Are we better off selling internationally now?

[fashionista27]

4 % buyer's protection fee + £0.75 is added when selling to the UK buyers. There is a fee 3% to sell internationally so it seems a better deal than selling nationally now. 

[roger_roger_over_and_nowt]

I thought the extra 3% for non UK sales was on top of the newly added 75p + 4% BPF for UK sales but the only update i can find is from October 24.

[fashionista27]

I am going to confirm it with ebay. What made me question that was the comment that "UK buyer£ will pay 4% fee. Buyer's protection fee is still not applied in the US and this is where I send most of my items outside of the UK. 

[sml192]

The Buyer Protection Fee applies to all items purchased on ebay.co.uk:

'When you shop on eBay.co.uk, your purchase now always includes Buyer Protection. When you buy from UK-based private sellers, the item price includes a Buyer Protection fee (excluding Cars, Motorcycles & Vehicles, Classified Ads and Property).'

'Who pays the Buyer Protection fee?

The buyer pays the fee to eBay when purchasing on eBay.co.uk from UK private sellers (excluding Cars, Motorcycles & Vehicles, Classified Ads and Property).' 

[fassiphone]

Nah, not with higher postage and the risk of potential returns.

[*vyolla* · Accepted solution]

It should just be a 3% fee for the seller.

Buyer Protection isn't available in the US, plus the US buyer will be logged into the US site when they make the purchase from a UK seller.

[fashionista27]

I will continue selling internationally as the US market is big. The only concern might be the cost of international shipping via GSP that can put some potential buyers off.

[*vyolla*]

The GSP isn't being applied to lots of items for the US too at the moment, many of which aren't on their published restricted list.