Sellers,
I sell cameras, and a lot of buyers are in Europe and Asia. My strategy to date was to ship USPS First Class International everywhere. This has worked for years for me with a loss rate of about 2% of shipments (in dollar terms, probably twice that). I've not gone to USPS Priority Mail, Express Mail, or the Global Shipping Program because of the high postage that non-USA buyers would see.
Recent experiences make me want to specify the shipping service by country. For example, for France or Japan I would stay with USPS First Class because they are DELCON countries and I will get tracking to the destination. For China or Brazil, I would specify GSP or USPS Express Mail so I would still get tracking, though at a high cost to buyers from those countries.
I know I can specify GSP or not, and block countries completely, but I would like to tailor the shipping service to the country, so that I don't impose high shipping costs needlessly on sales to countries that generally aren't a problem.
I would appreciate hearing inputs from any seller who has implemented something like this.
Mike
