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It’s on PayPal’s website. It’s makes sense since the non-U.S. buyer is paying in their local currency. As for the seller paying the PP fee for the full shipping I haven’t confirmed. But somebody is paying for it. I don’t think EB is going to pickup the tab on this one.
Wow! Received a call from eBay (never expected that) as a follow-up to the issue of buyers paying more in shipping that was was stated in the listing. Most definitely a problem. They are working on it and have asked me to supply them with the other item id’s that I suspect were similar issue.
Since I don’t pass on the carrier discount to the buyer, I’ve never checked what a buyer pays vs the shipping details. I’m just shocked sometimes with the amount the buyer pays for shipping vs what I pay given the discount. With the discount, shipping seems to have become its own profit center.
Taxes due Tuesday, 4/18 not Monday. Emancipation Day is Monday, a legal holiday in Washington.
It’s frustrating when SIMPLE issues don’t get resolved or keep popping back up, as in this case. It’s just programming. I chalk it up to the evolution of the Brain Drain. There’s only so many talented programmers and you can find them at Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google.
I had the same issue last quarter. Ordered boxes and envelopes. Did the same as you and opened a case. Retrieved a response almost immediately with updated shipping information for the missing packages. They didn’t offer any explanation as they gave you. I suspect if this is an issue, I will have the same problem this quarter as I just used my coupon.
I understand your frustration, but it is what it is. I have a long laundry list of eBay indiscretions higher on my list that I wished eBay would respond to.
Hang in there.
Are you tied in with having to use their shipping or can you like eBay, just have to mark it as shipped and upload the tracking#? Especially if you use Stamps.com to purchase your postage.
Tara,
Thank you for sharing your Etsy numbers. Based on your numbers, it does look like Etsy charges a flat rate only for the price of the item at 3.5% and does not include shipping in the fee. Unlike eBay which charges the fee for the category + 9% for shipping.
That’s what I was thinking as well. Never looked at it that closely before. I’m always of the opinion that it is better to pay for what you list and a fee when an item sells rather than continue throwing money at it at a flat amount each month. Rough calculation is that your inventory turnover would have to be crazily high to make eBay cheaper than Etsy. Then again, that’s assuming buyers appetite is the same across both platforms.
I think example 3 would apply at well since you’re not selling all of them at one time?
Thanks Tara,
What happens if you sell 10 items?
Please see example #4 in the link below
I’ve found USHIP.com has been the best so far. Generally for items > 200 lbs. Cost is always an issue. If you can, sometimes meeting the driver at a stop along the route saves a bit. Other than that, almost every carrier has higher shipping cost for oversized items, so you really need to break things down and ship smarter. Even if it requires buyers to reassemble.
The way I read it, using your example, listing 50 items for $0.20, but if sell 10, you will be charged $2.00 in listing fees ($1.80 for the 9 additional items sold + $0.20 to relist the remaining 40. You already paid the 0.20 for the initial listing. Am I reading this right?
Am I reading it correctly that Etsy doesn’t charge the 3.5% on shipping. Just on the selling price?
And that on multiple items, you’re listing charge is 0.20 and then charged 0.20 for each additional item sold?
The buyers have their profile set to private. They are unable to sell, so they are strictly buyers. As eBay is concerned, the feedback score and rankings are still public and they still have to abide by eBay rules. As a seller, you will know the actual buyer when the transaction is completed, but to the public domain of eBay, the name is hidden. So given their current feedback score, there’s nothing to be concerned with a history of them stiffing buyers. Just treat it as any other sale.
There is something also known as a private listing. Different method, but end result is the same. Buyer’s eBay name is cloaked from being seen from the public domain. For various reasons, I would suggest refraining from making a listing private.
What you are seeing is pretty much benign and could be caused by many things. The code is essentially overriding the style and font display of the browser. Often caused by sellers creating the text in a program like MS Word or Google docs and then doing a cut and paste rather than a cut and paste special (text only). You would be surprised how much html code can often be found in a blank document. But then again, it could be added by eBay to assure that, at a minimum, the text is displayed at a correct style.
Having multiples of the same instructions is just poor web design since all other instructions are overridden by the very last set of instructions.
As for search, not sure how eBay handles them. Google pretty much ignores them. But then again, Google has a difficult time indexing and rendering eBay pages anyhow.
So if you see them and want to edit them out, that’s fine. It’s just not a key factor to spend a lot of time on.
