eBay will begin offering better discounts for sellers who use its system to print Canada Post shipping labels beginning Thursday, the marketplace announced today.
eBay told Canadian sellers that previously, those who used eBay Labels would receive Canada Post rates equivalent to the Solution for Small Business Level 1 discounts. Beginning April 27, all Canada Post shipping rates purchased on eBay Labels will be equivalent to Solution for Small Business Level 4 discounts.
In the announcement, eBay Canada included a table with price comparisons that show, for example, that the previous discount for Domestic Expedited Parcel was “up to 11%,” while the new discount will be “up to 32%.” eBay linked to more information on the Canada Post website.
eBay also noted in its post on the Seller Announcement Board that discounts vary based on the location of both buyer and seller, and tax and fuel surcharges may apply. Sellers discussed the new Canada Post rates on the eBay Canada seller discussion boards, with some wondering if the new rates would also apply to Shippo.
Just as in America, eBay is getting a huge discount on postage in Canada, but only passing on the standard online rate to its sellers, pocketing the rest as pure profit. But now that there are other options for sellers to buy their postage from, eBay is now realizing they had need to offer better rates, or sellers will just not use them, and thus they make nothing.
Yet ebay still lies and says they have no control over postage rates, they may not but do have control on their discounts. Better figure something out here soon, 3 rate increases in the next year, July, October and January 2024. AS the rates gets higher, 2024 will probably be the end of my business, I’ll make more off disability. Why work so hard for so little.