posted on February 9, 2004 01:57:41 PM new
Lately I've been seeing a big increase in the number of international high-bidders I've been having. Usually, I would see about 10% of all my sales go to international customers. The past month, it's been between 20-25%. I'm just wondering if anyone else is noticing an increase? I'm not complaining, though... my international bidders usually bid higher, pay faster, and are more courteous in their communication! If you are seeing an increase... which countries are you getting the most bids from? Mine are coming primarily from The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, The Netherlands, Norway, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Anyhow... just thought I'd compare notes and see if anyone else was seeing an increase in the international traffic!
posted on February 9, 2004 03:01:40 PM new
hk and taiwan dollars are pegged to our dollars,so fall of dollar does them no good.but european and japanese love it.
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posted on February 9, 2004 06:06:57 PM new
UK and the Netherlands here. I have a regular customer in the Netherlands. It costs $5 to ship an item to her Global Priority mail in the small envelope. So between the reasonable shipping and our dollar being so low, she probably feels like she's getting a deal. I like my international customers. Right now they are keeping me afloat.
posted on February 9, 2004 09:16:37 PM new
Your Netherlands buyers actually pay? Amazing - mine never do. I cringe at the thought of them.
In the past week though, of my US listed items I have had buyers from Spain, Mexico, Scotland and Romania.
I always have UK buyers but that is because I sell directly on that site since I have a much larger profit margin with the current exchange rates.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
