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I'm a little confused. What are you trying to achieve? I got switched over to EIS a couple of months ago & for the most part, it's been very smooth. I agree that EISD is problematic, based on everything I've read about it.
Why did you opt out of EIS, if you want to still be able to ship internationally? EIS is the replacement for GSP. You should have received an email &/or a message in My Messages, when you got opted in. If you can tell us a bit more about HOW you want to ship internationally, we may be able to help.
@jamjoathletics wrote:To be more clear, when I was opted into the program 95% of my listings now are no longer showing the international shipping option. I'm getting a ton of emails with international customers asking me for quotes... I followed the instructions to the letter, but the program is not working properly - when I go to revise the items not showing international shipping option to the customer, I can see the new shipping program on the listing via revised listing option.
Ok thank you for clarifying. I'm not sure I'm going to be much help after all. Once I was opted in, all my listings showed EIS. There was nothing I needed to do. I average about a sale a week with EIS. I would reccomend that you turn off any of your own shipping & then give us an example of a listing that you don't think is being shown as EIS. That said, I'm about to go into a 4 hour class, so I can't help too much this afternoon. @pjcdn2005 is very knowledgable in this area, as is @wastingtime101 , though I'm not sure if they are around this afternoon.
@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
@simply-the-best-for-you wrote:I'm a little confused. What are you trying to achieve? I got switched over to EIS a couple of months ago & for the most part, it's been very smooth. I agree that EISD is problematic, based on everything I've read about it.
Why did you opt out of EIS, if you want to still be able to ship internationally? EIS is the replacement for GSP. You should have received an email &/or a message in My Messages, when you got opted in. If you can tell us a bit more about HOW you want to ship internationally, we may be able to help.
Is it still possible for US sellers to ship to Canada without any of these wrascally programs? I know many sellers have been opted in without understanding the ramifications from this side of the border. From a Canadian perspective it would be soo much nicer as a Canadian to find US listings that did not have them attached. When it floats directly with USPS/Canadapost (especially on low value) items, goods arrive quicker, without risk of customs processing and potentially with (the biggie) cheaper shipping. Biggest downfall of GSP was parcel being handed off to a 3rd party and either leaving on a front step in plain sight or having no access to community mailboxes.
-Lotzofuniquegoodies (Would purchase from US sellers but finding it not worth risk/cost)
@lotzofuniquegoodies Sorry, I'm not the best one to answer that, as I like being in the programs & so I only shipped via one of the programs. I believe it's still possible to do so, but not if you're in EIS. It was possible if you're in GSP, to do both. With EIS, it's all or nothing, a global switch. That said, I have read of several people who have figured out a way around it, but I suspect that's a loophole that will be closed at some point.
However, I *think* if someone doesn't use either of the programs, they can still ship direct to our neighbors to the North.
@pjcdn2005 wrote:Good to know. I thought that I was going a little crazy.
There have been a few reports from ebay international shipping sellers that only some of their listings were transferred over. I wonder if there is a common denominator of why some seem to be seamless but many are not. Do you use business/shipping policies?
I noticed that you have a few different 'ship to' locations so I thought perhaps you were using different policies.
Do you use business/shipping policies?
@pjcdn2005 I do NOT use Business Policies & never have.
Also, it's possible that if only a few of OP's listings were not converted over, that the system deemed them not eligible for EIS, either due to price limit or other program exceptions.
@jamjoathletics Please post an example or two, either a link or item #, of a couple that are not getting converted over. That will help anyone to better diagnose or see if we see a pattern. I'll try to check in after my class, but it's lengthy, so I can't promise. You're in good hands though.
