Wow, I was pricing up the cost to sell overseas and any additional information such as custom forms and so on. It has worked out that for me to sell and ship overseas would price me out of the market. What I sell in the UK for £7.00 then costs up to £3.00 for shipping, which includes packaging and mail costs. The same item, still at £7.00, would cost over £10 to ship overseas. A £7.00 item becomes £17.00. Guess I will remain selling just to the UK (when I eventually ger a sale).
I sadly stopped selling to the EU when the need for a GPSR rep came in as I couldn’t justify the cost for the few sales I used to get to Europe and I haven’t sold anything to the US since the tarrifs started in Sept 2025.
Overseas customers seem happy to pay postage if the item is what they want.
Like @sarahloucrafts I don’t sell to the EU. I stopped when all their packaging regulations came in. Each county has their own rules and some are expensive (too expensive for the few sales I get anyway) And the GPSR thing makes it too costly for me too. I do sell to every other country though with no problems.
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Like others say due to rules I don’t sell to the EU. But I do sell to US, Canada and Australia. Very often the postage is more than the item, they are used to paying more for postage than we are.
It’s costing you nothing to offer the option and it may bring in some extra sales.
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