Item location

Question

Why arenâ€™t sellers listing their item location especially from China?

eburtonlab · Answer

@lord_vanski

Sellers are supposed to provide accurate information about where the item ships from, even if it is a different location than where the seller is registered. But not all sellers provide good information as they should.

Probably the best way to deal with sellers that misrepresent item location is to avoid them.

Before ordering you should check the estimated delivery dates -- that is a good indication of where items actually ship from. Also, going to a seller's profile page or feedback page will tell you where the seller's account was registered. Although some overseas sellers do use US warehouses to ship their items (and some registered US-sellers may employ overseas drop-shippers), if a seller is registered overseas, that raises the likelihood of an item shipping from outside the US, particularly for multiple quantity commodity items. Checking seller feedback will often reveal if there are problems with long shipping times, canceled orders or other supply chain warning signs.