I found this aftershave I’d been looking for on Belgian Amazon (amazon.com.be) - they dont sell the same kind in the US anymore but it’s apparently still available overseas. I was going to see about having some shipped to me in the US and couldn’t figure out any way to do so. I know the US Amazon site has this AmazonGlobal program where people from dozens of countries can order from the US site and have it shipped to them but apparently the non-US sites dont have a similar service available. Am I missing something?

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
    26·
    2 months ago

    I think allowed shipping destinations are defined product by product. At least in the opposite direction it’s true, when I look at the US Amazon, some products are available for shipping to EU, some are not.

    • Asidonhopo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      After some more trying (logging in with my email rather than my mobile #) it seems like it’s working now. I appreciate the encouragement, I was ready to give up!

    • cm0002@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      Hell even here IN the US sometimes certain products are undeliverable to certain US addresses for…reasons apparently lmao

      • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        Cost. That’s why a lot of places exclude Hawaii and Alaska. Shipping to those places is a lot more costly.

        You can argue that the customer will pay for it, but with so much “free shipping” these days that doesn’t always work out.

  • bstix@feddit.dk
    10·
    2 months ago

    It probably depends on the seller. Amazon doesn’t buy/sell everything themselves on their site. Many things are from smaller companies using Amazon as a front end store.

    Selling things to US customers can be quite complicated for European sellers and many simply choose not to. The issue being customs fees and registration for individual state sales taxes and such. It’s a pretty heavy and costly process just to send a few products. If it was possible to sell a lot of products that way, Amazon would already be doing it and could easily outcompete their own seller clients.

    My work has a EU only webshop and I’ve noticed that some Americans place their orders to be delivered to a German address and get charged German sales tax. I suppose there’s some company forwarding the packages and doing the paperwork.

  • seaQueue@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 months ago

    Japanese Amazon is popular with people who want to import goods directly from Japan so I’d say this isn’t a universal thing

  • Schlemmy
    6·
    2 months ago

    Perhaps the seller doesn’t ship overseas? I’m Belgian and I’ve got that with US shops sometimes.

  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    It is possible to buy from other countries, I’ve done it before (not Belgian). I’m guessing Belgian isn’t part of the program. Do any near by countries also have the cream you want (Germany or France)?

    They’ll be a shipping charge for sure, but sometimes you can get things alot cheaper over seas. I’ll buy multiple things in one go so the savings add up even with shipping.

    You have watch the shipping cost at checkout as you go, one product can double the shipping cost for whatever reason. Avoid those ones if your goal is savings.

  • th3dogcow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Does the aftershave contain alcohol? There are usually shipping restrictions on things like perfume because of this.

    • Asidonhopo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      It does, I haven’t placed the order yet but I’ll check back in when/if I do with how it turns out.