eBay Updates Foreign Warehouse Usage Rate Assessment Requirements
eBay has announced updates to the 'Certified Warehouse Usage Rate Requirements.' Starting in 2026, sellers who open foreign warehouse qualifications from 2025 will be strictly assessed on their foreign warehouse order usage; violations may lead to restrictions on selling permissions.
What are the key facts?
- 1Policy update on July 27
- 2Comprehensive assessment starting January 1, 2026
- 3Affects sellers who open foreign warehouses after 2025
What happened?
eBay will update its foreign warehouse usage rate policy on July 27. For enterprise sellers who obtain foreign warehouse qualifications after January 1, 2025, all foreign warehouse orders will be included in the assessment starting January 1, 2026, with non-compliant sellers facing sales permission restrictions.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Sellers using eBay certified warehouses need to quickly review their inventory and logistics configurations to ensure compliance with platform requirements and avoid account restrictions due to non-compliant logistics channels.