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World online auctions: the future of trade

Many eBay sellers haven't noticed it yet, but the truth is: world online auctions aren't the near future ... they're here now! For the most part, eBay is no longer limited to selling items only within its borders.

What's more, all users of national eBay sites (like www.ebay.ca, www.ebay.ru or www.ebay.pl) are now able to post their auctions on www.ebay.com, making the US site also a world online auction site that handles auctions originated not only in the US, but also in other countries – UK, Canada, Mexico, Germany and many, many more.

Lower shipping fees:

But eBay has merely changed itself because of the already existing reality. World online auctions are possible mostly because of quickly dropping shipping fees.

For example, sending small items from Poland to the US cost around $1.10, while the shipping fees in case of the US internal trade is around $0.90 – the difference isn't high enough to really matter.

The spread of Internet access:

Another factor that has its part in the birth of world online auctions system is the wide access to the Internet. While the USA is still the most computerized country, the rest of the world is catching up. As a result, there are hundreds of millions of Internet surfers living outside US – and all of them are potentially (and often even actual) eBay bidders. A world online auction will help you to get new customers from parts of the world you have never heard about. And you can't ignore it, you have to exploit it or be left behind. A wise eBay seller will do well to tap into this vast market while it's still young.

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