Hi. confusion on my part, but this is nothing new.

[williamf6194]

I posted on a now discontinued subject, and a v. helpful forum member provided some helpful advice.  I sell on ebay.ca living in Canada.  Most of the items I have sold and still have for sale are more specific to the U.K. market.  I find that buyers in the U.K. do respond to foreign sales without me listing on ebay.co.uk.  - which in the past has severely restricted the postage that I can charge to send the item to the U.K. from Canada (it has price restrictions 'thinking' that the item is being posted from the U.K. (Note: ebay.ca could not help me on this problem, an agent only telling me that I could not list on ebay.co.uk, even though I had successfully used it half a dozen times previously without a problem).  I have recently placed an item for sale on ebay.ca and when I check the price for International postage and click on the U.K., it notes that: "This item will ship to the United Kingdom, but the seller has not specified shipping options.  Contact seller etc."  If I go to ebay.co.uk, where it shows my listing as an international listing, on the main listing page it notes postage from Canada of £8.07 (8 Pounds Sterling and 7 pence)  or $13.94 Canadian at this month's average exchange rate.  The actual price from Canada Post is $35.22 or £20.38 Sterling at the current exchange rate.  When I click on postage cost on the U.K. ebay site, it doesn't provide a price, but immediately changes over to ebay.ca, shows my item listing price in Canadian Dollars with postage to Canada, but increases the 'buy now' price by $24.00 Canadian.  I never had problems in the past with postage, and no complaints from buyers. Obviously I charge the exact actual cost to post the item from my location to the buyers, but I have recently found differences in what ebay.ca states will be the postage cost, and what Canada Post will charge me for the exact same dimensions and weight. I weigh my items on a Starfrit letter/small parcel scale, and when I check at the post office nearby, my measurements and parcel weight have always been spot-on.  Has anyone else noticed the discrepancy between the ebay quotes and Canada Post?  Long post - my apologies. WF

[reallynicestamps · Accepted solution]

sell on ebay.ca living in Canada. 

listing on ebay.co.uk.  - which ... has price restrictions 'thinking' that the item is being posted from the U.K.

No it doesn't.

On the Advanced/ Business selling form

Go to-> Delivery Details-> Domestic Postage-> Services

Scroll well down the drop down menu to ->Delivery from outside UK

Choose Economy or Standard.

Now go here

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/information/app/far/business/findARate?execution=e1s1

and find how much it will cost to ship from Canada to the UK  --- AIR MAIL.

(Because Surface is too expensive)

Make the currency exchange- massage it a little – and enter the amount for Canada Post shipping in poounds sterling.

Now go to->International Postage -> Post to->Choose Custom location

and choose the other destinations you will ship to.

Go to-> Services and choose the service you want

NOTE-- These are generic names not the names of actual services. Use the delivery time to decide which you wan tot use.

For example if you chose Canada, you could choose a faster service than if you were choosing USA or Australia.

Again, you will be looking at Canada Post rates and making the currency exchange.

If you choose Canada and then another country (or countries) Go To -> Offer Another Service

and repeat the consultation with Canada Post rates and currency exchange.

Then Additional delivery locations-- personally I choose Will Ship Worldwide.

BUT

Go To-> Exclude postage locations-> Create Exclusion List

And those in excluded countries will not be able to see your listing.

Whew.

Were you perhaps using a simplified form? The dotCA one is pretty bad.

The longer Advanced Form is actually easier to understand than the Simplified, because it does give more options.

[reallynicestamps · Accepted solution]

You will be using Flat Rate shipping which should not be a problem for anywhere EXCEPT Canada, because Canadian domestic package rates are based on dimensions PLUS destination.