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Does Oz feels Easy while Buying Physical Goods from Amazon.com?

by Slazengeer
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I am expecting majority of my traffic to be flowing from Australia to one of my niche site. It is a commonly used household ingredient. In Google trends, Australia is dominating the regional interest list, with US, Canada and UK following it closely. I want to know whether Australians feel easy and comfortable to buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. Or, is there any other online retail store dominating Australian Online market?
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonBennet
    You will only know the answer when you test it by driving some traffic to it. There are many PPC network which you can use to drive only Australian visitors to your website. Marketing is all about testing and tweaking the campaign.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fraggler
    It's a bit hard to give you an accurate answer without knowing the ingredient or at least category of ingredient. If you're talking about foodstuffs then it will depend on value and turnaround someone would expect from ordering that ingredient.

    Australians' love buying from overseas online retailers but for certain products only.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
    I can't image any one having trouble buying from Amazon. Given how well know they are.

    This might be a double idea, but why not ask amazon? Send a affiliate support request and ask, which seems to work best for that traffic. If any one would know.
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    • Profile picture of the author byderman
      Slazengeer - Is the product (or similar) being sold on Ebay Australia? Aussies like to buy - full stop, but they don't like the postage rates on the back end....
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      • Profile picture of the author PCH
        Hey,

        yeah we love to buy from Amazon.com and toa point Amazon.co.uk

        With the cost of shipping even bulk goods to Oz, the prices here are often way more than than in the US for example.

        I'll give you an example. I while back when I was into amateur Astronomy, a telescope that had all the bells and whistles was offered here for $34k (yep, it did have a LOT of bells and whistles!), while the same scope in the US was a mere $14k. Still a lot, but a hell of a difference.

        And so much stuff is cheaper overseas that the retailers here are actually lobbying the government to stop us peasants buying stuff cheaper overseas cos they're going out of business !

        So 'Yes', - by and large we DO buy overseas without a second thought.

        And 'No' - there are no retail stores here dominating the online market, although 2 or 3 have started to make moves.
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      • Profile picture of the author Slazengeer
        Originally Posted by byderman View Post

        Slazengeer - Is the product (or similar) being sold on Ebay Australia? Aussies like to buy - full stop, but they don't like the postage rates on the back end....
        It is on ebay Australia.

        My product price: $25
        Postage rate: $7.20
        Total amount: $32.20

        The postage is even higher from UK and US retailers, so I thing aussies will buy from their local retailers. I think $7.20 is the standard postage rate for local retailers.

        Is the dollar, Australian or US?:confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author Fraggler
    Ebay.com.au is $AUD.

    There would need to be a decent price difference to make it worthwhile buying from the US as it has to be worth the wait. You also need to out price Woolworths and Coles for household items and they have vicious pricing (if the item is usually found in a supermarket).
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