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>(unless there's some reason, other than shipping costs which you can make customers pay, for limiting who can buy it) Shipping goods for money internationally
by JonnieCache 16y ago
>(unless there's some reason, other than shipping costs which you can make customers pay, for limiting who can buy it)
Shipping goods for money internationally is a bureaucratic nightmare. A million possible edge cases to do with tax and so forth. This is why hardware startups often only take orders from their home country for their first batch.
- corin_ 16y agoI can't speak to the tax issues, except to say that I've seen so many tiny companies manage to do it that I can't see it's a huge problem.
- paulgb 16y agoI have zero experience in this area, but could it be that the manufacturer has to go through an approval process and/or have liability insurance in each country they ship to?