I always wonder why some people feel the need to attack or respond negatively to posts, it really does seem to be a need of some people here. It's the same as some buyer that post some really reveling comments about shipping, items, or sellers! As for them I do a toolhaus(org) on them and if I find them to be of those that leave a ridiculous number of negative FB they go right on my BBL.
As I was saying that this program is only in it's infancy and yes I do agree the added cost would be a turn off to some foreign buyers. Specially when a low cost item would have lower or no custom fees to the buyer under normal shipping. That is why I said it appears worthwhile to a smaller seller that have nott shipped international. Being that a high volume seller could absorb the losses of not having any Sellers Protection. As I see some seller won't even ship to some countries because of issue with INR.
As for your comment "For those of us sellers who actually know what we're doing, that's exactly the problem." concerning my statement about foreign buyers that won't buy via the GSP, if the total price is too high. Again you speak nonsense, if your concern is to market your items to foreign buyer, good luck! I have a brick & mortar and really just use this site as others to market my own website. I include a business card with every order directing my buyers to my website and offer them a 20% discount on their first order placed through my website. All real sellers that know what they are doing, do this!
That brings me to the point of your statement, "Before the GSP, there was nothing stopping you except laziness and ignorance, in all honesty." In all honesty you are mistaken, simply put, it has only been the Seller Protection that has stopped me. I have always ship to our service people, so filling out a custom form and bring it down to the P.O. is no work at all, so much for your laziness comment. As I have always consider it a honor to ship to our service people and disregard the loss of DC with them. Though technically you could contact the MPSA if you had an issue, they would track down the item in their mail service. Again, real seller know this facts. Though I have never had an issue with shipping APO, FPO or DPO. As some seller who won't even ship be on the lower 48. I have said to them, all U.S. zips are the same as are for APO, FPO, and DPO.
As for the statement "I would suggest to you that the work you put into preparing your items for the Global Shipping Center is comparable to that of filling out a customs form." There really is no difference in preparing or shipping your item normally. As I said, GSP does it all. Your item is listed as normal, when a foreign buyer goes to purchase the item it is shown to them with a total of your price & shipping fees, and also the international shipping and custom fees that GSP charges. That give them the total price they would pay. At that point they decided if it is worth it or not. If they decide to purchase, they pay GSP directly and GSP forwards your part of the sale to your account. All this is done without delay to you; you just see a purchase made and the payment from GSP. Then you print your label out normally, but it is addressed to the GSP Hub. When they get it they will place their shipping label over yours and ship it out to the buyer.
It is really that simple and as I said the "SELLING POINT" is the fact they provided a global tracking number and handle all claims. You have Sellers Protection with their DC. This is the only feature that makes it worthwhile!
As for the countries that they service, you are right they don't ship to all, YET! But I am sure as time progresses they will perhaps be adding more. This is the list of countries that GSP is available as of now.
Australia Bulgaria Canada Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark
Estonia Finland Greece Hungary Latvia Lithuania
Malta Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia United Kingdom
As I have said, this is a good program for new sellers wanting to get there feet wet in the international market. Though I still believe that large volume seller that make a good margin and can absorb the losses of INR would not be interested in the program as it is now. But hopefully as time progresses they will at least fix their custom fees to match the actual country's fees. But again, that is neither here or there! If you do not ship international, which a lot of seller don't, then this is worth a try. It is of no cost to you as a seller and only can increase your sales. So if you are offered it, take it. You try it out on some of your listings, where it makes sense or you don't have to use it at all!
It is up to you as a seller!
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