Cross-border trading, also referred to as international marketplace visibility, is a listing upgrade that enables listings to be included in the default search results for another marketplace.

In order to list an item using this feature, the item must be listed in a category for which cross-border trading is enabled. For additional information, refer to:

Additionally, several other requirements must be met. For information about these requirements refer to Selling internationally.

Refer to the following table for information about the availability of this upgrade based on the marketplace on which you are listing (i.e., based on the primary marketplace).

Primary Marketplace

[Marketplace of Item Listing]

Secondary Marketplace Availability

for International Marketplace Visibility
US (ebay.com) eBay UK (ebay.co.uk and ebay.ie)
Canada (ebay.ca) eBay UK (ebay.co.uk and ebay.ie)
UK (ebay.co.uk) eBay North America (ebay.com and ebay.ca)
Ireland (ebay.ie) eBay North America (ebay.com and ebay.ca)

Thus, if your primary marketplace is the US marketplace or Canada (English) marketplace, the upgrade provides default visibility on the eBay UK marketplaces (England and Ireland). And if your primary marketplace is the UK marketplace or Ireland marketplace, the upgrade provides default visibility on the eBay North America (ebay.com and ebay.ca) marketplaces. For more information about the International Marketplace Visibility feature, refer to Selling internationally.

If your primary marketplace is the US marketplace or Canada marketplace and you want a listing to be available in the default search results of the UK marketplace, the following tag and value are used (in the Item container of AddItem or a related call):

Sample XML for Visibility on the UK Marketplace 

...
<Item>
...
  <CrossBorderTrade>UK</CrossBorderTrade>
...
</Item>
...

If your primary marketplace is the UK or Ireland marketplace and you want a listing to be available in the default search results of the eBay North America (ebay.com and ebay.ca) marketplaces, the following tag and value are used (in the Item container of AddItem or a related call):

Example: Sample XML for Visibility on the US and Canada Marketplaces 

...
<Item>
...
  <CrossBorderTrade>North America</CrossBorderTrade>
...
</Item>
...

After an item is listed using the CrossBorderTrade field, the field is returned in the GetItem and GetSellerList calls.

If a seller decided to remove the listing from the search results of another country when they are relisting the item with a RelistItem or RelistFixedPriceItem call, that seller would again include the CrossBorderTrade field, but would set that field's value to None, as shown below:

Example: Sample XML for Removing the CrossBorderTrade field 

...
<Item>
...
  <CrossBorderTrade>None</CrossBorderTrade>
...
</Item>
...