Additional fee for International transactions Item with USA shipping address re-shipper

[william101william]

Ebay sneaking in another fee I have never paid this before I dont ship international I only ship to address in the USA this address is in Texas 

[richard1rst]

Actually Paypal did the same thing when the buyer was foreign. Mostly it is the currency conversion fee. It has always been there. Just part of Paypal. Managed Payments includes what you used to pay to Paypal so it has always been there.

[comics-scifi-collectibles]

@william101william   The 1.65 % fee is a CROSS BORDER fee that is charged when the buyer is in another country even though they are having the item shipped to the US.

It's not a currency conversion fee which is a 3% base and fluctuates and is only charged if you are not listing on ebay.com and the listing currency is different than the payout currency.

International fee
If your registered address is in the US, we charge an International fee if either:

The delivery address for the item (entered by the buyer during checkout) is outside the US, or
The buyer's registered address is outside the US (regardless of the delivery address for the item)
This fee is calculated as 1.65% of the total amount of the sale and is automatically deducted from your sales.

If your registered address is not in the US, please refer to the fee page for your country of residence for your International fee information.

Seller currency conversion charge

If your registered address is in the US, when you list on an eBay site with a listing currency different to your payout currency, eBay may convert the value to your settlement currency using a "transaction exchange rate" we set for the currency exchange. The transaction exchange rate is adjusted regularly and includes a currency conversion charge of 3% applied on a base exchange rate. The base exchange rate is based on rates within the wholesale currency markets on the conversion day or the prior business day; or, if required by law or regulation, set at the relevant government reference rate(s). The currency conversion charge will be automatically deducted from your sales.

If your registered address is not in the US, please refer to the fee page for your country of residence for your Seller currency conversion charge information.

[mam98031]

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@william101william wrote:

Ebay sneaking in another fee I have never paid this before I dont ship international I only ship to address in the USA this address is in Texas 

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You may want to revisit that.  PP has always had an international fee.  On domestic funds we paid 2.9%, on international payments it was 4.4%.  That is an additional 1.5% that PP charges.  MP charges 1.65%.

Don't feel bad, there seems to be a lot of sellers that didn't realize this.  I'm not sure why as PP has always done it, but I've seen many posts by sellers new to MP making the claim that this is an additional fee we have never had before.  But in reality it is the same stuff we are just paying MP instead of PP.

Lots of international buyers have US ship to addresses which is how they can purchase one of your items.  There are many reasons for this.  Work visa, extended vacas, they use reshippers, gift for family or friends, etc.