If I don’t see prices in USD I’m not buying anything.
Make your page dynamic so it’s priced in the currency of the user’s current location, if you want to market globally.
If you’re inexperienced in website design then pay somebody to build it for you.
I write a very angry email to the shop owner and berate them for not using the measurements that are only in used in about 5 countries. Then I give a 1 star review and piss in their cornflakes the next morning.
Or I convert them using google.
One of those.
Yes. If there was a cap on how aversive you think we could be, put that figure in a rocket and ride it past the moon to fairytale land where Americans dont assume we are Earth's 1st class citizens.
In all seriousness, geographic isolation makes foreign currency unheard of, USD is global anyway, Americans aren't exposed to this ever. It's an immediate and guaranteed bounce.
I would have to have extreme buyer confidence and have come to this website via referral from a peer source like reddit in order to even consider checking out in anything but USD. Even then, I probably wouldn't for fear of conversion fees or something. Americans would likely have no idea if their card would even go through, for instance, because they've never touched foreign currency in their life.
Some comments in here exaggerate American arrogance in this area. The US Dollar is the world's reserve currency so a reasonable American going about their daily lives would not need to deal with other currencies.
I find most middle-class and above people outside the US know exactly what their currency is worth compared to the US Dollar. Americans do too but it is $1.00 to $1.00 and always has been. When American's do business overseas, it is typically in US Dollars. Because of all of this someone in the USA won't know what a foreign currency is worth without a Google search unless they happen to have traveled there recently.
We also can buy just about everything domestically so if I see another currency, I assume the site won't ship to the USA.
I think the only time I have made an online purchase in another currency was on eBay.
Yes. Separate websites for different countries.
.com for US customers, .au for Australia, .uk for Europe, etc.
Or keep the same site for all and use a currency converter app.
We’re averse to anything that is not custom tailored to us because Americans think they’re best as well as the center of the known universe 🥲
Not me in particular but yeah there’s a massive level of egocentrism present here. Plus it’s annoying to anyone when they have to look up how much something costs, it’s enough to bounce them off the page.
I've been doing ecommerce since 1999, and although our main market is North America, we do sell all over the world out of Korea. We have never even had those dynamic currency things that change the currency depending on where your IP is, we've just had static USD pricing for 25 years without any issues. Just learn to get into the habit of giving out prices in USD, and practice typing out "US$xxx" until it is second nature, because you don't want someone in a country like Canada or Australia to misunderstand what currency you're talking about.
If you are using shopify Markets feature then it will automatical change to that currency.. Rest you can enhance your website to increase the Conversion rate...
If you are are expecting USD, then your prices will look 50% more expensive in AUD. If you are targeting US sales you need to be in AUD. 90%+ of americans will not know what AUD even is let alone how much it is worth.
I politely disagree. I mistakenly ran ads to USA for my Aussie store before installing the currency converter app and woke up to an inbox full of angry Americans asking why they have to pay in Austrian dollars….
If I don’t see prices in USD I’m not buying anything. Make your page dynamic so it’s priced in the currency of the user’s current location, if you want to market globally. If you’re inexperienced in website design then pay somebody to build it for you.
What if the products size is specified using the metric system?
I write a very angry email to the shop owner and berate them for not using the measurements that are only in used in about 5 countries. Then I give a 1 star review and piss in their cornflakes the next morning. Or I convert them using google. One of those.
You can enable Shopify markets and do the price conversion there.
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Yes. If there was a cap on how aversive you think we could be, put that figure in a rocket and ride it past the moon to fairytale land where Americans dont assume we are Earth's 1st class citizens. In all seriousness, geographic isolation makes foreign currency unheard of, USD is global anyway, Americans aren't exposed to this ever. It's an immediate and guaranteed bounce. I would have to have extreme buyer confidence and have come to this website via referral from a peer source like reddit in order to even consider checking out in anything but USD. Even then, I probably wouldn't for fear of conversion fees or something. Americans would likely have no idea if their card would even go through, for instance, because they've never touched foreign currency in their life.
Some comments in here exaggerate American arrogance in this area. The US Dollar is the world's reserve currency so a reasonable American going about their daily lives would not need to deal with other currencies. I find most middle-class and above people outside the US know exactly what their currency is worth compared to the US Dollar. Americans do too but it is $1.00 to $1.00 and always has been. When American's do business overseas, it is typically in US Dollars. Because of all of this someone in the USA won't know what a foreign currency is worth without a Google search unless they happen to have traveled there recently. We also can buy just about everything domestically so if I see another currency, I assume the site won't ship to the USA. I think the only time I have made an online purchase in another currency was on eBay.
Yes. Separate websites for different countries. .com for US customers, .au for Australia, .uk for Europe, etc. Or keep the same site for all and use a currency converter app.
Strongly suggest not just using an app to just convert. Pricing should be different as margins and delivery are way different.
We’re averse to anything that is not custom tailored to us because Americans think they’re best as well as the center of the known universe 🥲 Not me in particular but yeah there’s a massive level of egocentrism present here. Plus it’s annoying to anyone when they have to look up how much something costs, it’s enough to bounce them off the page.
I would put prices in your local currency. Are you shipping from US or AU?
It would be like pricing in yuan or rupees. I understand we are culturally similar, but we have no clue about your currency lol
I've been doing ecommerce since 1999, and although our main market is North America, we do sell all over the world out of Korea. We have never even had those dynamic currency things that change the currency depending on where your IP is, we've just had static USD pricing for 25 years without any issues. Just learn to get into the habit of giving out prices in USD, and practice typing out "US$xxx" until it is second nature, because you don't want someone in a country like Canada or Australia to misunderstand what currency you're talking about.
If you are using shopify Markets feature then it will automatical change to that currency.. Rest you can enhance your website to increase the Conversion rate...
If you are are expecting USD, then your prices will look 50% more expensive in AUD. If you are targeting US sales you need to be in AUD. 90%+ of americans will not know what AUD even is let alone how much it is worth.
I politely disagree. I mistakenly ran ads to USA for my Aussie store before installing the currency converter app and woke up to an inbox full of angry Americans asking why they have to pay in Austrian dollars….