Although the new EIS program does not automatically enroll exclude countries until June 6, for some reason I am already enrolled and received an order yesterday. Yeah Bay! I quit all countries when FC was halted to many previously “trusted” destinations such as Australia during covid. I’m glad and hopeful this will resume some of those lost sales without extra hoops to jump thru.
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Yeah, we’ve had a few of these orders and they seem pretty easy…
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…tomorrow is June 6 
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I’m inclined to let this ride. I always want more sales, of course. And if eBay handles all of the foreign taxes and paperwork, I’ll take it.
Or should I?
Is there any potential downside to this?
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I have not found any downside to this.
Some buyers complain about the price of shipping with EIS, but some foreign buyers always complain about the price of shipping.
Ebay blocks EIS shipments of categories which may be problematic to customs to some countries, but if they are problematic they could be seized.
I find the shipping time a bit long, with delays in the Ebay hub. My buyers do not find it worth commenting on, But some Ebay buyers complain on the Ebay forums.
I like the fact that the seller is not responsible once the item has reached the hub and been inspected. No refunds, no returns, no FB, even though EIS gives the buyer 30 days.
Not too crazy about the role of DHL in EIS.
Not happy about being charged FVF on VAT if the buyer chooses to prepay it.
Been using EIS since it replaced Ebay Global Shipping. No problems so far, and I don’t know what they might be.
Ebay is supposed to remove negative FB due to EIS. Been a couple of forum posts complaining they did not, but like FBA strikethrough its hard to tell who is responsible for the negatives, and the Ebay bot is pretty dumb.
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