CAD vs USD

[marketsuch]

I am a new seller in the market living in Canada and listing items on ebay.com, my concern is how do you price the items to make sure it is correct for the eyes of the US  and  Canadian customers do you convert the USD to CAD then put it on the ebay.com site.     Please explain it if anyone understands the correct pricing procedure.

This would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[pjcdn2005 · Accepted solution]

Your current listings were done on .ca so are in Canadian dollars. Normally they would show up on the US .com site in search in US$ for US buyers but I looked for a couple of listings on .com and I don't see them..likely because there is no shipping cost set up to the US.  Have you set up a cost using calculated shipping? If so...the dimensions may not be correct. When you do list on .ca, ebay converts the listing to US dollars which is what shows up in search but when they click on your listing, it shows in C$ and the buyer will have to pay in that currency.

If you list directly on .com, you will have to list in $US. If you are paying in $C you will have to figure out what you want to charge in $US based on your cost and the competition. Buyers who purchase an item that was listed directly on .com in $US will have to pay in $US but when you transfer the money to a Canadian bank account the exchange rate will vary as Paypal does have a conversion fee...about 3%. 

It looks like you are drop shipping (based on your pictures and the fact that your items are shipping from the US) so you are competing with many other sellers who are drop shipping as well are who have the product in hand. Either way, the listings that I checked of yours are definitely in the higher end compared to the other listings of other items.  Sign into .com and do a search for some of your items and you will how your price compares to others.  

If a drop shipper is out of stock or if the don't send the item, send the wrong item, a broken item etc...you are the one responsible for making the buyer whole. Plus, you may be penalized by ebay for those mistakes so drop shipping is not always the best way to do things here.

[marketsuch]

Thank you for replying that was very helpful

[femmefan1946]

Just a warning about dropshipping.

Apparently, from the language in the descriptions, these items are made in China.

That's not a bad thing, but many dropship suppliers will tell resellers that they are shipping from the USA but actually ship from China.

There are two reasons for this:

• International shipping rates from China are very low compared to USPS (or Canada Post, for that matter)
• Single item shipments to the USA (the primary market) will be duty free because Americans have  duty-free allowance of $800 BUT wholesale shipments to a US warehouse will pay duty plus Trump's 25% tariff.

It might be a good idea to actually order something from yourself (maybe through a relative who doesn't live with you?) just to find out what really happens. I am particularly suspicious of that $6.03 "leather" bag with Free Shipping.

Dropshipping can be a respectable way to sell online, but the pitfalls are many and can put you right out of business and banned from eBay if you are not careful.