posted on August 21, 2008 08:58:13 PM
I don't pay extra for international visibility and yet the last 4 invoices I sent tonight were to Australia, Norway and to two different people in Japan (and these were postcards listed more for the US audience and timed to end during prime time). US buyers were scant. Have you noticed "runs" of international sales?
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posted on August 21, 2008 09:33:57 PM
I see that the UK listing fee will be increased to 25-cents per listing. That would maen that each listing would cost 60-cents/GTC.
What does everyone plan on doing about UK listings?
We have been finding the same thing over the past month we have sent English china to S.Korea, Australia, Argentina, Taiwan and a lot of it to Australia.
Bids from the US have been scarce except for Texas and bids from Canada are almost non-existent! We did have sales from our EBay Store this afternoon from Canada though!
posted on August 22, 2008 01:51:18 AM
I've seen an increase in international sales but have found it increasingly hard to search world-wide on ebay.com's improved search. You have to go through several clicks before you even see the search world-wide option. Edited to add: Bill, I tried the UK upcharge option. 25 cents is way out of line and I will not pay it.
[ edited by pixiamom on Aug 22, 2008 02:20 AM ]
posted on August 22, 2008 07:30:18 AM
pixiamom - I'm with you - the charge for UK visibility just wasn't worth it to me - except maybe on my higher ticket items and then I have to edit each one to add that option. That's too time consuming. I use SMPro and you can't opt in and out until we get the next upgrade.
posted on August 22, 2008 08:30:39 AM
Yes, I've gone to almost no international sales to predominantly international: Germany, Netherlands, Australia, UK and New Zealand
Beth
posted on August 24, 2008 02:39:03 AM
I've been buying loads more stock from international eBay site lately - especially from domestic-only sellers that don't offer PayPal. Such auctions don't get international visibility. Non-PayPal listing are NOT visible outside their home eBay site so it results in far fewer bidders meaning I pay much less than previously to win their items. On the downside I have to create numerous automated searches on the different eBay (DE,CH,FR,AT,BE...), but given the amazing bargains I'm snapping up, I don't really mind doing a little extra work. We usually settle up by bank transfer which is the defacto payment method except for France where Chèque personnel is still popular.
posted on August 24, 2008 09:41:54 AM
I do not pay for International visibility either. Almost daily, I mail to one of the 3 countries I checked I would ship to.
Also ship to most countries I do not have checked when they request it. Some I refuse! So, they must be able to "visualize " something.
I do not know how because search on eBay is a real "maze" even for those in my homeland -USA
