This is a simple guide, explaining how easy it is to export from the USA to the UK Great Britain etc. In fact its almost identical to domestic US shipping, but just takes1-3 days longer to arriveto your British buyers... ! This guide also applies to shipping internationally to any other country, although some may take longer than to the UK, and some are potentially not as safe to ship to (certain African countries etc allegedly should be avoided...).
I am a UK buyer who has found many many US sellers simply didnt realise how easy it was to export their items to us in Britain. I am writing this guide as I keep explaining the same information to US sellers who all say they wish they knew before and also wish there was a guide for this! So here it is finally as I promised y'all :)
If you have "Worldwide" shipping enabled on your auctions and havent set bidder restrictions to stop buyers bidding if they are "from countries I dont ship to", then you will often get foreign bidders on your auctions. They will bump your prices up if they dont win, which is clearly a good thing, but if they do win, dont panic ! Its very easy to get the items to them...
Obviously you can setup your shipping costs in your auctions to display your actual costs for Express International Mail, Priority International Mail, Priority Flat-Rate Boxes/ Envelopes International and First Class International Mail, and to get the prices you can follow this guide and use usps.ge to price up, print labelsand arrange free home pickup etc as you usually would.Even if you just set "Worldwide" shipping on auctions and dont put the prices in to start with, they are easy to work out after the auction finishes if an international bidder wins...
I have written this guide from the point of view of a UK British buyer importing from you in the US, but you can apply this information to bidders from anywhere in the world. USPS (usps.ge) ships worldwide so you can too and you should take advantage of this bonus to maximise your profits!
- The most expensive option is Global Express Guaranteed International Mail, which takes only 1-3 days to get tothe buyer in theUKand is fully trackable with delivery confirmation but costs a fortune. Only really a viable option for very expensive
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