Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Follow up on International Shipping

Thank you shopaholic224 for commenting re: the availability of freight forwarding services for international buyers. I know there are several available. It would be terrific if more international buyers chose that option. No downside to the seller, as long as the buyer registers the address they get from the forwarder as their PayPal address & with their credit card co as an acceptable "ship to" address.

The problem is that as a seller, at least on a site like eBay, I cannot put that information advertising a forwarding service in my listings. And newer buyers likely are not aware that the service is available. However, if a potential buyer insists I ship a higher $ item, I do not see any reason why not to suggest the option to them. I understand that shipments at these forwarding services can also be combined/consolidated which could save a frequent buyer some shipping costs.
Thank you for your informative comment!

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