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Have I got this right re possible tariffs? Your help for me to understand would be great.

I sell CD's and about 50% of them were made in the US and the rest were made in Canada and EU. This is my understanding and what I was thinking of doing. From what I have been reading, it looks like shipments from China: Goods that qualify under the ...

Starting January 2025, Ebay Canada to require SIN number for all sellers with more than 30 sales?

I was reading this article on Ebay and it states that as of January 2025, anyone with over 30 sales will have to provide a SIN number. https://www.ebay.ca/help/account/regulatory/sales-reporting/canada-digital-sales-reporting?id=5476#section3 It seem...

About Return Label from US to Canada

I want to send someone in the States a return shipping label. I've just recently started to use eBay shipping and I'm hoping they have this feature. Do they? If not I can use Shippo for the return label but their prices for this kind of thing are rea...

De minimis allowed - for now

As per executive order update - see below.https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/amendment-to-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-northern-border/

Hmmm phantom purchase a first for me in 26 years here!!

Got a message from a buyer yesterday asking me to please send the stamps or refund them. They were a significant repeat buyer, but the last time they purchased stuff was this time in 2024! I figured that is pretty weird, so I asked them when they pur...

No more shipping supplies coupons for Canadian Store Subscribers

More cuts, lovely

So am i supposed to use the Country of Origin code or the Country of Manufacture code?

Apparently they are not the same. I need the country of manufacture code for China for a plastic toy soldier i am shipping to the US (or do i actually need the Country of Origin code instead?). Trying to avoid lengthy Customs delays.

Update Bank Account?

I received this really weird email today. The bank account I use has been verified for a long time; in fact I just received a payout on the 1st. I thought it was a scam at first, but when I logged into eBay, it's telling me the same.Did anyone else g...

Seller News: April 2025

Seller News: April 2025https://www.ebay.ca/sellercentre/news/2025-april

Anybody use ShipByMail.Com?

Wondering if any US or Canada sellers have used ShipByMail.com to ship their orders? It seems that they have good discounts within North America and the world.

Seller initiated payout - no reports or related items

So I performed a seller initiated payout, and I use the report generated from the payout for bookkeeping purposes. When I went to view the payout which was successful, there was no report, no related items, nothing. This info is always generated with...

Canada Post Strike

I am a little confused as to why eBay is still showing a "ship by" date for sellers in Canada, shipping via Canada Post. First off, the suggestion that we update our listings to show a longer "handling time" is not realistic. Most seller have hundred...

Nothing Sells Unless It's Promoted... Fees Are Getting Ridiculous!

90% of my sales are from promoted listings.Only about half of my items are promoted, but I'm slowly converting them all to promoted. This seems to be improving sales.But now I've just done the math, and I see I'm paying an average of 25% for fees, wh...

Why is it when Ebay makes a front-end change, it involves having to enter more keystrokes?

The change to the listing of shipping prices seems to have taken effect where before, you could simply enter the prices for foreign and domestic shipping costs on the front listing page. Now, I'm confronted with (for example) the front page with a "s...

Latest Tariffs News from Chit Chats Blog

See the blog below. Chit Chats is saying you need a manufacturer name and address (and it's looking as though they want a contact name at the manufacturer, like your account rep there or something). No one seems to know what to do if the item is vint...

Canada Post computer system down in at least the GTA

just got back from Shoppers and their CP computer system is down. Lady at counter told me it is at least effecting the GTA. Don't know if it's more widespread than that. No ETA when it will be fixed.

SIN Requirement From Ebay. Thinking of changing to Business Account. Any advice?

I just received the notification from ebay for my SIN for CRA (or I can be fined by the CRA up to $500). I declare ALL my sales on all platforms so I'm not hiding any income. But I still don't feel comfortable at all giving ebay my SIN. I sell on ano...

Ebay not being fair to all sellers selling certain banned MTG cards!

Ebay is being prejudicial to certain sellers when it comes to same MTG card name "CRUSADE" which is banned, being removed from lot of sellers, but certain service agents allow other sellers to list the same named item. Ebay is not being fair to all s...

Newest Buyer Scam

Buyers pay for a proprietary hack that deletes the tracking and causes usps to temproarily lose your shipment. the buyer is refunded then keeps your item. cjc

Extremely Excessive Fedex Overcharge

Hello, Recently received an additional charge for a FedEx label purchased from eBay. Originally quoted at $18.30, ended up charging me an additional $1431.25. I measured and weighed my package and even added a buffer to ensure I was overestimating by...

International Shipping Getting Turned Off In Template

I'm creating a template and I turn on international shipping but after I save it international shipping is turned off, no error message

Ebay collects sales tax on my behalf - how do I report this to CRA?

I am a small seller. Ebay collects sales tax on my behalf. I did under 30k in gross sales. Don't want/need to register for GST/HST for this year. I have the understanding that If I had $20,000 in Total sales (Includes taxes), and ebay collected $2,00...

Sell my 1944 American penny without mint mark

1944 no mint mark and errors on American penny

Resolved! Problems with fees?

I'm trying to understand something... There's seem to be a big problem (or something I don't understand). Item fees are supposed to be calculated on item + shipping.Ok... but...This customer did not pay 2,75$ (That's the lettermail price)... They pai...

Stallion Express stating de minimis changes possible April 2nd

Email sent by Stallion Express regarding CBP no longer allowing international shipments passing through the US also included this statement:2Upcoming Tariff AnnouncementA new CBP announcement is expected on April 2, and there is a possibility that Se...

NetParcel vs EBay Shipping Labels

I just came across Netparcel, wondering if EBay shipping offers better rates? However I would possibly consider using Netparcel on some shipments. How does this work on EBay with getting paid if you don’t use their shipping labels? Could it be more o...

Current Canada Letter Rates

Anyone else in agreement that the recent rate adjustment for Canadian letter mail, regular and oversized was a bit excessive? Used to be stick a 2.09/3.43 and good to go for anything slightly oversized. Now it's become a challenge mixing and matching...

Chit Chats and Stallion Express removed international services that transit the US

So apparently you can't ship internationally through Asendia or USPS (or any service that transits the US). On Stallion's site when I bought my shipping label for the UK they only offered me UPS and NL Post as options. Chit Chats sent out a communica...

Resolved! Tariff code. Do I put one in or not?

So, I sell vintage and antique items from Canada. Mostly breakables. The eBay labels provide a spot for the tariff code but do I need to put one in? I have tried to find them and only found a code for 100 years or older. When I do a search I just go ...

Seller refused delivery and asking to resend to different address

I'm located in canada I sold an item to a buyer in brasil. Once it had reached Brasil, the buyer had refused the delivery. Now he is asking me to resend it to him, but to an address in the US. He's also asking me to declare the item with a $10 value ...