Looking to go stealth, should I get USA or CANADA?

[mc_donkey]

Looking at going stealth. I live in Canada and have an ebay account already in good standing but want to open another store just in case.

My question: I am planning to sell in USA only, would getting a USA account with paypal linked be better for potential sales? Or does that not matter at all?

[phaz0rz]

Sales would be exactly the same on a US or CA account as long as you list on ebay.com. You can list on .com from a Canada account.

Using a USA account would make things 10x more difficult for you because (redacted, )

There are a few other benefits but the bottom line is for someone in your position (actually living in Canada) a CA account would be far superior.

[mc_donkey]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Sales would be exactly the same on a US or CA account as long as you list on ebay.com. You can list on .com from a Canada account.

Using a USA account would make things 10x more difficult for you because you wouldn't be able to sell any more than 200 items without providing a USA tax ID. Not an issue with Canadian accounts.

There are a few other benefits but the bottom line is for someone in your position (actually living in Canada) a CA account would be far superior.

Perfect response and solidified my thoughts on this. Thank you for chiming in!

[monstermaash]

was wondering the same thing, im glad that's cleared up

[walkingupwards]

Locally registered eBay accounts do far better in terms of sales than internationally registered ones. If you want to sell in Canada, I would definitely go with a Canadian account.

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

Locally registered eBay accounts do far better in terms of sales than internationally registered ones. If you want to sell in Canada, I would definitely go with a Canadian account.

I beg to differ. That may be the case with various European accounts, but it doesn't apply to US/CA accounts in my experience. I sell from a few CA accounts and they all have CA addresses. I make all listings on eBay.com, accept USD payments, and sell to 95% USA buyers on all of them. It may be because I usually offer free US shipping and charge extra for Int'l shipping.. but, the point still stands. It's rare for me to sell to any actual Canadians on them.