05-15-2018 03:29 PM - edited 05-15-2018 03:33 PM
Join us here from 12:30 PDT tomorrow for a live video broadcast and a chat hour all about selling & shipping internationally.
First up from 12:30, Bassil Eid (@bassileid5) will be in our studio to chat with Audrey Tracy about "How to Start Selling and Shipping Internationally."
Bassil will then join the Community team from 1-2 pm PDT to answer your questions. He can cover topics like:
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05-16-2018 12:29 PM
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05-16-2018 01:00 PM
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05-16-2018 01:05 PM
05-16-2018 01:06 PM
If a package just disappears on its way to another country,
1. does the seller get a defect for late delivery?
2. does the seller get another defect when the buyer files a SNAD or INR?
3. does the seller lose out by having to refund both the item price and the original shipping cost?
05-16-2018 01:08 PM - edited 05-16-2018 01:08 PM
Ooh I do have a question & May I share the answer on social media?. I know the answer but I need to clarify for others.
If the item arrives at GSP damaged the seller is responsible correct?
If it's damaged after leaving GSP hub it’s on eBay or GSP to refund correct?
Thank you!
05-16-2018 01:08 PM
@mg152 wrote:
Just stopped by to say hi and let everyone know we are aakive and well here in north Florida.
When is the next general topics chat please? Thanks!
Hi @mg152,
Glad to hear you're doing well.
We'll do a general topic chat during the next couple of weeks.
Thank you.
Alan - eBay Community Manager
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05-16-2018 01:11 PM
There are only a few countries where 1st Class parcels can be tracked.
Is there any chance eBay will implement a switch, where sellers can say: I only want to sell to countries that allow tracking of 1st Class packages?
I haven't sold internationally for years, because of this problem, but the last time I looked, in order to check only those (17 or so) countries, a seller had to:
- search the USPS site to find out when countries currently allow 1st Class tracking
- go to shipping options, and click on all 200+ countries to say NO SELLING
- go back and manually uncheck the trackable countries
05-16-2018 01:11 PM
@vrykalak wrote:
If a package just disappears on its way to another country,
1. does the seller get a defect for late delivery?2. does the seller get another defect when the buyer files a SNAD or INR?
3. does the seller lose out by having to refund both the item price and the original shipping cost?
Hi Vryklak,
Thanks for your question.
The seller would only get 1 defect counted against them. They can however coordinate with our CS org to get it removed and advise that they did everything they could to ship the item but through reasons out of their control there was an issue. If the item did not get to the seller and it gets lost, then the seller would need to refund the buyer. If the item arrived to the buyer and it was a buyer's remorse case, meaning buyer made a mistake at purchase, the buyer would pay return shipping if the seller had clearly listed this in their international returns policy.
Let me know if that clarifies and if you have a follow up question. Many thanks
Bassil
05-16-2018 01:13 PM
@mg152 wrote:
Ooh I do have a question & May I share the answer on social media?. I know the answer but I need to clarify for others.
If the item arrives at GSP damaged the seller is responsible correct?
If it's damaged after leaving GSP hub it’s on eBay or GSP to refund correct?
Thank you!
Hi Mg152,
Thanks for highliting this.
Correct if the item arrives at GSP damaged the seller is responsible. If it's damaged after leaving GSP hub it's on ebay to refund.
Thanks again for raising this,
Bassil
05-16-2018 01:14 PM
Thanks.
@bassileid5 wrote:
@vrykalak wrote:If a package just disappears on its way to another country,
1. does the seller get a defect for late delivery?2. does the seller get another defect when the buyer files a SNAD or INR?
3. does the seller lose out by having to refund both the item price and the original shipping cost?
Hi Vryklak,
Thanks for your question.
The seller would only get 1 defect counted against them. They can however coordinate with our CS org to get it removed and advise that they did everything they could to ship the item but through reasons out of their control there was an issue. If the item did not get to the seller and it gets lost, then the seller would need to refund the buyer. If the item arrived to the buyer and it was a buyer's remorse case, meaning buyer made a mistake at purchase, the buyer would pay return shipping if the seller had clearly listed this in their international returns policy.
Let me know if that clarifies and if you have a follow up question. Many thanks
Bassil
Thanks. I think I'll just continue with NO INTERNATIONAL SALES.
05-16-2018 01:15 PM
Alan I have been selling and shipping to international buyers since 2003 . Currently International sale have dropped to 1 every other 4 to 5 months in the toys & Hobby's category I deal in . I used to have 60 to 70% international buyers before Ebay came up with GSP . The high shipping cost for international FCMI are high for items under 8 Oz.'s . The large flat international envelope shipping is out do to the international buyers countries customs not able to deal the parcels and Vat tax if any is required . The U.S. Shippers have limited shipping options with no E-Packet shipping with tracking options the other countries postal services have at lower prices .
05-16-2018 01:17 PM
@vrykalak wrote:
There are only a few countries where 1st Class parcels can be tracked.
Is there any chance eBay will implement a switch, where sellers can say: I only want to sell to countries that allow tracking of 1st Class packages?
I haven't sold internationally for years, because of this problem, but the last time I looked, in order to check only those (17 or so) countries, a seller had to:
- search the USPS site to find out when countries currently allow 1st Class tracking
- go to shipping options, and click on all 200+ countries to say NO SELLING
- go back and manually uncheck the trackable countries
Hi Vrykalak,
Thanks for your comment.
This is a great idea about USPS first class. I totally get it that tracking can be bad to countries when shipping first class. I would advise to pay the extra costs and ship USPS priority as this will ensure you won't get into trouble when any cases get opened against you. You can transfer that extra cost to the buyer and they would usual be happy to pay to be able to track the package ensuring it gets to them.
Great idea tough and will certainly give it some thought. Thanks Vrykalak,
Bassil
05-16-2018 01:19 PM
@bassileid5 wrote:
@mg152 wrote:Ooh I do have a question & May I share the answer on social media?. I know the answer but I need to clarify for others.
If the item arrives at GSP damaged the seller is responsible correct?
If it's damaged after leaving GSP hub it’s on eBay or GSP to refund correct?
Thank you!Hi Mg152,
Thanks for highliting this.
Correct if the item arrives at GSP damaged the seller is responsible. If it's damaged after leaving GSP hub it's on ebay to refund.
Thanks again for raising this,
Bassil
Bassil that is great , but there are number of threads where GSP had damaged the parcels and ebay dropped ball on. but didn't get handled right way .
05-16-2018 01:20 PM
@carlmarxx wrote:
Alan I have been selling and shipping to international buyers since 2003 . Currently International sale have dropped to 1 every other 4 to 5 months in the toys & Hobby's category I deal in . I used to have 60 to 70% international buyers before Ebay came up with GSP . The high shipping cost for international FCMI are high for items under 8 Oz.'s . The large flat international envelope shipping is out do to the international buyers countries customs not able to deal the parcels and Vat tax if any is required . The U.S. Shippers have limited shipping options with no E-Packet shipping with tracking options the other countries postal services have at lower prices .
Hi Carlmarx,
Thanks for your comment and love the name.
Sorry to hear about the down turn in international sale. Would love to take a deeper look into your account as there could be a number of reasons for a decline in international sales. From our experience, we see better conversion for items in your categories shipped directly then through GSP so it is quite surprising. What shipping service do you use and which countries are you shipping?
Looking forward to diving deeper and thanks Carl,
Bassil