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Combined sales in US $ Ca $, Invoicing.

I list on US.com. I consider to use my 1ooo free store listings on Ca. (Only Ebay option to list in Can $. ) When buyer buy items in both currencies. Can $ / US $., and I invoice from US.Com, will the Canadians items automatic be adjusted to US$ in t...

ltem was returned from USA by their postal service

today l received back a parcel l sent to california, with a stamp on the parcel saying ‘no mail receptacle, unable to forward, return to sender’. So, the package must have made it all the way to the buyers home, then it was sent back to me by USA pos...

Promoted listings mysteriously increased in percentage

I set all my listing to 1% promotion at the time of listing. I just checked them and 8 listings (just over half my listings) had some how increased to 5.9%. I changed them all back to 1%. I am going to keep an eye on this. You should too.

Resolved! Free shipping supplies

Does anyone remember when the next free shipping supplies comes up, I don't get the email when it happens. Thanks.

Is anyone trying to use Seller's Make an Offer to watchers

Just a heads up to anyone trying to use the seller "make an offer" to watchers. I tried to do this with an item listed on .ca & it would not let me send the offer. I ended up calling eBay & apparently this is a site issue. It is working for some item...

UNABLE TO EDIT TEXT WHEN LISTING

Hi - Is anyone else unable to change fonts and sizes on text today? The advanced option on item description box has disappeared. Another ebay glitch!!!????

Optiseller - Have you used it? What did/didn't work for you?

Hi everyone - I've been asked for your input and feedback regarding your experience with Optiseller - what did you like about it, what isn't helpful, and what you'd like to see to make your lives easier when using it. For those unfamiliar with the to...

JAPANESE BUYER (lives in Japan) IS BEING CHARGED US STATE TAX . Is this legal?

We sold an item to a Japanese Buyer in Japan.This buyer is using a 'freight forwarder' in the USA so the parcel will "flow through"a US state that is having online taxes collected by eBay. This Japanese buyer was charged a state tax of US$5.37 on his...

Resolved! Mailing to Russia. I made a poor decision

In a moment of greed I accepted an offer for a computer from a person in Russia. I really don't feel very good mailing something so expensive all that way. I hear their postal system is unreliable.Even worse I made up a shipping cost on the spot when...

PayPal Launches Shipping Solution for Canadian Sellers

Does anybody know anything about this?I saw this on ecommercebytes.com Canadian sellers shipping to US shoppers are at a disadvantage when it comes to shipping rates and delivery time. PayPal launched a new shipping solution on Wednesday for Canadian...

Shipping With Chit Chats Express & US Declarations Form

Hi,I’m very new here and have spent hours researching on how to start an eBay business. A lot of things have been pretty straightforward and found a lot of info in these forums but still a bit confused with shipping and the US declaration forms.I wil...

Seller fees (auto-paid) reversed by PayPal

Hey there, long time no speak. Before I spent two hours on hold with PayPal, has anyone else with seller fees due mid-month had any oddities around their auto-payments processed by paypal? My ebay seller account says they were paid on the 15th... and...

Want to expand my selling and need some advice.

I currently sell CD's under the name of musicyouneed, I also attempt to sell CD's under another ID of musictimestar and sell patterns and books under pattern-bookstar. I am now wanting to sell other things mostly jewelry and a few other things ie clo...

Canada Post picture stamp 20% off promo code

For those folk who want their lettermail to look more distinctive. Who like the idea of using a limited edition stamp when mailing. Customized Canada Post picture stampshttp://www.picturepostage.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/cpc-cpc/stamps#options7...

Playing games on E bay

E bay is allowing morons to play games on their web site. Two of them run up the price of my poster to $600.00+ and then both retracted. In the meantime they chased real byers away. One of them has 17 retractions IN ONE MONTH on his record and is all...

Resolved! Is anyone still using Windows 7?

I am still using Windows 7, but I keep getting warnings that if I don't change to Windows 10, I will not be protected from viruses and malware and will have no support. In order to convert to Windows 10, I would have to have a new computer, my older ...

Has anyone had problems with packages going to Germany?

According to Canada Post tracking info I've had a package stuck in German customs since Oct.29, 2019. I've also checked Deutsche Post for updates and it shows the same info. Has anyone encountered any problems with packages going to Germany?

What happen to the 500 free listings for ebay.ca each month?

there was no extra free listings for October and we are almost done November, is this a done thing on ebay.ca?

Christmas strategy for increasing sales. What's your advice:

This year has been dismal. Normally, sales in previous years have been good from Sept to January. Sales are down 70% from last year. Part of the issue is that I sell in a dying field (CD's) and the 2nd is that many of the sellers from the river have ...

FYI that Australian taxes now flow through PAYPAL too....

Perhaps I wasn't paying close enough attention but I noticed today that the tax flow through is also happening for Australian buyers now (and on the email notification the eBay ABN number isn't showing anymore). It functions the same way as for US bu...

fees

first time selling on ebay in a while and i was shol=kced with the feessold a notebook for $35 + shipping and my fees were $6.70 last time selling on ebay. now i know why facebook and Kijiji are doing so well

500 free listings on .CA (ends Tuesday, Nov 26, 2019)

Check your promotional offers section for ebay.CABy invitation only.Create 500 FREE auction or fixed price listingsPay no insertion fees on up to 500 listings. Excludes 1-day and 3-day duration. https://pages.ebay.ca/promo/2016/list500.html

Dramatic Increase in Auctiva Fee's Next Month

I received an email today that starting next month, monthly fee's will go from $9.95 to $14.95..that seems to be an incredibly dramatic increase to me. Is that still considered a competitive price for being able to host and store 1GB of pictures..app...

Any Canadians Using USPS to ship WITHIN Canada?

Hello, Any one using USPS/stamps.com to ship within Canada? I am alittle bit confused and here is what I am planning to do: 1- Set my item location to an address in the states ( using chitchats express address)2- ship the items from Canada to the sta...

Sending offers to watchers, my experience....thus far

I've been reading mixed results from offer senderers so I thought it would be worthwhile to experiment with it myself. I sent 5 offers on Monday, all for items that have been running for at least 5 years.I sent 5 more offers on Tuesday some multi ite...

Resolved! PROTEST!!!!!!!!! Kill paypal

Ok my previous post was very popular and because my sale was 450+ 60 shipping i paid about 20$ to paypalHow can i bypass paypal??? Do i have to open a buisiness with my bank? Then pay them monthly and declare my revenu for tax purposes?What if i sell...

Shipping requests: please throw over fence

One of the blogs I follow had a post about a shipping request he got. We had an unusual request from a customer this week regarding the delivery of their order: "Hi, unfortunately due to where i live (heart of LA) the only safe place to leave the pac...

Resolved! How another venue is handling Internet Sales Taxes.

I don't actually sell there anymore, but here's what Ruby Lane (better antiques, vintage, collectibles) sent its shopkeepers today. Dear Shop Owner,Early last month we informed you about new laws that are requiring Ruby Lane to collect and remit stat...

Technical errors

I've been getting the red Technical error screen for some time trying to invoice.Anyone else getting this today?

Resolved! want to use ebay.co.uk platform

some items are in UK and want to use ebay.co.uk platform for selling those items ( for UK to UK ship only ) , my base is ( Canada ) ebay.ca Is it according to ebay rules or I have to inform them first before using for add items on ebay.co.uk as I am ...