What's the Farthest You've Shipped an Order? 📦
Hey Sellers!
Happy Friday! ✨
We know orders can come from anywhere in the world, but what's the most distant or remote location you've ever shipped to? 🌍
Did you face any unique challenges?
Looking forward to hearing your stories!
-Simon
50 replies
Seller_d8YGbIjNqwFxn
I have shipped orders as far as Australia in the past. In my early days of selling I would ship around the world.
Would regularly ship to Europe before Brexit.
Now I just tend to ship to the UK. There are a lot more considerations to take into account now when you ship internationally than there was 10-15 years ago.
Seller_40ozsHlGqPuEL
Exactly we posted across world, but the since BREXIT we have stayed in the UK.
We have posted to St Helena, the Falklands, South Pacific, Argentina, Chile and South Africa! The best was a small French island we never heard of. We had to do a search on the web.
Seller_d8YGbIjNqwFxn
The most remote location I post to now is the Outer Skerries in the Shetland islands. Population of about 30 and I have a regular customer from there.
Simon_Amazon
Wow! I had to look that up. I had no idea these islands even existed! 😃
Seller_FQHkqHJI5SqTh
Distance wise, like a lot of sellers, would be Australia/New Zealand.
Couple of the more unusual places would be Kazakhstan, Antiqbook order, and New Guinea, ABE order. Added North Macedonia to my shipped to places this year.
Would like to sell into the EU through Amazon but all the time you consider books to have VAT in the price and apply IOSS incorrectly to them it's not viable. Every other site I sell through, including one owned by Amazon, manages this correctly.
Seller_EkGoiphKgUnUI
I sell Jeans on eBay internationally and sold some as far as China and Australia. I don't sell internationally through Amazon anymore after a lego product was damaged on route, the customer was allowed to keep the item as well as a full refund, and after the customer was refunded the FULL costs including the shipping etc, my reimbursement was less than my COGs.
Things go wrong on eBay too from time to time, but at least I'm insured and get to keep the full initial proceeds of the sale.
Seller_Kk6le8JPH6uoQ
I have shipped to Australia and China. What annoys me is that Amazon should put an notice on International orders that the customer is responsible for all import duties etc.
Also on International oorders You need aan Email address for the courier. It is ridiculous that Amazon has removed that as it causes Major Problems.
Seller_76AUwmqvSyRIM
Not on Amazon. You are.
Seller_o8KAZFTZhCK84
I send some stock into FBA which went all the way to the outer reaches of the Galaxy, via Amazon's "partnered carrier".
Well, it must be have gone that far as it took 3 months between leaving us and getting booked in.
