Global Shipping Program on eBay - Question

Dboneesq

Hey guys ... does anyone use the Global Shipping Program that eBay offers? It SEEMS like it may be a good way to go, but I'd like opinions from anyone who has tried it. THANKS!

bunt

It seems to work fine - If an international party buys an item, you only have to ship to a designated ebay shipping location in the states, and they take it from there. If your item reaches the US shipping location - they state you are then protected from any international shipping snafu feedback/not received claims

WhiteTornado

There are a few recent threads about it. I found this one on the US Coin forum:

Linky

There were a couple of recent ones on this forum too, including this one:

Linky 2

I haven't used it myself, as I don't ship internationally. I'm a small-potatoes seller so it doesn't seem worth it to me. From the threads I've read, there is a chance an international buyer might not be aware of their own country's import/VAT fees, so keep that in mind if it comes up. It's their responsibility to know, but of course they could complain to you after they've already won your item.

Probstein123

I use it....its very good

bobbyw8469

I like the Global Shipping Program. It is the ONLY way I will ship Internationally. However, the bidders don't like it cause it is still expensive shipping. There is no way around expensive shipping, not if you want to have tracking and what not.

Dboneesq

Thanks for all the responses. Bobby, so if you use it, is the amount of the shipping automatically calculated by eBay? When you print/pay for the label to ship to the central shipping point, what's next? Does eBay then tell the buyer how much the shipping is to them? Does the buyer pay eBay directly? If so, do you have to pay a final value fee on the International part of the shipping? THANKS!

Probstein123

I SEND THEM ALL THIS MESSAGE

hi, we ship overseas via the ebay global shipping program only ...
ebays rates and fees apply...the invoice is generated by ebay and we don't have access to viewing or sending the invoice...
the invoice comes from ebay....we ship to a facility in kentucky and ebay has a 3rd party vendor that handles all the overseas shipments...
thanks for the interest
happy bidding
rick

Dboneesq

Rick ... thank you so much for that information. So the buyer doesn't know what the cost is going to be prior to purchasing the product or, if I read correctly, is there a place for the buyer to see the cost PRIOR to making the purchase?

So if I charge $2.99 for shipping, the buyer pays me for the item + the $2.99 and then pays eBay directly for the shipping? My fees to ebay are based upon the $2.99 shipping and NOT on the International portion?

bobbyw8469

If the buyer is International, you can't even send them an invoice after the auction is over. Ebay does all that for you. They inform the buyer what they need to pay. The buyer pays the auctions price, and your domestic shipping price (plus whatever fees Ebay tacks on - you just don't get the tacked on fees...Ebay does). Ebay pays you YOUR price plus shipping and you ship to a center in Kentucky. That is it.

Dboneesq

Thanks Bobby. So the buyer pays for the item, the domestic shipping fees and International shipping fees directly to eBay? Then eBay sends me the money (to my PayPal account I assume) soon after they get paid from the buyer? So the seller pays ebay final value fees and paypal fees on the cost of the item and DOMESTIC shipping fees?

When you print out the domestic shipping label, it automatically has the Kentucky address?

bobbyw8469

Yes....You ship to an Ebay center in Kentucky....Ebay in turn ships it to the buyer. Basically, for all that added upcharge, Ebay is acting as the middle man. FOr all you care, you are shipping to a buyer in Kentucky. On your end, it is handled as a domestic transaction. Nothing extar on your end.