I recently listed a card on eBay. Tonight I received an offer that I’m willing to accept from someone in New Zealand but am unsure how shipping works. I am located in the Continental U.S and all my previous sales have been domestic so shipping has been easy. I am charging the buyer the shipping costs, if I were to accept this buyers offer would I be able to handle the shipping process through eBay like my domestic sales? I would appreciate any info, I don’t want to hit accept before knowing all of the information.
What @amcgl58 said is important. I always have my sales go through the GSP (my personal preference) because you only have to ship it to a U.S. address and then it goes from there, which makes it easy. I always allow global buyers lately because normally, you can get a higher sale price in my experience.
I agree with everything @teamrocketop said, GSP is a very simple solution for international sales. Pertaining to your question, do you have any open offers on the listing? If not, you can revise your listing to include Ebay’s GSP.
I wouldn’t reoffer. GSP is AMAZING for sellers since Americans often have no idea how to ship international even though there’s essentially no difference. GSP keeps everything domestic for you and also offers amazing protection since they validate the item and take the risk on for you after it gets to the distribution center.
The issue is it’s a TRASH system for the actual buyer. The shipping cost is expensive and they also automatically charge customs fees when you go to pay. Yes the customs fees are the problem of the buyer’s country. Yes you should probably pay your taxes. But speaking from the perspective of a Canadian, it’s actually pretty rare to be hit with customs fees in my experience even when items are declared at full value.
Because it’s AMAZING for the seller and TRASH for the buyer it’s a bit contentious. Personally I refuse to use GSP as a buyer unless there is absolutely no other choice. I am not the only one that thinks this way. Having GSP on is better than just totally excluding the worldwide market but if you want maximum exposure of your items I recommend getting familiar with international shipping rates. Some may argue you’re opening yourself to additional risks which is arguably true for certain countries, but at the same time it’s not like there’s no scammers in the US
Appreciate the perspective. I’ve been around long enough to see both the seller and buyer sides of the GSP, which is initially why I haven’t bothered with it before.
I’m going to sleep on it but I think I’m going to just reject the offer and keep my shipping limited to the U.S. I’m not a big seller (I think I’ve sold like 5 things on eBay) and I literally just have this one item to sell. I’d rather not deal with the hassle of shipping internationally and I don’t want to overcharge people with the GSP.
Listings are visible worldwide by default. ‘Buy It Now’ doesn’t go through if international shipping isn’t enabled while bids and offers do. If you don’t want your listings to be visible to users outside the US, block them by setting buyer requirements.