Ebay Spain
Brandi Baylon
Hello, I just started selling on ebay not to ago and I got a mesage from a ebay user today about if I can ship my item to spain? I was wondering what kind of shipping method shoud I use if I want to ship my item international also if tracking can be included that would be amazed? My item weight about 12-13 oz and I would usually use first class shipping as my main shipping if the location that i'm shipping to is somewhere in the US.
U can still use USPS, but it would be: 1st class int'l, priority int'l or express int'l depending on how much they are will to pay for shipping. USPS 1st class int'l has delivery confirmation for some countries, but I'm not sure if Spain is one of them. There is a list on the USPS website for those countries. Priority and Express both have delivery confirmation. You can always add registered to the 1st class, but I think that cost about $14 extra.
There are many countries you can ship to. There are also many countries you don't want to ship to. Some items you can't ship to certain countries. International shipping can be confusing even for long time sellers. Please take the time to read all of ebays rules and regulations. Also read through these boards. The boards contain helpful information on selling, buying, protection, shipping, SCAMS, tracking, returns and refunds to name a few. Always come here first if you have a question or problem. Ebay CS does not always provide the best advice. Best of luck.
You can mail up to 4 lbs. via international First Class Package Service; there are 4 rate tiers -- your item fits into the 9 oz. to 32 oz. tier -- and Spain does accept e-DelCon. For FCPS, Spain is in Price Group 5. USPS publishes all rates here:
If you sell internationally on eBay or plan to do it in the future, consider opening your eBay Store on international eBay sites. You will get access to a wider audience, grow your business, and become more visible on the Internet. You can also benefit from lower competition as compared to ebay.com.
Just like on ebay.com, a Store subscription on international eBay sites gives the seller a higher monthly limit of free listings and discounted Final value fees. It means that if you list and sell a lot of items, a suitable subscription package will be worth its cost. However, each of the international eBay sites has its own line of subscription packages with different fees, limits and benefits.
ebay.co.uk is an international eBay site meant for sellers and buyers from Great Britain. Private sellers can subscribe to the Basic eBay Shop. As for business sellers, they can choose from three subscription packages.
ebay.de is an international site for sellers and buyers from Germany. All the listings here must be written in the German language. On this site, there are no subscription options for private sellers (Private Verkufer), while business sellers (Gewerbliche Verkufer) can choose among 4 available subscriptions to eBay Store (eBay Shop).
ebay.fr is an international eBay site for sellers and buyers from France. All the listings here must be written in French. Private sellers (Vendeurs particuliers) on ebay.fr can sell items without a subscription or get a Classic eBay Store (eBay Boutique Classique). Business sellers (Vendeurs professionnels) can choose among three subscription packages.
ebay.it is an international eBay site for sellers and buyers from Italy. All the listings here must be written in the Italian language. Private sellers (Venditori non professionali) can sell without a subscription or get a Basic eBay Store subscription (Negozio Base di eBay). Business sellers (Venditori professionali) can choose among three subscription packages.
ebay.es is an international eBay site for sellers and buyers from Spain. All the listings here must be written in Spanish. Private sellers (Vendedores particulares) on ebay.es can work without a subscription or get a Basic eBay Store subscription (Tienda Bsica de eBay). Business sellers (Vendedores profesionales) can choose from three subscription packages.
If your registered address is in Australia, Australian GST (Goods and Services Tax) of 10% is payable on your eBay fees. Unless you provided eBay with your ABN and registered for tax exempt status, you will be charged your eBay fees inclusive of GST. Business Stores are not subject to GST and some fees may be different.
At least for me (I use sell similar) the excluded countries are a variety of different selections, and almost always NOT the current ones I have set up. (I have a ticket opened for this but that was about a month ago)
I often listen to ebay for business podcasts, usually the content is shall I say ... not very interesting, but sometimes the answers to listeners' questions are enlightening.
One recent question was from a seller that complained of similar excluded countries list problems. Anyway the podcast host (Griff?) answered he had asked the shipping team about this seller's situation. Their response was along these lines.
When a seller has multiple shipping policies setup, it is possible, probable even, that they are not using the same shipping policy in all of their listings.
What does this have to do with shipping preferences and excluded countries you ask?
Well, if you are opted-in to business policies and have multiple shipping policies setup, EACH shipping policy has it's own excluded countries list attached to it that is applied to listings using that policy. Therefore in order to make excluded country changes it is necessary to edit EACH Shipping Policy directly within Business Policies.
My personal interpretation of Griff's explanation was that Shipping Policies and exclusion lists attached to them over-ride the Global exclusions set in Shipping Preferences.
I'm opted-out of business policies so I've not been having this particular problem. All I have to worry about is to remember that each site has it's own preferences setup, meaning I have to setup shipping preferences for each site I list on.
I wasn't set up for business policies. All my listings are made using templates, or 'sell similar'. I just checked the templates, none have the Middle East or Africa exclusions. I just checked out the business policies bit and unthinkingly clicked on the 'get started' button thinking it would tell me more about it. Nope, it is setting it up for me. A note says "We're working on cleaning up and consolidating your business policies. This can take several hours. When we're done, you'll be automatically opted in. Please check back in 8 hours." I'll check it out, maybe opt out too.
There are US embargos on a number of countries including Syria (war zone), Cuba, North Korea, and Iran. As a US company, eBay enforces those embargos even for nations that do not embargo them. Which is why Cuba is such a popular winter destination for Canadians.
I've blocked China, France, Germany, & Spain. eBay sems to be adding in the others. The Saudi Arabia potential purchaser wants me to sell it to him via Paypal. No way to 'honestly' (safely? ie eBay strike) do that.
Sellers receive payments through Managed Payments but buyers can still use PP to pay, along with Visa Mastercard Apple Pay and Google Pay. In some cases US buyers can also use Discover. Sellers don't know how their customers paid.
Did you look at where the item is going to be shipped to? I have a couple of customers in Saudi Arabia and they pay from Saudi Arabia, but the shipping is to the address of a Distributor in Florida. Also that is the adress that comes up on eBay and PayPal as the home adress. Then the Distributer in Florida then sends my package and likely a lot of other stuff,to the buyer in Saudi Arbia. Never had a problem.
Has anyone heard from ebay when they are going to fix this? I ship worldwide with no exclusions. The only exclusions that should appear on my listings are the ones imposed by Canada Post /Canadian government (eg. Russia). However, Saudi Arabia is currently showing, even though CanadaPost is shipping there (no restrictions). I have a Saudi Arabian customer who is unable to complete their purchase because of this arbitrary block. (I 'revised' the listing with no changes, but this didn't help, and double checked my shipping preferences---zero exclusions from me.) Anyone already get a response from ebay about this?
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Any one else bought EAN barcodes off eBay? my cousin got some and now Amazon are Blocking them unless they are from GS1 we get ours from GS1, he was trying to list an item using codes he got off eBay but kept getting an error, he phoned Amazon SS and was told everyone will be getting pulled if there not from GS1, i gave him one of my EAN to try and it worked, wander how many others have wasted their money : )
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