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selling overseas

bakeandfry — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:07:31 GMT

I'm a bit confused, can someone please put a link up that will not allow overseas buyers to buy from me, or if that can't be done please tell me where to find it (very detailed please). Or seeing as I don't have 10 detailed seller things, do I need not worry about it?

Re: selling overseas

repentatleisure1952 — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:52:10 GMT

@bakeandfry wrote:
I'm a bit confused, can someone please put a link up that will not allow overseas buyers to buy from me, or if that can't be done please tell me where to find it (very detailed please). Or seeing as I don't have 10 detailed seller things, do I need not worry about it?

Site Map at bottom of any page........selling.........block bidder /buyer list..........all we be revealed.

Re: selling overseas

cmcoins2000 — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:00:33 GMT

@bakeandfry wrote:
I'm a bit confused, can someone please put a link up that will not allow overseas buyers to buy from me, or if that can't be done please tell me where to find it (very detailed please). Or seeing as I don't have 10 detailed seller things, do I need not worry about it?

Good morning.

Had a peek at your listings - you have already chosen No International Postage in your listings - they state posts to Australia only.

You should not be getting international buyers.

Re: selling overseas

bakeandfry — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:15:10 GMT

Thankyou tuckcase, let's just say navigating around full site ebay is very difficult, but will give it a shot.

Re: selling overseas

bakeandfry — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:20:23 GMT

Thankyou helen, I did select aus post only, only because the way I do ebay is hard enough, never mind posting overseas, id just like to cover all bases, I did get a question from an overseas member, I thought it very strange...

Re: selling overseas

repentatleisure1952 — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:32:42 GMT

@bakeandfry wrote:
Thankyou helen, I did select aus post only, only because the way I do ebay is hard enough, never mind posting overseas, id just like to cover all bases, I did get a question from an overseas member, I thought it very strange...

I'm baaack......I was confused.....you did say "buy" in your op......I often ask questions of European sellers who do not always post o/s

.....then again I'm strange ! LOL !

Re: selling overseas

bakeandfry — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:35:46 GMT

Yep I did write "buy", as in to not allow anyone overseas to "buy" from me. You think your strange, try selling by phone only!.

Re: selling overseas

chameleon54 — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:10:23 GMT

@bakeandfry wrote:
Thankyou helen, I did select aus post only, only because the way I do ebay is hard enough, never mind posting overseas, id just like to cover all bases, I did get a question from an overseas member, I thought it very strange...

If your items are fairly rare, you may still be picked up in overseas customers searches, even when you list your item as "only post to Australia". This usually occurs when there are no or few matches for a customers search in their own country. Ebay shows a few International listings and offers the buyer the chance to search all items listed worldwide for the particular search terms. I get this a lot with larger items that are too expensive to mail overseas. Enquiries about "would I post overseas and what cost etc. " On occasions I have had International customers "succesfully " buy the item, without checking postage costs and then, never hear from them again once I list postage cost on the invoice. This is for items listed as "Only Posts To AUSTRALIA", so obviously the system is not foolproof.

I,ve got a stack of defects for items I cancelled under "purchased by a buyer from a country I do not mail too" which was my main reason for cancelling at buyers request when this situation occured. Needless to say, I just go straight through to non payment disputes now, no questions asked. At least this way the buyers cop a strike rather than me recieving a defect. Just another example of the defective defect system at work.

So in answer to the OP, you may still get enquiries from overseas even when listing as "Mail to Australia" only.

Re: selling overseas

i-love-my-sheep — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:19:27 GMT

If you don't want to sell overseas, it's not enough just to not offer international postage in your listings. You have to physically block them as well. You may have to use the website in your phone as opposed to the app.

Go up to the top of your My eBay page in the 'classic site' and click accounts, then site preferences. Scroll down to Postage Preferences, then click Show. A list of options will appear. Click Edit next to Exclude Postage Locations from your Listings. If you don't want to post to any location overseas, make sure every box is ticked. You don't need to expand them.

Tick Apply To All Current Live Listings, then apply.

I'm not sure if clicking this link will get you straight there, but try this before the above. It might be quicker on the phone if it works (and easier!!!) http://cgi5.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ExcludeShippingList

Once you have ticked all those boxes, people will still be able to see your listings if they visit the AU site, but it will show "Does Not Post To <insert country>" where the postage should show. It will also stop them buying if they try.

Re: selling overseas

bakeandfry — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:09:17 GMT

You done it again Sheep, that made it soooo easy!!. Thankyou very much!!.

Re: selling overseas

i-love-my-sheep — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:50:22 GMT

You're welcome! Hope that stops them. It's worked for me......not that I had many overseas buyers anyway. I have left NZ open, but I haven't put any shipping rates, so if someone in NZ really wants something, I'll give them a postage quote.

Re: selling overseas

cmcoins2000 — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:54:39 GMT

@i-love-my-sheep wrote:
You're welcome! Hope that stops them. It's worked for me......not that I had many overseas buyers anyway. I have left NZ open, but I haven't put any shipping rates, so if someone in NZ really wants something, I'll give them a postage quote.

Well, well, sheep.

Have put in no International Postage but haven't ticked all the boxes.

Have only got those ticked where I do sell Internationally - just to block countries I don't want to send to.

Think I should go through it all.

Re: selling overseas

i-love-my-sheep — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:59:40 GMT

The boxes that are ticked are the ones you have excluded. The unticked ones are places you wish to sell to. If you have US ticked and Middle East unticked, US buyers can't buy, but Middle Eastern buyers can.

Re: selling overseas

cmcoins2000 — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 03:03:05 GMT

Yes, thanks.

Understand the ones ticked are the excluded.

Have all those ticked on the items I post internationally but some items I only post within Aust.

All I have done there is No International Postage.

Maybe I should go through & exclude all the countries in that lot????

Re: selling overseas

i-love-my-sheep — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 03:39:47 GMT

When I created some new listings a few days ago, I used the 'advanced listing tool' as opposed to the quick one (which is the default for non stores I think) and in the postage section, I think there was the option to exclude locations you don't want to post to, that applied just to that listing.

I was just trying to have a look, but am stuck in another login page loop. I think it's under the postage, something like "create exclusion list" or something that effect......between postage and package type.

Re: selling overseas

phorum_junkie* — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:23:10 GMT

If you don't want overseas buyers you don't need to go through blocking every destination, just make sure you have Australia only, no international displayed then go to you buyer blocks and select the opton to block members with a primary delivery address that you do not ship to.