SELLING INTERNATIONALLY

TIPS & TRICKS

THERE’S A LOT TO THINK ABOUT…

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

WEBSITE LOCALIZATION

VARIOUS CURRENCIES

PACKAGING

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WHOATHAT’S A LOT…IT’S OKAY! I HAVE

SOME TIPS FOR YOU!

1TIP

CHOOSE PRODUCTS WISELY

Keep packages small, light & easy

Learn that some things simply aren’t worth shipping

• Too expensive• Too big• Too much hassle

2TIP

UNDERSTAND THE COUNTRY YOU’RE SHIPPING TO Country specific rules & regulations

• I.E. Vietnam’s inability to use foreign calendars for commercial useo This would be [illegal]

UPS International Shipping Information tool allows you to see such regulations before it’s too late

3TIP

TARGET SPECIFIC COUNTRIES Don’t jump the gun!

• Establish yourself in one or two countries before going completely global

• This is your practice period

4TIP

KNOW WHAT SHIPPING COSTS LANDING COST

Landing cost = total cost incurred while shipping abroad

Sending a t-shirt from LA to Topeka has a single shipping rate. But sending that same exact shirt overseas allows room for more duties and taxes

5TIP

USE FULFILLMENT SERVICES Give the headache of international

shipping to someone else Pay a flat fee per order for fulfillment

services

• They manage the packaging, labeling, shipping, and monitoring of rules and regulations

• May have overseas warehouses

BE OPEN TO

NEW POSSIBILITIES