12-08-2017 11:44 AM
Hey Sellers,
I have been working a lot of you to enable your export business and a common theme I have found is that many do not know how to use our platform to list international shipping to specific countries outside of the usual listing flow for example Poland or Malaysia. Below is a step by step guide on how to list your items using rate tables and shipping policies to countries not outlined in the listing flow:
Note: You need to list your item before adding international shipping with the steps below
Apply International Shipping Rate Table
12-08-2017 01:40 PM
Where’s the setting for, “Only offer international shipping to countries with verifiable point-to-point tracking”? Or the setting for, “Only offer international shipping to countries that do not have ridiculous customs delays.”?
12-08-2017 03:38 PM
Oh, my. Only 28 steps.
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12-08-2017 05:48 PM
@bassileid5 wrote:
Hi llllady,
Thanks for your feedback. Actually if you count the bullet points it's 39 steps.
I hear you it can be quite a lot but this really is an in-depth guide with a lot of detail. Many sellers may not need to follow all the steps depending on their end goal.
For example, this guide covers how to list your items for GSP to some countries and how to list that same item with direct ship to other countries. Some may not need this but it is there in case there is interest.
Hope this can be of help to some of you guys. Many thanks for your feedback,
Bassil
28 or 39...does it really matter? Pity the new seller who can't even figure out that they should wait for payment before they ship. I'm sure they'll grasp this really well.
FWIW, it is well detailed. Have to give you credit there.
12-08-2017 06:13 PM - edited 12-08-2017 06:15 PM
@bassileid5 wrote:
Hi llllady,
Thanks for your feedback. Actually if you count the bullet points it's 39 steps.
I hear you it can be quite a lot but this really is an in-depth guide with a lot of detail. Many sellers may not need to follow all the steps depending on their end goal.
For example, this guide covers how to list your items for GSP to some countries and how to list that same item with direct ship to other countries. Some may not need this but it is there in case there is interest.
Hope this can be of help to some of you guys. Many thanks for your feedback,
Bassil
Only 39 steps to listing an item?
The 12 baud modem era called on a rotary dial land line. They want their programming back.
12-08-2017 06:27 PM
The 39 steps include every possible permutation....
For me it's just 2 steps, select Worldwide, enter shipping amount.
12-08-2017 06:28 PM - edited 12-08-2017 06:29 PM
@bassileid5 wrote:
It is unfortunate we do not have these settings on our platform but I think these would be great topics for additional posts in the community. Perhaps a post about choosing the right tracking services according to country or one about where customs can be an issue and which port of entries to avoid delays.
Well, First Class Package International will only give you a Delivered status to certain countries (those listed on the USPS website here). Of those, some are more reliable than others at actually holding up their end of the deal, and if they don't, you're out of luck if the buyer chooses to file an INR. You cannot really choose the right "tracking service" for a given country; the best you can do is to select a Shipping method that will give you the tracking protection you need for that shipment.
As for selecting a port of entry, I have no idea how you would do that. Routing the package is not something we can control. We can only select a carrier and a shipping method, and hope for the best.
12-08-2017 07:27 PM
@slippinjimmy wrote:The 39 steps include every possible permutation....
For me it's just 2 steps, select Worldwide, enter shipping amount.
Me too.
Being very low volume and selling antique/vintage OOAK, those 39 steps in the OP are beyond intimidating. [Wasn't there a Hitchcock movie...].
I'm also finding that more and more of my international buyers are using USA forwarding services. Today I was very surprised to see a nice feedback for an antique cup and saucer from the buyer in Turkey. I've never shipping anything to Turkey.
12-08-2017 08:18 PM
@tealt wrote:
@slippinjimmy wrote:The 39 steps include every possible permutation....
For me it's just 2 steps, select Worldwide, enter shipping amount.
Me too.
Being very low volume and selling antique/vintage OOAK, those 39 steps in the OP are beyond intimidating. [Wasn't there a Hitchcock movie...].
I'm also finding that more and more of my international buyers are using USA forwarding services. Today I was very surprised to see a nice feedback for an antique cup and saucer from the buyer in Turkey. I've never shipping anything to Turkey.
If I read all that stuff correctly, it is explaining how to bulk edit listings for calculated internaional shipping (but only after the listing was listed), while still enabling the GSP for countries you wish to exclude for direct shipping. I do know this is something users have asked for (enabling GSP for certain countries, shipping themsleves for other countries, and still being able to block some countries), so it's useful information, if not extremely complicated looking.
It made my brain hurt, although it is well-written enough that someone who wanted to pull out information to do something else might actually suceed. It also involves using eBay "Business Policies" which is something I've religiously avoided. I think this is intended for sellers more advanced than me.
Since I don't want GSP handling any of my stuff, I can just continue with Canada and Worldwide, with the excluded country list to weed out the problem destinations.
12-08-2017 10:08 PM
I think my eyeballs just fell out of my head
That's...a lot of stuff going on for something that should be (and is) relatively simple.
Business policies?? Now I'm afraid to even look at them
12-08-2017 10:26 PM