Shipping Prices???

[rosemaxtrading]

Can someone please explain to me how an small item shipped door to door from china has a postage cost of £0.60p through eBay speedpak economy but my lowest cost through eBay is 2.94. ?

[therenewalworkshopltd]

Are you shipping from China?

If not, then it's a pointless question to be frank as shipping from China is subsidised by the Chinese government.

[rosemaxtrading]

How does that work? I pay 60p postage and the Chinese government pay royal mail to deliver once in uk? Who is paying Royal Mail? Im confused.

[therenewalworkshopltd]

Does it really matter?

If you google it you will find out more.

But as I said, China post is subsidised by the Chinese government.

[jlovie]

There's a reciprocal arrangement, the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

Universal Postal Union - Wikipedia

[padanpcparts]

It's subisidised by the UK government isn't it? 

[therenewalworkshopltd]

https://www.google.com/search?q=why+is+the+post+from+china+so+cheap&rlz=1C1ONGR_en-GBGB1101GB1101&oq...

[magpiecorner1]

Yes, because China is a third world country.  At least it was when this all began.  It was to ensure the Chinese could sent letters around the world.  Shows what happens when you don't keep up with stuff!

[padanpcparts]

?? postage from China to the UK is subsidized by the Royal Mail not by the Chinese Government.  What was your link trying to say? 

[padanpcparts]

I should of made that a statement, it wasn't a question. 😉 

[rosemaxtrading]

So, on eBay you can order items from China. I found 1 item that has 60p
postage. It gets sent from China, arrives in the UK and is delivered by
Royal Mail, normally 48 hour tracked. My question is who is paying Royal
Mail, and how am I supposed to compete when the same item costs me minimum
£2.94 with Evri( cheapest option)?

[padanpcparts]

Royal Mail are paying. In effect their customers (us), are paying. 

Your going to have other ways to compete I'm afraid. 

[therenewalworkshopltd]

All I was trying to say, was if you don't know, go look!  🙂

It's actually all to do with the Universal postal union, for which a link was posted already.

If you dig into to it, it is a combination of things, rather than just the one thing.

Because of that, there is an agreement on prices.

They are also subsidised by their government, which helps to keep their prices even cheaper.