Thankfully I still have other online sites I can utilize for my "I do it for something to do" online selling. I'm over it(The Trump tariffs & shipping to the USA), and have moved onward and forward with selling only within Canada. I have better things to do with my life than cave to the manipulation, coersion and extortion by the most corrupt USA Gov't in USA history...

movie_galaxy · ‎09-10-2025

Trump's tariffs will be ruled unconstitutional in less than 60 days.

It will get better, I promise.

No President has the right to impose whatever tariffs he/she feels like on every product that enters the country for their entire term.

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎09-10-2025

@marnotom! wrote:
@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:

It sounds when the Product team made this intentional change they did not contemplate the repercussions it would have on Canadian sellers as a whole. This very visible message has a large potential to affect our livelihoods. It's spoken about regularly...the concept of a level playing field. This is another one where it is the exact opposite. Unfortunately anything that is done that changes a potential buyers mind tends to increase the odds of a lost sale..Again at Canadian seller(s) expense. These prospective buyers will never be seen from again. Not super appreciated. It's been hard enough in the recent past for Canadian sellers dealing with what seems like neverending postal unrest. Now US tariff costs being dumped on the backs of sellers, when throughout time Canadian & Intl buyers have always been responsible for these costs for their purchase...where and when applicable.
Remember, @lotzofuniquegoodies, that the only non-US sellers that should not be affected by this are British sellers using the Global Shipping Program. (Although even the GSP won't forward some stuff to the US, by the looks of things.) This hits Australian, German, French, Singaporean, Indian, etc. sellers just as much as it does Canadian sellers. I appreciate your advocacy, but considering what a small presence Canadian sellers have on eBay globally, I think we'd be best framing this with all non-US sellers in mind, not just those from Canada.

@marnotom! Out of curiosity are you totally defending eBay's decision/justification for applying that message to seller's listings. Being this is a Canadian forum it would be unrealistic for me to even consider defending eBay decisions for policies. As a side there are never any guarantees any policy eBay pulls out of the air is done the same way on every site for various reasons. All one has to do is check any associated help pages to find discrepancies.

byto253 · ‎09-10-2025

If someone is listing on the .ca site, there is Zero excuse or mitigating factor for the banner. Zero. eBay is a very sophisticated company, they can figure this out. Their role is to provide a platform. This takes a direct shot right at Canadian sellers, and on a false basis. Unconscionable.

easoss · ‎09-10-2025

And then Trump will follow the constitution. I doubt it considering he has the Supreme Court in his back pocket. Relying on that is a big gamble to assume.

marnotom! · ‎09-10-2025

@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
@marnotom! Out of curiosity are you totally defending eBay's decision/justification for applying that message to seller's listings. Being this is a Canadian forum it would be unrealistic for me to even consider defending eBay decisions for policies. As a side there are never any guarantees any policy eBay pulls out of the air is done the same way on every site for various reasons. All one has to do is check any associated help pages to find discrepancies.

No, I'm not., @lotzofuniquegoodies. If you go back some posts, you'll see that I disagree with the wording, as well. What I do find troubling are the Canada-centric views on this that are couching this as some sort of an attack on Canadian eBay sellers when in fact that banner shows up on the .com site for listings from non-US countries, period. I thought as a nation we were more capable of considering our place among other countries than our next-door neighbour seems to be.

marnotom! · ‎09-10-2025

@byto253 wrote:

If someone is listing on the .ca site, there is Zero excuse or mitigating factor for the banner. Zero. eBay is a very sophisticated company, they can figure this out. Their role is to provide a platform. This takes a direct shot right at Canadian sellers, and on a false basis. Unconscionable.

My point is that I don't think it matters where a seller is listing, the banner is still troubling. In a search on the .com site I found an item that had been listed on the Australian site and the banner was there as well. I don't think eBay is taking direct shots at Canadian sellers specifically. It's just working with bad information and/or trying to tread water until we see what happens after the Supreme Court ruling.

cottagewoman · ‎09-10-2025

What is at issue here is the fact that the banner is inclusive of all shipment methods which isn't nuanced enough. This is 2025, and eBay sites are localized. They darned well know the specifics for each country. What is more blatantly lying is the page that opens from the banner link, which states that USPS shipments will require the buyer to pay fees and duties. This is NOT POSSIBLE given the current CBP requirements for international postal shipments which MUST be prepaid before arriving. Why did eBay put this misinformation in place? Not like this hasn't been one of the hottest topics of discussion in the last 3 weeks!

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎09-11-2025

@marnotom! wrote:
@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
@marnotom! Out of curiosity are you totally defending eBay's decision/justification for applying that message to seller's listings. Being this is a Canadian forum it would be unrealistic for me to even consider defending eBay decisions for policies. As a side there are never any guarantees any policy eBay pulls out of the air is done the same way on every site for various reasons. All one has to do is check any associated help pages to find discrepancies.
No, I'm not., @lotzofuniquegoodies. If you go back some posts, you'll see that I disagree with the wording, as well. What I do find troubling are the Canada-centric views on this that are couching this as some sort of an attack on Canadian eBay sellers when in fact that banner shows up on the .com site for listings from non-US countries, period. I thought as a nation we were more capable of considering our place among other countries than our next-door neighbour seems to be.

@marnotom! Thanks for clarification. Just very sad when eBay is most likely received a negative response from this decision they they didn't think it would be in their best interest to modify accordingly.

marnotom! · ‎09-11-2025

@cottagewoman wrote:

What is at issue here is the fact that the banner is inclusive of all shipment methods which isn't nuanced enough. This is 2025, and eBay sites are localized. They darned well know the specifics for each country.

Good post, but I see a problem with basing a banner message on the listing site, and that is that it doesn’t deal with sellers who may have their items located in a country other than the one where the listing site is located.

cottagewoman · ‎09-11-2025

Oftentimes those listings are shown on the US site when they are listed on the localized site. - noted as being so on .com. If they can do that, they sure as h**l can know what the situation is regarding tariffs. This still doesn't excuse the out and out lie that USPS shipments WILL REQUIRE the buyer to pay extra fees and duties.

marnotom! · ‎09-11-2025

What might be confusing or difficult for the humans at or the site code for eBay US to deal with is the fact that the tariffs themselves are based on the item’s country of manufacture, not the site the seller listed on, not the seller’s country of registration, and not the item’s location. I don’t think eBay can block or modify listings on the basis of something in the item specifics, but I could be wrong about that.

I do appreciate that you were talking about the issues of transportation and DDP shipments, which is something a little different, though.

flipistics · ‎09-11-2025

@movie_galaxy wrote:
I was thinking, if Canadian sellers shut down their US exposure because of tariffs, won't every Canadian seller lose their top rated status and discount on seller fees because they won't be able to reach the minimum 100 sales in US market for the calender year?

For selling on eBay Canada, you are rated on Global (which includes Canada) and USA. You can be top rated in none, one, or both. You only get the discount on selling fees for the ones that you're top rated on. If you go to your seller level page, you can toggle between Global and USA and see where you sit.