We are introducing a new policy for sellers who use overseas warehouses. This is to ensure smooth operations and a positive experience for our international buyers. This policy applies to items shipped by a seller from a warehouse in a country different from the seller’s registered address with eBay.
What you need to know
Effective April 1, 2025, new sellers with their eBay account registered address in the countries listed below will be required to eBay apply for approval to ship items from an overseas warehouse.
Existing Sellers: eBay has automatically examined to see if existing seller accounts have good forward-deployment selling history. Those with good forward-deployment selling history have been permitted to continue forward deployment.
New Sellers: New sellers, who do not have any forward-deployment selling history, need to apply for eBay approval.
Name of Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia, Democratic Republic of the, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Makvinas), Fiji, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, North, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, South, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Réunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Tahiti, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Update (July 2025)
Effective July 15, 2025, sellers with their eBay account registered address in India, Israel, Ukraine, Turkey, Singapore will also be subject to the above procedures as applicable to existing and new sellers.