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Crazy shipping costs on ebay10/24/2022 ![]() ![]() But being realistic, we all know that for a lot of small items, the majority of the time they’ll pass through customs (even with the correct declared value) and your customers won’t need to pay anything extra. Now anyone who has read my blog for a while or bought one of my video courses knows that I never suggest anything black hat and I always say you should declare the correct amount on all parcels you ship, which means that import tax should of course be paid on all applicable orders. ![]() ![]() When a buyer orders one of your items using the Global Shipping Programme, they pay for the item, international postage and any taxes upfront. This adds an unnecessary delay and means your customer will have to wait longer to receive their item. But when using the GSP, you instead have to first ship it to somewhere else in the UK and then it needs to be processed and shipped internationally. Now the normal chain of events when you receive an international order is to simply ship it to your customer straight away. Well sadly, while it does sound perfect on paper, there are some significant flaws to eBay’s Global Shipping Programme, which I’ll go over now. Which sounds pretty perfect right? You get the benefits of reaching a huge marketplace compared to just selling on eBay UK but you don’t have any extra work! I mean, really, no wonder it’s so popular!? If you opt in to the GSP, then your listings will automatically be shown to international buyers at the final price they’ll need to pay and if they chose to order from you, you simply post it to a UK address and everything else is taken care of for you.Īnd I mean everything – international postage, customs, import and export charges, tax – you don’t have to worry about any of that! It seems to me like the Global Shipping Programme is taking over eBay and just becoming more and more popular by the day and I honestly can’t understand why!įor those of you who don’t know, the GSP is a program run by eBay that allows you to sell internationally without having to do any extra work compared to UK sales. Simple, easy things that people aren’t doing that’s costing their business and them money! So I hope you can understand how frustrated I get when I see people making stupid mistakes!!! Of course I make money from selling my courses, I am a business man after all – but my primary purpose is to help others, so they can make a better life for themselves and their family by creating their own successful business. So it’s safe to say I’ve pretty much seen it all…Īny mistake you can think of, I’ve either done it myself (yes, I’m the first to admit I make mistakes – how do you think I learnt everything I know and everything I teach?) or I’ve witnessed it happen first hand.Īnd that’s why I started this blog and created my video courses – to help others and to hopefully stop people making the same mistakes again and again. I’ve been in this online selling world for many many years now and as well as my own invaluable experience, I’ve also personally dealt with thousands of people who want to start their own eBay, Amazon, or ecommerce business. ![]()
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