eBay buyers avoid Global Shipping Program due to slowness

But buyers often report that the import charges are higher with GSP than if the seller sent the package themselves. So, some buyers avoid GSP listings as it makes the products they buy too expensive.

Buyers can also keep an eye on ... transit. With the GSP’s continuous growth, buyers have access to more items than ever before, with 70M monthly listings and counting....

When scrolling through the listings, if the listing is using the GSP, you will see 'Customs services and international tracking provided' in the search box so you can avoid looking at those listings.

Every time a seller uses eBay Global Shipping it turns into a 1–2-month journey on a container ship. Second bad experience and the last. I will ask seller every time what shipping he is using if it's eBay Global shipping I will ask for another ...

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My advice again is to just keep your blood pressure at a reasonable level and don't bothering with checking the tracking information until the items are within the delivery time window. ... The program has changed from the GSP, and is now eBay International Shipping (eIS). It is still a Seller Protection Program, but a few more seller protections have been added. There are more complaints about slowness of eIS, but the complaints about the high cost (because the GSP automatically charged import fees to the customer upfront) seem to have disappeared.

Yes, under both the older Global ... International Shipping delivery times vary by destination, but typically range from 9 to 15 business days....

This program is slow. On May 10th we sold an item to a buyer in Mexico, we shipped it out on May 12th (USPS first class package) and it arrived at the EIS hub on May 17th. Our buyer didn't receive the package until June 16th. We shipped items through the Global Shipping Program to Australia & New Zealand that reached our buyers in less time.