Many years ago I realized that Australia was the #2 country I shipped to after the USA for my items listed on .com. Many times more than items shipped to addresses in Canada.
I don't have an ebay store.
I started by listing a few items on ebay.com.au, but noticed right away that the listing fees were HUGE. For a high volume item, the single 30 day fee gets spread out, so it's not a significant amount per sale. My items are not high volume, so the fee per sale was too much when you add the FVF and PP. Then it really hurts when you have to pay a $5 listing fee and you get no sales!
I found out that if you register as a user on .com.au, you get free listings each month. I went through the suffering to do this and now have a unique Australian ebay user ID that I sell in $AUD. It is easy to add $AUD as a currency in your PP acct.
As indicated above, you can't use calculated shipping. You will have to use a flat rate option. My auctions state "Standard International Flat Rate Shipping". I think all other options are only what can be purchased from within.
I don't pay anymore listing fees since I don't use up all the free ones allotted to me each month.
Oddly, since registering on .com.au, my sales to Australia have dried up. Now, the majority of my sales on .com.au are to buyers in the USA that don't realize I sell the same item on .com at a lower price. A quick look at my history shows 3 of the past 4 sales went to the USA, the fourth to Taiwan.
The one thing that may stop you from registering is that 5 years ago, you had to register with not one, but two Australian phone numbers. I can't see them demanding two numbers today since many people now only have a mobile number.
YMMV.
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