eBay launches new delivery service

By The Nation

 

 

Online retailer eBay has launched the “eBay SeaPass” shipping platform to support eBay sellers in Asean by simplifying retail order fulfilment and providing automated shipping.

 

In Thailand, eBay said it would enable the faster handling of paid orders, saving eBay sellers time and money through an easy-to-use system that is available to them at no charge. 

 

eBay is also collaborating with Thailand Post to offer special discounts and privileges to sellers who use eBay SeaPass together with Thailand Post’s ePacket service.

 

Boonphan Boonprayoon of eBay Thailand said: “To help eBay sellers in Thailand and Southeast Asia effectively run a borderless business in our global online marketplace, eBay developed ‘eBay SeaPass. 

 

"Thai sellers will benefit from this automated fulfilment and shipping process when they ship items from Thailand to buyers worldwide, increasing both the speed and convenience of order processing and tracking. 

 

“It enables fast and easy printing of shipping labels, so sellers can pick and pack items more quickly. 

 

Until December 31, eBay sellers will get a special Bt10 discount on the ePacket shipping fee for each item shipped 

 

Thailand Post’s ePacket service is currently available for China, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, and the United States. Germany, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Macau will be added to the ePacket service on October 1.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30354392

 

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I've not even looked at ebay here yet, its either Lazada or Aliexpress

I use ebay fairly regularly, but avoid anything that they ship as ridiculously expensive! usually triple what an individual seller will charge!

Sure this is just another way for them to increase their profits ?

Do people often get import charges on delivery when using aliexpress or ebay?

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Do people often get import charges on delivery when using aliexpress or ebay?

depends what you order and the value.

 

Aliexpress, never got charged as I always order stuff under $30 to begin with.  There was one time the seller wrote $500 instead of $50, which lead to a heavy tax.