posted on June 16, 2006 04:44:08 PM
Since no one has brought it up, I thought I'd pass along this little excerpt from Bill Cobb's keynote address at Ebay live. It's sure to cause some concern for international sellers:
<<Cobb addressed Trust & Safety issues as they relates to global trade, and said selling cross-border is a privilege, not a right. Starting later this year, sellers will need to meet a higher seller verification requirement for cross border trading. It will vary by country. In order for foreign sellers to sell in the U.S., they will have to be PayPal verified or have a credit card merchant account.>>
If Murphy's law is correct, everything East of the San Andreas Fault will slide into the Atlantic
posted on June 16, 2006 05:25:07 PM
I wonder how this is going to affect us selling to our neighbors to the north? Should be intersting, we will just have to wait and see what happens.
posted on June 17, 2006 01:58:57 AM
I don't have any problems with a higher level of verification. Should help cut down on bogus sellers. The only people this should concern are ones that are out to rip people off.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
posted on June 17, 2006 04:03:14 AM
My concern is that they see selling "cross-border" as a "privilege, not a right" Usually when they talk about privileges that usually means they will eventually charge for it. I forsee some fees coming if you want to sell oustide of your home country. Since they see it as a privilege.
posted on June 17, 2006 08:36:37 PM
It's awful easy to read between the lines on his statement. I could visualize this as a first stept to making Paypal, or credit cards through a merchant account, as the only acceptable payment method for international sales. As it is now, the new verification requirement will cause a few hundred thousand new Paypal accounts by international sellers to be opened in a panic atmosphere.
If Murphy's law is correct, everything East of the San Andreas Fault will slide into the Atlantic
posted on June 17, 2006 08:47:23 PM
It has little to do with "Trust & Safety issues". Rather eBay wants more international sellers to accept PayPal, thus increasing eBay's revenue stream.
posted on June 18, 2006 03:12:39 AMIn order for foreign sellers to sell in the U.S., they will have to be PayPal verified or have a credit card merchant account.
I have an easier solution in that foreign sellers like myself accept GBuy, money orders, bank drafts, wire and greenbacks from USA customers. Either that or we accept sales from all countries except the USA.
posted on June 18, 2006 09:06:32 AM
Getting a merchant account in foreign countries is not as easy as getting one in the states,discount rates are higher and the monthly fee is higher and they would ask for more credential than most weekend warriors willing/able to furnish (like a storefront,license etc),so I would expect they will just become Paypal verified which is good news for buyers,at least Paypal has his bank account on file .
/ lets all stop whining !! /
[ edited by hwahwa on Jun 18, 2006 09:07 AM ]
posted on June 18, 2006 09:10:56 AM
I think I understood his remarks differently but then again I could be wrong:
He seemed to be saying that as a Canadian resident if I want to list on EBay.com instead of EBay.ca then I must be PayPal verified.
I don't have a problem with that as I always list on the US site and I am verified by PayPal.
I think he is maybe looking for a way to rid any of the sites of the scam merchants who list on the site of a Country other than their own.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein