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Eastern Europe has been fine for me. I have more problems with Israel and Mexico.
Do not waste your time talking to eBay if you do not have tracking. Their stated opinion is "Pass the cost on to the buyer". Have any argument you want and they just keep repeating that.
Use tracking or do not sell. They know full well that is untenable. At the end of the day, they are saying to construct your personal business model anyway you like, but, the results are on you.
Do not waste your time talking to eBay if you do not have tracking. Their stated opinion is "Pass the cost on to the buyer". Have any argument you want and they just keep repeating that.
Use tracking or do not sell. They know full well that is untenable. At the end of the day, they are saying to construct your personal business model anyway you like, but, the results are on you.
Well, that is an estimate, and, CP does not deliver to Israel.
CP puts in a container somewhere in Canada and then it is put on a ship that may make several ports of call.
CP does not own any ships. I doubt they own any containers. The Israeli PO delivers in Israel.
Israel is a "war zone". You have also left out of your list, address problems and formats. You have left off damage to shipping labels which makes them unreadable. A lot of people insist on wrapping parcels with string that get caught in equipment and the parcel shredded. People us wrapping paper that easily tears And the label goes with it.
There are a lot of reasons a parcel can not make it.
I have stopped that by using Paypal Shipping. I have "lost" two parcels in the last 2,000 since starting with Paypal Shipping. point one per cent (.1%). That is well within my shrinkage budget.
CP puts in a container somewhere in Canada and then it is put on a ship that may make several ports of call.
CP does not own any ships. I doubt they own any containers. The Israeli PO delivers in Israel.
Israel is a "war zone". You have also left out of your list, address problems and formats. You have left off damage to shipping labels which makes them unreadable. A lot of people insist on wrapping parcels with string that get caught in equipment and the parcel shredded. People us wrapping paper that easily tears And the label goes with it.
There are a lot of reasons a parcel can not make it.
I have stopped that by using Paypal Shipping. I have "lost" two parcels in the last 2,000 since starting with Paypal Shipping. point one per cent (.1%). That is well within my shrinkage budget.
@jerseywithstats wrote:I always ship with tracking. No matter what. I know the cost can be high so it may scare many buyers away, but I would rather be safe than sorry. If their country does not allow for tracking information then I dont ship there
That may be fine for some sellers, but, I am not letting "a nickel hold up a dollar".
The more risk I accept, the higher my net sales.
I can have sales of $1000 a month with tracking, or $2600 with $50 losses per month without tracking. Hum? I am $1550 a month ahead.
I have used Xpresspost only in Canada and only a small number of times. I have only used it when I have collected enough, or kinda close to enough from the customer.
I use flat rate for Canada, so, something just going down the 401 to Toronto, sometimes I can send it Xpresspost
I will use Expedited to the US when the customer has bought a pricier item. I figure the higher "quality" shipping goes along with them paying a premium price for what I am sending.
With a pricier widget, the dollar down, and I temporarily have TRS, I can bump them up from small packet to Expedited and make the extra cost back.
Sometimes, when I make an extra dollar from the customer, I invest it back in that customer.
I have a line of widgets that sell for over $200. I manage the price, plus shipping, minus FVF, plus exchange so that I will net $200. I use Expedited for that. I have, as eBay says to do, "Passed the cost along to the buyer".
I use flat rate for Canada, so, something just going down the 401 to Toronto, sometimes I can send it Xpresspost
I will use Expedited to the US when the customer has bought a pricier item. I figure the higher "quality" shipping goes along with them paying a premium price for what I am sending.
With a pricier widget, the dollar down, and I temporarily have TRS, I can bump them up from small packet to Expedited and make the extra cost back.
Sometimes, when I make an extra dollar from the customer, I invest it back in that customer.
I have a line of widgets that sell for over $200. I manage the price, plus shipping, minus FVF, plus exchange so that I will net $200. I use Expedited for that. I have, as eBay says to do, "Passed the cost along to the buyer".
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