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Ebay allowing Chinese sellers to game the system, just like they do on Amazon

Three sellers, different names, really all the same, advertising the same product with identical ads, claiming "one" left. Only one sold in three months. This is the same listing, 3 times over.https://www.ebay.ca/itm/316377637880?_skw=96mm+f6&itmmeta...

Canada Post shipping label adjustment runaround

I am hoping someone else has had this issue and can offer some guidence - I am getting the most frustrating runaround from eBay and Canada Post. I sent a small toy expedited lite to Alberta - small box, under 200g - cost was $9.38 I just happened to ...

Hey eBay - we need a new Canadian shipping logistics model NOW

The U.S. and China are the leading sources of online purchases by Canadians. Canada is at 1/40th of that volume, behind Germany and Japan. Before Liberation Day e-commerce purchases by Canadians was estimated to hit 109 billion by 2029.Canada Post is...

HST Filing Refunds - No eBay Tax Amount

It's dreaded tax time and I'm a little confused about shipping fees on our tax invoices. Hope someone can help me. On our Tax Invoices, eBay has separated shipping fees into Shipping Fees and Non-eBay Shipping Fees. I assume this separates Canadian a...

May 22 Canada Post Strike & Solutions for shipping within Canada

A few days ago I got a message from Canada Post. They said the strike could happen as early as May 22, and there's no mechanism in place to prevent that from happening yet (because there's no settlement as of yet). I got a message from Stallion today...

ebay is offering sponsored ads on some of my listings. What's the catch?

I'm a hobby seller, and I don't have a store. Today, some promotion popped up when I was opening ebay app. It was showing like, "Promote these 3 listings to sponsored ads. You'll get 25% more chance to sell them" I instantly close the message because...

Resolved! SIN - GIG economy and On line Sales in 2024, new legislation (called Bill C-47) came into effect!!

SOURCE : CRA https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/programs/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra/compliance/platform... Taxes and the platform economyGig economy On this pageUnderstanding the gig economyIncome tax obligationsGST/HST obligationsKeep reco...

Ongoing Scams

Just FYI to anyone interested, I am the victim of a recent scam (infrequent ebay user, did not have my guard up). Basically I received an email immediately after a sale asking for shipping to a different address. I assumed any message associated with...

Form T2125 - Claim rent ????

Is it me or has Form T2125 changed compared to last year?? Also, has anyone ever filled out the section where you can claim a percentage of your rent and utilities depending on how much space your Ebay business takes up square footage-wise? The rules...

Recommendations on America First Trade Popicy

I would suggest every non-American reseller around the world who exports to the US to be ready for the end of de minimis in the near future. Pertinent section below for this link: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/report-to-the-president...

Good news about De Minimis - Update from Stallion Express

We wanted to update you right away following a major announcement this afternoon from the U.S. administration regarding changes to the Section 321 de minimis policy. You can read the official announcement here: White House Fact Sheet – April 2, 2025 ...

International Fee

Sold an item to eBay buyer with an Ontario address.Why are we charged an international fee because their registered address is in China, but their ship to: address is Canada. There is no cost involved for ebay because it is like any other sale to a C...

Confused as to what I put as country of origin also CD made in the US would that be tariff free?

Confused as to what I put as country of origin. I sell CD's and most were made either in the US or in Canada, that's easy. But there are a few that the CD is made in the US or Canada and the artwork is printed in the other country. It is mostly CD ma...

Return Label 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...

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 ...

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...