@retrobizwrote:I know that Alaska & Hawaii are part of the US (duh) but they can be excluded along with international locations in the exclusions list.
You can also exclude PO boxes which can be found in any of the 50 states. The option is offered because certain shipping services (FedEx and UPS) may not be cost-effective to HI/AK/territories so sellers have the option of excluding them. And certain services (FedEx and UPS) may not deliver to PO boxes.
@retrobizwrote:Under the new policy where ebay is going to provide assisted shipping to international countries at no additional charge to us, will they include Alaska and Hawaii? And other American locations that are not part of the continental US?
No, eBay International Shipping is not offered when shipping to any US state or US territory - those are considered domestic sales.
@retrobizwrote:Then we would be paying to ship to a hub instead of those two states. I've never shipped to either state, but I assumed the shipping would be much higher.
For someone on the east coast using USPS it's not going to cost any more to ship to HI or AK than it would to ship to CA. Certain territories will be out there in zone 9, and others (like Puerto Rico) will fall within the primary zones 1-8.
Roswell, GA - most zip codes begin with 300 so if you go here and enter 300:
https://postcalc.usps.com/DomesticZoneChart
You'll see that shipping to all zip codes from your location fall within zones 1-8 with the exception of zip codes beginning with969 (Guam, Palau, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands and Micronesia).
So shipping to Hawaii is zone 8 from your location, as is California. You can also ship to Puerto Rico and any APO/FPO military address and stay within zone 1-8 pricing.
Go here to see USPS pricing based on zone, comparing both retail and commercial (online) rates:
https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm
Hope that helps.
