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deliciousworld · ‎11-19-2023

Why should seller be charged a fee when seller’s listing does not ship internationally, item is shipped locally and then seller has to pay for the buyer’s international registeted address?

there should be transparency before seller is charged after the fact.

dbfolks166mt · ‎11-19-2023

This has been a thorn for sellers for years and the international fee should be done away with totally. Ironically if you are using the EIS program eBay has eliminated the international fee. There really is no way to tell in advance whether the fee will be charged but it is based on one of the following 2 conditions.

If you're not using eBay International Shipping to ship your item, 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.

slippinjimmy · ‎11-19-2023

@deliciousworld wrote:
Why should seller be charged a fee when seller’s listing does not ship internationally, item is shipped locally and then seller has to pay for the buyer’s international registeted address?
there should be transparency before seller is charged after the fact.

Because that is the way both Visa & MasterCard (also Amex) work, they charge merchants an International fee for cross border use of their credit cards.

This is a different from the Currency Exchange fee which are paid by BUYERS not merchants.

It is impossible for eBay to give specific advance notice of the International Fee because eBay has no way of knowing if it will apply until the buyer completes checkout.