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International Shipping Requiring a Signature

I run into this problem quite a lot, and it's quite tricky. I auction off an item and it ends with a sale price above $750.00. It ends up being an international bidder who wins, and that means that the package will require a signature option upon shipment. The problem with this is that USPS which is the most affordable international option that I offer and that I print labels for, does not offer a signature option on international shipments. I've shipped with other carriers before to resolve the issue, but the buyer doesn't want to pay $200 more than the original quoted shipping price (and who would blame them) so I usually have to eat it. It's quite annoying that Ebay enforces this upon us, but doesn't offer labels that offer a signature option for international shipments. Is there an affordable option I'm not aware of? 

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I also really don't want to block international bidders from bidding on my items. They can really be game changers in terms of sale prices. So just limiting my auctions to US buyers is not really a good solution.
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No.

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I think "Registered Mail" maybe your best option.  Go to the USPS site and search for Registered Mail.  It is handled differently than most mail.  Let me see if I can find it.  Nope, I was wrong 😞  Below is the link: 

 

https://www.usps.com/international/insurance-extra-services.htm

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How would Registered mail get you an online viewable signature?

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@sam9876 wrote:

How would Registered mail get you an online viewable signature?


I did post that the information that I posted was incorrect

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