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aubreyclay56 · ‎04-02-2016

Hello every one im very worried about my future here on .ca,all my listings have to be in canadian dollars after june first,quite franclkley that worries me,being most of my buyers are us.I dont understand this concept,now i have to raise my prices on shipping and on the item,just whish the high school kids that want to change the world over night would just leave things alone that work??? Raising my shipping and item price will scare us sellers away??Not to menthion overseas buyers that i only sell to by request by them.Cost for tracing scares them away some of the time.

pierrelebel · ‎04-02-2016

"most of my buyers are us"

That is also true for me, as it is with most Canadian sellers.

Eighteen years selling on eBay and fourteen years on eBay.ca (in Cdn$) and never, not once experienced a problem with conversion as far as American or overseas buyers are concerned.

There is a lot of paranoia out there. Do not let it get to you. There are thousands of happy Canadians listing and selling on eBay.ca in Cdn$.

Overseas buyers see exactly the same price - in the currency of their country - whether you list in Cdn$ or US$. When they pay, payment is made by PayPal in the currency of their country whether you list in Cdn$ or US$.

When listing in Cdn$ those overseas buyers pay exactly the same but you save the added conversion from US$ to Cdn$ which is a total waste of money when a second currency conversion is required.

From the thousands of posts I have read on the subject in the last week, way too many Canadian sellers overthink it. In most cases, they should simply follow the suggestions made by eBay.ca.

"Raising my shipping... " ???? There is no need to raise your shipping charge. If anything you should consider offering "free shipping" or lowering your shipping charge to be competitive with American sellers.

List in Cdn$, adjusting prices to reflect current conversion factor US$1.00 = Cdn$ 1.30

If there is a need to adjust the price (up or down) a few months from now, let's worry about it then.

cumos55 · ‎04-02-2016

I currently sell in US dollars.

I have adjusted both the price of an item, and the shipping cost such that my Canadian dollars price today is about the same as it was two to three years ago....before any change in exchange rate between US and Canadian dollars.

That means my US prices are lower compared to two to three years ago.

Once I change to Canadian dollars, I will not have to make any further adjustment such as was done when I was still selling in US dollars...

The exchange rate will take care of itself as it changes.

My items will sell at Canadian dollars, regardless of any change in exchange rate.

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The change will be here soon.... The process has been planned... and ready to do it...