eIS Shipping and Tariffs
I sell cosmetics and never set up for international sales because of the custom forms, returns, etc. (before eIS.)
A potential buyer in the UK has asked me if I could ship an item to her. I am reconsidering enrolling in eIS.
But.... Those tariffs. It appears DDP may the better way to go over DDU. How are these fees calculated? How do they appear on the listing?
I have tried to find a video or similar for help but can't seem to find anything.
Help please.
10 comments
1786davycrockett
·9 months ago@cityslickercreations2004
If you ship the item by EIS, you do not fill out any customs forms or worry about tariffs.
Once you are enrolled in EIS, any international sales are shipped at American domestic rates to the EIS shipping hub (usually in Illinois) -- you may not even realize that it is an international sale until you are printing off the mailing label!
After the item has been confirmed delivered to the EIS hub, it is no longer your responsibility -- EIS takes care of all further shipping, including customs papers; and EIS also assumes any further responsibility for INR and NAD cases, including breakage.
It is safer for eBay sellers to ship international orders by EIS rather than using any other method, due to issues such as INR, NAD, customs delays, theft, bad addresses, breakage, etc.
And EIS is the best and safest deal that eBay has offered to eBay sellers in decades -- try it out and see for yourself!
tobaccocardyahoo
·9 months ago@cityslickercreations2004
EIS allows the buyer to choose DDP or DDU where it is feasible. It allows them to prepay VAT. None of this involves the seller.
I do not change how I package my shipments from what I use domestically.
soh.maryl
·9 months agoThe tariffs on goods shipped from the US internationally are paid by the buyer in whatever country is the shipping location, not by you, the seller in the US.
The tariffs on goods shipping from other countries to the US are paid by the buyer located in the US.
cityslickercreations2004
OP9 months agoFollow up question. I usually ship my items heavily bubble wrapped in a padded bubble mailer.
Given the shipping distances, should I switch to a small box or is the bubble mailer fine?
kibble-net
·9 months agoDepends what you are mailing. This is very vague.
Padded bubble mailer ought to be fine to ship to Illinois unless you are shipping something like a vase or a vinyl record.
slippinjimmy
·9 months agoWhen shipping to most countries the possibility of damage in transit is pretty much the same as shipping within the US.
Distance is irrelevant, what matters is how many hands it has to pass through.
stephenmorgan
·9 months agoWhat is a DDP and a DDU?
cityslickercreations2004
OP9 months agoDDP = delivered duty paid (prepaid)
DDU = delivered duty not paid (owed before delivery)
stainlessenginecovers
·9 months agoEIS and Tariffs have as much to do with each other as Donuts and Tennis Rackets.
Nothing, as far as you are concerned.
If you want to 'see' what the price is for something, just click an item, click shipping, change the 'location' from USA to United Kingdom (for example)... then 'shop around' and you will see what buyers are seeing.
Again, has nothing to do with you. Buyers either buy or they don't. No gamble using EIS.
mamacassidy
·9 months agoIf you use the EIS program, you don't have to do anything different than you would if you were shipping to United States. Because that's all you're doing: shipping to the hub in Illinois.
Ebay takes care of everything else.