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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
great news… Communist china will have to pay more to send their junk.
Does it really matter? Seems like we here in the US got the short end of the stick for a while, in all areas. For the last 2 + years I have seen UK sellers with shipping costs at 1/2 of what it would cost for me to ship there. Same in much of Europe. On top of it the items purchased in the USA shipped to Europe are taxed heavily. Not so much the other way around. Why are intl single buyer items not charged any duties coming into the USA? Sure as a seller if we purchase bulk items from outside the country….we pay customs fees!
And we all know how sellers here in the USA have gotten beaten up by china based sellers with cheap shipping rates. 70% is not enough, it should have been 100%. Why must we always capitulate?
I stopped selling INTL from the usa a long time ago. Not worth it, and there is no demand any more.