Not TakenShow country of buyer when they make offers to prevent disappointment
Hi everyone,
I strongly recommend that Hipstamp should show display the country of the buyer when they make an offer to the seller. If the seller do not ship to the buyers country, then the seller will have the opportunity to reject the offer without causing disappointment.
The above can always be debated by encouraging the buyer to read the shipping details prior to making an offer to the seller. However we know that the majority of the buyers do not read any instructions added by the seller.
What do you think?
Regards
I strongly recommend that Hipstamp should show display the country of the buyer when they make an offer to the seller. If the seller do not ship to the buyers country, then the seller will have the opportunity to reject the offer without causing disappointment.
The above can always be debated by encouraging the buyer to read the shipping details prior to making an offer to the seller. However we know that the majority of the buyers do not read any instructions added by the seller.
What do you think?
Regards
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In that case no one would be able to make an offer on an item you are selling if they live in a country to which you do not ship.
Did you actually receive an offer from a country that is not on your list of countries to which you ship . . . or are you asking this question rhetorically?
Wish there was a way for them to view our store.
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I received an offer from Australia although it is not on my current list of countries that I ship to. This is what triggered the above suggestion.
You may check the order in my profile if you want.
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To ship using USPS guidelines will cost you $16.25 via USPS as you are not allowed to place anything of value in a first class letter. I'm sure many sellers conveniently "overlook" this fact as they don't charge enough postage on international sales. Personally I don't know why HipStamp permits them to do this. I'm constantly advising potential buyers who complain I charge $10.25 while others only charge $2 to $3. I use Shipping Easy which now charges $7.90, but both HipStamp and PayPal collect their fees on this amount, so I need to include that in my rate to allow for shipping materials and minimal charge for my time. Last year nearly 5% of my sales came from international buyers who paid $9.25 for shipping. Some paying that to buy a 10 cent stamp. Shipping Easy increased their rates this month by $0.80.
does your experience show some international countries better than others in terms of problems in deliverying mailed stamps?
does hip stamp keep a record of percentage of us/individual countries & gthe % rate of stamps not being received?
Maybe this will help with shipping cost: Try calculating a price using the USPS site. It asks for the value of item being mailed. Unless you say it has $0.00 value , you can't include it in First Class International Letter. This is what you get from the USPS Site:
What's the destination country?
Netherlands
What's the value of the item being mailed?
$1 (The site doesn't allow you to put anything less than $1)
For letter-shaped mail, value must be $0.00
What is the weight of your mail piece?
1 Ounce
Please select from the following options:
Large Envelope
Package
These are the only two options available. A Large Envelop is much more expensive than a package. Customs forms are also required which Shipping Easy provides at no additional cost.
The reason that the rules are set up the way they are is because most of the other countries charge customs, duties and VAT. (It's how the other countries get some of their taxes collected) With out a customs form it's viewed as smuggling goods in and out of the country.
You do need to understand a bit more before you do choose to ship internationally. If your shipping are higher than most of the other sellers you will be spending time answering messages about your shipping costs. Second if you get a large enough order and the buyer has a problem with paying the customs, duties and VAT. You may end up with dealing with a very upset buyer, even though it's not the sellers issue. (I just got through with a buyer putting in a Paypal claim for non receipt BECAUSE he didn't like having to pay the VAT tax. Although he wasn't too bright because in his reason he stated he got the package and paid the customs and VAT. I did have the tracking which also showed that it was delivered. It took Paypal almost 6 weeks to find in my favor on the claim. And I also had the USPS tracking which showed it was delivered. Unless customs is paid the shipment will NOT be delivered.) If that buyer refuses the package it should be returned to you BUT you WILL be out the postage. (Over the years I have had a number of them returned because they were refused.) These are the reasons why I finally gave up on shipping internationally. (And I have have shipped out hundreds of international orders.)
If I remember correctly shipping easy's tracking does NOT qualify for PAYPAL tracking. Paypal will only count door to
door tracking. Because shipping is a discounted rate it is NOT tracked door to door. (They may have changed it but it was there awhile ago.)
I had stopped selling to the UK a while ago once I found out that they charged the buyers VAT on any shipments over 15 LBS and that my sales to the UK were far below the average international order. (I just wasn't making anything on them.)