Hey, I have shipped some of my orders over seas to US and EU. I used Royal Mail international standard which isn’t a tracked service but it does give me a tracking number on the postage label. I input this tracking number into my completed order but it has only tracked the collection, not delivery, meaning I can’t deposit these funds as they’re still ‘in transit’, but the buyer does actually have the order now, and has had it for a month.
how do go about this??
If you haven't paid for a tracked service then it will not be tracked nor shown as delivered.
For release of funds if your shop is subject to a Reserve an actual tracking number is required otherwise how can Etsy be sure it has actually been delivered. Without tracking your funds will be released after the reserve period.
Here is Etsy's article:
What is a Payment Account Reserve? – Etsy