International shipping questions, discussions, fees, cost (eBay and non-eBay)

pickleboy · 2013-03-01T05:22:35.000Z

So I have sold my fourth item internationally this month and had to cancel the transaction b/c I do not ship internationally. It's time I start. However, I do not want to spend 20 mins filling out customs forms for each item. I know ebay offers a Global shipping program but I would like to hear from those who have used it. PLEASE!! I know the global shipping program (GSP) is only offered to some countries, do the items only display in those countries? How easy is it really? I noticed someone on another thread said "If you prepack your items there is no reason not to offer international shipping" How do you offer two different prices for shipping? One for int and one for US? Then how do you offer a shipping price when each country is different? I did international shipping to Australia and had a bad experience. (I had a really understanding cool buyer. The gift missed Christmas by 3 weeks and took 6 weeks to get there. He could have totally screwed me if he wanted. ...I think.) I need to get over this fear in order to really start making some $$. I mean, sell to 300 plus million here in the US or sell of several billion around the world...kinda a no brainer to me. I would appreciate any input. (Even if you know of a good tutorial of video would be appreciated.) I have found a bunch of crappy info but that's it...