eBay Global Shipping.. How does it work?

If I sell something to say a bloke in Singapore I pack it up and it heads off to their (eBay) depot in England.

I’ve paid £6.19 what does the buyer pay? Is the cost of international shipping borne by eBay? Or does the buyer see a different, higher price for shipping if the listing is under the global shipping option?

The buyer pays the full postage charge to Ebay, you receive the amount that is the UK delivery cost, you then have to send it to an ebay distribution depot, Staffordshire iirc. All simple, you just print off the form they send you, and drop it off to the PO/EVRI/parcel company. You get an email saying its arrived at their UK depot, then you get another saying its on its way.

The bit I don’t get is what the buyer pays? I know they pay the full amount but the point I’m making, badly, is if I send a motorbike exhaust system to Australia it’s not costing £7.99

Does the buyer see a different price on the listing dependant upon their location or does eBay foot the bill, unlikely.

Yes the buyer sees the cost to them. All you need to do is send it (tracked) to eBay.

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You can find out how much the buyer pays in ‘see order details’ in your account section.

Only once they purchase though?

Why does it matter though? They see the price including eBay’s charges. They buy. You send.

There are other ways of skinning the proverbial feline; I’ve had someone ask me to send things to a mate. I’ve also had someone using a non-ebay freight forwarding place.

AFAIK those are both outside eBay’s T&C’s, but both were for sales of about 10 quid so I wasn’t too fussed.

Oh, and as you mentioned Australia, I did have one sale to there was went wrong with a capital R.

I mis-described it, it went via eBay, but the size of the parcel was too large to send back. It was basically several hundred quid in postage alone. God knows what fees and charges on top. Had to send a significant % refund to the buyer in the end as I had no way of dealing with the problem.

It doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. I’m selling a thing the buyer wants money off, if you don’t ask you don’t get. Just wanted to know what the shipping looks like to them in Madagascar as it costs me £7.50 to send to the eBay depot.

It may well be subject to taxes over and above the shipping cost but that’s long distance buying for you isn’t it.

Indeed I expect to have my trousers pulled down next week when I get a delivery from Italy. Cheers Tories.

Funnily enough I just got paid for a toy car I sold. £4.70 for the item, £3 for postage to eBay, the notification said the buyer paid about £26 to the (presumably) USA (as it is a Texas branded thing).

I only use Ebay GSP for out of UK sales, as Ebay guarantee against loss in destination country. Was losing too many items shipping direct as even if buy tracked postage, its often not tracked in the destination country. Worth being careful with descriptions and weights though. Someone from ebay told me they open and check every parcel that goes through Lichfield. think they charge customers a lot for the service but worth it for selling peace of mind.

What is quite interesting, is they buyer gets the shipping quote based on your weight and size measurements put in while listing the item.

Which you don’t actually have to do.

I recently sold a frame by GSP, but I completely forgot to put that info in
When it got to the GSP, I got an email saying i need to make sure I input this when listings items in future. But there is no charge back to me..
This was lucky, as a bike frame going to the USA probably cost a lot more than the £18 they paid for GSP shipping.

Fully my mistake, but one I have remembered when listing things now

If you want to know how much someone in another country will pay all you have to do is go to your listing, find the postage section, click on “See details” and then change your country to any you desire. It will then display the delivery charge and any import charges. If a foreign buyer has already purchased the item then you go to the order page and find the invoice, it will all be on there.