Practical articles for Western Bid clients about international online sales, settlement for sold goods, shipping, fulfillment, rates, Shopify, Etsy, eBay, and working with marketplaces. Find useful guides, tips, and solutions to help grow your business abroad.
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Find out when you should refund Sales Tax to the customer, who should process the refund, what to do in case of a full or partial order return, what to do with incorrectly charged tax or tax exemptions, and how to avoid double financial losses.
Learn how to avoid double taxation when shipping to Europe via UPS: properly declare the value of the goods, handle VAT and IOSS, and prevent the buyer from being charged taxes twice at customs.
If in your card statement or PayPal you see Western Bid, this means that the payment was processed through Western Bid as the Merchant of Record, and is not an error, fraud, or an unauthorized charge for the customer.
A detailed guide for sending goods to Amazon FBA warehouses via Western Bid. We cover shipping directly from Ukraine and from the Miami warehouse, packaging and labeling requirements, available shipping options, rates, and the alternative Amazon FBM operating model.
Learn how Sales Tax works on Etsy for Western Bid customers, whether you need to set up the tax yourself, who collects it from the buyer, and how it appears in Etsy Bill and the seller's financial reports.
Find out how Sales Tax works on Etsy for Western Bid customers, whether you need to set up the tax yourself, who collects it from the buyer, and how it is reflected in Etsy Bill and the seller's financial reports.
Find out how Sales Tax works on Etsy for Western Bid customers, whether you need to set up the tax yourself, who collects it from the buyer, and how it is displayed in Etsy Bill and the seller's financial reports.
Find out which duty-free threshold for importing goods applies in different countries when the buyer pays duties and taxes, how shipping affects the customs value, and why it's important to check the latest import rules before shipment.
Learn how to correctly specify the customs code for goods for international shipments: TN ZED, HS code, rules for the EU, IOSS, and Western Bid requirements. A practical guide for sellers to avoid delays at customs and mistakes in documentation.
Learn what an IOSS number is for shipping to the EU, where to find the tax code on Etsy or eBay, how to correctly enter it in Western Bid, and how to avoid double VAT charges at customs.