How to make online purchases abroad?

Widely known around the world are online auctions such as eBay, Amazon, online stores Victoria's Secret, TaoBao and others. eBay - the most famous international online auction, so consider the rules for making online purchases abroad, just by his example.

The first thing you will need to become a buyer on eBay is check in. Registration is absolutely free for all participants, after it you acquire the status of "Buyer" and you can start searching for the necessary goods.

You can search in any way: using the list of categories or by keywords. As a rule, information about a particular lot is presented in English, so you will need some level of possession of this language.

Read the product description carefully, if necessary - ask questions to the seller. Otherwise, if you find a malfunction in the purchased product, you will not be able to file a claim if this fault was specified in the description.

Having chosen the lot you are interested in, do not be too lazy to compare it with other similar lots. This will give you the opportunity to choose the most attractive in the price / quality ratio of the position.

You can evaluate the lot by several criteria. One of the most important - seller rating. After the transaction, the seller and buyerthey exchange so-called feedbacks (reciprocal responses). Positive feedback adds 1 point to the reputation of the bidder, negative - removes, neutral - does not affect the reputation of the participant. Therefore, a seller with a high rating and no negative feedback is credible.

Cost of delivery the same goods can be different for different sellers. It depends on the offered methods of delivery and the seller's ability to send the goods to this or that country.

Be sure to pay attention to the price of the goods: too low a price can be just an advertising gimmick and during the bidding to grow significantly.

Also Pay attention to the payment methods accepted by the seller: not everyone can be available to residents of the CIS countries. Predominantly, both sellers and buyers for mutual settlements use the PayPal electronic payment system - this system is also available for the CIS countries.

After you have chosen and evaluated the interestingYou lot, you can either immediately buy it at a fixed price, if the lot is marked "Buy Now", or participate in the auction. The seller sets the duration of the trades and, at their end, the winner, who made the highest bid, is considered the winner.

remember, that the buyer has the right to withdraw the bid, but not later than the auction. In accordance with the rules of the auction, the winnermust buy the goods. To pay for the lot, the seller sends an invoice to the buyer - an invoice showing the amount of payment, including shipping and insurance. Any disagreement about the chosen method of delivery or its cost can be discussed with the seller.

The seller sends the goods to the buyer afterfull payment. In order for you to track the movement of your parcel, the seller can send you a "tracking number" - a special parcel code provided by the postal operator. Not all delivery methods support tracking, so the presence of this option should be specified in advance.

When crossing the border, all parcels pass customs control. Depending on the group of goods to which your parcel belongs, as well as on the value of the parcel, you must pay the customs duty in a certain amount.

When sending to Russia through the stateThe post office has a simplified customs clearance procedure and if the parcel costs less than 10 000 rubles, then such a parcel is not subject to duty.

In order to minimize the cost of customsfees you can negotiate with sellers about indicating a slightly reduced cost of the parcel. However, the excessively understated value causes suspicions and the customs service can carry out its own estimate of the value of the parcel, the results of which will be added to the duty.

Get your purchase You can at the post office or throughcourier delivery service, depending on your chosen delivery method. As a rule, the buyer has the opportunity within 45 days to return unsatisfactory in quality goods with full compensation for the purchase price.

As you can see, the process of making purchases onlineabroad is not so complicated. However, in some cases, one can not do without outside help. What if the seller offers a payment method that is not available in your country or region? What if the seller does not want to deliver the goods to your country? What if it is unprofitable for you to receive several small parcels, but it is much more profitable to receive them with one large parcel? In all these and many other situations, you will be helped by intermediary firms.

The task of the intermediary firm is, if necessaryto accept the order of the client to his address, pay for his purchase, store and forward his parcels, help his client in resolving disputable situations. For their services, intermediary firms take a commission, usually in the amount of 10-15% of the value of the parcel.

Company RusBid - a reliable intermediary for your purchases in online stores in the US, Europe, China. RusBid offers its customers convenient and favorable conditions for making online purchases abroad.

Thanks to the availability of warehouses in the US andEurope, as well as partners in China, RusBid can not only accept and redirect your parcels, but also store them for the required period. In addition, RusBid Company offers its customers a quality convenient online service, through which it is even easier to make online purchases abroad!