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International Shipping and Ebay fees: IS IT WORTH IT?
Something to think about is that Ebay charges a higher fee to sellers for international buyers.
Remember that on top of this, Ebay charges the seller its fee on both the sold price and the price of shipping (sold price + shipping), even though Ebay can clearly see what sellers pay for shipping and that sellers do not receive the actual shipment price.
Shipping is much higher for international buyers. Therefore not only are you paying higher fees overall, you are also paying those higher fees on higher shipping prices.
Therefore I believe international shipping is not worth it for me. Especially on heavier and bigger items which will certainly cost much more to ship.
Based on this info found on a message board: ebay charges 12.8% of the selling price + the postage. For international selling, they charge an extra amount of 1.26% in Europe, and 2.4% to all other countries. Again without informing at any stage during the set-up process of the ad. So selling to countries outside of Europe, they charge you 15.2% of not only the value of the item, but also the postage, without informing you explicitly.
kh-vince
·2 years agoHi everyone,
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Thank you for understanding.
monroe67
·3 years agoInternational Shipping and Ebay [sic] fees: IS IT WORTH IT?
Of course, I can only speak for myself and my selling ID about the sales I have made to buyers who live in Ukraine (pre-war, of course) or Italy or even, on one occasion, Australia: Yes, in my mind, those sales have all been worth the additional relatively small International Fees that eBay charges.
I always assume that those buyers have been looking for the embroidery kit or costume jewelry item that almost all my international buyers have purchased from me. And the fact that I had something they wanted was great! And the fact that I could send it to them through a freight forwarding company located in Delaware, for which my responsibility was only to make sure it arrived at the address in Delaware that the buyer provided -- even better! (Meaning if it was lost in the Atlantic Ocean anywhere between Delaware and Rome or Kiev, I did not have to refund the buyer.)
When I wanted to sell large or heavy items, such as table lamps, I took them over to a large consignment store -- precisely because I did not want to deal with packing and shipping large things.
As for your last paragraph -- whatever message board you found that quote on, there are some pretty big errors in it.
eBay's Final Value Fee (FVF) percentages for some categories, but not all, were raised by 0.35% barely a month ago, on February 15. Categories that carried a 12.9% FVF now have a 13.25% FVF. I don't know of a time when the FVFs -- for U.S eBay Sellers -- were 12.8%, even when PayPal was part of the equation. Of course, you may have simply made a typo there, or whoever you quoted from the unnamed message board did.
Those international fees you quote there, "1.26% in Europe and 2.4% to all other countries," are not the international fees paid by US sellers. U.S. sellers pay an additional 1.65% of the total paid by the buyer as eBay's international fee.
Just want to give another quick reminder of eBay's definition of the final value, the number to which the percentage is applied in order to find the Final Value Fee. It is the total of five things -- and these are all explicitly spelled out in Item 5, Fees and Taxes, of the User Agreement.
The Final Value includes these five things: (A) price of the item + (B) any handling charges the seller includes + (C) postage paid by the buyer + (D) sales tax paid by the buyer + (E) any other applicable charge, such as a state or county's recycling charge for certain items. A+B+C+D+E = the Final Value = the Total Amount Paid By The Buyer.
a-range
·2 years agoHi,
Do anyone has update regarding the selling fee if the inventory is shipped from UK by the seller itself.
My inventory located in UK. I want to start selling on ebay.com. I will have to pay the category fee+ international selling.
May I know what are the charges for international selling from UK
stuff4divas
·3 years ago@discofriend yes, it's worth it to me
 
pjcdn2005
·3 years agoIf you are in the US and sell to an international buyer, you pay an 1.65% international fee. That fee is waived if you use the new program ebay international shipping. The information you quoted sounds like it is from an EU site.
You NEVER pay an fvf on the international shipping. If you are shipping internationally through one of ebay's programs your shipping fvf is based on the domestic shipping cost only. If you are shipping directly to another country, your shipping fvf is based on your least expensive domestic shipping option.
monica-sells
·3 years ago:...Based on this info found on a message board:..."
If you are based in the U.S. you are misinformed........
stainlessenginecovers
·3 years agoSimply use EIS (Ebay International Shipping) and you DON'T pay
a.) 1.65% international payment fee
b.) ANY fee on Taxes/Import/Customs fees as the customer does NOT pay eBay for those items, they pay it when they 'pick up their item from customs or at the door when delivery is made)
So, absolutely worth it (but I would simply 'exclude' all 218 countries if item is over a $200)