Planning to go International

[elipse]

What are the best countries when it comes to good reputation to ship to when selling on ebay? Which ones are to be avoided?

[JamesNorth101]

Depends what you are selling.

Russia can be great but you will also get cases opened against you.

I avoid most of Asia other than Hong Kong and Japan generally.

Most of the EU is fine.

Never found much of a market in South America so cannot comment. Not had issues with the very few items I have posted there though.

[aking]

I would avoid it unless buyers are willing to pay for the high shipping chargest. I had a lot of issues with international buyers. But it depends on what you're selling as well.

[yankee]

38% of my business is international. Inexpensive items are hard because of high cost of shipping. High to medium dollar goods are fantastic. Bundled goods are wonderful as well.

[Pnw507]

Do not ship to South America, Italy, Africa, Russia. I have had most problems of non-received items in these countries and decided not to ship to them. NOT WORTH IT! Many disputes opened.

I shipped cheaper items with no tracking thru USPS using only the customs number which is scanned only inside USA. It works for the most part but is risky.