Why doesnt ebay canada have GSP, or whatever the new shipping program is?

[devicemodder16]

Like title says. 

Why doesnt ebay canada or Canadian sellers get access to the global shipping program, or whatever it's called now? Why do they make these things american only?

[chicweb]

It would be difficult in Canada. Sellers have to send the item to eBay then eBay sends it to customers.

With the cost of shipping in Canada (which is very very expensive compare to the United States), it would cost too much to offer GSP here. Unless eBay can get some deal with specific shippers. Even then, it would be costly.

As an example, it cost us less to ship to the USA directly using Canada Post than shipping it to someone in the same city as us... Incredible but that's the fact.

Meaning: Shipping to eBay would cost around 10 / 15$, then eBay would ship to customers. We are talking about 20$ to ship to the states (while right now it's about 10$ depending of weight and other calculations).

[chicweb]

Just to add something.

It would be interesting if eBay would allow Consolidating packages sent to them and offer drop spot (Like Chit Chat, Stallion). Not sure if they offers it in the States?

Then you can ship for about 15$ a box of packages, they would send each separately to customers. Allowing sellers to share the primary shipping cost between all packages... But that logistic need time to implement, money and deals to be interesting.

Will it happen? Nope... eBay Canada is way behind than the States. I think the only way this kind of thing could happen is if eBay Canada partners with those Chit Chat / Stallion that already offers this kind of logistics.

[marnotom!]

Probably the same reason eBay Australia doesn’t have an international forwarding service. Neither country’s eBay sites have a large enough base of sellers and the infrastructure to support such a service in a cost-effective manner.

Given that many Canadian sellers sell items that can ship out of the country as a small packet for a comparable rate or cheaper than domestic parcel post, you probably wouldn’t see a lot of participation from sellers who value their international sales as the combined shipping price would be too much for their buyers to bear.

[femmefan1946]

Everything eBay does is for the advantage of eBay.

The Global Shipping Program (which was superceded by  eBayInternational Shipping) was introduced because domestic US sales were flat or even falling and US sellers, a notoriously xenophobic and paranoid lot, were reluctant to sell internationally.

GSP and eIS encouraged international selling by making it unnecessary to make up customs forms (which takes up to five seconds for a slow typist) or think about any other fears .

The seller ships cheaply to a central domestic location, at domestic rates, and has Proof of Delivery to a US address. After that the GSP/eIS accepts responsibility for delivery.

Since most non-US eBay sellers are comfortable with shipping internationally, most of us see 80-90% of our sales going to the USA, introducing a similar program is not going to change much.

One real advantage of the eIS is that it stops the "customs hold" scam since the buyer pays import fees before eIS ships.

Note that when we ship internationally, we pay fees based on our domestic shipping rate, not the actual price of shipping overseas. As with all shipping, the actual cost of postage and packing is paid by the buyer.