Canadian Sellers if they qualify for TRS (either for US Sales or Global) get the 20% fvf (soon to be 10%) discount regardless of handling time.
Please don't tell anyone south of the border....they would freak out that they are being treated like second class citizens (sad!)
I must be blind.
Nope! The handling time does not always get displayed, I never figured out why it does on some listings but doesn't show on others.
Where is does show up (sort of) is in the estimated delivery time which matters to some buyers of some items.
Personally the "under promise and over deliver" works for me as it does for many Canadian sellers because most buyers already expect slower delivery when they purchase from a foreign seller.
@sylviebee wrote:
My actual handling time hasn't changed, but with an official 3 day handling time it just feels like I can ship at my leisure. Kinda like that.
Also, I've noticed that some sellers feel that buyers prefer shorter handling times. However, I've searched my listings and if handling time appears somewhere in the listing I can't find it so it's highly unlikely that buyers can either.
The information posted by others above regarding Global TRS is correct. At least for the time being, Global TRS requirements are less onerous than for US TRS or TRS Plus. So Canadian sellers will continue to get the (now 10%) discount, for what it's worth.
I changed my handling time a few months ago from 1 to 2 days primarily to add some leeway to eBay's often erroneous delivery estimates -- even though I almost always ship the same day the sale occurs. It also gives me a bit of breathing room when a winter weather event delays my getting to the P.O.
As far as I can tell, changing my handling time has had little effect on sales. I really don't think too many buyers bother looking at handling time in listings. In any case I always send my buyers a personal note with confirmation of the date of shipping and my own estimate of expected delivery.
Here's where the information is located -- look under the "Shipping" tab on any listing. This particular listing of mine is on .com, but I believe the handling time is in the same place on .ca, just before the "Returns" section. Notice that it states: "within "X" days of receiving cleared payment", which does protect the seller in cases where a buyer pays by eCheck or other non-instantaneous payment, i.e. the delivery timeline clock doesn't start until payment actually clears.
I can see your 3 day handling time on this listing.....
It shows on .ca and .com
