[vcf-midatlantic] Ebay International Shipping Improvement
william degnan
billdegnan at gmail.com
Thu Sep 14 07:08:46 EDT 2017
If you're like me, you use Ebay to sell vintage computers to make space or
for extra cash (so you can buy other vintage computers...). It's a nice
efficient way to sell.
Given the dollar exchange rate has declined 30% this year prices are
cheaper to an international buyer. You maximize profit if you sell
internationally and given you are hit with 10% fee you want to maximize the
sales price. Problem *was* there are too many variables and taxes to
track, custom forms, insurance, etc. International shipping has always
been a problem because it's so hard to predict the actual cost, and I have
been burned a few times with shipping costs. Slowly Ebay has been working
to make this better.
Recently Ebay has made available a new shipping option called "Global
Shipping Program" that allows a person to ship their internationally-sold
items to a hub in the US (Kentucky), and after that I guess the buyer deals
with the shipping the rest of the way. A lot of people bust on Ebay, but
this is really a nice feature and it really reduces the hassle for the
seller. In short, now everything I sell is treated like domestic shipping,
no customs no guessing. 25-50% of my sales are international.
I don't want to get into a big thing about whether Ebay is good/bad but in
this case - Ebay: Well done.
Bill
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