International fees charging for what I don't sell international
International fees are charged for what I don't sell internationally because of a buyer's original address was international so ebay charges sellers $19.98
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International fees are charged for what I don't sell internationally because of a buyer's original address was international so ebay charges sellers $19.98
dbfolks166mt
·2 years agoThe eBay international fee is 1.65% for the international fee to have been $19.98 the total amount of your sale would have had to been around $1,200. I don't see a $1.2K item in your sold listings.
mrgswholesale
OP2 years agoHi I'm at around 12k per month unless this is a (back pay) for lack of a better word
dbfolks166mt
·2 years agoHi I'm at around 12k per month unless this is a (back pay) for lack of a better word
I was looking for the item you said you paid $19.98 in international fees on but I didn't see one.
monroe67
·2 years agoOP: "International fees are charged for what I don't sell internationally because of a buyer's original address was international so ebay charges sellers $19.98."
For the OP, the following was lifted directly from eBay's User Agreement. The line I highlighted with red print is probably what happened to you. Please read it carefully.
"International fee
If your registered address is in the US and you offer eBay International Shipping for your eligible listings, you won't be charged an international fee when your eligible item sells.
If you're not using eBay International Shipping to ship your item, we charge an international fee if either:
This fee is calculated as 1.65% of the total amount of the sale and is automatically deducted from your sales."
Also, OP, please notice that last line. eBay's fee is not $19.98 for any sale where the buyer's eBay registration is not in the USA but his/her delivery address is. The international fee is a relatively small 1.65% of the total amount paid by your buyer. Of course, you, the seller, are also subject to the final value fee of (usually) 13.25% of the total amount paid by the buyer, plus 30 cents per order.
Lots and lots of western and eastern European buyers and Asian buyers contract with freight forwarding companies with delivery addresses in the United States. Those companies are often in Delaware and Montana, which have no state sales taxes. I have even had an Australian buyer who used a Delaware-based freight forwarding company.
Just today, my selling ID sent a package to an eBay buyer in Wilmington, Delaware; I expect it will eventually be delivered to Russia. BUT I don't neeeeeed to know its final destination. As an eBay seller, my responsibility is to send the sold item to the buyer at the address that eBay provides to me for that buyer, which is in Delaware.
mrgswholesale
OP2 years agoYes, I understand that. I can't choose not to sell to them, even when eBay knows this already. I feel eBay is forcing sellers into its international shipping program. I opted out because of Vero and not having enough info about each country and its policy.
janet9988
·2 years agoYes and it is written in ebay policy.
marnotom!
·2 years agoYou mean you don't ship internationally.
All eBay sellers potentially sell internationally. There's no eBay block you can use to restrict your buyers based on where they happen to live or be registered.
For what it's worth, I'm in Canada and there are messages on your listings directing me to contact you for shipping rates to my country.
mrgswholesale
OP2 years agoYes I opted out of the "eBay International Shipping" program on my Shipping Preferences. so I don't sell anything out of the US.
luckythewinner
·2 years agoAgain, your statement is incorrect.
Opting out of the eBay International Shipping program means you do not ship anything out of the US.
But that does not mean you are not subject to the international fee, because the international fee can apply to sales within the USA.