Offer shipping to Australia.

[Ajginger]

Hey everyone, it would be a good idea to offer to ship to Australia when listing here.

We would like a chance to negotiate with you on some of your items.

Most ebayers offer around $40 - $70 shipping to Australia.
You still have to go to the post office/shipping merchant to ship items within USA so it's not any harder. ( not much harder anyway )

This will open up your chances of selling.

Thanks.

 

[rcheing]

As a former Ebay seller, the problem I have with this is that you have to deal with customs forms and I believe Paypal has a different seller protection due to different international laws. When Ebay launched their Global Shipping Program, this was definitely a good move as now us sellers only shipped to a US global shipping and they took care of the customs. Also, since we shipped to a US address, our responsibility was limited to shipping to this address.

 

[Meta4]

As a former Ebay seller, the problem I have with this is that you have to deal with customs forms and I believe Paypal has a different seller protection due to different international laws. When Ebay launched their Global Shipping Program, this was definitely a good move as now us sellers only shipped to a US global shipping and they took care of the customs. Also, since we shipped to a US address, our responsibility was limited to shipping to this address.

Ebay's Global Shipping Program is a pain for buyers.
The shipping price goes up as the price goes up and it takes an extra week or so above the already slow mail times.

 

[Ajginger]

Pretty sure USPS is a straight forward way of getting stuff over here.

I used to buy most of my tree lopping gear from the USA when I owned the business and most used to come Through USPS. Took a painfully long time but always got here. I didn't mind waiting.