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lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎07-05-2019

Out of curiosity, when was Offer to Buyers Enhancement from the Spring Update supposed to kick in on Dot ca?

Best Offer and "Offer to buyers" enhancements in Seller Hub

Starting in late May 2019, we're making several improvements to Seller Hub to help you take advantage of these features.

New Best Offer and "Offer to buyers" features include:

Edit Best Offer in bulk. Apply Best Offer to multiple listings at one time in Seller Hub. When you enable Best Offer in bulk, you'll also be able to set auto-accept and auto-decline thresholds. The auto-accept and auto-decline price you set using the bulk function will not change when you change the price.
Best Offer filter. Filter listings eligible for Best Offer on your Active Listings page in Seller Hub.
"Offer to buyers" filter. Filter listings eligible for "Offer to buyers" on your Active Listings page in Seller Hub.
Bulk "Offer to buyers." Apply “Offer to buyers” to eligible listings in bulk on your Active Listings page in Seller Hub.

If it is there, I'm not seeing. Also wondering how it's been working on dot com as a "Getting Sales" tool?

-Lotz

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎07-06-2019

@femmefan1946

Yes, but does the seller pay fees on both portions? To ship it to GSP and the portion the buyer pays to ship in the rest of the way from GSP?

-Lotz

femmefan1946 · ‎07-06-2019

Since the seller neither sees nor pays out that money, I would think it is like the new American "online sales tax", there but nothing to do with the seller.

And believe you me, if the Yanks were being charged for using the GSP , even if it was 10% of the cost of international shipping, we would have heard.

With ALL CAPS, threats to sue, bad grammar, lots of spelling errors, and exclamation marks.

Actually given the cost of tracked international shipping, especially if they were charged 10% of international shipping costs.

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎07-06-2019

@femmefan1946

So, in application, a US seller using GSP is ONLY paying seller fees on the shipping to Kentucky, whereas a Canadian seller shipping something anywhere is paying seller fees on the WHOLE amount. That would make a big difference to the two sellers bottom lines. On 3 transactions to the USA, my shipping was 65.00 at 9+%. seller's fee. As a Canadian seller, you can only build in so much as a handling fee before the business goes elsewhere.

-Lotz

PS. This was on the dot com board from last year:

I would highly recommend that you use the GSP, that way your shipping cost is only what it costs to ship to the U.S. GSP center in Kentucky (& it only has to get there safely). The Pitney-Bowes GSP is responsible for any shipping damage (& other shipping charges) after that. Also, the customs fees, any VATS, taxrs, etc are the buyer's problem, not yours. If your item(s) are heavy, you could well lose major money shipping your item yourself overseas or internationally and you would have no idea what any extra shipping charges (customs, VATS, taxes, etc.) are on top of that.

kawartha-ephemera · ‎07-06-2019

Just out of curiosity I went searching for an answer to Lotz's question ... does the seller pay FVF on the GSP shipping amount charged to the buyer?

It looks like ebay does not charge FVF on GSP amounts.

"Seller fees
There is no fee to join the Global Shipping Program.
Your final value fee is based on the final price of the item, shipping charges to the Global Shipping Center, and any other amounts you may charge the buyer."

This is an advantage for those using the program assuming they can find buyers willing to pay the GSP charge.

https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/shipping/global-shipping-program.html#m22_tb_a1__4

ypdc_dennis · ‎07-06-2019

@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
... a US seller using GSP is ONLY paying seller fees on the shipping to Kentucky, whereas a Canadian seller shipping something anywhere is paying seller fees on the WHOLE amount. That would make a big difference to the two sellers bottom lines. On 3 transactions to the USA, my shipping was 65.00 at 9+%. seller's fee.

Not so.

The Final Value Fee (if your listing is set up correctly) is based on your DOMESTIC shipping rate. So the eBay FVF should be the same if shipped domestically or overseas (whichever is lower). So no ebay fee advantage for GSP.

However, paypal fees are based on total money processed. So GSP would have a 3.9% advantage on the difference over shipping directly.

-..-

kawartha-ephemera · ‎07-06-2019

Yup ... that fvf is based on domestic shipping rate gets me all the time, cannot seem to remember that one.

tyler@ebay · ‎07-08-2019

@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:

tyler@ebay

Out of curiosity, when was Offer to Buyers Enhancement from the Spring Update supposed to kick in on Dot ca?

Best Offer and "Offer to buyers" enhancements in Seller Hub

Starting in late May 2019, we're making several improvements to Seller Hub to help you take advantage of these features.

New Best Offer and "Offer to buyers" features include:

Edit Best Offer in bulk. Apply Best Offer to multiple listings at one time in Seller Hub. When you enable Best Offer in bulk, you'll also be able to set auto-accept and auto-decline thresholds. The auto-accept and auto-decline price you set using the bulk function will not change when you change the price.

Best Offer filter. Filter listings eligible for Best Offer on your Active Listings page in Seller Hub.

"Offer to buyers" filter. Filter listings eligible for "Offer to buyers" on your Active Listings page in Seller Hub.

Bulk "Offer to buyers." Apply “Offer to buyers” to eligible listings in bulk on your Active Listings page in Seller Hub.

If it is there, I'm not seeing. Also wondering how it's been working on dot com as a "Getting Sales" tool?

-Lotz

Hi @lotzofuniquegoodies - the last time I checked this was supposed to have been rolled out by Q2. We're passed that, obviously, so I'll see if I can get us an update. Thanks!

Tyler,

esclyons · ‎07-08-2019

problem, with the prepaid boxes, is you can't add extra insurance or add a signature to the package.. i received on the other day for a purchase i made, and i was sitting on my front steps. The mailman can't even ring the door bell, when they drop it off??

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎07-08-2019

tyler@ebay

Thanks Tyler,

As of late have been seeing where US sellers were selling multiples without best offer, but when you checked sale history, there were numerous sales(ALL) at way below listed price. Thought maybe this was how they were happening.

-Lotz

PS. On a side note you should have a direct message in your inbox for some screenshots you wanted an example in the past.