whit
Well-known member
I am fortunate to live in a town that has a shop that sticks some nicer ukuleles. While there is a decent selection of brands, they are a small store and never have large selection at any one time, so I will venture to the online sellers from time to time.
This is likely not a problem for most of you, but since I live outside of the U.S.A. it can be rather off-putting to find a uke, start to order, and then receive the notice "please contact us for international shipping rates". That usually kills it for me right there (which is probably a good thing). I'm not picking on any particular store, I've come across this situation on more than one site.
I'm not saying that businesses have to support international sales, entirely their decision of course. If you are however, the easier you make it for me to give you my money the more likely you are to get it. You may find the effort required to add a shipping estimator to your site pays for itself sooner than you imagined.
This is likely not a problem for most of you, but since I live outside of the U.S.A. it can be rather off-putting to find a uke, start to order, and then receive the notice "please contact us for international shipping rates". That usually kills it for me right there (which is probably a good thing). I'm not picking on any particular store, I've come across this situation on more than one site.
I'm not saying that businesses have to support international sales, entirely their decision of course. If you are however, the easier you make it for me to give you my money the more likely you are to get it. You may find the effort required to add a shipping estimator to your site pays for itself sooner than you imagined.